Making SE4 ShipSets with Moray

Instar · #1 January 22nd, 2001, 02:23 AM

If you're using Moray, you have to render the picture with Povray. You must have both programs to get it to work.

ColdSteel · #2 January 22nd, 2001, 03:26 AM

Henk, do you design your own textures or do you usually start with one from the Moray Library and mess with it or do you perhaps use third party texture sets? If it's the Last option, where's a good place to pick up some good textures for ship hulls? I'm just using the base metallic silver Library texture for the ship hull right now and I modified that texture to create a nice bronze for the other parts. Do you rely on the texture itself for the extra details on the ship hull or do you create all the small detail from 3D shapes you've embeded into the hull of the ship with different textures and colors? I can see how both approaches would work.

pathfinder · #3 January 22nd, 2001, 03:28 AM

I do have POVRAY Instar, I am missing a step somewhere. I believe it is something to do with linking the objects together. I thimk...

ColdSteel · #4 January 22nd, 2001, 05:38 AM

Pathfinder, what happens when you click on the "render" button in Moray? You may need to go to the Renderer options and set it to show the render in the Moray 3D frame. If you switch to POV (which runs in the background) and see the render there, then that's your problem. POV should run when you click on "render" in Moray. If it doesn't, your install is messed up. Also, are you using Moray v3.2 and POV-Ray 3.1?

pathfinder · #5 January 22nd, 2001, 05:51 AM

Moray 3.3 and POVray 3.1

Kimball · #6 January 22nd, 2001, 05:55 AM

Are Moray and POVray shareware, freeware....? Where can they be obtained? Thank you.

pathfinder · #7 January 22nd, 2001, 07:13 AM

Moray is shareware (about $80 US) and povray is freeware.

Moray from: www.stmuc.com/moray
povray from : downloads.com (cnet)