XVehicles · Highly UNREAListic things you want added to it!

[Baardman]

UV from video not optimally packed on texture, however I guess this can be easy fix.
Good pack UV is important, since it allow get more hi-res version of skin with same texture size. Which usually goes 512x512.

Now need add minigun on top and it can be used in battles
Also need sounds of engine, tires (if it not here already) and i guess we good to go

yes UV i only seperated the parts, i was not sure about requirements so they can be scaled up and moved or adjusted easely, i think i saw the Jeep in Umodel has 2 texture images so that would mean if i want 2 textures for beetle it needs 2 "materials" ? so i can uv map different parts with different textures i geuss?

and i need to rig this beetle? wheels and turrents save as seperated meshes? thats what i saw with the Jeep model in Umodel. but it also seemed the Jeep is not skeletal?

found this image of a beetle with turret, seems a nice big turret to me.

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not sure what you mean with sound of tires, but i could rip sounds from youtube


anyway, maybe we could make this in a real model or if someone else wants to use it thats also fine . im just interested i geuss and i like to create stuff.

[Buggie]

For skins can be used images from here: https://www.motorcarstudio.com/vehicles ... %5D=beetle
Incredible good images per car and a lot of it in good angles.   
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Yea. Sounds fit. Basically need only engine start, engine end and engine running (looping).

About skins - it can be one or few - up to you.

Yes Jeeps not skeletal. I now prefer skeletal only, since it much less limited.

No, skeleton not need. I not use it, since there no support unfortunately, for operate bones in UT99. So all wheels is separate actors with own meshes.

Same for turrets, which is typical consists from 2 parts: rotation base (change only yaw), and gun barrel which do only pitch change.

On pic turret is way too big. i not want another tank here. It can be good replacement for JeepSDX - fast but weak one.
Since hitscan turrets way too powerful, I expect there small turret with projectile fire. It can be actually be something which already exists,
Like web cannon from Scorpion.

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Not sound of tires. Mesh of tires + skin for it

In general you can provide single mesh, where stuff attached to bones, or grouped, for easy split in parts.

That what I usually do when port vehicle from UT2004 or similar game. Milkshape fine for that.

[Baardman]

For skins can be used images from here: https://www.motorcarstudio.com/vehicles ... %5D=beetle
Incredible good images per car and a lot of it in good angles.   
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Yea. Sounds fit. Basically need only engine start, engine end and engine running (looping).

About skins - it can be one or few - up to you.

Yes Jeeps not skeletal. I now prefer skeletal only, since it much less limited.

No, skeleton not need. I not use it, since there no support unfortunately, for operate bones in UT99. So all wheels is separate actors with own meshes.

Same for turrets, which is typical consists from 2 parts: rotation base (change only yaw), and gun barrel which do only pitch change.

On pic turret is way too big. i not want another tank here. It can be good replacement for JeepSDX - fast but weak one.
Since hitscan turrets way too powerful, I expect there small turret with projectile fire. It can be actually be something which already exists,
Like web cannon from Scorpion.
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Not sound of tires. Mesh of tires + skin for it

In general you can provide single mesh, where stuff attached to bones, or grouped, for easy split in parts.

That what I usually do when port vehicle from UT2004 or similar game. Milkshape fine for that.

I try reading your post but i dont really understand it about the skeletal thing, its not needed? i know how to rig but animation im not really sure, ( I alread have psk/psa plugin installed for export and import in Maya 3dsMax and Blender) but i have not really did animation myself.
I guess only wheels need to be animated? i have wheels as seperated meshes right now.

The scorpion vehicle and web cannon i could not find in Xvehicles packages Xwheelveh.u only containts the jeep and turret and wheel.

I did some UV mapping and made the wheels and a temporary texture to test alignement, guess i need to make the texture grey/metal color?

(Top and back side not ready yet, this is just a test.)

[Buggie]

Actual skeleton not need. Just add wheels into separate bone. Or make special group for it.
But if you do them as separate meshes - that not need.
Ensure just it be in some form like both meshes in one file, so I can later restore where wheels be.

Animation not need.

Scorpion and canon for it not ported yet.
Here PSK and texture for it:

RVnewGun.zip

Also your OBJ somehow partially lost UV mapping, when load into Milkshape.
However FBX open fine in Blender, from which I able export proper OBJ for Milkshape.

I did some UV mapping and made the wheels and a temporary texture to test alignement, guess i need to make the texture grey/metal color?

IDK. It depends from which wheels you want. In different years Beetle come with different wheels.

I can make things like mirror effect - Environment mapping - on specific triangles of mesh, For skeletal it need make it as separate texture.
For usual mesh, it just flags per triangle.

Good progress, btw!

[Baardman]

Actual skeleton not need. Just add wheels into separate bone. Or make special group for it.
But if you do them as separate meshes - that not need.
Ensure just it be in some form like both meshes in one file, so I can later restore where wheels be.

I think it progressed almost to completion, i can maybe change some things and adjust everything a little better but its almost ready.
Yellow texture i can probably replace with photoshop. I could maybe add geometry doorhandle to replace texture add antenna and license plate,
UV mapping can be very time consuming i found out today i have not as much experience with it. I worked all day and all night on it just because i need to go back and forth in Photoshop.

Also i added sound but maybe you can not hear because of copyright in the video. So i added a second video that has no audio if the
other gets taken down.

Wheels i have 2 different ones because i did not know which version is better looking

Vehicle_Bug5.7z

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[Buggie]

Jeeps wheels look better, since flat wheels look unnatural.
However it currently too big, need reduce it.

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Add bolts to wheels - good.
Use 2 textures for wheel - good too.
Add door handle - no problem.
You can also add chrome lines on sides if want. And on front middle.

There appear dark mark on cover for rear wheels. On both sides:

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Also scale incredible low somehow. I need scale obj x64, before able view it normally in Milkshape.

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UV coordinates must be on texture. Texture can't repeat. it is UT99 limitation.

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Such one need move onto texture, make it looping here.

Like that one - there all good:

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Chassis UV need make more compact or it goes be too low res:

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UV for backlight too small so it cut unnaturally, without border:

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If one texture not enough chassis can use 2 or more if need.

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Also license plate can be "Beetle"    
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Chrome things can be extracted to separate texture, which I later can make env mapped.

For colors, usually good if there be all UT99 four colors: Red, Blue, Yellow and Green. Maybe also neutral one.

On link with photos a lot different colors. Or it can be simple replaced in PS, for avoid lot of work again.

[TigerTheGreat]

About MechaGodzilla: I exported it out of Garry's Mod, but it has no animations attached to it.

Perhaps it can still be useful.

[Baardman]

Making monsterkill with this on monsters seem fun to me

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[EvilGrins]

Borrowing again from ut2004 vehicles...

...a Starfleet vessel!

[noccer]

IDEA: Just an Amazon Prime Package/Cardbox. Maybe one, with a cat inside