[Vehicle] EFV [WIP]

[Exec]

does anybodey know a tut how to model tank wheels for bf2?
hope u understand what i mean

Somebody told me to do this way:

[Eddie Baker]

The big problem with the EFV in game, though, is the limitation of the number of passengers. The EFVP can hold 17 dismount troops with full equipment and supplies. In game we can make it hold 6 plus a 2 man crew. Until we move to a new engine that supports this or the ability to "free stand" in a moving vehicle, I don't think we can really use this or an AAVP7 in game.

Best bet for this engine is to see what wins the MPC contract and model that.

[Matze:O:G:H]

thats a picture of an impoted t-90 in 3ds max
and i dont understand why the wheels look like this
PLZ help

can we add a 2nd invisible vehicle to EFV with a smaller enteryarea and only the geom0
like a children
so that when the first vehicle is full the rest will enter the second one.
2 crew + 6 pass. + 8 pass

Edit: i found a tut

[motherdear]

i'm not sure that we will be able to link the vehicles matze i believe it was tried with the chinook in the works but it didn't work out sadly.

[Matze:O:G:H]

hey.
want to inform u that i am optimizeing the model for uvw mapping now
so maybe in some weeks...

[Rudd]

can we add a 2nd invisible vehicle to EFV with a smaller enteryarea and only the geom0
like a children
so that when the first vehicle is full the rest will enter the second one.
2 crew + 6 pass. + 8 pass

I read a Eggman post ages ago talking about this, there was some public discussion, but I think it was taken behind the curtain to figure out if it could be done. And I doubt it could.

[Maxfragg]

yeah Matze :O :G:H, your idea is not half as original as you might think, and there have been various trys to achive this, but linking vehicles seams to be completely impossible in bf2

[DeltaFart]

yeah I beleive I was the one who started that discussion, all because I mis understood a thing from BF42

[charliegrs]

The big problem with the EFV in game, though, is the limitation of the number of passengers. The EFVP can hold 17 dismount troops with full equipment and supplies. In game we can make it hold 6 plus a 2 man crew. Until we move to a new engine that supports this or the ability to "free stand" in a moving vehicle, I don't think we can really use this or an AAVP7 in game.

Best bet for this engine is to see what wins the MPC contract and model that.

is it really a big deal that it can only hold 8 people? every vehicle in the game has that limitations. if it held 17 people, that would be half your team in just one EVF. this mod aims for realism, but it has to work within the confinements of the BF2 engine, and an EFV dismounting only 6 people is much better than not having an EFV at all.

[General_J0k3r]

i think the problem was that the composed vehicle would explode all the time? im not sure though.

[Matze:O:G:H]

one short question?

Can i add a col_mesh to the turrent?

EFV_Turrent__RotationalBundle
nonvis_
col1
col2
col3

[charliegrs]

im sure you already know this, but in real life the EFV does the same things that may be quite difficult to model in game. when in water the EFV deploys a bow plane in the front which it uses to kinda skim over the water, it appears as though it is hydraulically activated. at the same time, its tracks rectract into the body and body panels cover them to make the bottom of the EFV flat so it makes less drag in the water. its really cool looking, but im curious do you think this is something you will be able to model?

[DeltaFart]

maybe like the rear door on the Merlin, just this is activated by driver? Would be astetic thing only I'd say

[Matze:O:G:H]

im sure you already know this, but in real life the EFV does the same things that may be quite difficult to model in game. when in water the EFV deploys a bow plane in the front which it uses to kinda skim over the water, it appears as though it is hydraulically activated. at the same time, its tracks rectract into the body and body panels cover them to make the bottom of the EFV flat so it makes less drag in the water. its really cool looking, but im curious do you think this is something you will be able to model?

such a feature isnt essential for gameplay so i dont do it
i only want to finish it
maybe in some monthes i will try it

but at the moment i have soooooooo many ideas for pr: maps, statics,...

[charliegrs]

just curious any progress on this? ive been really hopeful for it thats all.. lol

[Matze:O:G:H]

yes
i am working on the uvw mapping at the moment
is there any function in 3ds max9 to summarise similar polys
its very annoying to use the targed weld funktion for thousands of verteces

[Matze:O:G:H]

Hey Guys,
I was absent for a long time but now i'm back again and want tu show you the newest reders of my model.
The model is nearly completed, and i will try everything to see this baby in Game...

[smee]

looking nice, hows the skining going

[Matze:O:G:H]

looking nice, hows the skining going

I'm working...
UVW is finished for cannon; turrent and driver cam...
not much but enough for 3h of work

[STORM-Mama]

Why is the LAV-25 annoying and in what way will this thing make any difference? With the 30mm-canon it will still crush the BTR-60 in Muttrah and Jabal.

On another note - beautiful model!