[Static Model] Generic Garage [WIP]

[[R-DEV]Rhino]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]ballard_44

You can increase how much 'tiling' the static uses by editing the .tweak file so you don't get buggy UVs.

GeometryTemplate.maxTextureRepeat 16

16 is the 'standard' used by most statics. There are a few DICE statics that go higher.

Not sure if 32, 64, 128 are the next mandatory progressions or if you can have, for example, 27.

I've actually tried that, tried it when making Bastion as UVing a detail texture that was being UVed to 1 tile = 24m, over a 800m stretch of runway would have been over 33 tiles so ye that looked to be the simple solution, but while I can't remember the exact problem, I do recall the UVs being screwed up as a result, something like the UVs over 16 tiles where fine, but UVs under where totally screwed up or something like that, I can't quire remember.

As such the simplest solution was just to brake up the UVs so that each section was under 16 tiles.


But the fact of the matter is, if a static is going over 16 tiles its either very, very large (like Bastion), or there is something horribly wrong.

[[R-DEV]AFsoccer]

Originally Posted by Psyrus

Sorry but when I try to test my collision meshes (decal) by shooting the garage, it plays no effects and simply throws this error over and over again...

Originally Posted by Psyrus

Got it working! Also fixed the material issue (it was with the 5.56 bullets, not my garage)

I get the same error Psyrus. What did you do to fix it?

[[R-DEV]Rhino]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]AFsoccer

I get the same error Psyrus. What did you do to fix it?

your pr_edit materials must be screwed up for some reason.

Extracting the common_server_patch2.zip from your pr folder into your pr_edit/common/ folder should fix it.

[[R-DEV]AFsoccer]

Worked great. I'm not sure how I missed that zip when unzipping everything, but it looks like everything is shooting just fine now in editor. Thanks Rhino.

[[R-CON]Psyrus]

Less LODS (3-4)
[Y] COL2 Fix (optimize)
[Y] COL3 fix (remove roof bevel
[Y] Wall Stretching
[Y] Corners Overtiled
[Y] Door frames (??)
[Y] Ramp Tiling ++
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[Y] Garage door top wood panel
[Y] Window middle under line
[Y] Reduce stretching on door handle
[Y] More dirt on top of door handle

Went through and addressed each issue that I understood from Rhino.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~rodchin...ad_11-11-1.rar

Hopefully it's getting close to completion, but I suspect not . The texturing is definitely the biggest PITA ever... It's not hard exactly but trying to make do with existing textures can make it a challenging endeavour. I hope I can master it and contribute some decent statics.

I started (like a couple of hours mocking up) an apartment building but realized I should finish this 100% before getting ahead of myself and being distracted by multiple projects @ once.

[[R-CON]Psyrus]

Lightmapping test question!



Everything's ready to go, but I wanted to see if there was something I could do to correct this issue. Basically you can see two black spots in the image on the 256 lightmap size exported garage... Is that a case of just using the tutorial's lightmap settings or is there something fundamentally amiss on the model? I checked it in 3dsmax and I can't tell what would cause it

[[R-DEV]Rhino]

only thing to fix that is custom LM UVs, here is a tut on it although has a few things wrong like you need to UV in channel 9, not channel 5 etc: BF2 Statics Advanced Lightmap Tutorial

[[R-CON]Psyrus]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Rhino

only thing to fix that is custom LM UVs, here is a tut on it although has a few things wrong like you need to UV in channel 9, not channel 5 etc: BF2 Statics Advanced Lightmap Tutorial

Thanks once again Rhino. I used that link as well as a bit of ingenuity to not have to redo it all manually. It has worked out rather well and I'm happy with the final results.

I kept it to 128 samples but 256 for lod0 certainly does look better... but 128 is bearable.

The included samples (after lots of testing):

lod0 - 128
lod1 - 128
lod2 - 64
lod3 - 32

I assume I should message Plyem since this static was made for him, or should I just post the link to the .rar in this thread?

[[R-COM]H.sta]

just PM it to him

[[R-CON]Psyrus]

Originally Posted by [R-COM]H.sta

just PM it to him

Thanks, will do. I'm so glad it's finally over...

It has taken wayyy too long