Koi

[ra5946]

Not sure if anyone on this team is good at rigging creatures, but there is a carp model that looks perfect when a koi "texture' is applied. I know people have made models then rigged them to the slaughterfish skeleton, but I have no idea how to do it. I could easily make a bunch of different textures for the koi (patterns etc) to fit the carp model if someone has the skills to rig it.

Heres the fish model download site- the model is called 'common carp'
it's the forth row up from the bottom
3d fish models

Here's that exact model with a decent texture applied. I have a good fish scale plug in for photoshop so I could make the textures look better than this.

[Kodama]

It also has a Japanese rice fish

It would be awesome if anyone could rigg those fishies =)

There is a mod that adds Koi already, but maybe this model is better (or it's the exact same model).

[ra5946]

So I found that mod your talking about with the koi in it. It's pretty good but I like this model much better (at least for the koi).

I messed around with the model some and got it pretty low poly and got it textured with a very realistic picture.

If anyone can point me to a good 3D Max tutorial on how to rig a custom mesh to an existing creature skeleton (slaughterfish) I would be very thankful.

[DIE 75]

I don't know much about rigging or 3DS Max but maybe this will help:

Getting A 100% Custom Creature Ingame (3DSMax Version)

[Kodama]

That tutorial just has to be helpfull =)

We have a lot of water in our mod, so it would be awesome if we could get a lot of those fish models rigged (i don't know how much work that will be), we will need sharks more then anything.
Ra, i hope it will be easy to rig the Koi and the other fish too :yes:

[ra5946]

Yeah, that is a good tutorial, but it doesn't explain how to rig to an existing skeleton, only making a completely new one. Once I finish up the helmet I'll make another attempt at rigging (all my previous attempts have failed miserably). i have the koi optimized and textured so it will be very easy to replace with new textures. I'll post a pic when I get home.

Kodama- why sharks? You just like em or what?

[Kodama]

Originally posted by ra5946
Kodama- why sharks? You just like em or what?

No... i HATE them! They are very scary, and that's exactly why we need them (just like spiders, they scare people, so they make great enemies).
Besides, Akavir is surrounded by oceans and there are a lot of islands, it would be strange if we did not have any sharks.
The ocean would also be boring without sharks, so yeah, we need them.

[ra5946]

Okay here is the pic of my first koi-



If I (or someone else) can get them in game, I'll make more textures and versions, but until then, I won't waste time on that.

[Kodama]

The koi looks great! =)

The only person on our team who knows something about rigging is Corthian, i will PM him.