The "What Are You Working On?" Thread

[Nicecuppatea]

Do we need a separate 3D modelling program installed for this function to work?

Simplygon, which seems to be owned by Microsoft, but there's a free licence for it and CM is all set-up with the configs plus some help text to get you started.

 

[jusk]

@jusk I wouldn't worry about spamming - you're certainly not doing that - but if you do start a thread for it I, for one, would be interested in following along

Thanks, Rodger - I will probably start a thread once I have a bit more to show and get feedback on.

 

[GzeroD]

Some modeling on car #2 in my Formula 500 project, the Scorpion. To my knowledge this is the only Formula 500 chassis you can currently buy new -- though the design goes a long way back, originating in a car called the Maverick before being adapted into the current car. The rights to the design changed hands again about a decade ago, and these are now being produced and serviced by Mitchell Racing Services in Indianapolis. This chassis has the distinction of having class front-runners using it with both the newer motorcycle engine, and the old-school snowmobile/CVT combo. Due to AC not having a good way to represent a CVT, I will only be representing the former.

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For a working example of a CVT please search:
Miscellaneous Minutiae Williams FW15C CVT​

 

[Trava]

I did go in and tidy up the lod B a bit but only to save a few more tris, couldn't see anything glaringly wrong with it.

Does it still not delete objects so you end up with LOD D that's 5000 tri and 100 objects?

 

[Thrashy]

For a working example of a CVT please search:
Miscellaneous Minutiae Williams FW15C CVT​

So it looks like you just set it up as a single gear transmission and an engine with an extremely broad torque curve? I had considered that but wasn't going to explore it until after the first round of cars was done. Thanks for providing an example!

 

[A Casual Sim Racer]

This is a progress video for Casual Sim Studios' first mod release. The 1937 Mercedes W25 Streamliner. I didn't want to create t-shirts or a patreon account, instead I wanted something awesome for those who want to support this channel. That decision led to me creating Casual Sim Studios last year.

 

[Kyuubeey]

Sanity slowly fading, but it's been a good aid in making sure the geometry actually makes sense spatially.

 

[Trava]

ok I lied, the interior might be getting done before the heat death of the universe.

 

[Nicecuppatea]

Does it still not delete objects so you end up with LOD D that's 5000 tri and 100 objects?

No, it seems to have fixed that. There's a section in the CM settings where you can specify objects to remove if it misses anything, but I've only had to use it for LOD B. LOD D gets down to 2 objects.

 

[Please Stop This]

No, it seems to have fixed that. There's a section in the CM settings where you can specify objects to remove if it misses anything, but I've only had to use it for LOD B. LOD D gets down to 2 objects.

@Trava thats because its a completely different custom usage of simplygon through CM, not like a generic script for all cars like with LODgen.

 

[CC]

@Trava thats because its a completely different custom usage of simplygon through CM, not like a generic script for all cars like with LODgen.

I tried it after it was released 2/3hrs playing around with it Ilja essentially integrated Simplygon he was saying with custom presets/config files, seems fully adjustable, I think some cars would give better results than others, the ones he shown me he tested on the Tornado looked really good, I still feel they would need additional editing inside the 3D software, I still think the hand methods would give the best results and control over the geometry.

 

[Nedddo]

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Sanity slowly fading, but it's been a good aid in making sure the geometry actually makes sense spatially.

How is the NURBS/spline modelling support these days for Blender?

 

[Kyuubeey]

How is the NURBS/spline modelling support these days for Blender?

I don't know; they're not splines! I don't really work with splines, so I did it the pleb way, via edges...

I can find their endpoints very easily because they're just vertices, so that's a nice bonus that I don't remember if splines have.

 

[Trava]

 

[CC]

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Yes that looks lovely, really detailed and smooth + nice optimization in the correct areas

 

[AccAkut]

made the marshal hut of which there's a whole lot scattered around the track. Only 64 tris each

next project will probably be tackling the solar roof. Luckily it's another of the "make one segment and then array it over the whole length" kinda thing

 

[Ben O'Bro]

I'd like to thank @AccAkut for providing a valuable asset for my tiny island.
Tiny, but not that tiny.
I does look pretty sci-fi tho.
The invasion has begun...



i might release it 1st of April 2022 after all..

 

[AccAkut]

I'd like to thank @AccAkut for providing a valuable asset for my tiny island.
Tiny, but not that tiny.
I does look pretty sci-fi tho.
The invasion has begun...

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i might release it 1st of April 2022 after all..

is there maybe a CSP command to scale up objects only on a specific date? Could be hilarious

 

[Rodger Davies]

Looks like the contractors mixed up 'mm' and 'm' measurements again...

 

[Joshua Prematta]

I'd like to thank @AccAkut for providing a valuable asset for my tiny island.
Tiny, but not that tiny.
I does look pretty sci-fi tho.
The invasion has begun...

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i might release it 1st of April 2022 after all..

There’s a ‘holy ****’ joke in here somewhere.