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danny staple wrote:
> Have you considered using LPub, which can do the gruntwork for
> you? Also, using LGEO which can make things look a bit nicer, and
> MEGAPov which gives the Lego a more cartoony outlined feel?
Ahh, I had read about LPub, but I thought it was just for showing
someone else how to build your model step-by-step?
Will download it now, as "X does the Gruntwork for you" is a very good
feature for me! Yes, downloaded LGEO as I saw the benefits,
but will have a look at MEGAPov, although I think "realistic" is more
the angle I'm taking.
> No worries there. Another idea, if you use LDraw steps in your models
> to animate, then LPub can output the whole set of steps. So you could
> just then use those as frames of animation - hey presto, animated
> sprites....
That sounds FANTASTIC.. just need to work out what LDraw steps are,
and how that works... searching, searching....
> Hmm, okay, I think MLCad has a menu item to generate a fractal
> landscape, so you could just generate a few mountainous ones, and then
> use the LPub through POV method to get good looking renders from them.
> Easy enough, its all point and click then.
Yes, keep me away from the evil prompt!
Hmmm.. fractal landscape could be cool, will check it out thanks.
> Have fun. Are you going to go for any particular scale, or just build
> them [the tanks, vehicles & buildings] as big as they need to be for a good finish?
> At least by using LDraw/MLCad you are not limiting yourself to your
own box of Lego,
> and might get away with colours on parts that may never have been made
> with such colours...
I am going to build them to scale, so everything looks "logical".
> I wander if Op-Wolf can run in MAME, I am sure it does... That could
> be a good reference for someone, especially if you can stop the game
> and freeze the output.
>
> Danny
Yes, I wouldn't be doing this project if it wasn't MAME-able!
Been using it's "record" function to watch myself playing the game
over & over & over to note how many men per section, etc etc
Also it's WAV recording facility, not to mention screenshotting
the entire level and gluing it all together in GIMP.
Thanks again - great suggestins galore!
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NB: swap "spam" for "lugnet" in my email address. :-)
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