Since I don't want to get kicked, here is my current WIP

[Frank N. O.]

It's strictly for my own purpose and not for any specific game, certianly not a old one due to the polygon-detail. I'm aiming for a 95 Mustang GT or std. Cobra since it's a fairly affordable car that I hope to be able to buy one day.

It's far from finished and I'm a rookie-modeler so.....

Frank N. O.

[loungekid]

Frank, it's good to see you're around somewhere still. :wink:

The Mustang looks like a good start. You seem to have a few more polys than you need to get the job done, but for a first shot, i wouldn't worry about it at all, they're pretty easy to cut anyhow, once its done.

-chris

[Frank N. O.]

Hi, yes it's been a while but sadly a lot of things has happend these last months in my life, and just about all were bad. I can barely drive a car-sim anymore due to my bad health that can't stand the driving position with the MS FF wheel and pedals despite a specific setup givin near car-like driving position. I haven't even driven for real the whole month since I can't stand the stressing danish city-traffic here, people are driving more and more recklessly here sadly and the Peugeot 206 is sounding like it's falling apart. Modeling is mostly all I got now, especially with Windows XP refusing to run anything before NFS5 and the Radeon 9600 Pro won't run Racer in more than 16 bit, but without the wheel it doesn't matter much anyway.

I sincerely hope you are doing better though.

Greetings
Frank

[Heyl]

Frank, I'd like to talk to you abit about that Radeon, got your MSNproblems fixed yet?

[NightEye]

Hmm... Okay... You got the shape quite right, but uhm.. That are just too much polies for ZM
I mean, with more polies, it gets difficult to NOT make any little mistakes (like bumps in the mesh etc)...
But okay, it looks good

[Frank N. O.]

Hi Heyl, no my problems are not fixed, I actually upgraded to XP, but since I made on test-update, a supposedly clean install and then being forced to do it all over again and format the new harddrive after XP locking it after returning my new mb then I'm out of XP unlocking registrations and I'm not sure if it can be fixed. I don't spend that lond behind the screen at a time since my pain and fatigue has increased. I tried Racer 0.5.0 Final but I quickly got tired of it again since it's clear that GPL-driving has made me loose all driving feel with it. And then there was the pain in my legs due to the driving position so there's no need to help on the Racer-Radeon problem since it will soon be un-installed. Thanks for the offer though

The model is high-poly because my aim is to create a close resemblance to the real thing, and sadly the SN95 Mustang is very curvy so I couldn't do with much less. Ryan T has given me some great techniques and with the editing tools of ZM then cleaning up the bumps in the mesh is not that big a problem when I just take the time it takes.

Btw, I tried the Racer Jaguar Mk.2, very very impressive graphics (even though I could only see 16 bit)!

Frank

[loungekid]

Sounds like it hasn't been a very fun time for you Frank. I hope things start going better soon.

As to XP unlocking, there are, i believe ways to undo the locking process. I seem to recall seeing something that referred to the telephone tech support part of microsoft, that a tech might be able to walk you through the process. Especially if you returned the harddrive because it was defective, you should be able to work something out with MS, i think...

Glad you liked the Jaguar model. I am going to begin work soon on an update that will fix some things on it, most notably the handling, to bring that more in line with the graphics end of it. Racer hasn't gotten any easier to make handle correctly in your absence... :wink: But i am now at the point that i see little or no reason to modify the pacejka at all, which i consider to be progress. :lol:

Looking forward to seeing some more shots of your Mustang.

-chris

[OPM]

i hope everything will go better for you soon frank,long time no talk,nice looking model there

[Frank N. O.]

No it hasn't been fun, in fact I haven't even driven for real more than once this month but I just can't drive the 206 anymore. The car I thought was a dreamcar when the Orion had to go has now ruined real driving for me

I did a initial extrusion of the rest of the side polygons to get started on the front bumper and the hood (GT/Cobra, not the double-bump Cobra R one). I need to sit back and look at my reference-picture library to appraise the shape of the side between the wheels on the three key parts. behind the front wheels, at the rear-end of the door and in-front of the rear wheels.

Hi Benny, yeah it's been a while. I posted a message at the 3D Designerz forum some time ago but you never responded to it, but it's ok now. Hope you are doing well

Greetings
Frank

[Heyl]

See, the thing is that I've ordered a Radeon 9600pro, and I'd be very sad if it only worked in 16bit...
You seem to have the general shape down, show a pic with maybe another color and without the wireframe on.