(WIP) THOMAS THE TRAIN!!!

[kingdakalover]

Im am making thomas and friends for a class and for CS!! im new at the whole CS thing but use sketchup almost everyday. please tell me if you like it. By The Way, This will be an a very long project because i have lots to do. So it might be on and off.

http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l457/kingdakalover/thomas-1.jpg

[alex 05]

This looks great for a sketch up model, but...
Polys Buddy, Try to keep thr poly down, Way down lol
have you imported anything before?
if not read the TUTs before going any further.;)
its alot more then just making a great model and just importing.:)


BTW: Heres the Link (http://rct3.sourceforge.net/tutorials/beginner_tutorial.html) For the TUT.

[Farenheit97]

All I can say is to make sure those circles have around 8-12 segments or this is going to be high poly.

[kingdakalover]

LOL. I just check the poly and ITS OVER 500!! Hmm So make it simpler?

[alex 05]

yea lol
much simpler;)
heres a quick tip on what to make simple...
main parts of the object like Circle shapes could have a little more sides but no more than 24 but i don't recomend more than 12. small parts can be 6-12
just some guid lines for you.;)

but the tuts should help you more

[kingdakalover]

OK. simple thomas is now done.(poly count 450)(is that good)?.
http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l457/kingdakalover/untitled-2.jpg

[CedarPointer]

You can't use the SU color textures as ingame textures.

[kingdakalover]

sorry noob question. wat is SU?

[alex 05]

Double post
sorry

[alex 05]

OK. simple thomas is now done.(poly count 450)(is that good)?.


its better, but... you could lower the cound alot more by adding a texture for the face instead of the drawn on lines. this goes for any other detail like the sides of the train on the first bit.

SU put simply is the defult colors or textures in the sketch up program. you cant ues them, but you can get the same color somewhere and just save it as a jpg. but make sure the pic is a power of 2.

[tycoon4life]

sorry noob question. wat is SU?

Sketchup

[elljhitch]

Yeesssss! Thomas The Tank Engine!!!!!

[errt]

You should really do the face with a texture. And cut down the segments of your circles. 8 is enough in most cases. Or 12 for bigger circles. The red stripe on the side could also be done with textures. And I think you have some faces inside the model you can't see. And as CedarPointer said, you'll have to draw your own textures.

[Joeymama101]

No offense but i would never ever use this in rct3. Correct me if i'm wrong but not many people would use it either

[wabigbear]

No offense but i would never ever use this in rct3. Correct me if i'm wrong but not many people would use it either


Perhaps not, but then again some people very well might. The theme would certainly work in a kid's area of a park. Besides, he mentioned he's doing it for a class as well as for RCT3.

[eder2002]

NICE....

[Doffy]

No offense but i would never ever use this in rct3. Correct me if i'm wrong but not many people would use it either

What about Thomas Town and Six Flags Magic Mountain?

[Joeymama101]

Perhaps not, but then again some people very well might. The theme would certainly work in a kid's area of a park. Besides, he mentioned he's doing it for a class as well as for RCT3.


I never thought of that. Good Point.