Request Building Meshes for STPSP Bases

[Luke Reichelt]

Not sure. Is nt praxis a moon?

Yes, it's a moon of Qo'noS.

 

[gattispilot]

Yes not able to convert the Moon. Having never made a moon. But sure if it is just a big sphere and one textures?

But I thought you want the structures?

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Yes not able to convert the Moon. Having never made a moon. But sure if it is just a big sphere and one textures?

But I thought you want the structures?

Yes, I do need those structures, but I also need the Praxis mesh, since the one I'm currently using isn't very accurate to the source material. In any case, doing a mesh for a celestial body shouldn't be any different than doing one for any other object - just make it the requested size, and that should be it.

Sorry if my wording was a bit unclear in that last post.

 

[gattispilot]

Not sure about it. I can a sphere x size. And apply texture. I am able to get the textures.

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Not sure about it. I can a sphere x size. And apply texture. I am able to get the textures.

You're using the 3D model from Celestia for Praxis, right?

(Sorry, I'm just a little confused, that's all.)

 

[gattispilot]

It would not convert.

 

[gattispilot]

You're using the 3D model from Celestia for Praxis, right?

(Sorry, I'm just a little confused, that's all.)

The celestria model would not convert. But if it is just a big sphere? how big?
here the textures? not sure what it should look like?

 

[Luke Reichelt]

The celestria model would not convert. But if it is just a big sphere? how big?
here the textures? not sure what it should look like?

It's not quite a sphere, but rather a fragment thereof. For reference, here's a Celestia screenshot:

 

[gattispilot]

Oh. I think If I just make a sphere and cut a side off and fill in the middle? and texture. Do you want the small parts?

Then what size?

 

[gattispilot]

mAYBE THIS?

 

[Luke Reichelt]

mAYBE THIS?

Yes, that's exactly it.

 

[gattispilot]

Do you want the smaller parts?

do your about the size and how to add into orbiter?

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Do you want the smaller parts?

do your about the size and how to add into orbiter?

Yeah, we could possibly include the debris field as well.

Regarding its size, it has a radius of about 1,800 KM, making it about the same size as Io.

On a related note, I'm actually thinking of creating my own texture for Praxis' surface, in order to keep the look consistent with the other bodies in the system, whose surface textures were created using the Photoshop plugin LunarCell. (This sort of palette-swapping is literally the only thing I know about making meshes.)

And while we're on the subject of textures, here's a lava-type one for the exposed parts of Praxis' interior:

 

[gattispilot]

We get this. The size is 55 meters. I tried scaling and had issues.

 

[Luke Reichelt]

We get this. The size is 55 meters. I tried scaling and had issues.

Looking good so far! Hopefully you can resolve the scaling issues.

 

[gattispilot]

Try this: I am not sure on the size,....

 

[Luke Reichelt]

Try this: I am not sure on the size,....

The mesh looks really good, but the size is way off. It needs to be increased by a factor of 1,000. (As stated previously, Praxis has a radius of 1,800 kilometers, making it about the same size as Io.)

 

[gattispilot]

I am at a lost. I tried using Blender and import the mesh but got this:

 

[Luke Reichelt]

I am at a lost. I tried using Blender and import the mesh but got this:

Hopefully you can get the problem solved soon. At this point, all we really need to do is resize the Praxis mesh, and then we can get back to working on those buildings.

 

[johnnymanly]

Do you still need this scaled up?
I tried it and the texture looks kind of funny.