Author Topic: Nova Class - Glows (Read 4349 times)

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #40 on:** March 21, 2011, 01:29:58 PM »

Looks pretty good...wish it would look that good on my laptop.

086gf · « **Reply #41 on:** March 21, 2011, 08:57:20 PM »

That is really cool.

Bren · « **Reply #42 on:** March 21, 2011, 10:34:56 PM »

Agreed, it does look like the deferred lighting in Nano-FX.

The only suggestion I have is that the spine running back from the impulse engine was bathed in a lot of blue from the nacelles in the show, iirc. The effect is spot-on, Great work, guys!

Imagine that! 9 years on, and we're still finding new ways to exploit the engine!

This ought to become a standard feature of modding from now on

moed · « **Reply #43 on:** March 21, 2011, 11:50:20 PM »

Beautiful.

Phaser · « **Reply #44 on:** March 22, 2011, 12:23:45 AM »

Very nice! I wish I had dropped by sooner. I've got a bunch of images of the Nova Class that have been sitting on desktop for a couple of years now. I was helping someone make a new Nova Class model a while ago; don't know if anything ever came of it, nor do I remember who I was helping. Meteorafallen, maybe? Anyway, looks like most of them are of the model itself, but there are a few reference shots.

If you want them anyway, shoot me a PM. I'd be happy to send them over to you.

Jb06 · « **Reply #45 on:** March 22, 2011, 04:42:07 AM »

Quote from: Bren on March 21, 2011, 10:34:56 PM

Agreed, it does look like the deferred lighting in Nano-FX.

The only suggestion I have is that the spine running back from the impulse engine was bathed in a lot of blue from the nacelles in the show, iirc. The effect is spot-on, Great work, guys!

Imagine that! 9 years on, and we're still finding new ways to exploit the engine!

This ought to become a standard feature of modding from now on

Cheers people

Ill give it a try on the spine see what it looks like.

~Jb

Dawg81 · « **Reply #46 on:** March 22, 2011, 09:57:24 AM »

most impressive JB. I wonder how that deferred lighting would look on an intrepid class.

crazyhid · « **Reply #47 on:** March 22, 2011, 11:36:18 AM »

Those glows are very near the show, but the blue actually continues onto the spine of the Nova, also the glow from the deflector is much greater on the underside of the saucer its almost like a half moon. I wish someone would do this for voyager, i was the last season last week and the glows are Amazing, The underside of voyager is very blue from the glow.

Amazing work with the glows i really love them, and wish alot more feds had this level.

Bren · « **Reply #48 on:** March 22, 2011, 11:37:57 AM »

Quote from: 9thDawg on March 22, 2011, 09:57:24 AM

most impressive JB. I wonder how that deferred lighting would look on an intrepid class.

Yeah - the glow from the deflector on the underside of the saucer, and all of the registry lighting should be done this way.

Gentlemen, is the technique secret, or are you able to tell us a little about how you've managed this?

Jb06 · « **Reply #49 on:** March 22, 2011, 12:31:45 PM »

Well if Cord doesnt mind, its all to do with adding a multi-texturing node into the nif. From there, as far as im aware you can add up to 5 nodes in there without bc crashing, but as you can see in the circled area in the first image, we've only got 3 slots, however, just got 2 running...

The deflector_LM.tga is the new way of adding colour glows, no black or white alphas, so there is no need to name tga's with _glow or save at 32bit.

This is all down to Cordanilus, I've just started using his method, so a huge thanks for this

Jb06 · « **Reply #50 on:** March 22, 2011, 12:40:43 PM »

Straight double post

Glad people like it.

Might take requests soon on which fed ships you would like to see this on as long as I've got permission from the creator

Well Ive been tinkering with the spine glow, & decided to add some red from the bussards in there as well even though it wasnt in the show. so what do people think?

The last image shows the ship in light again just to ensure the glows arent as bright as in the dark ;)

~Jb

Morgan · « **Reply #51 on:** March 22, 2011, 12:54:34 PM »

You're really loving this new glow technique aren't ya JB? Lol, I can see why, it looks great. Enjoy the cookie.

Jb06 · « **Reply #52 on:** March 22, 2011, 02:03:06 PM »

Quote from: crazyhid on March 22, 2011, 11:36:18 AM

I wish someone would do this for voyager, i was the last season last week and the glows are Amazing, The underside of voyager is very blue from the glow.

Funny you should say that as Ive got permission from Luiz to retexture the CGI Voyager, so stay tuned for pics once I start on V2.0

~Jb

King Class Scout · « **Reply #53 on:** March 22, 2011, 02:26:26 PM »

you might wanna make a tutorial for this "glow job"...we should make it a new standard for all ships. i'd also like to use this to give som,e glows BACK to one of the ships I have that had the property accidently removed from the model.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #54 on:** March 22, 2011, 03:21:15 PM »

amazing Jb!!

Quote from: Jb06 on March 22, 2011, 12:40:43 PM

Might take requests soon on which fed ships you would like to see this on as long as I've got permission from the creator

lol and so opens the flood gates

you may want to make a new request thread for that... watch how fast it fills up

Quote from: King Class Scout on March 22, 2011, 02:26:26 PM

you might wanna make a tutorial for this "glow job"

that would be a good idea, so Jb doesnt get a million requests all at once; other people could help him out

Quote from: King Class Scout on March 22, 2011, 02:26:26 PM

we should make it a new standard for all ships.

agreed...

moed · « **Reply #55 on:** March 22, 2011, 04:54:26 PM »

Looks great JB!

The Bussard glow looks good but it's a bit strong IMO. Maybe make it more subtle and tone it down a bit?

Cookie for you!

Tally · « **Reply #56 on:** March 22, 2011, 05:17:21 PM »

looking sweet...love looking at a pert pair of nacelles regardless of size

086gf · « **Reply #57 on:** March 22, 2011, 07:42:19 PM »

Sexy!

coooookieeeeeeee

Phaser · « **Reply #58 on:** March 22, 2011, 08:50:08 PM »

I'm with moed: Tune it down. You'd be surprised how much realism you can get through subtlety.

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #59 on:** March 23, 2011, 12:33:27 AM »

What are you guys talking about? The bussards look fine to me.

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Author Topic: Nova Class - Glows (Read 4349 times)