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 Brynn  |
My computer refuses to run Creatures 2 no matter what I do, so I have decided the next best thing is to model the world so I can "experience" it even though I'm not playing the game. Perhaps one day I can even make a short video or 1st person virtual reality game, if my motivation/school allows it. I use a student version of Maya for my modeling purposes. For now, the textures will be very simplistic, but I hope to one day be able to add more complex textures/bump maps/lighting. My first model is the Zander fish:  Feel free to request objects from the vanilla world - I will try not to do third party COBs until I finish most of the actual world. |
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 jcnorn |
Looking very good!  Did you use nurbs to make the fish?Can't wait to see more, so inspirational <3 my c2 refuses to run too! |
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 FaerieHawk |
I only got to play Creatures 2 once in the past when I was younger because my grandfather's co-worker let me borrow their copy of the Creatures Trilogy. The world was so beautiful but I was too dumb to get the Norns to do anything so I got frustrated and gave up.  I am excited to see what more you make! Between my love of cookies, tea, and the observation of genetics in nature I'm practically a Shee. ![[ngrin]](/images/smilies/emot_grin.gif "[ngrin]") |
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Brynn |
@jcnorn: What is being displayed is a regular polygon Zander with the Smooth preview on it It's not actual geometry yet, but what you get when you press the 3 key on Maya. I believe there is some nurbs math involved in it (it's not the same as doing actual mesh smoothing) but it's a quick way to make things look round. There is an option to make it real geometry but it usually makes a ton of verts!The actual geometry looks like this:  (hmm, I probably should have selected it so you could see the actual mesh) |
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jcnorn |
Yes, it looked very smooth so I was thinking either the smooth view or the nurbs  I remember when I did fish in maya I used nurbs first and then converted it into mesh. So was curious if you went at it the same way I did The non-smooth fish look great too! |
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Brynn |
I have not learned how to model starting off with nurbs! I don't think it would be difficult once I get used to thinking in beziers. I made a goldfish!  I'm not too fond with how the smooth mesh interacts with textures...it is a little visible on the Zander fish, but on this fishy it is very apparent that it slides a lot (and my photoshop lines are showing) I also tried adding a bump map full of scales but that didn't look too great. Oh well, I hope these simple guys are good enough? |
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jcnorn |
I like them a lot in their simplicity. It's a very nice artstyle I think Nurbs aren't super hard, you just need to remember to convert it into mesh when you are done manipulating the curves |
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 TheDrunkenNorn  |
Very cool. That cute little bugger in my avatar is <UnNamed> from my Creatures 2 Wolfling Runs! Click here if you'd like to know more. |
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 Lollipop Lord C-Rex |
These look great! Have you thought about using a 3D sculpting program to add detail onto your models? |
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