GoodfellowGoodspring Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) So, to cut a long story short i want an Eiffel Tower Replica in The Strip's skyline. It wouldn't need to be too detailed seeing as it would be on the top of a building but some sort of lighting and neon's decorating it would be a must. I wouldn't know where to start, but i know you would need some sort of 3d modeling experience which i haven't got. Basically, it would be like the lucky 38 tower only smaller and be viewable from around the Mojave. Wouldn't need to be to scale or anything seeing as its a replica maybe abit bigger then Helios one. So a few questions:- Is it even possible? Could you import from a city simulation skyline or something?- Would any copyright issues be a problem? Wouldn't want the French angry!- How long would it take to complete?- Would any modders/modelers be willing to give it a try? :thumbsup: Something like this!Click Me! Edited February 2, 2011 by GoodfellowGoodspring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanOcelot Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 ahaha`- Would any copyright issues be a problem? Wouldn't want the French angry!,' thats your biggest worry right there. As you have stated yourself, you will need a lot of blender experience before you even attempt something like this. Making a model that big is still going to be a challenge, not because of detail, but face count. You see, world models in NV use a low poly line of sign model to stop the big sights eating away at your pc. So a modder has to do twice the work as making say, a gun, or something similar. Your best bet is to start small, maybe try making your own item as a seperate mod first, and see how you take to modeling? Head over to the blender website, and go to training, there is a bunch of tutorials there, and no matter what youtube has, I promise the blender videos are so much more proffesinal ( be ready to watch someone for an hour or two at a time in blender as he talks you through the steps) But most of all, HAVE FUN. Modeling is a new hobby of mine, ive already made a few new friends because of it, and im ALWAYS learning something new. So give it a wirl and one day you will get your Eiffel tower in game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzlsacatanango Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Are you serious? Whatever, lol Your problem is not making the model (make it out of telephone poles, retex them to be black, done), it's generating the LOD so it will be visible from everywhere in the wasteland like you stated. By all accounts you're looking at over 12 hours of crunching to do that, and hoping that geck doesn't crash during that time and force you to start over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanOcelot Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Are you serious? Whatever, lol Your problem is not making the model (make it out of telephone poles, retex them to be black, done), it's generating the LOD so it will be visible from everywhere in the wasteland like you stated. By all accounts you're looking at over 12 hours of crunching to do that, and hoping that geck doesn't crash during that time and force you to start over. Yea, sorry, I forgot that my opinion could be steam rolled by just putting some poles together. Listen to this guy, he is cool and aint afraid of nothing. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzlsacatanango Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I was mostly mocking your fear of the french, for the record :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanOcelot Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Im having a laugh.As an English man I have a perfectly NORMAL fear of the french. We did fight a 100 year war with them........or was that the Spannish..........or the Germans.......or the.....yeah, we have a lot of wars =/. On a serious note, I dont want to discourage the guy, but it would be a seriously big project to take on as a first blend. Just my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ph33rSn1p4Z Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) Im having a laugh.As an English man I have a perfectly NORMAL fear of the french. We did fight a 100 year war with them........or was that the Spannish..........or the Germans.......or the.....yeah, we have a lot of wars =/.On a serious note, I dont want to discourage the guy, but it would be a seriously big project to take on as a first blend. Just my two cents.Why would you have a fear of the French? They (we) helped you during WWII so why be afraid? XD They helped you against the Germans! Lol Edited February 6, 2011 by Ph33rSn1p4Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askong72 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 In the real-time strategy game of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Soviet forces turn the tower into a giant, extremely long ranged, incredibly powerful, and rapid firing tesla coil capable of destroying all French forces in the area and a major portion of the city. For copyright reasons, it is called the "Paris Tower" in the game, and has a radical change in design, however enough of the original design remains for the tower to be recognized. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower_in_popular_culture Westwood scrapped this version due to France disallowing them usage rights because they wanted to put it in the game as a destroyable structure, and a tesla coil. After releasing the game, France found out they still called it the Eiffel Tower still in it's ugly, butchered state, and after 9/11 they disallowed name usage rights as well. http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15871 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinRider Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I've read that we cannot make buildings LOD enabled so large custom buildings won't appear until the player is within a small distance of it. (~10M or something) so it won't show really but I'm not sure if this has been fixed in the GECK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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