i'm just going to dump my tests for you all to see here
as you know i've been working on some effects in blender for when the new site is up. i know i havn't been on here for a while, but thats because i recently just moved to college. So now i'm getting back into my old projects.
this is the first shield test that i showed you guys
and this is my latest render
so just wanted to get some feed back on the latest edition
to see if i got it right
so far what i have done
phasers
torpedos
my current wip:
shields
tractor beams
pulse phasers
warp field
very cool. I like the "progressing" shield effect as the torpedoes strifes the ship. Anyway if the torp moves a little faster then it's actually a perfect st battle scene
so i think its safe to say that my phasers photons and shield effects are done,
so today i was playing around and inspiration hit me
and i figured out an easy way to make a warp field
i'll post some animation later
but it looks promising
eventually...sure
but i want to try an make some tutorials on how to make them as well.
i'm planning on releasing all of my effects once i am done with all of them
kinda an all in one deal.
so i don't have an animation yet
cause i have a crappy video card
but this is a still image
the ambassador can be found on this site by Cyrille Lefevre
great work Andy P. I made a longer post but this freakin PHPBB is crap. I cant get a post posted it deletes it and asks me to relog in. I am very ticked off right now. Every Phpbb board does me this way.
Anyway, I hope you are making a site for those of us that use blender. Amybe do something like Rashid Al-Marri does at star trek blender. I am waiting on someone to convert the PRometheus mesh. Plus i cant get any nebula mesh to import right.
If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth- Sherlock Holmes
offtopic:Sherlock, you should try and consider switching internet provider or reinstalling windows (or switch to MacOS or something) cause this problem does not occur with me. it must be something between the STMC server and your pc, or your pc itself. i'll put up a test forum on ste, so you can try and see if it happens there too. /offtopic
nice job you did there andyp!!
Q: did you use blender specific functions or did you make textured pipes? or did you model all stars seperatly
@sherlock, that seems like your router switches off your internet connection after certain minutes (mine does too but I want it that way, so the phpbb board looses connection to you and logs you out automatically. if you then also have the cookies disabled, then nothing will help you to prevent the board killing your message after having submitted it). try change your router settings.
i'm afraid that i don't know what you mean by volume lighting and volumetric.
i was thinking of ashing a spotlight to the effect, but that would only affect the lighting.
