Cars in battle maps

[kurja]

Heyall,

I haven't been on the forum or playing the game in a while, recently I've started to get in modelling (blender) and I remembered ufo:ai needed models of futuristic cars for the maps. Is this still the situation or have the eighties and nineties already had their cars back?

[Duke]

I'm not so sure how they would look among all those not-so-futuristic buildings, but in order to find that out, we would need some in the first place

[kurja]

Sure. I take it, no one has been making new cars? There was talk about replacing some of the boxiest cars with something nicer, if someone made them...

[Duke]

I didn't see any....

[ShipIt]

... because there are none.

[Sandro]

Sure. I take it, no one has been making new cars? There was talk about replacing some of the boxiest cars with something nicer, if someone made them...

Someone tried, but left, though his prototypes were nice.

[Sandro]

I'm not so sure how they would look among all those not-so-futuristic buildings, but in order to find that out, we would need some in the first place

Almost every building is boxy, since it makes simpler to design and build them, and it is questionable if this trend will change in future

[kurja]

Someone tried, but left, though his prototypes were nice.

are those prototypes somewhere here to be seen?

[Noordung]

i think structures could easily be made more futuristic with some solar panels, wind turbines... and maybe different textures. for some you can say that owners love retro style and for same that they are just old.

[Noordung]

so if its topic about cars lets post some cars. maybe not so super modern but also not so boxy. if roof is one big solar panel than almost super modern car.

[kurja]

is there a final verdict on how many tris we can have in an object like a car? 1000? 1500?

[Sandro]

1000 should be affordable for any hardware able to run UFO:AI at all.

[Noordung]

so i started od doing some kind of bus. i want it for soliders to be able to step in and fire through windows... so 2 questions. how do i make windows or are made later and i just do empty space? and how high steps can soliders do?

[AntJam]

Just empty space for the windows. The .md2 models when added to maps are just 'ghosts' , purely visual. They need collision built with brushes in UFOradient where the breakable windows and steps can be added as well. The stair height is usually 8 units per step.

[Noordung]

so bus would be empty and chairs made separately and than added later?