N2002, paintshop ?

After spending a hour or three to get my RASCAR car done I thought the following: Wouldn't it be great with a standalone windows application to preview the car texture on the car shape without having to load N2002 all the time ? I run N2002 in OpenGL and then it wont support application switching, so I had quite a hassle to get the ratio on the rear panel and bonnet correctly. Anyone know the ratio between the PSP template and the actual texture on the car ? :) -- Olav Malmin remove .spam when replying

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted text (9 lines)

> After spending a hour or three to get my RASCAR car done I thought the > following: > > Wouldn't it be great with a standalone windows application to preview > the car texture on the car shape without having to load N2002 all the > time ? I run N2002 in OpenGL and then it wont support application > switching, so I had quite a hassle to get the ratio on the rear panel > and bonnet correctly. Anyone know the ratio between the PSP template > and the actual texture on the car ? :)

There *is* a free utility to do just that (view 2002 cars in 3d without having to load the game), but I don't recall the website. Someone here might know the URL, or you can find out what it is on either Team Lightspeed or the Sierra NR2002 discussion forums. -- ========================================================= DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 RASCAR Roster http://www.paddedwall.org/rascar Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Olav Malmin) wrote: > Wouldn't it be great with a standalone windows application to preview > the car texture on the car shape without having to load N2002 all the > time ? http://www.esimracing.com/ Great util. What *I* need though is to be able to paint directly onto a 3d model... can't get my head round the 2d maps at all! Andrew McP

[email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) writes:

Quoted text (12 lines)

> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (Olav Malmin) wrote: > > > > Wouldn't it be great with a standalone windows application to preview > > the car texture on the car shape without having to load N2002 all the > > time ? > > http://www.esimracing.com/ > > Great util. What *I* need though is to be able to paint directly onto a 3d > model... can't get my head round the 2d maps at all!

Wow! Prayers answered. Thanks to the creators and Andrew for providing the link :) -- Olav Malmin remove .spam when replying

Andrew MacPherson wrote:

Quoted text (12 lines)

> > In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (Olav Malmin) wrote: > > > Wouldn't it be great with a standalone windows application to preview > > the car texture on the car shape without having to load N2002 all the > > time ? > > http://www.esimracing.com/ > > Great util. What *I* need though is to be able to paint directly onto a 3d > model... can't get my head round the 2d maps at all!

What *I* need is artistical talent, fortunately I have friends who have it :-), problem solved, my Larry Perkins Castrol Commodore (Chevy) is coming along great Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" --Groucho Marx--

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted text (13 lines)

> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (Olav Malmin) wrote: > > > > Wouldn't it be great with a standalone windows application to preview > > the car texture on the car shape without having to load N2002 all the > > time ? > > http://www.esimracing.com/ > > Great util. What *I* need though is to be able to paint directly onto a 3d > model... can't get my head round the 2d maps at all! >

There are some fairly bizarre traits that you have to get used to. 1) The rear panel shrinks and grows on the vertical plane depending on what part we're talking about. The vertical surface of the bumper shrinks, and the vertical surface of the taillight panel grows. 2) The hood area grows along the vertical place by about 20%. 3) Use the guide layer (supplied in all of Brian Simpon's templates) to align lines and decals. It makes things much easier. 4) Learn about layers. -- ========================================================= DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 RASCAR Roster http://www.paddedwall.org/rascar Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

John Simmons <[email hidden]> writes:

Quoted text (21 lines)

> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] says... > > In article <[email hidden]>, > > [email hidden] (Olav Malmin) wrote: > > > > > > > Wouldn't it be great with a standalone windows application to preview > > > the car texture on the car shape without having to load N2002 all the > > > time ? > > > > http://www.esimracing.com/ > > > > Great util. What *I* need though is to be able to paint directly onto a 3d > > model... can't get my head round the 2d maps at all! > > > > There are some fairly bizarre traits that you have to get used to. > > 1) The rear panel shrinks and grows on the vertical plane depending on > what part we're talking about. The vertical surface of the bumper > shrinks, and the vertical surface of the taillight panel grows.

So i've noticed :) > 2) The hood area grows along the vertical place by about 20%. > > 3) Use the guide layer (supplied in all of Brian Simpon's templates) to > align lines and decals. It makes things much easier. Ah, didn't know about that layer, even if I do use Mr. Simpson's templates. > 4) Learn about layers. Yup, both raster and vector layers are used. -- Olav Malmin remove .spam when replying

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (John Simmons) wrote: > There are some fairly bizarre traits that you have to get used to. Thanks for the pointers. I really need to sit down and *work* at doing a car instead of just messing about. But I always end up starting then thinking, "hang on... I could be racing instead of painting a car nobody will see most of the time!" :o) Andrew McP

Goy Larsen wrote: > What *I* need is artistical talent, fortunately I have friends who have > it :-), problem solved, my Larry Perkins Castrol Commodore (Chevy) is > coming along great Lucky sod. What I need is a Red & Black FreeBSD #70 Ford with an anarchist's flag on the hood. Fat chance, eh? ;-) -- Fester Hey nobody's perfect, not even myself 8) -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> 4/15/02

Uncle Fester wrote: > > Lucky sod. What I need is a Red & Black FreeBSD #70 Ford with an > anarchist's flag on the hood. Fat chance, eh? ;-) LOL, that sounds like something John Simmons would love to paint if you ask me, well, maybe not the flag bit...:-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted text (10 lines)

> Goy Larsen wrote: > > > What *I* need is artistical talent, fortunately I have friends who have > > it :-), problem solved, my Larry Perkins Castrol Commodore (Chevy) is > > coming along great > > > Lucky sod. What I need is a Red & Black FreeBSD #70 Ford with an > anarchist's flag on the hood. Fat chance, eh? ;-) >

What's an anarchist flag? -- ========================================================= DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 RASCAR Roster http://www.paddedwall.org/rascar Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

http://www.raisethefist.com/aflaga.gifJohn Simmons wrote:

Quoted text (17 lines)

> In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > >>Goy Larsen wrote: >> >> >>>What *I* need is artistical talent, fortunately I have friends who have >>>it :-), problem solved, my Larry Perkins Castrol Commodore (Chevy) is >>>coming along great >> >> >>Lucky sod. What I need is a Red & Black FreeBSD #70 Ford with an >>anarchist's flag on the hood. Fat chance, eh? ;-) >> > > > What's an anarchist flag? >

http://www.raisethefist.com/aflaga.gif -- Fester Hey nobody's perfect, not even myself 8) -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> 4/15/02