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harroldsheep In reply to WideFoot [2015-07-16 14:58:12 +0000 UTC]

thanks!  i'm trying to do the same on the secondary hull, but cylindrical mapping is a pain in the ass!!!

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WideFoot In reply to harroldsheep [2015-07-18 16:22:47 +0000 UTC]

I did it once in school.  it was really difficult.  I cheated and broke my cylinder into four sections and textured each one separately to reduce the distortion around the edges of the texture map.  But, I haven't dealt with textures since school.  

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harroldsheep In reply to WideFoot [2015-07-19 00:17:40 +0000 UTC]

since the mapping itself is cylindrical, i'm not sure that would work in my case, especially since i think MentalRay doesn't do layered textures.
my problem was that i was able to get the shield grid in a bump map using planar mapping (i find it's more precise and as long as the lines are thin enough, there isn't much distortion...and i get the lines EXACTLY where i want them) but the colour and reflective maps are cylindrical.  this gives me the nice "hull made out of interlocking tiles" effect.
i do admit that i split the secondary hull into two pieces (along the long axis) but that so i can get the amount of detail i want.  a full 360 degree map with the maxed 4096px size tends to blur finer elements...

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harroldsheep In reply to TheAtomicDog [2015-07-10 15:27:32 +0000 UTC]

'tis, ain't it?

 

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TheAtomicDog In reply to harroldsheep [2015-07-10 16:33:42 +0000 UTC]

Yes, it 'tis.

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harroldsheep In reply to Agent-0013 [2015-07-10 07:17:26 +0000 UTC]

I will have to go in and spruce up the bridge a bit.
And then it will be all the cabins in the saucer and engineering hulls.

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