Thanks gai, I'll get it and see how it does

wax's forum is rubbish, and movie maker crashes whenever I try to save something

Any idea how I can solve it?

whilst recording it, it was AVI. however, this was over 4GB so for the render I first converted to mpeg and then swf when that didn't work, I'c currently uploading that so see if it has any difference

Hi all, I've been making a video of me making a panther CLV using FRAPS and WAX 2.0. The recording itself went fine, and wax worked fine with editing the video, and when I went to render it it appeared to work, until I got the rror "unable to read element data"
It managed to render a small amount of the 10 mminute video, if that can provide any clues then here it is
[flash=400,320:3eqk4pbu]http://www.youtube.com/v/zQ7BBixDeX0&hl[/flash:3eqk4pbu]

not, you haven't changed the content of the image

surely when it's been changed outside of su?

Liam887, I remodelled the landing gear:

Also done a bit of work on the panther, according to my video editing software I have been working on the model for about an hour and 20 minutes:

@chris fullmer said:

I dislike the ones that go from showing off stuff that is barely begun, then asking questions, then showing another peoject that is equally barely started

Oh yeah, didn't think of the component thing on the doors, I'll do it. As for the serenity, yeah that shouldn't be a problem, the landing gear really does need work.

I have, but those yellow bits are not extruded on the film model, therefore it shall not be on mine.

New project today, A panther LCV. It's basically a big heavy British Jeep with a remote controlled gun on the top
Heres the real thing:

And now my progress so far:

I am also recording all the modelling that happens during this build, so I can compress it and hopefully get some advice.

Bit more work on the serenity, I did a bit of work on the end of the nose and remade the neck.

And one in flight:

Nola, went with your idea:

You can see there that the second track runs around the outside of the circuit, and rejoins about a third of the way through the circuit. The new route is almost perfectly balanced with the rest of the track, which results in cars meeting at the end of the second route, as seen here:

If by non-newbies you mean users who aren't new to su but aren't considered 'experts' then they are very much in the same boat as the newbies IMHO, not very much critical posts from the experts. By critical I do not mean "it's crap", I mean "this need's work, and this needs changing to this". A very good example of what I consider a 'good post' was from liam887. He said what he thought of the work, and gave advice on how I could improve. It's people like this that I came to this forum for. Good modellers that are willing to help out a guy in need

That's fair enough Chris, and I am sorry for taking your quote out of context. What I am trying to say is that there are many people out there who are good at modelling on su and who could help out, but they simply don't because they have something against newbies, as many people have said before.

@chris fullmer said:

lets at least get [WIP] added to all titles so we can easily ignore them

My point exactly, people aren't willing to help out anymore.

I think I know what you're talking about when you talk about the location, it's not a bridge, it's a jump.

Fair enough. Need some input here, I have absolutely no idea where to put the second route. Here is the circuit plan:

The finish straight is the long straight that isn't mud

As you can see, I have made this a night circuit, and put up a couple more barriers to stop the AI getting stuck. Here is a 'crowd's eye' view:

@Nola: me too, but many people don't. How about this: On 3dVia there is a system where every fortnight or so admins make a top-ten of the models uploaded in that week. Seems a bit farfetched buuuut, my suggestion is keep the gallery as it is, with all wip's and finished models and renders mixed together, then every fortnight or something admins choose a selection of the projects that are in the gallery to be put in a special 'showcase'. This creates the eliteness that the pro's want, and keeps all the pro and other models together that us 'wankers' want (no baz, i'm not letting that go)