Munich war 1938

[+JonathanRL 973]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[SFP1Ace 33]

No backup? :(

Edited August 16, 2012 by SFP1Ace

[+Kulbit80 1,399]

Damn!

[+Crusader 2,053]

Oha... I know that situation only too well ....

[+PureBlue 71]

sorry mate, please dont forget to backup next time...

[+allenjb42 4,130]

See, that's what happens when Dave isn't around to remind us to backup every five minutes. :(

[+whiteknight06604 931]

Damn Monty that is some horrible news. I'm really sorry that you went through all that work only to have it lost.

[+Monty CZ 209]

Hello I miss modeling sometimes and started to learn it again

I am starting very slowly

Monty CZ

[Wrench 9,475]

welcome back!

[Wilches 1,156]

You said "learning"? You´re kidding... Man, you´re a MASTER!!!!!!!! Glad you back!

[+whiteknight06604 931]

this is absolutely great news!

[+NeverEnough 78]

Hey Monty, I am thrilled you are back again!  I don't think you realize how many really high quality additions and enhancements you have made over the years for the Thirdwire community.  Welcome back, and I hope everything is well with you.

[+Monty CZ 209]

Thank you guys it could be temporary job but I would like to release something ;-)

just now I am doing big but simple models

Monty CZ

[Wrench 9,475]

now, That's what I call a 1930s hangar!! Beauty!!

[+Monty CZ 209]

And ingame view for the very first time

MontyCZ

 

but my buildings have no shadows :-( what I forgot?

Edited July 12, 2014 by Monty CZ

[Wrench 9,475]

have shadows turned on in the objects ini, in the terrain folder? Like the planes

 

[LOD001]
Filename=ASR.lod
Distance=200

 

[LOD002]
Filename=ASR_lod002.lod
Distance=800

 

[LOD003]
Filename=ASR_lod003.lod
Distance=8000

 

[shadow]
CastShadow=TRUE
ShadowCastDist=500
MaxVisibleDistance=2000

[+Monty CZ 209]

Thanks Wrench but I have that...isnt some option for material in 3DS to cast shadow?

I made some quick base layout for testing

and played a little bit

 

no luck with effect editing - need smaller fire but each change of my effect causes error :-(

 

Monty CZ

[Wrench 9,475]

unfortunately, I can't answer about MAX! Maybe Russo or FastCargo or ???

 

I like the base!!

[+Monty CZ 209]

My hangar work continues and it looks like I cant have shadow when I use transparent material

Can anybody confirm that?

Thank you

 

Monty CZ

[+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,545]

Do you use transparent material only painted all over or just at the windows? Cause the shadow setting is set in the ini`s not in max

[+Monty CZ 209]

I use transparent material only on some meshes, If you are able can you check my file in 3DS?

I found out that deleting meshes with transparent materiál dont do the job....it must be something else

hmm I like the smell of wood, oil and engines in the morning

Monty CZ

[+Monty CZ 209]

still experimenting

no transparent material no open edges (STL Check says "no errors") some faces inside out (not visible from outside so I dont care)

shadows there

no transparent material no open edges (STL Check says "no errors") same material options, all faces unified and visible

no shadows

open edges, transparent material etc

shadows there

 

can anybody help me here?

Thank you Monty CZ

[+Soulfreak 6,351]

Great work Monty!

A lot of nice stuff not only for this scenario...

[+daddyairplanes 8,696]

Going back and rereading this thrwad, i have to askmif you've read The War That Came Early series by Harry Turtledove. Same basic priciple (war kicks off in 38) but a somewhat different how things go. Might want to give it a look

[+Monty CZ 209]

Thaks for pointing me to that title, it looks interesting.  I personaly doubt that war that begins in 1938 would be that global as he writes.

Germany doubled number of the tanks by the czech one when they invades france. If they fight with Czechoslovakia they would not have

any tanks to fight other nations as Harry Turtledove writes. I think that it would with putsch in germany after month or so.

Monty Cz