The "What Are You Working On?" Thread

[Stereo]

How much time do you figure I've got to finish the liveries?

I'm not planning that far ahead, probably Sept-October.

Driver is just copied from the GT40 for now cause the car doesn't have a seat or anything. So I'll worry about that later.

 

[Stereo]

that's a super tiny steering ! Must be quite touchy to drive

30cm, makes it a couple cm bigger than the average ffb wheel. it is only 2cm thick though, definitely on the thin side.

 

[stingray_SIX_TWO]

That stance will never get old...

Still haven't figured out the popup headlights. Does the axis need to be Z forward or is that irrelevant?

When I tried to export both sides with separate axis Blender always moved the left light to the right on export.

Lots of tweaks and updates model and material wise mostly related to the dashboard, a pillars, door sills etc. Can't wait to show you guys the open door but it's not quite done yet.

 

[Ben O'Bro]

Still haven't figured out the popup headlights. Does the axis need to be Z forward or is that irrelevant?

When I tried to export both sides with separate axis Blender always moved the left light to the right on export.

the dummy used for animated part doesn't have to be anything regarding its orientation.
Since you animate it from 0 to x frames

in one hand you create a ksanim with that dummy alone with animation turned on at export

open fbx animation, doesn't open anything, it just creates a ksanim file if the FBX file has some animated keys

and on the other hand, you have that dummy part of the export of the car
so the game can then apply the ksanim to that said dummy

 

[stingray_SIX_TWO]

the dummy used for animated part doesn't have to be anything regarding its orientation.
Since you animate it from 0 to x frames

in one hand you create a ksanim with that dummy alone with animation turned on at export
View attachment 383433 open fbx animation, doesn't open anything, it just creates a ksanim file if the FBX file has some animated keys

and on the other hand, you have that dummy part of the export of the car
so the game can then apply the ksanim to that said dummy

Thanks man! I never did the 'open fbx animation' part. So with my animation working correctly in Blender and as long as all the parts show up correctly in the editor this should work then. Same for the doors I assume?

 

[AccAkut]

Thanks man! I never did the 'open fbx animation' part. So with my animation working correctly in Blender and as long as all the parts show up correctly in the editor this should work then. Same for the doors I assume?

yes, same for all ksanim (like steering animation too). Stereo's blender plugin can actually directly export ksanim, no need to go through the KSEditor (makes testing much faster). Also newer Blender variants can't export the fbx format anymore that the Editor needs for animation.

 

[stingray_SIX_TWO]

yes, same for all ksanim (like steering animation too). Stereo's blender plugin can actually directly export ksanim, no need to go through the KSEditor (makes testing much faster). Also newer Blender variants can't export the fbx format anymore that the Editor needs for animation.

Ok, understood. I downloaded that plugin, seems very cool for testing and since I'm still using 2.79b it shouldn't be a problem. How come my instruments and steering wheel work even without the animation though? Or is that simply best practice and to ensure rotation limits?

 

[Ben O'Bro]

How come my instruments and steering wheel work even without the animation though? Or is that simply best practice and to ensure rotation limits?

all the instruments and steering are set by a dummy (maybe it's possible with just the object name, but anyways), and rotation are set on the ini files. Those dummies tho, need their xyz axis to be correct !

 

[x0t]

A little teaser.
Can you guess ?

 

[Nedddo]

Citroen C15?

 

[stingray_SIX_TWO]

all the instruments and steering are set by a dummy (maybe it's possible with just the object name, but anyways), and rotation are set on the ini files. Those dummies tho, need their xyz axis to be correct !

Ok, that makes sense. I had all that set but my dials were turning around the z axis instead of y (in local space). I now rotated the dummy with z-forward and hope that'll fix it.

By the way I do not recommend opening an fbx and then loading the animation...

When I hit load animation beforehand it did nothing as you said - where does it put the animation files though?

 

[stingray_SIX_TWO]

Citroen C15?

Stance also immediately reminded me of a 2CV or variant thereof...looking at the mirror, front fender line and the boxy rear - I'd say you're spot on!

 

[x0t]

Yes, that's a C15 ! I'm really struggling with the topology though, if any of you could recommend a good blender workflow video, it may help on my next project !

 

[Ryno917]

I've been working on this since ~November or so. First attempt at track modding, still taking baby steps with Blender. Massive, massive thanks to @Fat-Alfie, @LilSki, @The-IC and @Johnr777 for all of their guidance, wisdom, patience and a few textures.

There's still a long way to go, but I'm quite pleased with how it's shaping up (especially for my first go at this) and I'm finally confident enough with it to show publicly.

 

[EttieApple]

I've been working on this since ~November or so. First attempt at track modding, still taking baby steps with Blender. Massive, massive thanks to @Fat-Alfie, @LilSki, @The-IC and @Johnr777 for all of their guidance, wisdom, patience and a few textures.

There's still a long way to go, but I'm quite pleased with how it's shaping up (especially for my first go at this) and I'm finally confident enough with it to show publicly.


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How did you create those rock formations? They look beautiful!

 

[chili pepper]

Massive, massive thanks to @Fat-Alfie, @LilSki, @The-IC and @Johnr777 for all of their guidance, wisdom, patience and a few textures.

Well, you should be in good stead, that's some track building royalty right there boss...

 

[Ryno917]

How did you create those rock formations? They look beautiful!

Thanks! I tried several things and never quite got where I wanted with it, so I wound up purchasing a medium detail set of cliff rocks from a 3D site (with a full usage license). I placed them all along the areas I wanted the cliff faces and combined them together, then decimated the mesh to bring the poly counts down. Worked out pretty well; I can't take the credit for the end result, though!

Well, you should be in good stead, that's some track building royalty right there boss...

Absolutely! The patience and generosity with their time are the reasons this is going to see the light of day Can't them all enough

 

[Fat-Alfie]

This track will be a huge hit when it's released (imo). The layout has that classic vintage track design, where the surrounding terrain dictates the layout of the track, and not the other way round.

It has oodles of elevation changes, blind crests, fast swooping curves, hairpins, chicanes, a little bit of everything, really.

I've been lucky enough to have had my hands on this track since the early stages of its development, and it's been a real pleasure to watch it grow from a simple ribbon of tarmac floating above an empty terrain, to what will certainly be one of my favourite tracks in AC. I only wish I had designed it myself

 

[Ryno917]

This track will be a huge hit when it's released (imo). The layout has that classic vintage track design, where the surrounding terrain dictates the layout of the track, and not the other way round.

It has oodles of elevation changes, blind crests, fast swooping curves, hairpins, chicanes, a little bit of everything, really.

I've been lucky enough to have had my hands on this track since the early stages of its development, and it's been a real pleasure to watch it grow from a simple ribbon of tarmac floating above an empty terrain, to what will certainly be one of my favourite tracks in AC. I only wish I had designed it myself

Kind words from one of the best in the "biz." Thanks, mate!

Glad to hear that I hit my target, re: track design. That's all exactly what I was aiming for

 

[Mascot]

This track will be a huge hit when it's released (imo). The layout has that classic vintage track design, where the surrounding terrain dictates the layout of the track, and not the other way round.

It has oodles of elevation changes, blind crests, fast swooping curves, hairpins, chicanes, a little bit of everything, really.

I've been lucky enough to have had my hands on this track since the early stages of its development, and it's been a real pleasure to watch it grow from a simple ribbon of tarmac floating above an empty terrain, to what will certainly be one of my favourite tracks in AC. I only wish I had designed it myself

Ah, was wondering if it was fictional of factual. Looks fantastic.