Still at it/ Humvee scenery object thread

nickblack423 · Post by **nickblack423** » 19 Oct 2007, 10:13

Ive never seen that variant that has a huge feckin radar stickin out the top. HEHE

Nick

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 19 Oct 2007, 13:19

Ha ha............

I gotta learn to do LODs for my stuff. I just need to sit down and figure it out.

You can do LODs for scenery in FSDS correct??

nickblack423 · Post by **nickblack423** » 19 Oct 2007, 16:32

Thats right mate. LODs was the one big stumbling block that halted my creations for some time, but once you get the hang of it its easy, and it'll be very easy to make the different level models for a small scenery object once you get the hang of it.
Need any help let me know and I'll point you in the right direction if needed.

Nick

KevinJarvis · Post by **KevinJarvis** » 19 Oct 2007, 16:57

nickblack423 wrote:Ive never seen that variant that has a huge feckin radar stickin out the top. HEHE

Nick

I guess that is a bit better than a rearward looking vid-cam for parking eh?
Not to mention it must beat the heck out of On-Star.
KJ

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 19 Oct 2007, 19:48

KevinJarvis wrote:I guess that is a bit better than a rearward looking vid-cam for parking eh?
Not to mention it must beat the heck out of On-Star.

KJ

"Hello this is On Star, how may we help you..............."

"Uh yea.............I've got a scud missle inbound to my position"

"No problem sir, we'll take care of that immediately."

"Oh yea, while I've got you on the phone, we're out of ammo for our fifty cal, can you send some more over."

"I'm sorry sir, our fifty cal ammo is on back order, would you still like to place an order?"

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 20 Oct 2007, 19:27

You need Humvees?? We got Humvees!

Starting to amass a collection. So far have done the basic M1025 version. That's the basic Humvee. I will be doing multiple variations of those from the up armoured versions to those with roof mounted weapon systems and probably will throw the in the version that mounts 8 stinger missles to the back. It will slowly rotate of course looking for enemy AI.

In addition to the basice M1025, in the picture there is the M1035 which is a litter carrier for medivac and then the M1038 which is the soft-skin covered version of the M1025.

ronniegj · Post by **ronniegj** » 21 Oct 2007, 02:23

Dad-gum, those look so fine. It will be very nice to see a full library of such. Imagine how great sceneries will look!

Ron

BadPvtDan · Post by **BadPvtDan** » 21 Oct 2007, 02:40

We need 2.5 ton trucks! I had a driver's license for HMMWVs and 2.5s back in the day. Damn, that was scary.

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 21 Oct 2007, 03:24

Yea, I'll eventually get to the "deuce and a half". That and fuel trucks will be next I think. Problem with doing individual scenery objects like these is that you have to texture each one individually which takes me roughly 10 minutes a piece. So it's a bit time consuming. That and making up the texture files takes time. Pain in the arse, but it will be well worth it in the end.

One last one for a while. M997 armored litter carrier.

Weescotty · Post by **Weescotty** » 21 Oct 2007, 12:21

MIKE JG wrote:Ha ha............

I gotta learn to do LODs for my stuff. I just need to sit down and figure it out.

You can do LODs for scenery in FSDS correct??

LODs for scenery were 'broken' in FSDS 3.0, don't know if they were fixed for 3.5.

BadPvtDan · Post by **BadPvtDan** » 21 Oct 2007, 13:31

Do them as long as you are having fun doing them. Once it becmes a chore...ditch the idea.

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 21 Oct 2007, 19:14

Well I'm having a blast right now. Not sure my wife appreciates me hogging the desktop computer so much.

But once you get on a roll you want to keep going.

One thought I had was to create AI versions of some of the vehicles and have them "drive" around on the roads I've created around Pope with the AFCAD file. Now that would be cool.

Also some vehicles "driving" around on the airport itself would be cool.

BadPvtDan · Post by **BadPvtDan** » 21 Oct 2007, 19:23

That would be easily done. Have them start and stop inside a building...or underneath something so that you don't see them "pop" out of or into existence.

Weescotty · Post by **Weescotty** » 22 Oct 2007, 17:04

MIKE JG wrote:Well I'm having a blast right now. Not sure my wife appreciates me hogging the desktop computer so much. But once you get on a roll you want to keep going.

One thought I had was to create AI versions of some of the vehicles and have them "drive" around on the roads I've created around Pope with the AFCAD file. Now that would be cool.

Also some vehicles "driving" around on the airport itself would be cool.

Look on fsdeveloper.com theres a discussion on adding them/scenery objects as dynamic scenery.

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 23 Oct 2007, 03:25

Yea I could do it that way. I wanna try the AI vehicle thingy first though.

Added a couple more models to the mix today, M997 and M996 armored litter carriers.

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 27 Oct 2007, 04:28

Ok I think I'm about done with the Humvee variants. From left to right:

-M1035 Litter Carrier
-M997 Armored Litter Carrier
-M996 Armored Litter Carrier
-M1037 Shelter Carrier
-M998 Troop Carrier
-M1038
-M1025 with MK19 Grenade Launcher
-M1025 with M2 Heavy Machine Gun
-M1025 with TOW Anti-Armor Missle
-M1025

BadPvtDan · Post by **BadPvtDan** » 27 Oct 2007, 11:19

Spectacular boss.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 27 Oct 2007, 11:33

Wow, great line-up !!

Can't wait to see these driving around in your sceneries.

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 01 Nov 2007, 03:56

Re-worked the paintkit to have much better textures. Panel lines are now accurate and look a whole lot better. Still struggling with creating the standard three color camo textures. But at least the desert tan is easy to do.

aerogator · Post by **aerogator** » 01 Nov 2007, 15:49

They look great, Mike! Can't wait to see some of these in a pkg.