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The B5 Fan · 08-25-2006, 09:30 PM

Hmm.......interesting.*makes note*

The B5 Fan · 08-29-2006, 06:24 PM

Next question.

How do I prevent this without changing the hardness? When I make it hard it doesn't look like it's actually part of the ship.

Ozylot · 08-29-2006, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by The B5 Fan

Next question.

How do I prevent this without changing the hardness? When I make it hard it doesn't look like it's actually part of the ship.

Hmm, not sure on that one. perhaps a view of the wire would reveal a solution.

A thought... Where the edge of the phaser stripe (assuming here

) meets the top of the hull. make that edge hard all the way around. See how it looks. It would correct the problem for sure. and if you decide you want it soft you could always bevel that edge.

The B5 Fan · 08-29-2006, 08:48 PM

You are correct it is a phaser strip.

BEvelling the edge does nothing. Making if I make it hard it looks a little odd, but I am willing to leave it like that.

The B5 Fan · 09-05-2006, 04:50 PM

By the way. I have previuosly been asked several times how I made said phaser strip. Does anyone want me to post the tut?

**LennO** · 09-05-2006, 05:01 PM

For a bevelled effect (and for not using hardness) you will need to add another loop around the phaserstrip, on the surface of the hull. Right now the polys directly connecting to the strip are "too large" – resulting in very awkward normals which give you those shading artifacts (black areas). Right now you do have a bevelled effect which is just waaay to large.

The B5 Fan · 09-05-2006, 05:09 PM

I.......kinda get what your saying but I think I tried that and I just get it again but closer in to the strip.

**LennO** · 09-05-2006, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by The B5 Fan

I.......kinda get what your saying but I think I tried that and I just get it again but closer in to the strip.

That would depend on your poly layout. Like Ozylot said, wire would help

The B5 Fan · 09-05-2006, 06:37 PM

Here.

Ozylot · 09-05-2006, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by The B5 Fan

Here.

Could we see a shaded view since you hardend that edge? please....

08-29-2006, 06:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
The B5 Fan SFM Guru Realname: Andrew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rule Britannia! Posts: 438	Next question. How do I prevent this without changing the hardness? When I make it hard it doesn't look like it's actually part of the ship.
	Last edited by The B5 Fan; 09-20-2007 at 07:49 PM.

09-05-2006, 05:01 PM	#16 (permalink)
LennO Sensei Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 227	For a bevelled effect (and for not using hardness) you will need to add another loop around the phaserstrip, on the surface of the hull. Right now the polys directly connecting to the strip are "too large" – resulting in very awkward normals which give you those shading artifacts (black areas). Right now you do have a bevelled effect which is just waaay to large.
LennO Sensei Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 227

09-05-2006, 06:37 PM	#19 (permalink)
The B5 Fan SFM Guru Realname: Andrew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rule Britannia! Posts: 438	Here.
	Last edited by The B5 Fan; 09-20-2007 at 07:49 PM.

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08-25-2006, 09:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
The B5 Fan SFM Guru Realname: Andrew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rule Britannia! Posts: 438	Hmm.......interesting.makes note

08-29-2006, 08:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
The B5 Fan SFM Guru Realname: Andrew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rule Britannia! Posts: 438	You are correct it is a phaser strip. BEvelling the edge does nothing. Making if I make it hard it looks a little odd, but I am willing to leave it like that.

09-05-2006, 04:50 PM	#15 (permalink)
The B5 Fan SFM Guru Realname: Andrew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rule Britannia! Posts: 438	By the way. I have previuosly been asked several times how I made said phaser strip. Does anyone want me to post the tut?

09-05-2006, 05:09 PM	#17 (permalink)
The B5 Fan SFM Guru Realname: Andrew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rule Britannia! Posts: 438	I.......kinda get what your saying but I think I tried that and I just get it again but closer in to the strip.

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