[Potenz]

I always was wondering why retractable landing lights on some planes are just a low model 3D.

Well i been playing a little bit with 3Ds max and i made this 3D landing light.

Just a first try.


What do you think could be a replacement for the actual low model 3D landing light???

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[canonuk]

It's very nice, but isn't it potentially a lot of extra polygons for something really tiny, and something which is hardly seen at all?

[Potenz]

yes i know, i just love details :lol:

[Zorin]

yes i know, i just love details :lol:

Problem is, this little detail looks like it has a some hundred polys, which makes up one third of the overall polycount allowed for planes. You should be able to get a decent looking (when textured) landing light with just

[Potenz]

now it have 100 polys.



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[Zorin]

The handle should only be a mere cylinder with three sides, anything above that is unnecessary as it'll be not visible anyway.

Plus, try a twelve sided cylinder as basis, that should still look ok and again save some polys.

[Potenz]

I reduced the size to only 70 poly and still looks good.



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[Zorin]

I reduced the size to only 70 poly and still looks good.



Potenz

are those three cylinders? Why didn't you make it out of one and adjusted the vertics to create the curved shape of the lamp casing?

[Potenz]

this is a simple try, if it's going to be added to the game i will give the brute 3d model to modders and they cay tweak it as they want, i don't know how to add this to the game.


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[Potenz]

Middle cylinder removed. looks even better now, thx zorin.



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[Guest]

Top job Potenz 8)

[Zorin]

This totals at a mere 58 polys and shows what I meant with the plane as a replacement for the front polys:

[Potenz]

you just save 1 poly with front panel, as my model have only 1 poly on the front.

I just want to know if someone want it in the game, and if the modders are interested in add it to the game.


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