[WIP|MOD]Hotring Cars Mod

[--Cole--]

Hey everybody!

 

This is my first mod, which I started to get aquainted with Zmodeler (v1). It's been working fairly well, I've got a hold of how to use most of zmodeler's features (it's still clunky and convluted and glitchy, but I can use it now).

 

But back to the mod. The project I started was to modify Vice City's three Hotring race cars back to their stock, off-the-assembly-line versions. So far I've got the Hotring B car almost done, although this is still very much a work-in-progress. Some screenshots from zmodeler below:

 

Here it is, almost finished.

 

 

You can see I've raised the ride height a bit to make it more like its original version.

 

 

I've modeled a trunk, and the normals turned out pretty good, right?

 

 

I've removed the rollcage, and I'm thinking about adding a back seat. No side mirrors yet though.

 

 

Unfourtunately, I'm having some problems with the UV mapping, and I can't get the trunk to open properly. The normals work, but they could be better. At least I had the specular working. Can anyone give me a hand?

 

Here's the pre-alpha release: http://server5.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=hotrinb.swf (change the extention from SWF to DFF, I had to change it to host it)

[Suction Testicle Man]

When importing the dff, put all the textures in tga format into a folder named the same as the dff. They will then be imported by zmod when you import the dff.

 

 

[MiabtsuThunder]

Looks great so far, cant wait to see the rest.

[--Cole--]

Suction Testicle Man Posted on Sep 7 2005, 23:12

 

...put all the textures in tga format into a folder named the same as the dff. They will then be imported by zmod when you import the dff.

 

I did that, but its not the textures, its the UV mapping. The textures seem to be mapped to the wrong places. I'll post a screenshot soon.

 

[Mercie]

Suction Testicle Man Posted on Sep 7 2005, 23:12

 

...put all the textures in tga format into a folder named the same as the dff. They will then be imported by zmod when you import the dff.

 

I did that, but its not the textures, its the UV mapping. The textures seem to be mapped to the wrong places. I'll post a screenshot soon.

And flip the textures sometimes. [/super short post]

[Cran.]

Suction Testicle Man Posted on Sep 7 2005, 23:12

 

...put all the textures in tga format into a folder named the same as the dff. They will then be imported by zmod when you import the dff.

 

I did that, but its not the textures, its the UV mapping. The textures seem to be mapped to the wrong places. I'll post a screenshot soon.

And flip the textures sometimes. [/super short post]

I said that, but my post never came up.. Anyway, if you want to fix the normals, detact the sides of it and then calculate the normals. After that, re-unite them back with the chassis.