Help with my energy sword

[Makanix]

I made it. it works fine. its just that i dont like how the different peices can be seen through the trans blade. is there any way i can put them together so it becomes one piece?

Heres a picture:


also if there is a way to make the blade rounded around the edges that would help...

i also plan to add animation that makes the blade appear/extend out but when i hide the face during animation it doesnt play it...

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[Makanix]

Could really use some help please...

[Corbiere]

hmmm....animations =O I can't do that but...

If you use Blender - No help either
If you use milkshape - Select parts to be rounded, go into the top drop down menu (not sure which one) and do either smooth edges or spherify

[MtnDew]

Yeah, you just need to make it one mesh.
Not all of those little shapes put together.


Inb4mr.cookie

I made this WAYY before he did.

[SonicTH]

Nice model. :o

[Makanix]

I quit... Next project...

[MtnDew]

I quit... Next project...

Quitter.

I didn't get this far by quitting!

[Makanix]

I mean I quit on the energy sword cause you already made it and there's no purpose in another one... I'm gonna make something else

[MtnDew]

I mean I quit on the energy sword cause you already made it and there's no purpose in another one... I'm gonna make something else

I didn't make it into a add-on.

I just had that model from along time ago.

[Makanix]

Well I suggest you do. It will save like 10 request topics...

[MtnDew]

Well I suggest you do. It will save like 10 request topics...

psst, stop being a pusillanimous individual.
Do ett.

[Makanix]

Then how did you make it rounded. Mine is a flat square blade... I need a new model...Well... Currently in the poll the giant pencil is winning... For some reason...

[Muffinmix]

Just cut the intersecting faces out. Select them and delete them. Then you make sure all the vertexes are as close as possible, or even better, merged/snapped together.

Also for this, don't flatshade the blades and they'll look pretty spiffy even though they're pretty basic stretched squares. You won't notice if you make the mesh Self-Illuminating and Translucent + Additive anyways. What good is flatshade-shadowing if there are no shadows?

[Makanix]

just so i dont have to make a new topic... i need help flatshading... i follow the flatshading tutorial but it never works for me... how do you guys do it? I use milkshape but i also have blender if i have to export/import. but a way to easily flatshade in milkshape would be very appreciated. how im doing it now: Highlight every face, unweld, uncheck autosmooth, weld together. tile texture mapper, click ok, export.... my LODs i set as 50.

[MtnDew]

LODs should ALWAYS be set to 0
(On anything non-collision box related)

Also,

Select all
Auto smooth (ON)
Unweld
Auto smooth (OFF)
Weld Together

Is the correct order.