Author Topic: C205 progress (Where's my bottle of wine, Gatt??) (Read 2000 times)

weazely · « **Reply #15 on:** November 14, 2006, 04:16:11 PM »

done forget to make a c202 skin:D

Krusty · « **Reply #16 on:** November 14, 2006, 04:56:12 PM »

Weazley, I was wondering about that, but I can't find any references to a 202 with this herringbone pattern. The 202s had the earlier paint schemes, I think. If you've got references for the 202, I'd love to see 'em.

Krusty · « **Reply #17 on:** November 14, 2006, 05:15:50 PM »

New colors based on the links Fencer supplied:

[EDIT: The tan looks the same, but I think the shade of green is better now]

( OLD IMAGES FOR COMPARISON: )

gatt · « **Reply #18 on:** November 14, 2006, 11:17:58 PM »

Very good Krusty

Now what about some weathering?

Krusty · « **Reply #19 on:** November 15, 2006, 01:51:24 AM »

Tomorrow!

I've got lots of ideas

Hap · « **Reply #20 on:** November 15, 2006, 03:43:03 PM »

Krusty

Regards,

hap

great skin work.

Krusty · « **Reply #21 on:** November 17, 2006, 04:05:37 PM »

Some weathering. Sorry it's late, but the new 2.09 patch and new rudder pedals ate up my time

Cannon exhaust stains are misaligned on the top of the wing, I will fix this. Engine exhaust is a problem, because I can't put any on the top of the wing (it stretches horribly there). I think I'll just have it arch up exaggeratedly, and follow the curve of the wing root, if you can picture what I mean.

I had to push the panels lines, but I don't think I like them as-is. Because this was designed for a 256x256 texture (first generation skin) if I do standard panel lines you can barely see them. It scales them smaller than normal. So I have to make them more visible (darker). I'm working on a good balance, so bear with me.

gatt · « **Reply #22 on:** November 20, 2006, 06:49:53 AM »

Very good Krusty, hold on!

Lets hope HTC will revamp the 205 graphics ASAP.

Krusty · « **Reply #23 on:** November 20, 2006, 01:59:01 PM »

If the macci (macchi?) planes had DTs I'd only fly them, ever.

Greebo · « **Reply #24 on:** November 20, 2006, 04:47:21 PM »

Its looking good Krusty.

The fuselage panel lines seem a bit heavy compared to the wing ones. It looks the engine hatch lines are supposed to be heavier, but even the lighter lines on the fuselage are heavier than the wing ones if you see what I mean.

Looking at the C205 texture itself, the wing is much bigger than it should be relative to the fuselage. The game therefore shrinks the wing panel more and the panel lines fade more with it.

Best bet would be to duplicate all the panel line layers, erase the wing lines from one set and the fuselage ones from the other, then adjust opacity to suit.

Krusty · « **Reply #25 on:** November 20, 2006, 11:10:03 PM »

Greebo: good eye. I noticed that myself. I was thinking about doing that, but it was more of a hassle than I wanted to tackle at the time I did those screenshots!

I want the panels to be noticable on the fuselage. The initial screenshots barely showed up. However I don't want them TOO thick on the wings. I guess I'll bite the bullet and do it the hard way, like you mention.

evenhaim · « **Reply #26 on:** November 21, 2006, 12:03:30 AM »

keep at it its looking awsome

Krusty · « **Reply #27 on:** November 23, 2006, 11:41:33 AM »

Thanks for the feedback, fellas!

I think it's pretty much done here.

The wings literally have twice the resolution of the fuselage, becaus I doubled all panel lines (2 px wide) and when viewed on the plane, the wing panel lines are the exact width of the fuselage ones. This means the wings start looking funny at times, breaking the bitmap up a bit from any angle other than dead-on. That's why the panel lines might look like crap on the wings. Rest assured they look better on the bitmap, and there's nothing I can do about this rendering issue.

I think I'm done. I can't do a real spiral, but I did one like the 190's spiral (2 angled rings, when the spinner goes real fast it looks like a spiral).

Krusty · « **Reply #28 on:** November 23, 2006, 11:43:06 AM »

Whoops! Forgot some stencils and stuff!!! Okay... so not quite done! lol! I need a few things on there, THEN done!

Krusty · « **Reply #29 on:** November 23, 2006, 12:20:46 PM »

Just 1 screenshot to show what it looks like with stencils. Small detail, but I think it adds something. There should be a red triangle behind the canopy on the side, but it stretches too much to get one there.