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[Shine On]

Ok i have now created two new basic 1 frame shps and a cameo.

These are first attempts, but what do you think?

[Daz]

The crane on the barracks confuses me...
The Psychic Controller looks pretty neat.
The cameo looks good but its not the RA2 font (see attached).

[Deathblow Luc]

If the crane was substituted by a tower or a flag, thatd be pretty good

[Shine On]

Scrap that poor attempt at a barracks, now i've consentrated on the Phychic controler.

I've managed to do the movement frames which i think are now pretty good. However i know i will have trouble at creating the build up and converting it all to shps to be used.

Also i have re-done that Heavy cruiser cameo.
Thanks for your help Daz that cameo stuff was just what i needed.

[Allied General]

nice, very nice, do you have photoshop? Someone could help touch up the black background on the cameo to make it more transparent and add a glass effect.

[Eagle_eye]

yer the tutorials here or at deezire can help you fix things up nicely

but they good work

[Tesla]

Will you publish the Psychic controller?Because I need some kinda soviet mindcontroller in my mod.

[Shine On]

If i can manage to create the build up and convert it successfully then yes i will make the Psychic Controler public.

With help from Argcmdr's tutorial i can already do the transparency effect and maybe even the glass effect. I'll wait until i try and creat a new Cameo before i implement them.

[Tesla]

I don't need any build up for it,I just need the SHP.It should be in one of my missions

[Shine On]

Well im hoping to release this as a whole new building. (Including buildup etc.)

Speaking of buildup i have finally managed to complete it.

it took 1 1/2 hours to do all the neccessary frames and i am dead chuffed at the end result

[Deathblow Luc]

Hm, not tht bad

See if you can make the base be built more, and if you can have acceleration in the end (ofr an example of this, look at XGamer´s alt TeslaCoil in YrArg)

[Shine On]

I'll try that tomorrow Arg, its getting a bit too late to do it now. Plus i'm limited to what buildup bits i can do since its a small base.

But i will prevail.

Oh and one other thing How do you convert all the finished frames so that they can be used in RA2. I had a try today but kept failing :evil:

[Deathblow Luc]

They hve to be 8-bit and PCX so you can convert them to SHP (TS) format using XCC. For what ive seen you posted something that was once saved as jpgs, so unless you have base gifs (with no blurring) youll have to clear them up a bit before being able to convert

[Shine On]

Several things now have changed/happened...

...First this thread has been renamed to something i think is more appropriate

Secondly i have now complete two Voxels. For some reason i have had an obsession with desert vehicle, oh well:

[Tom]

Nice, the plane and APC both look great.

[Shine On]

One this i would love to be able to do with the APC is in-game, make it sink slightly once it enters water. Just like the Amphibious APC in Tiberian Sun

Does anyone know how to do this?

[Daz]

It's not possible.
The APC in tibsun had two voxels, one for land and one for water.
But it can't be done in RA2.
AFAIK

[Tom]

Nop the logic was removed after TS.

[Sun_wood]

that heavy cruiser's cameo wasn't good.

[Shine On]

Critisism from a 13 year old. Oh well

If you would care to realise the following:

1) It was my first ever Cameo
2) As Allied General said "touch up the black background on the cameo to make it more transparent and add a glass effect."

I took this on board and said:
"I'll wait until i try and create a new Cameo before i implement them"

3) I would like you to show me a better Heavy Cruiser Cameo which you made?