Hi all, i don't post much here but i visit everyday. Here's a short preview of my AI C-2A. I've only got about 2 hours invested so far, but it's coming together. I'm on medical leave recovering from cancer so i have nothing but time on my hands so I thought I'd try my hand at aircraft modeling. I have no idea how to do LODs or animations but i'll figure it out eventually. I do have a question for you all though: Is animations like opening doors and flaps really that important to an AI aircraft? I plan to animate the wing fold as it's required for carrier traffic, but do flaps, ailerons, rudders, etc.. really matter for AI? All i seee it doing is addin poly's for no reason. So what do you all think?
PS, any help on modeling LODs and animations would be appreciated, as i can model the airframes pretty easily.
Thanks,
Jason
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C-2A preview
That's looking great!! I've been thinking about modelling this one too. Glad to see someone else doing it !
Personally, I think the only flying surface animations needed are flaps and spoilers/airbrakes. The elevator dosen't seem to work right in AI anyway and the ailerons are not very visible plus they add polys.
Stick with it; there are plenty of folks here glad to help.
Personally, I think the only flying surface animations needed are flaps and spoilers/airbrakes. The elevator dosen't seem to work right in AI anyway and the ailerons are not very visible plus they add polys.
Stick with it; there are plenty of folks here glad to help.
Looking good, how's the polygon count at this point??
-Mike G.
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That's good so far. I think Rysiek figured out that if you multiply the FSDS poly count by a factor of about 1.8, you get close to the actual number.
-Mike G.
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