This is a model I decided to make after seeing several marine teams fail to build the IP's at the start of the game in the course of an evening playing. It's just a modification to add an aerial to the portal that extends when building is complete, like so:


You can download the model from here

This is the first time that I've made a HL model, so I may have made some rookie mistake. One thing I did do which I'd avoid in future was skinning all the new parts on the original skin. There was a lot of empty space on the original IP skin, but I used up most of it on the aerial. Consequently when I decided it needed a base to come out of, I had to be creative to map it at all. The skin for the base is kinda low res compared to the rest of the model, but I don't want to change it. In the future perhaps I'd make it a seperate skin, but I'm used to Quake where that isn't an option. At least it keeps the skin size down. The additions do amount to another 100 polys, but given that the Ip is pretty much the lowest poly structure to begin with, I'm sure it won't be a problem.

hmm... a small but effective modding... GJ, now i wish panther had finished the high poly structures so this coulda been put on his IP

How cute, it looks like a remote controlled IP. Now I just want to go drive it off to the hive so I can spawn there. Or drive it under an onos for telefragging.

(New Idea for a Voogru mod is coming guys!) lol

...i'm using it. too bad HL won't let you attach sprites to models, because some kind of glow sprite on the top of the antenna in the idle1 -like a small red pulsing light- would look smooth.

Actually, you can do that.
Get an attachment to the point you want the sprite at.
Then use { event 7000 0 "XX" } in the idle anim.
To get the XX, just open ur ns.ps with a texteditor and look what's the name of the effect with a red pulsing light (flare or such, don't know precisely).

obst, you rock. would it need to be an additive sprite, or an indexed alpha (like v_weapon projectiles)...?

Sprite player models? Huh?

@l0tus: It doesn't matter. You can't include your own stuff into the ns.ps, and most/all of the stuff in it is currently in use so you can't switch out the spritefiles anyway. So just look for the flare, its event and use it

yeeeaahh doom player models

i was thinking about this the other day. basically, sprites on playermodels is a pandoras box you DO NOT WANT TO OPEN. its a bastard to get right, and even if you do, is exploitable beyond belief.... for starters... sprites don't get cloaking... don't even get me started on the difficulties involved with getting the alignment of the sprites right -.-

Just make sure you only let the sprite be visible during the active animation...

this has to be simplicity at its best... no lie

Ya, they should have this as default

Does it's job perfectly, thanks!

has any devs seen this? this is a simple yet great idea. Maybe if the devs dont like an arial they can have a red light that turns green or somthing.

Great I love it.

meh.. rines walk through it.. its weird, and if it doesnt get made the default ip i imagine that would be the reason why

can we have a ip with a sign "Build Me !" ?

sorry for the late/random post...

but here's the image i'm using when it's hosted... hopes it's ok to host it..

Mirrored at www.nsarmslab.com.

I love this new IP.