@double espresso said:

This is about as ignorant as it gets - comparing humans to 'other' animals as a means of justification.
Since when does something have to die so others can live.
Whoa.

Most living things consume biological material to survive. That's what I'm getting at. Even at a small scale, food doesn't come from nowheres. It usually comes from something else that was alive at some point, whether it be a large animal, a piece of seaweed, or even algae. Now, if you had quoted the bottom of my post, you'd know I wasn't trying to justify cruelty, I'm against the treatment of these cats, and the first part wasn't necessarily about them, but about eating meat (as the discussion had swayed a bit off topic).

Animals eat other animals. We should be allowed to eat other animals too. And when animals kill other animals, sometimes it's quick, other times it can be extremely brutal. I think killing animals painlessly is fair enough; after all, for things to live, usually something else has to die.

Once again, on the topic itself, I don't think the things shown on that page are acceptable at all, and there should be more regulations put in place for the treatment of these cats while they're alive, and being killed; but as for eating meat, I don't have many sympathies.

i'll answer for him; sketchup gives shadow for the faces, no matter which parts are transparent or not.

Hmm... Who knows, maybe they consider cats like I do chickens? The way we see them, is as an animal that people keep in their houses to keep them company (well, I do). A change in perspective makes all the difference. Imagine they were chickens instead of cats... would you have the same reaction? Probably still negative, but maybe not as much. (not saying animal cruelty is good; I think it's horrid. Just that cats aren't the only ones.)

Yeah. That would be why. I don't think you can do that with V.2, so if I were you, I'd get 3. Don't worry; your model will probably work in it too.

"Can't you speak english? Yes I am!"

You enter the instruction in the joint's UI; click the joint, click the UI button, a menu will pop up, set it in the controller box:

You can replace the word motor for whatever you want though.

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As for your second question; probably. you can enter things like:

(rightx-0.5)+(0.5-righty)

which allow 2 controllers to control a single object, and the -0.5 allows reverse for things like motors. An example of a model using this, to have servo-less steering
ROD.skp
Use arrow keys to steer. WASD do a couple other things I stuck in for the heck of it.

....So is it okay to post my alpha models now, even without Beta?

mac version posting how soon? Days?

The file size is probably too large, but is there any chance you could upload it (or a part)? I'm testing my skill with kerky, and was wondering if I could try it

I'm a user, and I don't care. A couple blue boxes with words never hurt anybody, neither has an ad for render plus. As long as it's not huge and moving. I hate moving ads.

Can you post the ground texture used in your wall model here?

long time since my last post here...

Old and new renders, and a WIP.



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I will probably change the legs so it walks, replace the hydraulics with joints, add upper leg, and and take out the wheels. also, add some details to the shell.
Haven't bothered to render current progress, just trying to see what setting it appears best in.

Any advice, opinions or ideas would be appreciated. Especially if you have ideas for joints.

...reminds me of light bike.

Nice trees, very useful

quick question; why did you name this thread 'the dog returns'?

@chango70 said:

@xrok1 said:

i finally found a practical use for SP

Amazing! How did you do it?

that would be easy. group it, convexhull, play, it lands flat, pause, save a copy as., and you're done. works for action poses too, if you have something in the middle of breaking down a wall or something.

If I understand you correctly, that's already possible; but you have to manually make the convex meshes, and group them together.

@remus said:

Cool stuff BTM.

Do you model for a game mod?

No... Fun.
...although, I have thought about purchasing the Unity game engine.

Here's some in-SU pictures of one of my favourite "terrains" I made a while back:

My first post:
a couple renders with Kerkythea:


These are renders of a skull I made with the subdivide.rb tool.