(REQUEST) small shelter

[Scaled_One offline]

[Hacker[SOW] offline]

Requests aren't frowned upon, or at least I've never known them to be.

I'm not sure, however, that an interior can be deleted/placed within the game on a whim without causing some issues. You might be better off with a .dts object.

[Scaled_One offline]

Well I know that shifter somehow manages to pull it off with what appear to be static shapes. Then again you're probably right and it would require milkshape or some other modler software to pull it off.

In either event I'm still trying to hammer down the basics of what I want and this is, for the time being, merely a perrifery item.

[dick longfellow offline]

Yeah, the shifter mod used scripts to place small .dts shapes at the right size and angle to look like bunkers. There are tutorials on how to do this, but its kinda complicated. You'd be better off if you could get someone to make you a custom .dts shape, but then your mod would be server side.

[Hacker[SOW] offline]

You mean client side.

[Scaled_One offline]

Well considering I'm wanting to borrow the unarmored dts shapes from t2rpg and attempt to adapt them to my own use....yea, client side was what I had in mind anyway.

[Cyborg_Boba_fet offline]

id do it but the dts would be white. and i dont know how to fix that.

[Scaled_One offline]

Right now since I'm marred in trying to figure out how best to implament a stat system(as well as the possability of it carrying over to other maps on that server) this isn't something I'm going to need straight off.

That and right now trying to figure out how best to balace out having a hacking tool, wether to have it require a specific pack(either energy or repair) or what. That and undeploying stuff, thats something I am trying to get hammered out quick like since its a feature I want and one that bothers me greatly that it isn't already in place.

About the model itself what would be the best way to implament something like this? I want a deployable shelter that looks like it was ment to be like that rather than using forcefields and random static shapes.

Lastly what should such an object look like? I was going to have the pack shape look like a crate, but what of it being deployed? I know a dome is possible, but considering the lag having lots of rather detailed dome shapes would cause would it be worth it? True each tribe has its own way of doing thigns but I wanted something that would hold for everybody so I don't have to make a mangle of trying to make specific things buyable/spawnable depending on which teams are in use.

[Hacker[SOW] offline]

Well, what's it's use, and what's it made of? That'll vary the shape and texture of it.

I'm currently looking into getting the Blender DTS exporter to work for me. If I can get it to work, you'd have a free alternative to making a DTS in max.

[Hacker[SOW] offline]

Okay, good news is that the actual exporter works fine. Bad news is that the shape isn't textured; same all-white problem that Cyborg is having.

What we really need is someone who's done this successfully (Berk?) to maybe nudge us in the right direction.

[Scaled_One offline]

Well what its used for would mainly be quick spots to hide in that you could, in theory, nide yourself and inventory station in(not included), as well as maybe one other person in as backup. That and there's a small film project I'm wanting to attempt if I can get a little help...but thats much later, after i come up with a more detailed script(which won't happen till i finish this mod so i'll know what my limitations are).

[Hacker[SOW] offline]

I just fixed my problem with the textures not showing up ingame.

Blender is now a viable DTS-creating resource.

[Scaled_One offline]

Good to hear hacker. Trying to secure premissions for other things as well as working on shop code to pass the time. What do you need to get an idea of what I want byond what I've already stated?

Also I am very appreciative of the help provided so far.

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