@AudiTT - Just finished my exams so expect the render soon. It just would be appreciated if you could give me some idea for rims.

And as promised, reworked the FZR.

Link

I realised when I saw it in full res that the sparkle doesn't look very good... hope you can live with it.

Last edited by Impreza09, Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:35.

Np, love rendering stuff... Yet I'm using HDRs so it's kinda cheating.. but next time it will be 100% my job.

Here you go, hope you like the rims. Forgot the bolts though :/

Preview:



Final Render

^^ Make sure to see it.

Still not perfect, but I think it's decent at least...

Preview below. It actually was just a test so it's not as tweaked as full-res image.



FZR Render

Thanks! Anyways, any rim suggestions for the FZR, and in general how would you like the render, HLNano?

AE86 Render. Unfortunately I imported XRG instead of XRT and didn't realise until I was almost finished, which is a shame because I spent some time texturing it...

Preview:


Hi-Res
Raw Render

Will be doing FZR soon as well hopefully.

EDIT: Check out the improved version!
Here

Last edited by Impreza09, Fri, 7 Jun 2013 13:06.

I think I'll give it a try later as well.

How does this look?

Nice skin! Will these renders do?

I was supposed to start this thread long ago, but better late than never. So this is like a kind of continuation of this thread dedicated to Riskedrum's app, but the purpose is to organize everything up, making information accesible. I think this is add-on is still awesome, and works real well. So starting by the beginning..

Installation

1. Download the "Installation.zip" file in the attachments. You might also need .NET Framework to be installed in your PC.
2. Extract all the files in .zip to the LFS folder, which is usually located in C:\LFS.
3. Open the "cfg.txt" file in your LFS Folder.
4. Scroll to the bottom and replace the lines beginning by "outgauge" by the following:

5. Create a "Gauges" folder in the LFS Folder.
6. Now just download any of my gauges or in the thread above, and extract the GaugesXXX (XXX=carname) folder they contain into the "Gauges" folder you created (C:\LFS\Gauges)
7. If they include a font file (.ttf), double click it and install it.

-Video

http://youtu.be/J_Lx4OBFHtM

*Ignore the save issues

Using it

Once in game, you can use Ctrl+Arrows to move the gauges around, and Ctrl-Pg.up/down to toggle between the gauges you've got installed.

My gauges

FXO_Deltastyde

Download

FXO_Transparent_thingy

Download

FZ5_Kindof_Porsche

Download

FZ5_Minimalism

Download

RB4_Sport

Download

UF1_Simple

Download

UFR_Race

Download

XRG_Sidetacho

Download

XRT_NFS_like

Download

Making your own

All you'll need is a graphics editor like Photoshop or Gimp and any program to write text (Notepad is recommended).

So quoting my own post..

Quote from Impreza09 :

-To create a new set you must create in the "Gauges" folder a new folder called "GaugesXXX", XXX being the name of the car. For example "GaugesXFG".
-Graphic files must be .tga (targa format, one of the first image formats ever) and obviously located in the GaugesXXX folder.
-File names for images are : "rpm" "rpmneedle" "kmh" "kmhneedle" "mph" "mphneedle" "turbo" "turboneedle". There's a little bug and the background must be called "backround" instead of "background".
-There must be an .ini file called "gauges.ini"

I've attached a gauges.ini template file below, which you just fill in to suit your needs. I recommend to take examples from other gauge sets as reference.

And if any of the former gauge makers come back to life, you can post your gauges too, you know..

Happy driving!

Last edited by Impreza09, Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:04.

Nice one, I assume it's cycles and backplate integration, right?

You installed LFS Alpha ?

Last edited by Impreza09, Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:03.

Quite nice one, I just hope you got the background from elsewhere but not from the game..

You mean gauges?



like that?

The 2 posts above are awesome.

Sounds lovely, I'd buy it. I luv scale models. And that's a more than fair price!

Well, I've no problems with rendering the skins for anyone, it's just that I'm not so good as others.. but since seemingly no one will, I can make it.