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Hello, im wondering, does anyone here know of an old RTS called Total Annihilation? It uses simple 3d units (but 2d terrain), and just like civ3, the unit models have blue panels that can change to player colours.
Using a 3rd party unit editor for TA, its possible to look at the model in full 3d (the game uses an overhead view) and the different parts of the unit can be rotated and posed how you want(arms, turret, head etc).
Using this ive had a go at making flics from the TA units (using printscreen and paste from the unit editor to paint program). One good thing is that the blue colours present on the model are accepted by FLICster as the civ3 team colour part of the palet.
However im not exactly expert on this... shadows are not working yet. I also havent been able to animate anything yet. I know that animation would be possible using the TA unit editor to pose and re-pose the unit but it would be time consuming.
Im sure there are more experienced people out there with TA that could do better than me. Im just wondeirng what people think of the idea, if you think it could work.... The basic examples ive attached need to be re-done because i wasnt being careful about positioning and size (i did them in about a hour rushing) but it shows basically what they would look like.
Well thanks for reading this i appreicate any feedback on this idea...
Using a 3rd party unit editor for TA, its possible to look at the model in full 3d (the game uses an overhead view) and the different parts of the unit can be rotated and posed how you want(arms, turret, head etc).
Using this ive had a go at making flics from the TA units (using printscreen and paste from the unit editor to paint program). One good thing is that the blue colours present on the model are accepted by FLICster as the civ3 team colour part of the palet.
However im not exactly expert on this... shadows are not working yet. I also havent been able to animate anything yet. I know that animation would be possible using the TA unit editor to pose and re-pose the unit but it would be time consuming.
Im sure there are more experienced people out there with TA that could do better than me. Im just wondeirng what people think of the idea, if you think it could work.... The basic examples ive attached need to be re-done because i wasnt being careful about positioning and size (i did them in about a hour rushing) but it shows basically what they would look like.
Well thanks for reading this i appreicate any feedback on this idea...
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