You're actually starting it?Yes, welcome back Scott! ;D
I use Kerkythea to render the Models in Sketchup...One?
by clicking "Add Poll"Ah...didn't see that. haha.. ;D
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Nice details! Good start! ;)Thanks! :)
Firestar, could you please upload your images in .jpg ? Because I'm getting very unpatient to see updates when it takes forever to open each image. Thanks.Sure Diamant. (Howabout if I uploaded them directly from my computer as an attachment?)
Thanks, Firestar. Just make them less than 100K in size.Ok, anyways for now there is just going to be a hole where the stairs are gonna be later. I will add the picture as soon as it is done rendering. (Takes about 2 more minutes)
Any small updates, Firestar?Uh...not really. I will work in a second and I will post it here in a couple minutes.
Ok, can I see a pic of reference? (Also Minime just hinted at another project you guys don't know about yet) ;D. Also, if anyone sees any errors, let me know.oh lol, forgot that it wasn't announced, but I won't say anything more, that's up to Firestar
Could you make it even longer, Fboig?Haha...yep. Flaming ball of incandescent gas on awesome enchanted forests.
I will be changing my username from Matt5674 to something more better than the current.
Could you make it even longer, Fboig?
Haha....I thought it would be a good shelf if I were to make it bigger on its X axis. Only you would think that, llamalord. ::) ;D
EDIT: Look what Firestar decided to do today!
You know what would be great you guys? If anyone here could find out what kind of floor that deck I added had. Perhaps wood maybe?
I always thought that she was built without any wood at all apart from the Butcher's Block?Where did you hear this? Also, what is the Butchers Block?
**Cough Cough** Garage Door **Cough Cough****Cough Cough** Window **Cough Cough**
Winch control room & tourist class stair hall.That picture shows cranes on top of the 'box'. Was this true? Perhaps a pcitures could be showed to me and I could model the cranes right now.
Right, but derrick attached to the mast but not to that undetailed "box". ;D Make something like that:Thanks Diamant. That illustration helped. Also, does anyone know anything about the aft masts?
model is looking great, now http://classicliners.nicholaswwilson.com/ships/united-states.htm (http://classicliners.nicholaswwilson.com/ships/united-states.htm) that is a great reference for the "Big U" its also an awesome reference for all kinds of old classic liners i've posted that site many times here and its very useful. One thing i love about the United states is that sucker is fast! 38kn :o thats faster than my bowrider as 38kn comes to roughly 43mph and my boat tops at 40 :PActually, she went faster than that during her speed trials. Let me find that bookmarked page. I will post it here in a second.
The ship was put through the rigors of crash stops, full rudder tests, and stability tests. Mechanical tests were also performed. The ship even traveled in reverse at a phenomenal speed of 20 knots, nearing the top forward speed of the ill-fated Titanic. The ship is reported to have reached an astonishing top speed of 43 knots for a brief period of time, outpacing a speeding Navy Destroyer! The SS United States performed beautifully in gale force winds and moderately rough seas. Roll and vibration was minimal, and the ship remained very stable at high speed. The ship met or exceeded all performance specifications, and even exceeded the expectations of William Francis Gibbs himself.
Textures are detailed...but poly heavy....colours aren't too demanding..but lack detail ;)I don't know if you could say poly heavy, because they are not part of the model. Anyways, here is an updated hull. I would say it is VERY close (I did that without blueprints, wait till I get hull prints)
If this is for SS, detail is good, so i'd go textures :thumbs:
VERY impressive!No, I did have some blueprints. Other than the hull, none of this is approximation. And NCL is putting her up for sail mate. I want to get this more done before contacting them so they actually see something in it.
I would have waited for actual blue prints instead of approximations, personally, but that's just me ;)
Do you have permission from NCL before considering applying for this to be in the game?
No, I did have some blueprints. Other than the hull, none of this is approximation.Oh, okay. Scratch that, then.
Thank you a lot Tore! Later today I will post a sample of the SS United State's horn. I think you guys will love it. I tested to see how it sounded on Titanic (Titanic because it is a ship of rough comparison) and it sounded good! Needs a lot more work though (Made longer, less 'dirty' etc...).Sorry have not joined yet, shall do, BDW have you seen the ship and the trains i have made, you find them on Titan, one of the trains are in the new trainz classic 3 i use 3 max
How's she comin' along boss? ;D
Jack.
Maybe! Hopefully. What does Q1 mean though?it means the first 3 months of the year, the first 1/4 which is the first quarter.
Firestar,Wow, thanks. That really means a lot. I see you had some more access to blueprints etc than I did. Do you have any stuff like that you might be able to send me in a PM?
I wish you all the best for this huge and interesting project.
Modeling and bringing such a large ship in a simulator or game is really a true big challenge if you want to make it really accurate and capture the essence and realism of the real ship.
I keep an eye on this project and I hope he final result will be appealing and convincing enough. I can see you've already worked a lot on it. On top of the obviously needed ability, long and difficult projects need hard work, motivation, search, time and tenacity.
You have all my encouragements for this one.
DVOMarineDesign (aka Dom).
It's a midi, so it'll be considered low quality.I know that, I will save is as a wav or whatever. But Mike, compare it to the real ship's horn.
It's a synthesized sound, being comparable to the default horns on Ship Simulator, which, of course, got many complaints about how poor they sounded.
Umm... Shane, just keep modeling it & then at the end all will be clear, my friend. ;)
Hey, Firestar, I got the trial version of a midi converter that turns midis into wavs, mp3s, etc.Hm...how big is it?
I worked it on your horn. The file is attach, though. :-\
Still rather low quality :-\
I hear sounds have a better sound to them if you turn the bass up, though ;D
Hm...how big is it?2.01 MB
.dds can handle transparency ;)Ok, then I will make a .dds texture right now. Also, thanks! Your models are good too!
very nice :D
That'll put the poly count through the roof, won't it shane?It looked THAT real? That was part of the texture! :lol: ;D
Even so, very good! :)
Jack.
Ok wavemusic
Nope, I want to get Wave Commander done this week.
Nathan, as he stated he's only 12... Many things are excusable for that range. ;D
One of the many things you lose with age... :P Excuses! ;D
Yeah, well said! :thumbs: And when getting old enough you're returing the exuses back as well. ;D
I bet if Gloat or shipfan55 were 5 years old, then probably they could be unbannable. :doh:
Lowering poly count is not an easy task and most of the time involves re doing most of the model.
Is it dead. It has been almost a year?You can never speak too soon. The project isn't quite dead, but lack of permission and materials (mainly permission) REALLY prevents quite a bit of progress. It's on hold.
Did you NOT just read the post directly above yours? NO PERMISSION.I did read that, and what I meant by kickstart included managing to obtain permission.
Believe me, I've contacted them time and time again. They're not interested.
SS United States - No More Exciting NewsObviously I can't change the title anymore.
Am I right?
Did they say why they won't let you add her in to SS?No, they didn't say anything. And they don't NEED to say why. It's their ship. Believe me, it's over. I'm having this topic locked so that people will stop trying to ask why when I've made it totally clear.