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Re: Size of the pyramid
Posted By: HopperDate: 5/20/12 11:24 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Size of the pyramid (PerseusSpartacus)

: Wow. Great work. By the way, what did you use to make that? Was it SketchUp
: or Cinema 4D or something else entirely?

I wrote a Perl script (actually, a series of them) to build .obj files from the original maps. Wavefront .obj files are just a text file listing the vertices and faces, so they're easy to cobble together without special programs.

The scripts parsed each sector, and added the relevant geometry to the model. For instance, a solid wall sector becomes a cube, and a pillar sector becomes a skinny diamond and a square floor. Once I got the bugs worked out, I could just run it and spit out a model for every level. A similar script built the combined 15-level model.

I took the pictures in Blender, but that was just to set up the camera and lighting. For me, that took almost as long as the rest of it: I really know nothing about creating 3D art by hand.

The download includes the Perl scripts I used, and the resulting 32 models -- 25 full-game levels, the combined model, and 6 models of the demo levels.

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List of PiD ElevationsPerseusSpartacus 5/12/12 6:50 a.m.
     Re: List of PiD ElevationsGodot 5/12/12 7:09 a.m.
     Re: List of PiD Elevationsps 5/17/12 6:16 a.m.
           Re: Size of the pyramid *LINK*ps 5/17/12 7:44 a.m.
                 Re: Size of the pyramid *LINK*ps 5/17/12 8:08 a.m.
                       Re: Size of the pyramidHopper 5/18/12 10:24 a.m.
                 Re: Size of the pyramidPerseusSpartacus 5/17/12 8:30 a.m.
                       Re: Size of the pyramidGodot 5/17/12 11:43 p.m.
                             Re: Size of the pyramidPerseusSpartacus 5/18/12 9:37 a.m.
                 Re: Size of the pyramidGodot 5/17/12 11:37 p.m.
                       Re: Size of the pyramid *LINK*Hopper 5/19/12 3:23 p.m.
                             Re: Size of the pyramidGodot 5/19/12 10:41 p.m.
                             Re: Size of the pyramidPerseusSpartacus 5/20/12 3:14 a.m.
                                   Re: Size of the pyramidHopper 5/20/12 11:24 a.m.
                                         Re: Size of the pyramidEarthtopus 5/20/12 3:18 p.m.
                                               Re: Size of the pyramidHopper 5/23/12 6:53 p.m.
                                                     Re: Size of the pyramidPresident People 5/23/12 11:29 p.m.
                 Re: Size of the pyramidHopper 5/18/12 6:51 a.m.
                       Re: Size of the pyramidRon Hunsinger 6/18/12 1:13 p.m.
                             Re: Size of the pyramidHopper 6/18/12 6:06 p.m.
                                   Re: Size of the pyramidEarthtopus 7/18/12 1:41 p.m.
           Re: List of PiD ElevationsPerseusSpartacus 5/17/12 8:28 a.m.
                 Re: List of PiD ElevationsMrM12LRV 5/17/12 3:03 p.m.
                       Re: List of PiD ElevationsPerseusSpartacus 5/17/12 5:49 p.m.
                             Re: List of PiD ElevationsGodot 5/17/12 11:51 p.m.
                                   Re: List of PiD ElevationsMrM12LRV 5/18/12 2:02 a.m.

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