Modders, is this a good 3D Building? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:04 am

For video of it in game:

Front View:
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5651/buildingfront.png

Back view:
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7831/buildingback.png
Be honest, does this look like something you would want in your game?

I am starting to lose sight of what is good and what is below average

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:14 pm

frankly, to me the shape looks odd, if anything it looks like a bunker thats been under heavy bombardment

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:10 am

It looks more like landscape. A building should look like someone planned how to build it, and then someone actually built it. I think the texture is a bit odd too, so that might also be throwing off our impression of it.

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:25 am

frankly, to me the shape looks odd, if anything it looks like a bunker thats been under heavy bombardment

I agree. It needs some more contrast . I could try modeling some other pieces and attach them, then see how the bunker looks

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:34 pm

Definitely use more than one object to compose the overall building. Use reference images of whatever it is you're attempting to build and go from there. Walls shouldn't be flat,so something as simple as a box lining the bottom edge of a wall can become molding/paneling/something with little effort.

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:30 pm

A building's shape can't be considered separately from its purpose. Form follows function- if you don't have function in mind when designing, you will run into problems. Decide what you're making, think what it would need to be to work, then build it around those needs.

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:47 pm

A building's shape can't be considered separately from its purpose. Form follows function- if you don't have function in mind when designing, you will run into problems. Decide what you're making, think what it would need to be to work, then build it around those needs.

Looks like a trading card game holder enlarged or something. Gonna parrot TheTalkieToaster.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:38 am

Without any texture it looks like a strange rock.

However, a satalite dish on the roof, or some vents and a good texture and it'll make a great bunker I think.
I think it's just that we see it "out of context" so to speak.

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:38 am

I fixed up the model! I ran into some trouble, so the polycount is way higher than it should be. but since i uploading these screen shots it has been lowered to 1909.

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3702/underneath.jpg
http://img816.imageshack.us/img816/1656/buildingtough.jpg

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:20 pm

If anything it looks like a sand castle mold.

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:17 am

It looks.. Strange. Kind of something a Super Hero would live in.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:25 am

It does look... strange... but I actually rather like it.

It kind of reminds me of one of those futuristic bunkers you see in a lot of Sci-Fi movies or something... I'm not really sure. It would need an awesome metal texture or something, though, I think... maybe with lights and klaxons and all that for decoration?

I'm not sure... hmm...