My 1st Animated Gmax Object

[JeffS]

Gday all, just wanted to show a shot of my Australian Windmil with watertank that has animated vanes.
Taken about 10 days to get to grips with Gmax sofar after converting over from FSDS.

rgds Jeff

[arno]

Looks cool :).

Actually, this week I have been animating my typical Dutch windmill as well. The only thing left to do is to rotate it into the wind.

[JeffS]

thats what id like to do but im pondering how to do it , would think it would need various models set to diff wind strenght

[arno]

Hi Jeff,

thats what id like to do but im pondering how to do it , would think it would need various models set to diff wind strenght

Yes, but I am testing a way where you just tweak the source code a bit to get this effect. But as I wrote I am still testing it, so not sure if it will work 100% correct.

[Gorchi]

JeffS, it looks great! May I ask You, did You make it from scratch in gmax or did You put the FSDS2 file through some converter to get in GMAX?

Best regards,

[JeffS]

Thanks Everyone !

Goran, i made it from scratch and even worked out how to array all by my self haha.

I now use the array function for most of the objects im creating for a scenery for a new release in 2005 for australian simulations.

Ladders, Step Ladders, Windmills.

I think FSDS was a help tho with getting to grips with 3D modelling and my background as a builder using Autocad yrs ago wich enabled me to grasp the real world concept of modelling.

Im allso using custom made textures from photos with a few hand paints.

It has taken over 3 yrs tho to get this far overall but its been fun learning thanks to you, Arno, Dick , Luis and many others.

best rgds Jeff