First 3D Object, Im getting there!

[Coaster Freak]

Well, I wanna learn CS, so I downloaded sketchup, and read some tutorials. But they were confusing. But I easily made this, I guess you can say, pool of some sort.

here is a pic.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Adisono/Picture1.png


SO I have that... What exactly do I do next?

[coasterman20076]

you should read the tutorial on how to do your first object

[Coaster Freak]

Uh, I read the stickies....

[stu-2693]

obviously not close enough :P

also your model is upside down :haha: the sky is blue :D

also your circles/cylinders have too many sides and need to be reduced (also how to do that is in stickies too i believe..

you also need to use your own textures so you can import it with the importer becouse sketch up textures cause unnecessary problems.

[Ripclaw]

This helped me completely start from scratch in custom scenery making and now im creating my own pack(hint)

here it is:http://www.chaosxtreme.com/rct3/totorial_main.html

read through basically everything, it helped me

[ridecreator]

Do you have the export script for sketchup? If not, you can download it here (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=553399). I know it can be really confusing, but Surfingoz has made really easy to learn tutorials that explain how to import scenery from sketchup. You can find them here (http://www.chaosxtreme.com/rct3/totorial_main.html) on his website.

[Coaster Freak]

obviously not close enough :P

also your model is upside down :haha: the sky is blue :D

also your circles/cylinders have too many sides and need to be reduced (also how to do that is in stickies too i believe..

you also need to use your own textures so you can import it with the importer becouse sketch up textures cause unnecessary problems.

Wah! Its upside down.. lol. I have my own textures for import. This is just a test. :) Thanks for point out that it was upside down!




EDIT! Well, Ripclaw, I love that site thank you SOSOOOO MUCH!!! But the SketchUp stuff needed for RCT3, the links dont work :( , and I am on amac. So would these things work? IF not, I dont think ill be able to do any CS because im on a mac :(

[Belgabor]

They should work on mac, you just need to find out where you need to install them to (I don't know).
The scripts are available on my software page (link in my sig).

[Coaster Freak]

They should work on mac, you just need to find out where you need to install them to (I don't know).
The scripts are available on my software page (link in my sig).

Oh Thanks, I know where to install them ;)


Now, another link isnt working...

I've created a supplementary script for the creation of custom scenery called rct3.rb (v0.2). To work it needs at least version 0.2 of the export script and the parametric script


where can I find these?


Edit, Never Mind, all i ned now is Supplementary script for RCT3and the 0.2 of the export script

[RCT3robin]

The first steps,

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd20/RCT3robin/naamloos-2.jpg
As you see in my object the ''brown'' is under,At your picture the ''white'' is under;).

(don't forget textures need to be 256x256,512x512 or 1024x1024.)

Then don't forget to group them seperately.

[Coaster Freak]

The first steps,

<Vary Nice Example Pic>
As you see in my object the ''brown'' is under,At your picture the ''white'' is under;).

(don't forget textures need to be 256x256,512x512 or 1024x1024.)

Then don't forget to group them seperately.

yeah I figured it out lol...


I have a question. Do I have to group, each texture, individually? Or can i group all of them all at once?

[RCT3robin]

individually.

[Coaster Freak]

individually.

THanks


and when I open, I just installed some things needed, it says

Error Loading File rct3-1.rb
no such file to load -- parametric.rb


what did I do wrong?

[Slyther360]

if u have more than 1 texture, group the same textures. but if u only have one group them all in the same group. here's a tutorial on mutiple textures:
http://www.chaosxtreme.com/rct3/totorial_main.html

~Fantom780~

[deadstar]

You didn't export as .ase

[Old-Spice]

you can make your model and texture with difernt textures. then when your dont. right click the texture in the materials window and hit select all or select area. that selects every face that has that texture. then you can group. then you can select your groups on at a time using the ctrl key and right click and hide them... then you can clean up any access lines or faces.

then edit > unhide> all

and you need the parametric.rb file to load the other one.

[Coaster Freak]

you can make your model and texture with difernt textures. then when your dont. right click the texture in the materials window and hit select all or select area. that selects every face that has that texture. then you can group. then you can select your groups on at a time using the ctrl key and right click and hide them... then you can clean up any access lines or faces.

then edit > unhide> all

and you need the parametric.rb file to load the other one.

I got it :) thanks that helped alot.


is there an importer, and ovl maker for mac?

[errt]

(don't forget textures need to be 256x256,512x512 or 1024x1024.)

Then don't forget to group them seperately.
Well, for many simple textures, 128x128 or 64x64 is really enough. I even sometimes use 2x2 textures for single colored parts.

[RCT3robin]

Oh my i forgot ,Excuses!

2x2 :eek:?

[sr3d]

Oh my i forgot ,Excuses!

2x2 :eek:?
yea, why not 2x2 for solid colour is the best...

[RCT3robin]

Are there any other possibility's?

[sr3d]

Are there any other possibility's?
4 x 4, 8 x 8, 16 x 16, 32 x 32

I think, not sure.

[Belgabor]

is there an importer, and ovl maker for mac?

No. The Importer has too much Windows code in it to be easily convertible. ovlmake should be possible, but without a Mac I cannot compile it for this platform.
Both may work with wine though.

[Amplifyed]

Wow! You're making CS now? Cool...

[Coaster Freak]

No. The Importer has too much Windows code in it to be easily convertible. ovlmake should be possible, but without a Mac I cannot compile it for this platform.
Both may work with wine though.
But what if I downloaded it for windows on my other computer. And did all the stuff on my mac, put the object on a flash drive, and took to the windows would that work?

Wow! You're making CS now? Cool...
Im in the process of learning :p but yes.

[cooldude]

Good luck learning CS because i to started learning yesterday and i have manged to make a cube and import it and test it which it works =]
i now have plans to make a phone booth, portaloo (you know those single ones) and ground foliage so like you can place a square of leaves under the tree on the ground. mine are only basic but its good to start simple.
so yer good luck!

[SpiltInk]

But what if I downloaded it for windows on my other computer. And did all the stuff on my mac, put the object on a flash drive, and took to the windows would that work?

It should work, but only if you click on a box that asks if you want to make it compatible for windows when you do a back up.

[Coaster Freak]

It should work, but only if you click on a box that asks if you want to make it compatible for windows when you do a back up. im guessing thats in the importer corect?


by the way, im going to orlando for the next 3 days, so this thread wont be dead ;)

Im going to make an object when I get back.

[RCT3robin]

Have a great vacation ;):up:

[Amplifyed]

I also have an answer for the thread title. Make some dark ride scenery for that project! ...;)

[Coaster Freak]

OK, I made a simple tunnel that is the right side up, and it has textures...

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Adisono/Picture1-1.png
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Adisono/Picture2.png

[RCT3robin]

Nice :up:

[Belgabor]

im guessing thats in the importer corect?
No, he must have referred to something different.

[Coaster Freak]

Nice :up:
thanks, im kinda exited :p


I have a question, the textures re 800*600.... Does it matter? Does it effect anything?


Oh yeah, how do I do trabs parent object? Do I make aa picture, with transparent backround?

[StarRngr4.0]

It very MUCH matters. The importer will require that texture to be square, and in a multiple of two... in this case your best bet would be to resize that to 512 x 512.

You are correct about how to apply transparencies to a model though.

[Coaster Freak]

It very MUCH matters. The importer will require that texture to be square, and in a multiple of two... in this case your best bet would be to resize that to 512 x 512.

You are correct about how to apply transparencies to a model though.
512 x 512

I can manage that!


And is it that easy? I mean, All I have to do, is make an image with a transparent back round? thats it? Eh, im gonna try it out.

[cooldude]

Umm if you went to plug ins and click full tile then it places it all those small inner squares are guides so basically the tunnel would be 1/16th of a square.

[Coaster Freak]

I have a problem, when ever I try to resize the image in gimp ( I type 512 x 512) the right number switches to 514...... It wont let me do 512 x 512...

Any idea on how I can resize?



edit.. Nevermind, I think I got it, when you get new textures in it lets you resize, but.. I have a question..

its....
512.0m
512.0m

is that correct?

[RCT3robin]

use paint,

[Coaster Freak]

use paint,
I edited, look now :p

[sr3d]

use paint,
Won't paint crop it instead of resize it?

[RCT3robin]

That is true,But for some texture's it might work.


However chris is right, Use google and typ ''resizer'' or some.

[Coaster Freak]

That is true,But for some texture's it might work.


However chris is right, Use google and typ ''resizer'' or some.

so im guessing
512.0m
512.0m
is wrong. Correct?

[Sliverfas]

I have a problem, when ever I try to resize the image in gimp ( I type 512 x 512) the right number switches to 514...... It wont let me do 512 x 512...

Any idea on how I can resize?



edit.. Nevermind, I think I got it, when you get new textures in it lets you resize, but.. I have a question..

its....
512.0m
512.0m

is that correct?

Their is a very simple fix to this actually. When you are in the "Scale Image" menu, you will see a a vertical chain next to Width and Height. Click the chain and it will break apart. Now enter 512 for both fields and it will work. Reason being, you texture was not originally a square texture size so The Gimp doesn't want to create distortion to the image. So that should be the problem you are having I believe.

[StarRngr4.0]

No, the size of your texture doesnt really correlate to any sort of RCT3 measurement, as it gets mapped to the faces of your object before it draws.

[Coaster Freak]

Their is a very simple fix to this actually. When you are in the "Scale Image" menu, you will see a a vertical chain next to Width and Height. Click the chain and it will break apart. Now enter 512 for both fields and it will work. Reason being, you texture was not originally a square texture size so The Gimp doesn't want to create distortion to the image. So that should be the problem you are having I believe.

thats was i did, but it put the .0m at the end of it.

here is a pick of another object I made, its all one texture at the moment, and its a turn for the other piece I made. I have changed some things of the other one to fit this. Such as the ceiling. This also shows the edit options for the textures to show you what im talking about.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Adisono/Picture1-2.png
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Adisono/Picture3.png

[RCT3robin]

Tbh,I liked the tunnel better.

[Belgabor]

You are still in SketchUp, you cannot fix your texture size there. The setting only changes how your texture maps by default, not it's actual size.

[Coaster Freak]

Tbh,I liked the tunnel better.
Yeah I did too. But Im just playing around with it... I dont think once I get them in the game Im not gonna release it or anything..


You are still in SketchUp, you cannot fix your texture size there. The setting only changes how your texture maps by default, not it's actual size.
Oh ok, ill find a image resize thing or something.... But I just cant find something that will allow me to put 512*512!!!! They all put 512*514..


Grrr... Im also TRYING to learn the importer with some tuts... Its hard.. :bored: Ill get it eventually I guess right?

[RCT3robin]

Yes,Keep practising, And remember ask me on msn.

[wabigbear]

You should be able to change the size using Paint, or download InfanView, it's a free program and I sometimes use it. Make sure that any box for "Preserve Aspect Ratio" or similar is unchecked. Good luck.

[RCT3robin]

ooh wagi, I never heard of that,Ill give it a shot myself too,Thanks.

[snailmale152]

try using resizer from image shack.:up:

[Old-Spice]

Try Paint.net its like a beefed up ms paint. its very usefull.

[SpiltInk]

im guessing thats in the importer corect?

It has been some time since I ran a mac. I just remember that when I was doing back ups when I was in college. The school had macs and I had a windows pc. So in order to work on projects in a crunch I had to bring stuff home to finish.

I think they had a specific program on the macs in order to do this. I did do a little searching that might help you a bit here is the url if you want to read up on it.
http://www.jagshouse.com/Macs_and_PCs.html

Hope this helps you out.