Oooooooowh , that is gonna be my 11th team 
seems good , and seems I need to repakcage my F1-2000 Superhires and upload my F1-2000 normal.
barrichellos car would be nice too enzo
Have to say that it doesnt quite seem right in-game as it does in the renders, but its still infinately better than what we already have.
Have to say that it doesnt quite seem right in-game as it does in the renders, but its still infinately better than what we already have.
Well, My reflections in-game are not that good... Dunno why! But i ensure that in Zmod the normals are perfect, you can see that by looking at the Zmod shots I posted all along this topic.
About an F2005... who know...
About an F2005... who know...
Well, looking at the zmod shots it looks like the normals on the side of the nose and sidepod are turned slightly up and down on the top and bottom respectively. Essentially it means that from a lighting standpoint the what should be flat parts are considered as round.
Here goes my little rant on normals, not just to Diego but 95% of the carshapers out there
Mathematically speaking, the normal vector at any point on a plane is perpendicular to the plane. Of course in ZM, we don't have normals on the faces, we have them at the corners (actually impossible). So essentially we have to consider the normal at the edge of a flat part to still be perpendicular to it, and not consider the round when calculating normals.
The way I build cars is to build the flat parts first, calculate the normals, then build the fillets and rounds, then calculate those, leaving alone the flat parts. And having the normals auto-calculate on is a mortal sin
Here's a little example of what I mean (no asking me to release this car). Notice that on the flat parts of the sidepod, the normals are all parallel.
The downside is that it doesn't look all that great ingame. The sidepod is a bit too dark and doesn't pick up relflections the way it should. That said, I'm still doing it this way, as I think it's the "correct" way to model the car. Some people might disagree with me if they like to have a little bit of reflection on the side of the car.
Here goes my little rant on normals, not just to Diego but 95% of the carshapers out there
Mathematically speaking, the normal vector at any point on a plane is perpendicular to the plane. Of course in ZM, we don't have normals on the faces, we have them at the corners (actually impossible). So essentially we have to consider the normal at the edge of a flat part to still be perpendicular to it, and not consider the round when calculating normals.
The way I build cars is to build the flat parts first, calculate the normals, then build the fillets and rounds, then calculate those, leaving alone the flat parts. And having the normals auto-calculate on is a mortal sin
Here's a little example of what I mean (no asking me to release this car). Notice that on the flat parts of the sidepod, the normals are all parallel.
The downside is that it doesn't look all that great ingame. The sidepod is a bit too dark and doesn't pick up relflections the way it should. That said, I'm still doing it this way, as I think it's the "correct" way to model the car. Some people might disagree with me if they like to have a little bit of reflection on the side of the car.
Well, thanks for the tip, Loren, but I must say that I know how to deal with normals. It's one of the points I care most of, because I always want a smooth car, with reflections in-game. My normals are done the best way they could be on that car IMHO, not just calculated. Many of them are tweaked by hand to get the best from the shape. Jut remind that every author does his cars the way he likes them, so it's just a matter of taste...
Ok, fair enough, I never play with the dynamic reflections on, which probably influences the way I choose to do shapes. Personally I think GP4's reflection engine is a bit weird, as it seems not to be able to reflect off flat surfaces, only curves. Probably because it was designed for the default cars which look like they have got auto-calculated normals.
is it just me, or do the logos on the nosecone look too spread out?
Yeah, maybe the shell logo is a bit little... but not that much (your photo makes it look bigger than it really is) and it's just a minor detail... so I can't really be bothered to change it
Anyway, here's a preview of NT and Monza liveries. A quick job, but I feel satisfied of it
Anyway, here's a preview of NT and Monza liveries. A quick job, but I feel satisfied of it
Fantastic Job Oggo!
I bet the NT Livery wasn't hard to do :P
I bet the NT Livery wasn't hard to do :P
next version the usa version (the one with the us flag on the barge board)
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its a really great car Diego - you should be very proud of it!
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Damn , that cart is almost to beautiful for ingame , it should be in a musea
fantastic fella, might have to put that in my game
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