posted 04-07- 10:12 AM            

Eg: here's their Spitfire Mk V.

And here's the thread of guys picking it to pieces...

This quote from one player is particularly amusing I think...

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Actually, if you know the plane and know the Art of plane weathering a model, you could do the whole plane in an hr.
If you don't know what your doing it could take days.

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There's similar threads about the A6M model they have shown too.

posted 04-07- 12:20 PM               

Makes our little corner of the world look downright sane.

posted 04-07- 03:03 PM               

The screenshot (or unprogrammed 3D model not incorporated into the sim, depending on which side you choose in the argument) is the Spit V from Warbirds 3.0. There's also several nice shots of 3 different Zero models. They are supposedly the product of iEN's in-house artwork team, and are compatible with 3DS Max. There's even a contest for guys to create 3D models for new Warbirds planes like the Macchi using Max, which can be translated into the game engine pretty quickly apparently.

The humorous part of this, for me, is that you've got basically two camps arguing about it: the diehard WB fans (like me) who don't really care if it's a "true" screenshot or just a shot of the model in progress, but are excited that it might represent the new standard for online aircraft graphics, and the "born again" EX-Warbirders who've flocked over to Aces High, who are trying to convince anyone who'll listen that Warbirds 3.0 is just so much vaporware and the "screenshots" are a hoax.

Now the REALLY funny part is that, if you look at either Aces High OR Warbirds 3-D aircraft models as they exist right NOW, none of em can even hold a candle to what we've got in Fighter Squadron using last year's technology, and most of the guys in both sims would be the first to diss SDOE as a "lightweight" sim based on playing it once a year ago.

Even if the real models that get into the sim are only half as good as that pic, it'll still be TWICE as good as what's in there now, yet all these guys want to do is take potshots at each other. Pretty sad foxhole mentality over there at the moment, but also kind of funny in a Monty Python sort of way

posted 04-07- 04:04 PM               

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posted 04-07- 08:49 PM               

Here's a link for a site with awesome 3d rendered aircraft pics. Check it out!
There's a nice color rendering of the Akagi too.
http://www02.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/sa2/i-tomo/3D%20room-top.html

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posted 04-07- 09:07 PM               

The only guy who appears to be entering so far is a guy named Lemsko--pretty talented modeler from some of the stuff he's posted on the Warbirds BBS. He put the initial model for the Macchi up on the iEN board. If you follow Dauntless's link and go "up" in the BBS hierarchy, you'll get to the main UBB board, then look for the "How about a contest" thread.

The rumor I heard was that if your model was accepted, you got $500 and FREE Warbirds for life (!) but that mighta been an April Fools.

No word yet on when there will be a Warbirds 3.0 tho...

posted 04-11- 08:33 AM               

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posted 04-11- 09:26 AM               

How many polygons does it have?

Also, the page mentioned by dauntless shows some excellent 3d model renderings.

posted 04-11- 10:18 AM               

Isn't that warbirds contest to get one plane in WB3 and whatever other models there are have a chance to get in warbirds at a later time if at all? Is that how it goes?

If they trimmed the polys down they could get all of them into SDOE.

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posted 04-13- 01:27 PM               

Yes low poly can look good IMO.

That was my first attemp at the p40. 271 polys and I used WAY too many. And besides the cockpit and lack of detail I think it looks decent.

Its all a judgement call. I have asked many times for the amout of polys to shoot for on the high lod but no one every answers. I wish we had some guidelines.

THe Really high lod like on the p47 is great.

About seeing in the cockpit form the outside and in other planes. Yes it is just eye candy but don't forget that eye candy increases the level of emersion by 10 fold. I hate games that just fill in the glass on the cockpit. It looks crappy and I don't feel like i'm flying.

posted 04-14- 02:40 PM               

Oh yeah for sure tail. But my point was is that fuse has WAY too many polys and it still isn't crazy. So it should come in well under 1000 with the gear in and even with it out since its not very elaberate gear.

posted 04-15- 05:10 PM               

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