This is my first post, and my first project. I wanted to make a ship that looked like the Millenium Falcon, something that I could eventually walk around inside. The textures are all rough, as this is still in draft mode. I still need to add some exterior components, landing gear, radar dish etc. Let me know what you think.

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That's quite a nice idea. The textures and detail need work of course, but the framework looks very good. Especially the cockpit....bending those edges must have been a pain .

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Here's the missing picture



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Thanks Saberopus. The cockpit took me a LONG time, that's my 3rd or 4th version. I got the current look by taking a cone and cutting off the tip, then clipping to define the framework. Lots of trial and error.

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..That is incredibly awesome.. hopefully you can impress someone enough to make you some suitable textures.



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Superb.

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Wow, nice work on the model. Needs good textures, but I'm sure you know that already. And it's to scale too!

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I'm leaving the textures until the very end. I tried to get the scale close, but I'm having to take some creative license on the interior. There's just no way that the movie set interiors could fit i the shape of the falcon. (check out this site I found for a way too detailed explanation. http://www.synicon.com.au/sw/mf/falcon.htm

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The interior looks excellent

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There's a good prefab for the YT-1300 on jedioutcastmaps.com, but with no interior. Perhaps you could e-mail the author for those textures and use it as a reference.

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I couldn't find this prefab. Does anyone have an example, or know who the author is?

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http://pcgamemods.com/file.php?id=82aa4b0af34c2313a562076992e50aa3

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Cool. Thanks

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Wow I like that thing... can you walk inside of it in the game or it just an object?

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Eventually you'll be able to walk inside of it. I have two different maps going at this point. The exterior, and the interior. The exterior is partially hollow at this point. When I finish the interior, I'll finish the hollowing out, and combine the interior and exterior. I periodically combine the two to make sure that the interior still fits inside.

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Few new pix, added landing gear. Still working on the radar dish.






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Very good, but what is that in the new third shot?

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I think the landing gear was taller and the ramp had a slightly steeper slope. Either way, looking good.

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What do is what?

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Maybe a little on the landing gear, but the Falcon sat pretty low in ESB, which is what I'm using as a guide. I know what you mean about the ramp, and will probably modify that in the future, but I'm having to make a lot of compromises to get the whole interior etc. to fit.


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A few new pix with some minor exterior upgrades. CMAC





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Original YT-1300s don't have the quad lasers, just so you know.

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I'm impressed! i've tried my hand at making BSP ship prefabs before, and its no easy feat (i'm sure a few of you will remember my no-longer-existing Phantom V-38 Assault Fighter). The only negative comment that i have is the texture on the outer Falcon map.

Appart from that, looks great! keep it up!!

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Nice work indeed

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Looking good, can't wait for it to be finished...

Just thought I'd include this link on the Falcon, for use with you interior. It's a great site. has lotsa pictures too.

http://www.synicon.com.au/sw/mf/falcon.htm

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But does it fly? j/k. Wow, it's about time someone did this - made a decent looking life size model. Incredible. Good work.

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Looking VERY good.

Congradulations on Screenshot of the Day!

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Or as I like to say, congratulations.

/me ducks the wrath of the admin.

PS: How do you use clip.....I've never had to, and I can't figure out the tool in radiant.

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Thanks to everyone for the congrats. Definitely a nice suprise when I checked out the site this morning. The encouragement really helps, and gives me incentive to get the ship finished.

Here's the scoop on clipping. Create a brush. Select the brush. Click the clip button. You can now place coordinates on the brush that will separate it. Let's say you have a box and you want to split it in two. Place your first coordinate at the top of the box, and another at the bottom. Once you have two coordinates selected, the portion of the box that will remain is highlighted yellow. Using the menu at the top, go Selection - Clipper - and choose either to split the selection, or to clip it. Warning, clipping will delete the portion of the brush not highlited yellow. Until you get the hang of it, I recommend splitting the brush, then you can always go back and delete the piece you don't want. I used clipping for the cockpit by creating a cone brush and cutting the tip off. Once I hade the final shape I wanted, I used CSG to make it hollow. Hope this helps



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I think you should be obscene and do the millenium falcon, not just the stock freighter. You know everyone wants it!

Check out this site for plenty of reference photos - they are photo's of the model used in the filming of ESB - click on "photos" (duh)
http://www.m-moeslund.dk/introside.html

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Originally posted by MikeC:



Originally posted by saberopus:



According to the NES Commando game (1986), MikeC is correct. According to the dictionary, saberopus is correct. I'm so confused!

/me edits my own spelling error. :/

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[This message has been edited by MentatMM (edited March 05, 2003).]

Had some map glitches, map wouldn't update when compiling. Moved the falcon to a new map and it solved the problem. Here are some new pix.





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It's looking more and more like the Falcon. I've been working mostly on the exterior, adding minor details to the mandibles, as well as the mechanical bays at various spots on the ship. Also added the radar dish. See the pix below. I made the interior of the engine a giant switch, combined it with switchable lights and sound, and can now turn the engine off and on.

I've done a little on work on the interior (no pix yet), mainly working on the access tube that Lando used to grab Luke in ESB. This will have a double hatch, and a platform to get in and out of the ship. I'll probably use this same access tube for the gun turret. I'm also going to try to add the chess set, main hold and maybe the smuggling compartments, but that's long term. Anyway, check out the pix below. I'd appreciate any comments/suggestions, as well as requests for things to include with the Falcon. Thanks, CMAC






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WOW! *faints*

What about using the wav file from the movies where the Falcon's engine wouldn't start? You could either do that everytime, or, make a script so that every once and a while, it won't start.

Secondly, the dish looks a little big, but it could be just me.



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That's incredible. Gives me sex0r fluids. I'd reccomend using the 'Incredible Star-Wars Cross-Sections' for the interior of the Falcon. Very nifty.

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I'm currently using the wave for the lady luck (Lando's ship) that came with the game. I may change this in the future. I see your point about the radar dish, and I'll probably change it in the future. Thanks for the feedback. CMAC


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I'm going to go try to have an interior that's like the Falcons, but it won't be exact. The cross section is a good starting point, but they use some cheats to make it all fit together. Theres a link that I listed early on in this post to a site that has an in-depth analysis of the falcon and it's interior. Check it out if you have a chance. CMAC



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would be neat in a bespin or hoth level, but yeah add the unstarting engines and make the turrets work if at all possible

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It might make more sense to put that engine switch in the cockpit somewhere.



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