Discussion Silent Mary POTC SALAZAR SHIP MOD idea

[Pieter Boelen]

Ah! Stacks of cannonballs.
Thanks.

Maybe @The Nameless Pirate knows a ship that has those on deck?
Or perhaps @Jack Rackham has that as a separate detail somewhere already?

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

I don't remember one right now.
I remember where to get a higher detail cannon model, but nothing of the sort @Gowras wants.

If I find, something I will let you know.

 

[Jack Rackham]

Only thing I've got is a single cannoball. It's called bladecannon_ball and found in Ammo\OtherItemsJRH.
Maybe it's possible to build up a small stack of cannonballs with it.

 

[Jack Rackham]

Here's a pile of 10 cannonballs. I've sized it down as much as was possible with the TOOL.
It may need further size down.

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Good job @Jack Rackham!

And now there is another asset to use.

 

[Gowras]

many thanks

 

[Gowras]

In the film, dead gulls fly over the ship. We need to implement this somehow) suggestions?)

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Trailing particle effects?

I did that with the smoke/fog following cursed ships in PotC.

Of course the 'gull' particles would disappear after a while, to be replaced with new ones.
But something is better than nothing...?

 

[Gowras]

It's better than nothing. I agree. But we need him to work on the model on all engines.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I know the particle systems are different between PotC and CT/CoAS.
And I haven't a clue how the newer one works.
So it can't be one solution for all games, unfortunately.

 

[FlyingDutchman_Capitan]

So when Gowras building amazing model I'm trying to draw amazing textures for this ship!
So something amazing is coming... stay tuned!

 

[Gowras]

What is the easiest way to make locators for guns? What methods exist?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

What is the easiest way to make locators for guns? What methods exist?

There must be a way inside Maya.
That is probably easiest, but I don't know how.
Maybe @Armada and/or @Martes know?

Alternatively, you can do it with TOOL.
Probably takes a fair bit of trial and error, but it's certainly possible.
The 'export/load from text file' option might help there.

If the Maya export doesn't work; maybe you can at least read the coordinates from there.

 

[Gowras]

using this tool I will be doing this for 10 years) that's why I came up with this question) but the method with Maya would be interesting.

 

[Armada]

The best way to export locators is to look at these example files: http://www.piratesahoy.net/cloud/repository/Tools/Modeling+Texturing/potcShips1.rar
There should be a Maya file of a complete ship with all its locators that you can use as a template. Make sure you select all the locators before exporting the model to GM format.

 

[Gowras]

Thank you again for your help. Now I am interested in another nuance that I have already had in the past but again I do not remember how I coped with it. sound beep when loading.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

sound beep when loading.

I believe that indicates the main GM's collision detection information is missing.
Should be possible to fix that with a correct export from Maya.

With a bit of luck, when you sort out those locators as in that example file, this will be sorted too.

 

[Gowras]

export as usual. other ships don't squeak but this one does. There is a concrete solutions?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

other ships don't squeak but this one does.

We've had the problem with other ships too.
It's a bit random, but sometimes when a hull GM is edited with TOOL, it corrupts.

@Armada, didn't you fix a few of them?

 

[Armada]

Hmm, I don't remember finding a specific solution to this problem, but there are some things you could try to fix it.

Take a look at the PDF in this thread: Tutorial - Editing and Exporting Models with Maya
Check the Model Setup section, and if you've already done that correctly, skip to the Pre-Export Checklist and try using the Polygon Cleanup options.