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Graphics Remodel: Drake
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CMD Bileena
Torvi Mining and Industrial Inc.
#1 - 2012-05-22 13:05:10 UTC
I threw this together quite quickly, so excused the bodged texturing in places...

But I think something like this would be far better than the current 'Whack some launchers ontop of some fake launchers' approach that has been seen so far.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56018488/blenderdump/temp/drakeRemodel.png
Duchess Starbuckington
Doomheim
#2 - 2012-05-22 13:14:34 UTC
Love it.
CMD Bileena
Torvi Mining and Industrial Inc.
#3 - 2012-05-22 13:45:13 UTC
Thx
Loius Woo
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-05-22 16:03:50 UTC
Cosigned,

CCP, please do this.
Kevin Emoto
No Code of Conduct
Fluffeh Bunneh Murder Squad
#5 - 2012-05-22 17:01:28 UTC
+1



ccp, give this dude a job in your graphics department
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#6 - 2012-05-22 20:55:06 UTC
I would also like to suggest the thing be rotated 180 degrees. It looks better from that angle.
Razgriz Shaishi
Perkone
Caldari State
#7 - 2012-05-22 22:13:41 UTC
+1
As well, that drake model in general looks amazingly textured and rendered, even better then the ingame one.
CMD Bileena
Torvi Mining and Industrial Inc.
#8 - 2012-05-22 23:25:32 UTC
Razgriz Shaishi wrote:
+1
As well, that drake model in general looks amazingly textured and rendered, even better then the ingame one.


hehe thx... though actually its literally just the ingame texture... just used some custom shaders and a bit of extra bump mapping to bring it out a bit.
Jerick Ludhowe
Internet Tuff Guys
#9 - 2012-05-23 01:21:01 UTC
I think the question we should be asking ourselves is..... How could the current drake with it's launchers built on old launchers bullshit even make it liveRoll
Cardano Firesnake
Fire Bullet Inc
#10 - 2012-05-23 05:23:40 UTC
Osprey and Moa are so uggly that I think the Drake is not the priority :-)

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Kaikka Carel
Ziea
#11 - 2012-05-23 05:41:55 UTC
+1.

Have you seen the first iteration of Drake with launchers placed assymetrical in its roof?
CMD Bileena
Torvi Mining and Industrial Inc.
#12 - 2012-05-23 08:52:28 UTC  |  Edited by: CMD Bileena
Jerick Ludhowe wrote:
I think the question we should be asking ourselves is..... How could the current drake with it's launchers built on old launchers bullshit even make it liveRoll


LOL, exactly why I did this tbh ^ ... I figured there must be a good reason for it, perhaps some complications with the 3d model that weren't obvious unless you were working on it ... but nope, was quite simple... so no idea why a better solution wasn't done.

Kaikka Carel wrote:
+1.

Have you seen the first iteration of Drake with launchers placed assymetrical in its roof?


I've not... will have a search on google.
Dex Sudaka
Perkone
Caldari State
#13 - 2012-05-23 09:48:35 UTC
Awesome. +10

I would like those launchers to animate coming out into position. Not just "be there" sitting on top of the original launchers.

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aetherguy881
Grouchy Rediculous Ugly Man Pigs
#14 - 2012-05-23 11:46:29 UTC
It still looks silly with the odd turret out... But I would say that it would make sense otherwise.
MackemInSpace
XX Industries
#15 - 2012-05-23 12:38:10 UTC
CMD Bileena wrote:
I threw this together quite quickly, so excused the bodged texturing in places...

But I think something like this would be far better than the current 'Whack some launchers ontop of some fake launchers' approach that has been seen so far.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56018488/blenderdump/temp/drakeRemodel.png


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Eve Orwell
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-05-23 13:15:58 UTC
CCP has already said they're gonna eventually remodel all the ships, regardless of if they have fake launchers or not, just deal with it until they get around to it
CMD Bileena
Torvi Mining and Industrial Inc.
#17 - 2012-05-23 22:45:14 UTC  |  Edited by: CMD Bileena
Eve Orwell wrote:
CCP has already said they're gonna eventually remodel all the ships, regardless of if they have fake launchers or not, just deal with it until they get around to it


Yeah ... but its the Drake... can you think of a more iconic missile boat? Really should have been done for the patch launch.
Jerick Ludhowe
Internet Tuff Guys
#18 - 2012-05-25 18:58:43 UTC
Eve Orwell wrote:
CCP has already said they're gonna eventually remodel all the ships, regardless of if they have fake launchers or not, just deal with it until they get around to it


So we get shiny new rookie ships that obviously took substantially more time than an adjustment to the original drake model would have taken... Also, it's not like this came out of nowhere, people were posting about this potential "miss hap" months before the new launcher graphics even made it to sisi. Obvious fail is obvious.

btw "eventually" in ccp terms means 4+ years at which point the new models and skins will be dated by 3-4 years the moment they are added. CCP's ability to produce graphics that are at least on par with the industry timeline died with trinity... Hell some of the "new" v3 graphics are worse than the 5 year old trinity graphics they replaced. ******* deplorable.
Snow Burst
Caldari State
#19 - 2012-05-25 20:41:21 UTC
im looking at my drake atm and it looks no different to that image Oo

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Viziam
Amarr Empire
#20 - 2012-05-25 21:45:38 UTC
Eve Orwell wrote:
CCP has already said they're gonna eventually remodel all the ships, regardless of if they have fake launchers or not, just deal with it until they get around to it

Did you notice the changes to the Eris? Why did they do that and not the Drake?

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