Hobbnob's WIP Thread

hobbnob

I am in the process of creating a remote controlled machinegun on top of the vehicle, and I'm making it easy for the user to hit targets, which means proper zoom (think the kind used by a digital camera) and controls that move slower the more you zoom in, meaning that the user can define how precise he wants his shots to be when firing.

NOLASaintTM

Thats awesome

GoldenFrog

Wow, sound like mucho scripting is in order

hobbnob

In short yes

In full though. . .


push([0,0,-1])

if key("e")==1 and getVar("moding")==0 then setVar("mode",getVar("mode")-1)
setVar("moding",1)end

if key("e")==0 then setVar("moding",0)end


if getVar("mode")<0 then setVar("mode",2)end

if key("up")==1 then Sketchup.active_model.active_view.camera.fov=Sketchup.active_model.active_view.camera.fov-1
end

if key("down")==1 then Sketchup.active_model.active_view.camera.fov=Sketchup.active_model.active_view.camera.fov+1;end;

if key("space")==1 then Sketchup.active_model.active_view.camera.fov=40;end;

if getVar("mode")==1 then

###TURRET###

setVar("turretT",-(0.5-leftx))


if key("w")==1 then setVar("height",getVar("height")+0.1*(Sketchup.active_model.active_view.camera.fov))end

if key("s")==1 then setVar("height",getVar("height")-0.1*(Sketchup.active_model.active_view.camera.fov))end
end

if key("f")==1 then createParticle(this.bounds.center, 20, $particle3D, 4, [0,0,0], 0, 1.02, "Gray", 0.9, 100)end

GoldenFrog

Scripting sounds fun...

hobbnob

lol believe it or not its' quite simple with a bit of practice. To avoid the inevitable boredom caused by me explaining scripting I shall divulge a couple more pictures of the serenity:
Watched the film again, and saw some major placement and scale issues on the landing gear, so fixed that:

Also did a bit more work on the 'neck'

GoldenFrog

Very nice, it's looking better and better every day. Only one complaint: In the "Neck" you seem to have "Smooshed" meshes into each other, and that is a rather messy way of going around it. I would suggest "Stitching" the meshes together, for a nicer finished product. Still, I think it's going quite nicely!

hobbnob

thanks goldenfrog, I've intersected the bits and put them all together now

GoldenFrog

Any work on the Pather or it's video?

hobbnob

Yep, but not the video. I mentioned earlier about the weapon system, so far i've been concentrating on the sketchyphysics side of the weapon system, so expect a bit more progress on the static:

A quick example of the zoom now, the model has lazyscript plugged in, which I have used to almost completely eliminate bullet drop, making long range shooting a lot easier.

GoldenFrog

Looks intriguing, but I can't give you an evaluation of your work, because I haven't played it.

hobbnob

Did some work on nola's Vue, heres the original:

On a couple of quick renders of the half finished one:

GoldenFrog

Hah, that's very nice, though on the second render the windshield glass seems "Grainy". Other than that, very nice. How, for heavens sake, did you make the tarp in the first??

NOLASaintTM

@hobbnob said:

Did some work on nola's Vue, heres the original:

On a couple of quick renders of the half finished one:

WOW! It looks awesome!

hobbnob

golden, I made contours using intersect, then 'rebuilt' the car using the curviloft beta by fredo6 (immense plugin). After fixing a couple of problems (it's a beta) the generated mesh looked perfect for fabric, so i scaled it up a bit then sliced a hole so that the viewer could see a bit, connoting that it's in one of those shows where they reveal the car for the first time(kind of what I was actually doing )