lo-fi

Sorry guys, I've been really busy. Work has slowed quite a lot, but I still manage to fit in a few minutes here and there. With christmas, car projects, DIY, and a new job, I've had no time to do much. However, modeling is really close to being finished. I'm pretty happy with it now, the poly count is right on budget, and when I get a time window I'll get stuck into animation. Sorry about the delay, but it's by no means dead! Lo-Fi

Lol. I did think about that, but it seemed a bit more appropriate to go into the work in progress section on lock-on models. I'm also kinda trying to enourage more people to visit Knells site in the hope that it will spark even more interest in making lock-on models. There's a load of inspirational stuff there! Cheers to SKF for posting the link again, the thread over there has gained over 300 hits over christmas. Hope you all had a good one, and all the best for new years eve ;) Lo-Fi

LOL. Sounds quite tempting....

AAARRRGGGHHH Computers are driving me nuts. First 3ds gives me trouble, then my PC starts messing around, now my linux box is going bonkers, and to top it off hackers have been trying their best to get into it (unrelated to the problems it's currently having). Sorry for getting off topic, I felt like venting some frustration! Needless to say, all this stuff has made progress with the project impossible! Man, I need to do some flying. I'd play online and meet some of you guys in the air, but I'm a total Noooob in a plane, and think I'd embaress myself beyond belief.... lol

Well, I'm having a run of bad luck. Now my PC is broken as well! It's fine for a while then I get the dreaded "delayed write failed" message on one of my disks. Yey! I fix PCs for a living, but I hate fixing my own! /me sulks...

Yes, I get it as well.

Sorry I've been a little quiet - like Deadman says, I've been a bit busy. Between work, extra work, voluntary work, girlfirend, and mates I've had no time! Messing up my computer so max stopped working hasn't helped either. Don't worry, I've got no intention if cutting down to 25K. As things stand we're on target for hitting 50K smack on the nose. LODs will be implemented. The pilot will be fairly detailed, but I'm reluctant to spend too many polys for something that's not all that visible in game. I'm looking at a budget of about 2500 polys going into the pilot and seat, which equates to 5% of total, and I think is reasonable. Finally, thanks to everyone for all the encouraging comments. Much appreciated when it seems like an enormous task.

Ahhh. Cool!

Cheers StrikeMax. That's kinda what Deadman is working on, although he's completely new to Max and finding it a bit frustrating at times. Any chance we could have a look at yours please? Dice, cheers - what are you good with? I've done a ton of work already, but help will always be appreciated. :)

Brilliant, keep 'em coming guys! I'm nearly ready to do another full update. Just quickly: Fuselage is detailed, wings and engine nacelles have been integrated. Cockpit has been optimised and integrated (ejection seat still needs to be done). I think a few bits are actually wrong, so I'll set to work on that in due course. Ladder, gun fairing and nose wheel housing need to be addded. Next on the to-do list is the tail, which should be fairly simple in comparison to everything I've done so far. There's not much of the original mesh left now, but I'm happy with the look of it. Poly count without the undercarriage is just under 50K at the moment, with some optimisation still left to do. Pics to follow this evening if I get round to it.

Thanks guys, some good stuff there.

Anyone willing to take up the challenge of making the ejector seat in less than a 1000 polys, and adding a pilot? The current one is a wasteful 6000! It's a fiddly pain in the arse to model, and I've got my hands full just making the aircraft look presentable. It doesn't have a pilot either, so for the moment I'll make something very basic, and concentrate on the airframe.

Cheers :thumbup:

Update is now up at lockon-models. http://www.lockon-models.com/index.php?showtopic=154&st=0&gopid=682entry682

Disso - anything you can get your hands on :)