L-39C Albatros

[MontyCZ]

is 10000 stil low poly? maybe I will add some details and finnish it at about 14k polys.
http://monty.euweb.cz/L-39-10.jpg

This is work in progress and the textures has to be painted better

Monty CZ

[cobra6]

Looking good! Maybe it would benefit from some specular and bump maps....

Cobra 6

[simyevil]

good started

very good looking but im with cobra say's

keep on

[DGambo]

hi. nice for low poly.
PS. Modification "C" has two pylons and you have to model four wing pylons )))

[MontyCZ]

DGambo Thanx for the info, I have basicaly all models (C,ZA,ZO) in one file
so on this picture it is more ZA than C version. Sorry for confusing name of this thread :-)
I am looking forward for your add on.
Monty CZ

[MontyCZ]

and this is how it looks in game engine:

http://monty.euweb.cz/img00001.JPG

Monty CZ

[simyevil]

now that's very good looking but the textures ???

[MontyCZ]

Some progress on textures (bumpmaps)
but remember guys this is not render this is screenshot from a game runing with 60fps :-)
http://monty.euweb.cz/post-255-088107900%201286222853.jpg

Monty CZ

[simyevil]

very good screenshot but the light is not really good & the wheel is down i think when the plain in the air i think u need 2 up the wheel ???

[MontyCZ]

simyevil: the light is something controlled by game engine, sorry
and the plane is in landing configutation cca 150m above the ground (approaching airbase) you can see that the flaps are down.
(more screenshots with gear up you could see here: http://combatace.com/topic/59498-eastern-aviation-schools-got-new-tool/page__st__20 )
It is still WIP ;-)
Monty CZ

[simyevil]

aha u wont 2 make game ??? by this work

[MontyCZ]

and this is how the add on plane looks in the game after days of polishing details:

[simyevil]

looking is very good & very good plan u added in there

keep on

[cobra6]

Looking good in the game I must say :) How is it to fly? :D

Cobra 6

[dawestsides]

Really nice,can you post some videos?

[JP Vieira]

Really enjoy this : congrats

[MontyCZ]

thanx guys
here is the video I did cca month ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qREWFdzpWrE

Now it is better but I have no time to make anything good

Monty CZ

[simyevil]

wonderful video but
1- how can fly with out flame ???
2- the camera it need more work because the move by the camera is not good , i know this is game & animation work 2 the film
3- where is the hand by the pilot ???
any way i like it your work
keep on & good luck

[newman]

wonderful video but
1- how can fly with out flame ???

If by flame you mean afterburner, I doubt the albatross even has the capability. Planes don't need afterburner to fly. As for the effect inside the exhaust nozzle itself, it may just be missing so far. Easy to add a glow map or a stencil in game effect. The mottled hot air in front of the exhaust is an effect that would be quite difficult to simulate for most game engines so I wouldn't expect it.



2- the camera it need more work because the move by the camera is not good , i know this is game & animation work 2 the film
3- where is the hand by the pilot ???
any way i like it your work
keep on & good luck

I don't think you understand how game development works. The camera doesn't need more work, footage was obviously taken directly from a game and you have limited controls on this - the game isn't a 3d app where you can put camera on a spline trajectory and fancy stuff like that. In most cases you run the game, fire up fraps, and just play on external and internal views while recording footage. You can do with the camera as much as the game controls allow. I'd say his "camera work" shows the plane in the game pretty good so it accomplished it's purpose well.
The pilot hand - this is a can of worms many sims don't open. It's not just about modeling and texturing the pilot body, you also need to set up bones with a proper IK solution and have it all animated (so when you push the stick or the throttle in the game the hand moves with it). The game needs to support it, but even if you manage to have the hands work the throttle and stick properly, you'd have to wonder why don't they flip various switches around the cockpit when various functions are used? To make matters worse, different planes have their various controls in different places so you couldn't reuse done animations, you'd have to have a separate set for each plane the game supports. If you wanted to do that, we'd be talking an extreme amount of animation work, probably ranging in hundreds of hours. In short, seeing the pilot's hands is a graphical gimmick that doesn't add anything to the gameplay but is an enormous amount of work to pull off correctly. Which is why most sims don't do it.

Monty - you've done an excellent job on this one, love the various texture combinations.

[simyevil]

dear newman me by your word is true but i see more games with my word & MontyCZ he have a good work right know

any way thank newman for your comment

[DGambo]

good work. nice plane

[Skyraider3D]

Not seen this before. Really good looking model. Polycount is quite reasonable for 2010/2011, I'd say, and you used them well as the model looks nice and smooth. Great job on the textures!