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To test out concerns that the relatively highpoly player model may be problematic in the Quake engine, I did a rudimentory walk cycle, flailed the arms around a bit, and had him revolve in a circle for the standing frames. I then replaced the soldier model to get him in game. Here is a screenie -
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/926/atmos0000054xq.jpg Tested with DarkPlaces, there were no problems; AquiRe's revision of the NehQuake engine is the target engine for the mod and the model should work fine there as well. I've also taken a number of suggestions -- I've pulled the face back into the head and reworked the neck and armor and made the shoulder/arm connection deformable. I still need to add edge loops and structure to the knees. This is a picture of the wasp http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4373/waspscreen7bj.jpg -- an insectoid with a mounted nail gun and lizard head. Though, the lizard skull makes him look more like a dragon, at least without a skin on him. I've fully animated him and have him working nicely in game. I just need to skin him, and change a few things in the QuakeC. but I hope it's not too small and buzzy, otherwise it might suffer from Daikatana syndrome!
We should be thankful to Romano for discovering so very many things not to do in a video game title. A true pioneer. I'll never forget the first time I got my ass kicked by a mosquito in DKT, yelling out, 'THAT just did NOT happen!'
Wasp is a little smaller than the drone in Operation Urth Magic. I want him to spawn from niches and crannies. I thought that was a really effective attack when implemented in Doom3 with the ticks. After I finish the sound (working on it tonight), gibs, and skin, I'll upload him to the Inside3d repository for anyone to use in their mods. model needs to be adjusted up about 16 units to fall square with the floor. Blender to Quake ratios and orientation is a bit skewered.
Actually there might be less to it than that. The quakec for the grunt assumes a certain origin point within the bounding box. I think it's 24 units above the floor. So if you export a model where the feet are more than 24 units below the origin, they will be in the floor.
Adjusting the QC bounds instead of manually lifting each frame of the model does sound like a less tasking solution.
actually that's not a good idea becuase quake can only do collision for three predefined entity sizes.
that the model would no longer be useful as a replacement model if I relied on QC changes (I'll change that head though, only the player model gets the cool goatee). I'll just suck it up and move them around manually in Quark. QmE cries like a little girl when I try to import these models, but with Quark I simply take an md3 version of the model built with Nepherno's tool and convert to
My basic design concept, and AquiRe has been helping to hash out things, is to do frame by frame replacement models, and then tag in frames and materials that are specific to the mod. I wont try to replace the entire monster content, but only those that are useful to the mod, and frankly some of the add ons have more interesting creatures. So you are more likely to see a new wraith or scourge in Symbiote, but no tarbabies (unless I think of a way to nasty them up a notch). so many players hate the tarbabies that I would only want to replace them if I can think of something that they would hate even worse.
Are you sure you can't load those models in QMe after you've used quark to convert them? It's pretty much what I do for quake models, and I've not found ones that'll load into quake but not qme...with one possible exception. If your models appear to load into qme, but aren't visible in the model screen, and cause 'fatal exceptions' when you try tilting the view, it can be a problem with skin vertices out of bounds. It can even happen if you model has a correct skin, but with some vertices right at the edge of the skin.
the flachette with Qme, but so far no luck with the other models. I like the vertex painting feature. The ghoul, player and wasp models I have had no success getting them into Qme. However, my attempts have been from MDL to Qme, and MDL does seem to shift the origin point on the models (which is why I use Quark now.) I'll see how they do with the Quark conversions.
These are some monsters I have been working on this week end. They are more low polygon oriented than previous models. It's just easier to build skeleton animations around the low poly structures and then add in detail as needed. I'll likely have seperate packs for low and high polygon models.
This is the Spectre, a replacement for the Wraith from the Disolution of Eternity (DOE)episode. http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7497/spectre28xn.jpg This is a scourge model to take the place of its namesake from the God awesome Sourge of Armagon episode. http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1516/scourge8cu.jpg This is a replacement for the tarbaby. Yeah, I remember what I said last week ;) http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4897/mite6ca.jpg This is a wild, undead boar who'll stand in for the fiend. http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4016/boar2jg.jpg and a substitute for the Rouge pack (DOE) eel. http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9066/eel7tm.jpg I thought it would be wrong not to include it.
This is the pic I based it on. http://www.swla.co.uk/SWLAmembers/meadh/Mead_wild_boar.JPG My boar's cock is smaller, but I figure it is pretty difficult to get a full on chubby when you are undead. Hmm, how do vampire's do it, not having a blood flow and everything? Bambuz, you are spot on right. I eliminated the line between the front blade and the shoulder and lifted it up to create a proper dorsal to correct that problem.
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