start of a long thread..

[Era908]

well, i dropped out of school, dont have a job, and sit at home all day. so i figured. why not make a video game, i can get it done in a couple years, hopefully by then ill have a job lol.

so here goes. first model of the day, and game.

ferrari f430 animation 2300 tris right now unoptimized of course

New video 10/19

http://www.sploitz.com/venom908/ferrari.avi

quick edit, if anyone can get me a pic of whats on the inside of those side vents, it would help a bunuch

[Cris]

the fly-by looks good... it's a bit dark thou

[Era908]

haha, maybe i just have a bright moniter, sorry


small update. same link


comments and crits please (not on the render)

[mannion]

It looks nice and clean to me. Sweet choice of car too.

A bit difficult to see detail with the fly-around though, maybe because i use media player, and got impatient waiting for it to buffer the whole time.

Some nice high res renders of work so far coupled with a wire will enable people to appreciate your work far better IMO

From what i could see looks fantastic though, keep going!

[Era908]

here you go bud.

i dont liek making still renders of low poly because they are never gonna be still in game, so they dont have tp be perfect

Also: a another new animation (same link)

[revelli]

looks briliant and very smooth for 2300 tris, can we see wireframe?

[Era908]

haha, the first video i posted was 2300, it was just the front lol

now its about 4500

but heres the wire anyway

(btw im new to modeling low poly cars and im still working on the mesh in various spots)

[marty-bett]

hmm, im not a low poly modeller but i think u have alot of wasted polys on the side and on the bonnet. Mayb get rid of every 2nd line or so?

[Era908]

haha i dunno what a bonnet is, the fender?

anyway, id rather just sacrafice the ~300 polies its gonna save me for the smoothness it give when it has materials on it (or shaders in game)

[revelli]

aaah 4500 is also good
but im not sure, if those red line on attached image of your wireshot will give you better reflections

[Era908]

haha going from left to right, the third one is the door crease

thanks tho, ill see what i can do with them

oh by the way, anoyher video updat, same link again.

5 straight hours of modeling, i think im done for the night

[Era908]

New video, 720p at 60fps for all the red goodness

heres a render for the 56k guys <3

[scooter79rs]

Originally Posted by Era908

haha i dunno what a bonnet is, the fender?

For you Americans:
Bonnet = Hood
Front Gaurd = Fender

Downloading vid as I post. The stills look good.

[marty-bett]

yeh sorry dont know why i said bonnet, i mean hood is so much simpler and quicker 2 write... im not usually a fan of low poly but this is pretty nice

[Cris]

damn nice details man... I use to model low poly, but not anymore... so not much I can crit

[Boon342]

So any idea what the game is going to be?

[Silent][Moebius]

he said he was going to programm his own game... well last time i heard someone make his own game successfully was Chris Sawyer with Rollercoaster Tycoon (even though i'm not 100% sure i he reall did everything by himself)

well good luck with everything, modeling looks excellent you don't need to chamfer the front air intakes. you can use smoothing groups

[Era908]

yea, im probably gonna have people help me once i get further down the road.