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    Moon Base

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    Not too comlicated to make. Too unrelated to Oblivion lore for my taste though.

     

    The moon.. in Oblivion. How would they even get there? And how would they make space suit, when they are so technologically set back that they still use swords? They barely know anything about anything more than what they'd beed.

    Request for a shield for Tyrael armor

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted · Edited by Matth85

    Sharpen the texture with filter inside Photoshop, and it won't be blurry anymore.

     

    And the problem with making your request from scratch:

    Only the author of the armor got the required texture work to make a new piece. We don't got the base texture s/he used, neither the rune/engravings. We also do not know what you look for, mesh-wise. You ask for something to match the armor. It is not our job to find something you want, it's out job to make what you visualize. For that we need a drawing or a picture of something similar.

     

    I'd say this retexture is very well done. For anything better, we need a lot more than we are given.

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Not finding Nightmare even remotely difficult.

    in Discussion

    Posted

    It's quite easy, indeed.

    Curently running solo warrior on nightmare. I barely need to use potions >.> I also seem to oneshot most enemies.

     

    On the other hand, I found it night-impossible on my Blood/Spirit Healer mage. If just OE enemy got out of my CC, I was dead. Not to ention every golem/ogre would kick my poor ass over and over again.

     

    On topic:

    I also remember there being a nightmare + mod. Might be worth checking out!

     

    Cheers,

    Math

    my rant about mods

    in Discussion

    Posted

    wasting our time

    Yeah. The part where somebody takes a week off their time to do your request, but then can't finish it, is certanily wasting your time.

    I am sorry, but unless you pay us for doing it, we are not obligated to finish it. So far, nobody have paid me for anything.

     

    If a modder says he'll do it, it usually means: "If I get time, I will do it. If I can't finish it, too bad.". Unless we get paid, we don't prioritize modding over anything IRL. This is not work.

     

    Sorry, but your post really grinded my gear :/ Don't mean to sound offensive here!

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Adventure mod please

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    big adventure mod

     

    Making request is all nice and good, but asking for a big mod, which includes about everything, without giving any information, is really not too good. You should get an idea of what you want yourself, and learn to mod. Then get a team of modders here, or ask people for things you can't get yourself.

    If you ask for requests, you need an idea of what you want. We can't do all the work :)

     

    Your best bet is to get the good mods you can want on Tesnexus. There is plenty of good quest mods with armors and whatnot.

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Armor Request

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    Since I am just too awesome, I manage to put some houres into 3d yesterday. Got some work on the lowerbody done, and wrapped up the left arm.

     

    Currently I am going to fix the knee-pads, to get a more leaf like shape, then generally fix the annoying shapeof the legs. Then I am moving towards detailing the legs some more. After that I believe the sketching is done, and I will proceed to detail it all with smaller details.

    I lost my work on the scabard, so I dropped that. Since it wasn't such a big deal, or so I was told. I hope nobody gets upset because of that :)

     

    Picture:

     

    http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/7057/armortry.jpg

     

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    WOW Swords

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    Posted

    Nothing too complicated, so somebody should be able to do it.

     

    I must ask, however. Why is the sword without texture? DId s/he give up midway?

    And since I love that sword, and it served me well when I played WoW, I might just give it a try. I lack the time now, however.

     

    Also, why isn't the model smoothed? And is the handle really that poly-wasted?

    Frankly, I'd be easier for me to model it from scratch >.< No offense, of course.

     

    I might do some of these, when I am done with my 2 other requests. Hopefully not too long.

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Medieval Cyrodiil

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    Usually a good step

    Eh.. It's not a "good step" it is a rule! :P

    It's what every decent modeller does. They collect reference, or draw their own. Freemodelling is never as good as anything with reference.

     

    I'd advice against starting on clothings and armor at start. I'd start on smaller things like, say, the barrels, crates, a house, etc. Then move towards more organic things like armor and clothes. This is because clothing/armor is very complicated. You both ned a good topology for the model itself, but it also needs to folow the anatomy of the human/creature under it. It must also not stretch when animated or clip. A lot of uneccessary problems for a new 3d artist :)

     

    Good luck though!

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Medieval Cyrodiil

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    What free modelling software is best for beginners wanting to make quality work

    As far as I know, Blender is the only free, decent, modeling tool you can get your hands on. If you are a student, or know of anyone, within digital art, chances are you can get a free copy of 3ds max 2010, or Maya. These are more comlplex, but also the softwares used by every game/movie studio out there.

    For texturing GIMP is the best free. Photoshop is my prefference though, but costs.

     

    2. Where can I go to learn how to use it, and who can help answer questions I need?

    Most would say TESAlliance. I'd agree partly, it is good for a few things. However, google and more 3d oriented, and less Oblivion oriented, tutorials will help you a lot more! I spent over a year on google, buying Ebooks and watching things on youtube before I grasped 3d.

    If it is more 3d oriented, and less blender oriented, you can ask me.

    Game-Artist.net and NextGenHardSurface.com for more proffesional forums. They use Maya and 3ds max mostly. But you'll find people that's worked at AAA titles on these forums.

     

     

    3. Where is a good place to get free textures (Because I can color, but I can't texture to save my life)?

    1) Take photos. Any texture artist should.

    2) Photoshop filters are awesome :) If you got that.

    3) Cgtextures.com - royaltry free texture library. Make an account and you can download 15mb of pictures per day/week ( I am not sure). So take what you need.

    4. How do I put it all into Oblivion?

    Lots of tutorials on that. In short:

     

    - Scale the model after another model from Bethesda. This way you know that the scales are right.

    - Export it as a.nif, and save your textures as texturename.dds.

    - Fix any errors within nifsope.

    - Open the Construction Set, go to what you want changed and change the model, or make a new one.

    - Place it in game and save the plugin as a .esp.

    - Playtest.

     

    You should read some blender-specific tutorials on that point. As I got no idea how you apply textures or anything within blender :)

     

    Now, let me quote stuff within your post:

     

     

    My current question is how and where do I go to begin modeling for Oblivion, and how can I do it WELL

    Start by learning to model. LEarn to understand 3d, learn to get nice topology and learn to keep it low poly. Then move toward UVW-unwrapping and texturing. After that you should consider getting it into Oblivion.

    Why not make stuff for Oblivion at start, you ask? Well, you'd spend too much time sitting in nifskope and debugging, and use less time learning. It would also kill your motivation.

     

    Because, trust me on this, motivation is one thing you really want to keep up. If you get stuck o something for just a tad too long, you'll scratch it. I got over 20 unfinished projects in my folders, because I hit some kind of problem and lost all motivation. If you do not finish a model, you do not learn all you could learn.

     

     

    Also, this is a huge project. Break it up into smaller pieces and work on. Re-making every piece will take you, alone, over a year to do. A few years if you want to do it well.

    If you take a too big chunk of work, you'll get frustrated and bored after a while. Start small, and build up :)

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Armor Request

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted · Edited by Matth85

    Thanks!

     

    There is still a good portion I'd have to guess. We'll see what I can make up :)

     

    EDIT: I am going away for the weekend, to no progress can be made. I'll start up monday. Hopefully done by next Friday :)

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Armor Request

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted · Edited by Matth85

    Allready adjusted :)

    I am in a phase where I worry about shape, not polygons. So fixes are easy to do. The only time I wont do any changes to the model, is after I've done the baking and started texturing. Prior to that, I can adjust whatver needs adjusting. The better the model becomes, the better it is for everybody :)

     

    EDIT: I don't assume somebody got a picture of the sword scabbard? Most pictures only got the to and the bottom shown. That means there is a huge middle part I need to "guess"! I kind od don't want to freemodel something like that, when everything else is strictly after the reference :)

    Cheers

    Matth

    Armor Request

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    Sorry guys, but I will not be able to update anything today. I planned to have the Scabbard of the sword done, the right arm and start on the legs. However, I have only been able to finish the arm part.

    Work, friends, movies and Dragon Age: Origins really eat my time :P

     

    I promise by the weekend the Scabbard will be done. Hopefully I'll get something to show on the armor too :)

    Thanks for all the nice comments guys! It really does motivate me to keep working on it.

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Getting a refracting object to work

    in Classic Discussion

    Posted

    That is very little information.

     

    What should happen?

    How does the original effect look?

    What is the core difference between that and this?

    Is the texture animated?

    Did you set the animation on in Nifskope?

    Does the animation loop?

    Is the alpha fie?

    Is the UVW fine?

    Have you done anything in Nifskope? If so, what?

    Have you done anything else than simply slapping on the texture?

     

    If it is not the alpha, I believe you havn't done anything in Nifskope yet. You need to loop the animated texture.

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Getting a refracting object to work

    in Classic Discussion

    Posted

    I will put my money on the alpha. The alpha is set to a specific value, so it is partly invisible. Then it gets animated, and you get that nifty effects.

     

    To make the barrier, you'd need:

     

    1) The Barrier UVWed.

    2) The animated texture.

    3) The Alpha set right.

    4) The script.

     

    Other than that, it can be some Nifskope values that are off. I remember dabbling with particle systems, and "magic effects" some years back, and I remember having to spend tons of time inside Nifskope. I can't remember if it was relevant to this, or what I did, but I remember my modding time was testing and sitting i nifskope untill I got it right.

     

    Sorry I can't be of more help!

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Weapon Edit

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    It's a rather simple thing to do yourself. A few houres with Blender, or something, and you should get the hang of UVW.

     

    1) You mode the diamond.

    2) You import the model and place the diamod.

    3) You UVW the diamond

    4) You find some place for the diamond in the UV square. If it is full, which I doubt, you can just re-place everything. Though then you'd need to make a texture from scratch.

    5) You add a good specularity (!!) and a normal to the gems.

    6) Add it to nifskope, change what values need to be changes - I will not go into details. The shader is not complicated, nor good.

    7) Done.

     

    You could also do this a more tedious way, by using Nifskope and finding/placing whatever shiny object you find to a weapon.

    Hey, I am just throwing it out here ;) Do with it what you wish.

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Custom Weapon Required

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    Again; do you want a fancy trident, or something as simple as Poseidon's Trident?

     

    I won't be able to make this for a little while. I currently got a sword, and an armor set, to finish before this. Somewhere in next week I'd assume.

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Armor Request

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    I am not going into the small details right now. Curently I am "sketching" out the model. I will go into the smaller details when that part is done, or in the texture itself.

    If something is screamingly wrong, yell out. It's an easy time to fix things :)

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Armor Request

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    I was not sure wether to use this topic or now, but I figured why not.

    Auriana contacted me about this, and I promised to help. Even though armor is not my strong side! I promised to model the armor, with plate legs, and the sword.

    If I get this finished, and people are happy with it, I might add the skirt part.

     

    I figured I might aswell post some progress here, so people are aware of it, and so I can get critisism!

     

    http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/7057/armortry.jpg

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

    Jumping Fix

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    I understand. It is annoying, but.. well, a comuter can only do so much. One day we can probably simulate it a 100% :)

     

    Oh, and there is no need to type fast. We live long enough to write slow :)

     

    Cheers,

    Matth

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