The "What Are You Working On?" Thread

[garyjpaterson]

Gosh, this super ridiculously short deadline thing is stressful

Just managed to sort the driver scale (x0.9 so 166cm or 5ft5" a little short but it works so much better).

Allows you to just about see the gauges from the drivers perspective too, though I think some of the F6 camera's are better

Can now finish up the seat and pedals now the driver is in place, and then begin texturing... Will definitely be missing a lot of detail but its better than nothing

 

[Matthew327]

Maybe Karim still as the model on is drive , but will be Tri ,
If someone wants to take it over ,
I dont have it on my drive any longer at this PC

What a shame - I really would've loved to see this one come to life Maybe one day I'll be lucky^^

 

[AccAkut]

Can now finish up the seat and pedals now the driver is in place, and then begin texturing... Will definitely be missing a lot of detail but its better than nothing

Still of higher quality than my car after half a year

Can you give me tips on how you do that merging of round stuff, like on the bottom of that steering wheel?

 

[garyjpaterson]

Still of higher quality than my car after half a year

Can you give me tips on how you do that merging of round stuff, like on the bottom of that steering wheel?

For the non-circular steering wheel, I used soft-selection (for the first time I might add, never even noticed the option before). What that does is it moves all vertices in the set radius, but the ones further away get influenced less and less. Basically means I could move them around very quickly to match the odd shape, and soft-selection just keeps it all neat and tidy.

And if you're talking about merging say the spoke to the wheel rim - I either do it manually (so just cut a hole and weld the vertices of one part to the other), or I use the pro-boolean feature in 3ds which does it all automatically, though in my experience it creates a lot of mess and needs manually tidying up anyway.

Here's a pic with wireframe as it probably says a lot more than I can explain!

(excuse the checkered pattered body in the background - in the middle of unwrapping!)

 

[A3DR]

Maybe Karim still as the model on is drive , but will be Tri ,
If someone wants to take it over ,
I dont have it on my drive any longer at this PC

I've got my hands full right now, but if no one takes care of this, I'd gladly make sure to give it a good home is a shame to see such a good model and unique car go to waste.

 

[A3DR]

Gosh, this super ridiculously short deadline thing is stressful

Just managed to sort the driver scale (x0.9 so 175cm or 5ft5" a little short but it works so much better).

Allows you to just about see the gauges from the drivers perspective too, though I think some of the F6 camera's are better

Can now finish up the seat and pedals now the driver is in place, and then begin texturing... Will definitely be missing a lot of detail but its better than nothing

Forgot to add: GO GARY GO!!

 

[Ryno917]

I would really appreciate the feedback and input from someone who loves fast, low downforce cars, who has the skill to push the car to the limit better than me.

PM me if interested, and thank you

I'd love to give it a go... But I'm an average driver at best.

some progress . still early stage but finally i was able to placed the first house

Driving with no track sides is what separates the men from the boys

Watkins?
Can't.
Friggin.
Wait.

Love that place. Are you doing the current version, or another era? Only asking because your first couple (wonderful) releases were now-defunct circuits and I remember you mentioning you liked bringing them back to life again. Literally any era of the Glen would be amazing (though, obviously, preferring one of the years that did not have that stupid chicane in the middle of the uphill esses). Really looking forward to this one.

 

[mantasisg]

@LilSki Maybe Vineland T1 then ?

 

[LilSki]

Watkins?
Can't.
Friggin.
Wait.

Love that place. Are you doing the current version, or another era? Only asking because your first couple (wonderful) releases were now-defunct circuits and I remember you mentioning you liked bringing them back to life again. Literally any era of the Glen would be amazing (though, obviously, preferring one of the years that did not have that stupid chicane in the middle of the uphill esses). Really looking forward to this one.

Initially I am going for 2016/2017 spec on the Glen with 4 layouts. Each with or without the inner loop on back straight. I don't plan on the esses chicane even though that section of road is still there today and in the lidar data.

A classic version of the Glen was being discussed between Fat-Alfie and I but he is currently in Bac-mono world so I dunno

@mantasisg see above

 

[garyjpaterson]

wireframes

Just under 60k tris atm, no idea if thats good or bad for a lawn mower tbh

 

[CC]

I've got my hands full right now, but if no one takes care of this, I'd gladly make sure to give it a good home is a shame to see such a good model and unique car go to waste.

Only way to currently get the car ,
Would be to ask Karim for it , If he still has it on his PC ,
Its from 2 years ago , Not sure how the car was left , car was WIP and have a habbit of just collapsing turbo to throw stuff ingame ,
Can not remember how it is ,
I know its pretty accurate mesh , needs dials , seat and some interior parts ,
and some suspension detailing ,
But the UVs was done on the chassis ,
If someone wants to finish the build , I am happy with this as long as its done right , Karim was doing a really good job on physics

 

[CC]

wireframes

Just under 60k tris atm, no idea if thats good or bad for a lawn mower tbh

Looks wicked man awesome work in such a short time

 

[DM2zzion]

Now the real question is: Can it actually mow the lawn in AC?

 

[movo.]

Worked on the seats and the recliner. Bloody recliner took more time than the seats itself..

 

[Mathieu Labbé]

Now the real question is: Can it actually mow the lawn in AC?

From the screenshots it looks like it'll be keeping spa astroturf just the right lenght

 

[garyjpaterson]

From the screenshots it looks like it'll be keeping spa astroturf just the right lenght

Yep, it keeps it pretty short Maybe spin the blades in reverse and it becomes a fan car, going to need them aero gains...

 

[Karl S.]

The only thing missing now is a meadow track so we can have a speed mowing competition.

 

[mantasisg]

You all think it is a joke, but it is as serious as it can get, and fun Here is the proof. But could AC handle it ?

 

[Ryno917]

Initially I am going for 2016/2017 spec on the Glen with 4 layouts. Each with or without the inner loop on back straight. I don't plan on the esses chicane even though that section of road is still there today and in the lidar data.

A classic version of the Glen was being discussed between Fat-Alfie and I but he is currently in Bac-mono world so I dunno

@mantasisg see above

Awesome! Only been to Watkins twice, but it's a great circuit and I'm massively excited that you're working on it

 

[garyjpaterson]

I should ask that expectations are kept low for this Yes it is fun, but its not all that polished or accurate physics wise. I have no data for aero or final drive, or suspension so some artistic license has been taken.

I've tried to make it as stiff as possible whilst still being bearable to drive (there is supposed to be no suspension), and the tyres are reasonably low grip too so it certainly requires a bit of wheel movement to keep it on the black stuff!

Should be a good laugh though