For example when I import this texture as a PNG...

it turns to mud...

Why????

@liam887 said:

This is amazing, I remember this from years ago, what are you using to render?

Thanks Liam. No rendering, just straight SU.

@anarchist86ed said:

@jql said:

Is this a X-wing carrier?

No, it's if an x-wing humped a B5 shuttle and a space above an beyond APC.

Michael, you really do need to stop beating yourself up and give yourself credit for what you can do. Even the best modelers here all had to learn their craft from scratch.
I see nothing wrong with your model, nothing at all, and I've certainly seen a lot worse.

Just remember to make use of these forums - ask questions, lot of them. Without the advice and help from the many talented modelers here I would have given up long ago.

Bravo for posting it, hope to see more of your work!

@mickleclarck said:

I have a page you may visit at http://www.portablegeneratorsreview.com .
Thanks.

I don't think a link to your page reviewing portable generators is appropriate for this thread, or any Sketchucation thread.

Thanks, got it this time. Yes, that was pretty funny.

There's also a hilarious gag reel from the series here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjb1oZk3mNM

another one here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mve-E23trk%26amp;index=7%26amp;list=RDqjb1oZk3mNM

and behind the scenes here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLy_g1-ED1E%26amp;index=26%26amp;list=RDqjb1oZk3mNM

@iichiversii said:

Not sure if ye are aware of this new TV series which is more or less a spoof series of the cancellation of firefly but stars the same cast as fire fly, simply brilliant

The link provided does not work

Thanks for explaining that. I have the series on DVD but it's been a while since I've watched it. I do remember falling in love with Summer Glau though

Actually, after doing some research on the game, I've pretty much decided that it's a bit more than I could wrap my tired old brain around. Plus, while it's nice that it can be played solo, I don't know, when you take away the competition aspect of a game it just sort of loses it's purpose and edge.

Maybe after I've gotten that brain transplant (ok, implant) I've been saving up for....

What the heck is the Stegosaurus for?

@boofredlay said:

Here is an image I found on the web of the game being played by 4 players with everything laid out. Much confusion for sure.

You have got to be kidding! That's ridiculous, to say the least. Probably wouldn't want to have a fan going anywhere near

So you can play a solo version? That's cool, just checked Amazon and there are lots of stuff for the game, expansion packs and whatnot. I might just have to consider diving into that.

Thanks!

Everything is working nicely now, thanks for the help and suggestions.

I installed 8 first, then 2015. I can just double click on a model if I want to open it in 8 (I still save all my work as 8, for various reasons), or just right click on it and select Open with Sketchup 2015 when I want that.

I use my C drive only for the OS and programs, so I wasn't worried about all my Sketchup stuff (actually that's what it's called, Sketchup Stuff, my largest folder, 265GB, 347,927 files, 9,769 folders) or anything else, just some of the stuff on my Desktop. I had some folders there that would have been almost impossible to rebuild from scratch, plus there was my Thunderbird Local Folders file (144 local folders). I was really lucky to find a program that let me recover all that stuff.

I guess I was getting complacent, I never had a hard drive crash so completely like this one, I was always able to pretty easily save the files I needed when a drive started going South. Now I include such files in my backup plan.

I tried a number of backup programs before I found Syncback Pro, been using it for years now and it works really great. I can setup a new profile in a minute or two. I too use a 1TB WD black for my backups, only connected to the computer when I do my backups. I also regularly backup to my backup computer, which also has a 1TB WD Black which is connected when I do backups. Plus, everything is backed up to my laptop.

So I think I'm pretty much covered there. Backups of my backups everywhere. Yeah, I are a bit paranoid. I never have more that one computer connected to the internet at a time, and only when necessary (I only use hard-wired modems and routers, and I have them connected to the AC through remote controlled outlets, so I just click a button to connect to the internet and click again to disconnect, no sense giving the bad guys any more of a target than I have to )

I might give an SSD another try eventually. I've been eying the Samsung 850 Pro 512GB (MZ-7KE512BW), not cheap but looks promising. Maybe I'll just let the technology cook for a couple more years.

Anyhow, thanks again for the help. Much appreciated

Progressing nicely Mike!

Keep at it! I know from experience what a challenge it is to design and build a vehicle. I gave up after a few tries, just couldn't seem to get what was rattling around in my head to look right on the screen.

I do remember how I solved getting the engine to fit...

@pmolson said:

I can't remember if it was the case on this one, but sometimes i am limited to certain sun angles because I am trying to have all the sides have decent shadows...kind of a balancing act.

I so wish the Set north tool allowed one to store the north angle with a scene which would allow me to cheat and have the best shadow options (although fake) for each side of the model.

I know just what you mean.

Since I don't render I have to rely heavily on the shadows to make my models look decent. It can be a real pain in the butt sometimes.

I remember before I discovered Set North I used to have to rotate the entire model (many times) to try to find the best shadows. Now that was fun (NOT)

Absolutely beautiful work, that's a house I could call home!

@tuna1957 said:

if you only could have seen the late night struggles to figure out how to do this stuff .......

Ah, but that's what makes the end result all that much more rewarding!

Really nice work!

Very nice, I can't imagine that they expected all that stuff to just lay around on the table, must have been a real mess.

I loved the Firefly series. What idiots they were to cancel it after only one season. I wasn't aware that there was a board game - wonder if I could teach my cat how to play.

Nah, he was always cheating after I taught him Monopoly.

Thanks TIG, but I definitely remember reading a post here concerning some sort of problem that was caused/cured by changing the order in which the two versions were installed. Dang, my kingdom for a memory!

Well, I just gave up on SSD's, reverted back to the tried and true (if not quite so fast) regular mechanical hard drives. I've had a couple of those go bad on me over the years, but they always gave me some sort of warning, and I was always able to easily recover my data. Not so with my so-called 'top of the line' Samsung SSD. It died without any warning, and all my data became gone. Tried a number of different programs to see what I could recover, finally found one that worked really well ($79 bucks ), but I did manage to get my stuff back. Seems recovering stuff from SSD's is a different process.
Anyhow, I've set up my new HD and am now at the point of reinstalling SU8 and 2015, but I seem to remember something here in the forums about it being important which SU version you install first. Can't remember why, and can't find it.
Can anybody help me out?

I want to see the rest of the elk!

JK, very nicely done

Nicely laid out.

My only criticism would be the extremely steep entrance to the garage

Impressive work! Any chance of seeing a hidden line shot? And, as previously requested, some close-up, detail shots?

Ok, maybe that last one was a tad too big