Capnsully Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 woohoo, I nutted out the exporting of a Blender model to FSX (it's the big ugly shopping center to the right, with a bridge over the highway, and yes you can fly under it). Oh what a feeling! Still to build the other side and fix the crazy scale (it's too small), but it looks great in-sim and adds a real local feel to the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 A fine shot this. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Looking good! Great to see the development of these kind of details... Cheers Mallard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchE Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Fantastic! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hall Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 whats a "Blender Model" If it's anything like google sketchup then be carefull,they use numerous small texture sheets for there texturing, which bumps up the drawcalls. Drawcalls have the biggest impact on frame rates, which is why great care was taken when modelling Mooribbin that we utilised large texture sheets and shared them among the models using multimaterials. Other than that if you can add landmarks then go for it, just a word of caution thats all cheers Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Cajic Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Blender is a modelling program Ken, from what I know it's far from sketchup but ive never tried it myself. nice shot by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capnsully Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Thanks Guys. Noted Ken, yes thats my worry too. Right now i'm using a single 2048 texture with this building just taking up a sixth of it. 1 drawcall. It's slow exacting work, makes me admire you devs so much more! Yes, I call it BENDER as that's what it does to your mind. It's overkill probably, but it's got great workflow. Free too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hall Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Yes, I call it BENDER as that's what it does to your mindName one program that doen't at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capnsully Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Too right Ken! But learning prevents the mind from rusting. In Melbourne we spent over a billion on Myki, the ticketing system. I've watched some people being shown how to use it like it was a 747 FMC. I was swearing at the pc today though, just couldn't get the textures to appear! At one point there could've been 8 or so different ways to stuff it up. It was a relief to finally see it in-sim. Still heaps to learn I think. Making the roof hard, reducing shinyness, fixing the scale. Ha that reminds me, with blender you can do some stupid things. Once I had a strange bug, certain lights just wouldn't work. Ages later I realised I'd accidentally copied the scene about 10 times over, with 60 buildings that would cause issues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hall Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 for the time being for FSX Gmax does quite well but what the future holds and what tools we will be using to develope is very exciting, good luck with the learning curve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean (PC Aviator) Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Name one program that doen't at some point DOS. No viruses, no crashes, easy to use... just dont expect it to do too much Sorry couldn't resist Great screenshot by the way. Love the aggie in green, and the shopping centre looks like it blends in well with the surrounding scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Cajic Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 That's right but after only 3 months gmax operation is hardwired in my brain and using anything else will make me go crazy. Needless to say i'm definately still learning, it really is great for a 7 year old program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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