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What would be your priority for the next Testdrive?

Same play area as TDU2 but with better graphics

Same graphics as TDU2 but bigger play area

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Nobby76

19 Mar : 17:03

Thats actually a very good description of what TDU 2 is like.. Good video

fo0k

18 Mar : 09:47

nice TDU tribute vid I noticed the other day.. Its all Forza gameplay but in a tribute way.. he nails it for TDU2

--->

fo0k

18 Mar : 09:47

ew.. yeah its dangerous business.. face into glass on edge of desk or similar and these things really are pretty lethal. Im either sitting down with mine of theres a useful railing thing behind my desk which keeps me grounded if standing.

Nobby76

26 Jan : 09:47

HEHEHE yeah im fine. i didnt actually break anything, just bruised stuff a lot (my ego mainly) im all better now though, so i will be back to playing eat saber and Pavlov..

Also yeah i broke out in an all over body sweat the other day, then my mouth went all watery and i realised i was suffering from my first go of motion sickness.. Pulled the headset up off my head and 2 seconds later i was fine. But for those few seconds things did feel VERY odd..

Cakemagic

26 Jan : 05:46

Eek! The only thing I've broken in VR is a massive sweat! I hope you're alright, Nobby. Take it easy, play some comfort VR games, and you'll be back to throwing your arms and head around in no time

DonnieBrasco

23 Jan : 18:24

Ouch!

but yeah for VR, esp. a Vive you need a big empty room in best case scenario. The friend of my sister has a 20qm room reserved for it and never is completely alone when playing, just in case he is near a wall or the desk in the corner. get well soon.

Nobby76

21 Jan : 22:53

So the other day, i nearly broke a few ribs.. I was playing a VR game and of all the stupid things it requires you to lean forward or back to dive or climb. If you lean more than about 10 degrees forward while you cant see whats going on you will fall over.. And thats what happened, only problem is, my desk is only about 1 meter in front of me. I slammed into it blind, but its ok, my ribs took most of the impact

SO i uninstalled the game and asked for a refund. And ive had to stay off VR for a couple of days while my ribs recover (i had a nice bruise up my ribs yesterday)

Asg16_4

11 Jan : 04:31

Joined that Tduworld site and I let them know that I will help them with any networking needs they need.

Nobby76

08 Jan : 17:13

Oh and one more thing. Atari didnt make TDU2.. Eden games did. Atari was just the copmpany that released it. But they was such a bunch of assholes to Eden games. most of eden games walked out. Towards then end of TDU2's playable lifespan there was just a small handful of people still working there.. Nobody in their right mind would make another game like TDU under atari's name. Not after the fiasco with eden games.

Nobby76

08 Jan : 17:06

That would be a great idea and all, but ywo major issues with that. 1- Do you honestly think just because a bunch of people "DEMAND" a company make something, do you really think they are just gonna say " Oh ok then " and put their hand in their pocket and spend millions developing a new game.. Just coz you said they had to?? and secondly... Atari no longer own the rights to TDU. Another company gained the rights and said they MIGHT do a massive multiplayer online racing game. But that was about 2 years ago when they acquired the rights and nothing has been seen since...

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Nobby76

Sat Feb 25 2012, 02:20PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 02:06PM
Posts: 1891

Not really anything TDU related, but its something else i do in my spare time..

I got hold of the new Lightwave 3D 11 and was giving its new physics engine, named " bullet " a test run.
A recent movie bullet physics was used for was the disaster movie 2012, all the destruction and debris was controlled by bullet. Also Lightwave 11 is almost exclusively used for the soon to be released movie Iron Skies.
This was just a quick test, took about 15 minutes to completely set up and simulate, i didn't even bother to render the animation i just recorded directly from the preview window. Anyway heres the test...

Enjoy.

fo0k

Sat Feb 25 2012, 02:31PM

Joined: Tue Jun 21 2011, 12:14PM

on iphone connection at the mo.. so will check it in a few days. I have made a few reactor walls in my time too heheh

Nobby76

Sat Feb 25 2012, 06:40PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 02:06PM

Made another quick test piece, this time using an obligatory tower.. Roughly around 400 chunks ( i could take it much higher, but this was a little test ) then hurl a big bomb shaped thingy through the middle of it.
I particularly like the way some of the corner posts stay together until hitting the ground.

Tower Smash.....

Nobby76

Thu Oct 18 2012, 02:09AM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 02:06PM

Was playing about with some 3d models earlier. And ended up doing these images..

Click to see bigger

. . .

DonnieBrasco

Thu Oct 18 2012, 02:18AM

Joined: Tue Dec 20 2011, 08:03PM

The right one looks more like a ladyshaver

...no just kidding. Both cool bikes, but the left one is more my taste. It has something from the dark-knight-tumbler-bike.

ExigeDriver

Thu Oct 18 2012, 09:35AM

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Good job nobby!

Nobby76

Thu Oct 18 2012, 02:14PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 02:06PM

DonnieBrasco wrote ...

The right one looks more like a ladyshaver

...no just kidding. Both cool bikes, but the left one is more my taste. It has something from the dark-knight-tumbler-bike.

lol they are the same bike

the Light cycle from from the movie Tron.

DonnieBrasco

Thu Oct 18 2012, 02:28PM

Joined: Tue Dec 20 2011, 08:03PM

!lol I really didn't mention that one pic is frontview and the other from the back.

...this wont turn out to a tdu2-mod, aren't it?

(Something like that ingame would be amazing.)

Nobby76

Thu Oct 18 2012, 06:02PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 02:06PM

DonnieBrasco wrote ...

!lol I really didn't mention that one pic is frontview and the other from the back.

...this wont turn out to a tdu2-mod, aren't it?

(Something like that ingame would be amazing.)

No unfortunately this wouldnt work as a tdu mod. All 3 bikes in the game require the user to be able to sit upright at some point. This bike could not allow that to happen.
Although i do have the official models from the latest tron game, so i have hires versions of all the light cycles ( which if i remember correctly have an open top ) I have loads of different bike models on my hdd. Quite a few could be converted to work with tdu.

Nobby76

Tue Mar 19 2013, 09:28PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 02:06PM

Lol ok heres what other 3d stuff ive been up to recently...

for the past week, ive spent almost all my free time extracting most of the models from the game Lollipop chainsaw.
Yeah i know the game is a bit crap, but the models are somewhat popular, ive seen a few other ripping attempts of them, but only usually a few models here or there, ive extracted around 130 models. Most of the important characters ( including all 25 costumes for Juliet) Loads of zombies, a handful of weapons and a few misc props.

Heres a couple of quick renders... click to see bigger...

If anyone is interested in obtaining these models, they come in LWO (lightwave object) and OBJ ( wavefront, everything can import this format) have all the UVmaps and textures included.
And rocks in at a whopping 1.2GB ( zipped.. 2.4GB unpacked) but thats mostly textures..
But yeah if you want these give me a shout and i will supply links..

If anyone wants them i also have objects from these games as well...
Street fighter 4
Soul calibur 4( the one with yoda and darth vader in it)
Tom Clancey's Hawx
Mortal Kombat Vs DC universe
F1 2010
Spiderman friend or foe
Batman Arkham Asylum AND Arkham city
Bioshock 2
Tron evolution
TF2
Transformers Dark of the moon
Painkiller Hell and damnation
Lollipop Chainsaw.

Just let me know and i will sort links out.
Please dont ask me silly questions about the models like " how do i load them in" or " the textures don't work, what do i do" because if you know enough to be messing models like these then you know enough to fix it yourself. And if you dont know enough then you shouldnt be messing with these yet, learn the basics first before trying something a little more advanced.

have fun.. Nobby

Nobby76

Sat Mar 30 2013, 02:01PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 02:06PM

Heres something im up to right now... This is the 83 GMC Vendura (aka the A-TEAM van) Currently working on an A team spoof, so i needed the van from forza 4. Ignore all the odd colours those are just the pre assigned surface colours, i still have to assign the right colours and textures to the surfaces.

Click to see bigger

The hardest part of this was getting the whole thing together, as the interior and exterior are normally 2 separate objects. And the doors were never meant to open on this vehicle as it is not an AutoVista model. But i managed to split the doors ( both inside and out) away from the rest of the model (all 5 of them) so they can all be animated now..

I also reworked the UV mapping of the main body as it wasnt laid out very friendly. Now its much easier to work with..

So if anyone wanted to convert this over to tdu reskinning it would be a lot easier for users.

Ill post more images as im closer to finishing the van.

DonnieBrasco

Sat Mar 30 2013, 03:17PM

Joined: Tue Dec 20 2011, 08:03PM

Is that a project for TDU2? If yes "AWESOME"

Cruising with the A-Team Van would be so damn cool. I saw the car in Forza Horizon and since then i just wait for a modrelease. Nice job so far.

Nobby76

Sat Mar 30 2013, 05:09PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 02:06PM

no it isnt for tdu

well that was not the plan at least. I have no idea how to make car mods, i will leave that to other people. It could be for tdu though, if someone wanted to convert it.

As i said in the other post, im doing an A team spoof ( cg animation) so i needed the model. Done some of the surfacing already today. re assigning proper colours, then i just gotta apply the textures to those surfaces and it should all be good to go.

something i just thought of... I know some of the modders are really good at what they do. if someone knows how to make a car behave as if it has a sunroof, then i can think of a very fun idea for that

The sliding door on the side of the van, could be controlled by the sunroof, press the button and the sidedoor slides open ( the model even has the door track runner inside)

Nobby76

Mon Apr 01 2013, 12:17AM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 02:06PM

Heres an update of the A-Team van i was working on.. Its now textured and has proper materials assigned, The interior and exterior are now merged into one file. Had to make the rims myself as the wheels on the A team van are not the standard GMC wheels that come with this model. The A-Team wheels look a a lot like Delorian wheels, so i grabbed those and modified them to look as close as i can get to the real wheels.

Anyway heres some pics.. These are not "Final renders" they are just very basic ( load the object, add a light, render) No real world lighting or global illuminations or anything like that hehe

Click to see bigger

DonnieBrasco

Mon Apr 01 2013, 12:45AM

Joined: Tue Dec 20 2011, 08:03PM

very very nice, i just love it

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