Free Dif Packs #2

#1 i like the houses i seen them in the other pack waiting for you to release those. its kind of what i had in mind for houses will still have to edit them but it saves me some work on having to do the hole thing from scratch. there are some things i don't like is i can see the ploys on your corner at lest xsi makes that easy to fix. :P i might add to your house pack when i edit them and add some little stuff to it that i think it should have.

#2 yea i think their only 6 or 8 faces on the corner curves, the lighting really highlights them... they were filler models on a scene i was playing around with a few months back did the lot in about 2 hours, 2-5 are all just cut/paste modifications of the first one...

#3 hmm there a problem it say that the files are .dif and .map files in the zip file besides that the image looks like a quick time movie for dif and a text the .map files are Linker Address Map so when i take them out thats what they open as and thats what file it say it is. the textures download fine though.

#4 @ Andy

Well after looking at the first pack, i thught:

"it's great to see free assets on GG.com, but i can't use them, because I mainly make fantasy RPG games...what a bummer!"

but after seeing the Outpost pack, i thought:

"YES!!! I could change the textures and change this into a cool overgrown temple!"

So thanks!

From Max

PS. I am running a Community project called RPG Starter Kit..Can i use these (edited a bit) to be included in the kit? (it's free)

#5 well i can open the .map file in constructor cant the dts don't show in tgea or i should say the files don't even show i placed them where they should be. xsi don't have .map and i can't find a importer for it so looks like i just have to do them all from scratch anyways. its not like its going to save me allot of time and there's no way i working with constructor its just a badly done program thats why its free. :P

#6 @Brandon

.map files are opened with Torque Constructor (free from torque store) which can then be exported to your version of Torque!

From Max

Ps. The .map files display as Linker Adress Map because windows doesn't know what this file is...and you can't open them in Constructor by clicking, you have to open Constructor and then open the .map!

#7 @ Brandon

their not dts's, they dont go into your shapes folder if thats where you put them, they go into your interior folder as their .dif's.

@ Max

Sure use them for whatever you want, i included the .map's so that anyone can import them and edit them as they wish. Ive got a fantasy style dungeon pack that would be usefull for you, its not textured though, and its portalled in a really shoddy but fast way so that the ambient lighting from the sun's blocked out ... ill zip them up later on and put them on here

#8 Max, I checked out your blog and website, ill make some interiors for the project if it helps out, ive just mostly been making random stuff without any real direction, wanted something to get my teeth into for a while now. do you use msn or yahoo atall ?

#9 Nice work Andy, and thanks for sharing with everyone.

#10 Hey mate,

Long time...

The difs are starting to look clean. Are those transparencies I see on the rails in the first screens? Surely those are DTS... or are they?

Jondo

#11 heya jon, nah not transparencies, couldnt get anything to work on dif's, and max pisses me off so still learning the dts side of things.

I got twatted by a bus last year, shattered my right wrist, both legs and my hip :| so only been getting back into things the last couple months

their individual rails.

#12 RAILS? heheh ok... sorry to hear about your run in with the bus. I hope you at least dented it up good and proper.

You got a different MSN now, I haven't seen you on?

add meh: jondocino (a) msn.com


What's up with a gas station? That's what I really need :P

#13

Quote:.map files are opened with Torque Constructor (free from torque store) which can then be exported to your version of Torque!

hmm did not know that but it still makes them useless as i cant open .dif's in xsi can only export .dif files.

Quote:their not dts's, they don't go into your shapes folder if thats where you put them, they go into your interior folder as their .dif's.

ok well that worked but still cant edit them in xsi. :P not even blander comes with a importer for .map files only export again and cant find a importer for that ether. :P like i said its not going to save me that much time anyways when makeing my house so will just do it from scratch.

#14 @Brandon: learn the differences between the tools and relevant modeling strategy, instead of complaining about or denigrating the free stuff that someone is offering just because you don't understand how to make use of it. Brush based construction is different from mesh based modeling -- that's why .map files are "useless" in XSI and/or Blender. You need to use CSG based programs such as Constructor, Quark, etc, to create your interior objects and export them to a binary BSP format, ie. the .dif format for Torque. You'll use XSI, Blender, Max, Maya, Lightwave, Milkshape, etc for your mesh based objects which are exported as .dts shapes for Torque. The two are totally different beasts. You're trying to fit a square peg in a round hole -- and that just doesn't work! Well, there is an exception, but you should understand the basic needs of the format first.

@Andy: cool! Thanks. I've a use for those desert houses. I also see a wide variety of uses for the outposts. With a little retexturing and modification those things could be used in both fantasy and sci-fi settings.

#15 @Andy: If you want to help with buildings in the RPG Starter Kit, shoot me an email to:

macz_202 <at> hotmail <dot> com

#16 Thank you for the freebies Andy its greatly appreciated I have been putting them to good use. Along with some other great freebies like the free sci-fi buildings from 3Drt.com Works great in CS4.1

#17 Looking good :) glad they could be of use.

#18 @ Max

I dropped you a Email, let me know if you got it.