Wild Elephant

[GolluM_KoMe]

Here is a low quality skin (34ko instead of 120ko).

 

[Misha]

.. why is the internal model file called 'trireme'?

also, the front part of the belly needs better wrapping, and the hind area of the belly needs better rigging, so it doesn't stretch that bad or clip with the hind legs

I'm.. not sure what to say on the mesh and texture not being yours.. this is like.. a first legit elephant .u.

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

.. why is the internal model file called 'trireme'?

Woops sorry; fixed

also, the front part of the belly needs better wrapping, and the hind area of the belly needs better rigging, so it doesn't stretch that bad or clip with the hind legs

Hum yes I agree. I'll try to work something out, but it's not that easy considering that the skin is actually a photo; I don't have anything between the four legs.

I'm.. not sure what to say on the mesh and texture not being yours.. this is like.. a first legit elephant .u.

Yes I'm sorry, making an elephant from scratch was way above my skills...

 

[purparisien]

Good job

 

[Misha]

Woops sorry; fixed

Hum yes I agree. I'll try to work something out, but it's not that easy considering that the skin is actually a photo; I don't have anything between the four legs.

Yes I'm sorry, making an elephant from scratch was way above my skills...

well the only thing that should be tweaked is a texture. it needs some freehand

as for the rigging and animation, what do you use to do them? I kinda recommend mdlvis more

 

[FlameofChange]

Noice !
Any hopes for a Team-colored war-elephant + Elephant archer ? i'm looking for these kind of models !

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

well the only thing that should be tweaked is a texture. it needs some freehand

as for the rigging and animation, what do you use to do them? I kinda recommend mdlvis more

Yep I've done everything with mdlvis

Noice !
Any hopes for a Team-colored war-elephant + Elephant archer ? i'm looking for these kind of models !

Well yes I'll probably have that, but I won't be able to upload it here as the model of the man would be from Fingolfin. But I'll link you a pastebin when it's done
There might not be an archer though. I ll start by putting a Cornac.

Here is an other skin which I cannot upload as it is from Creative Assembly's Rome II Total War. I worked a lot more on this version which is in my map so the wrapping is way better than here
I already started to work on a TC elephant with armor but it's faaaar from finished ^^

Spoiler: Other Skin

 

[FlameofChange]

Thanx !
I'll test it tomorrow, it's quite late down here.
I've also some other request for my semi-realistic map Several models/edits for my map

 

[trebla ratilla]

cool model, can you upload also the palm tree i love it rate 5/5

 

[Diegoit]

the pic look like a elephant/camel unit XD

 

[BLazeKraze]

Watanays! This is very useful for people like me who loves to make a wilderness-survival map genre.

 

[Misha]

Yep I've done everything with mdlvis



Well yes I'll probably have that, but I won't be able to upload it here as the model of the man would be from Fingolfin. But I'll link you a pastebin when it's done
There might not be an archer though. I ll start by putting a Cornac.

Here is an other skin which I cannot upload as it is from Creative Assembly's Rome II Total War. I worked a lot more on this version which is in my map so the wrapping is way better than here
I already started to work on a TC elephant with armor but it's faaaar from finished ^^

what you should do is really make use of that other button for rigging in mdlvis, by selecting the vertices that are following one bone, selecting another bone, and adding that bone to the rigging. hopefully the clipping and stretching will be lessened

..i still want you to make the elephant texture freehand, screenshots are a no-go .u. ( at least i believe so ) maybe someone from the skin section could help you with that

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

cool model, can you upload also the palm tree i love it rate 5/5

Sorry, the palm trees are from Fingolfin; you may ask him though

what you should do is really make use of that other button for rigging in mdlvis, by selecting the vertices that are following one bone, selecting another bone, and adding that bone to the rigging. hopefully the clipping and stretching will be lessened

..i still want you to make the elephant texture freehand, screenshots are a no-go .u. ( at least i believe so ) maybe someone from the skin section could help you with that

I'm sorry I must be dumb I don't get which button you are talking about. You would have each vertice to be attached to two bones ? I'm not sure to follow... Btw I like the stretching that is obtained with this rigging; I've done a few tests and tweaked it; that's how it was meant to be, sorry if you dislike it...

Well, I asked Fingolfin, it seems I am able to retrieve stuff online as long as it's not copyrighted. I made the effort to find one and remake the whole wrapping to upload it here; even though it's far from perfect, it seems quite useful as a model; I don't have the time nor the desire to make a freehand texture...

 

[Misha]

Sorry, the palm trees are from Fingolfin; you may ask him though

I'm sorry I must be dumb I don't get which button you are talking about. You would have each vertice to be attached to two bones ? I'm not sure to follow... Btw I like the stretching that is obtained with this rigging; I've done a few tests and tweaked it; that's how it was meant to be, sorry if you dislike it...

Well, I asked Fingolfin, it seems I am able to retrieve stuff online as long as it's not copyrighted. I made the effort to find one and remake the whole wrapping to upload it here; even though it's far from perfect, it seems quite useful as a model; I don't have the time nor the desire to make a freehand texture...

when you select vertices and a bone in mdlvis, you have two buttons on that lill menu to the right. one is 'reattach vertices', which does the usual, attaching to only one bone. the other one next to it is 'attach vertices to bone' and is marked with a lill green +-sign. on its own, that option can ruin a model. but if the vertices are already attached to a bone, and you select another bone and use it. the selected vertices will follow two, three or more bones, depending on how many times you use that option, and with how many additional bones

is that a lill clearer? oO

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

Ah yes, a lot of the vertices are already attached to two bones and this have been tweaked mostly at the "junction" of the limbs with the body. I thought you were talking about an additional button I didn't know about.

 

[Nihilism_Is_Death]

for the attack 1 animation i think it would look more natural if you speed up the 1st half of the attack and slowed down the second half of the attack. I don't feel like elephants are capable of rubberbanding their head at such speeds XD

 

[trebla ratilla]

Sorry, the palm trees are from Fingolfin; you may ask him though

oh, thanks for the reply GolluM_KoMe

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

for the attack 1 animation i think it would look more natural if you speed up the 1st half of the attack and slowed down the second half of the attack. I don't feel like elephants are capable of rubberbanding their head at such speeds XD

You'd be surprised how quick an elephant can be ^^ But it was made on purpose to emphasize the blow. In animation, you usually exaggerate some moves, especially in games such as Warcraft3. But I did not really do that with the elephant as I wanted it to be rather realistic.

 

[FlameofChange]

I've got a strange thing with the model : there's a periodic flooding sound (like a sinking ship) in game with the model.

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

Oh damn ! I'm so stupid ^^ (I never play with the sound and didn't realize...)
I fixed it and added walking and death sounds. I also remade the wrapping somewhat.

 

[FlameofChange]

Thanx a lot !
Any news for the War elephant/elephant archer ? :> I'm quite exited about this.

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

Sorry not right now, I have too many things to do these days

 

[FlameofChange]

 

[General Frank]

A cool critter model. Nice animations and good skin.
Works in-game and performs well.

 

[Misha]

a funny thing that i noticed.. you gave his trunk bones when it comes to the corpse geoset xD there shouldn't really be any, as the trunk is 100% muscles

 

[GolluM_KoMe]

LoooL you're so right ^^ How can I be so stupid ? I even 'studied' elephant bone structure for it with online picture, but no; I had to put those stupid trunk bones ....... I'm a hopeless case

 

[General Frank]

Yeah, you might want to fix that. Or not.

 

[purparisien]

We want the HD texture back !

 

[Gumberbunbder]

The wisdom is those elephant eyes pierces my soul. thank you

 

[LordHatchet95]

This is very useful for certain maps, like Africa, or a different RTS map. I'll use it on my mod