Wireframes

[Tortured_Soul]

The first image, obviously, is the Patriots side view. Extracted from the LOD0 section (Highest Res). If you look at it, you can see that all the different sections (cockpit, "tail feathers", main body, weapon mounts and so on) all flow into one another. They haven't been made separately and then put together just by sticking them in place and allowing for some over lap.



The action6 model has however just had multiple parts made separately and then overlapped into place, rather than having been extruded out for the same "flowing" construction that they Patriot has. I've highlighted the areas I'm talking about (farily obviously). you can see at the back, where the engines extend into the main chassis, they extend well into the body, and then just stop abruptly. they don't make any further connection once inside the model, because you don't get to se these parts in-game.

I think that the parts I've highlighted (plus a few other you can't see in the side view) have all connected together thus forming a huge mass of tangled wires in the middle of the model. I know why the model was made like this, 'cause it's the easiest and most memory efficient way, but they tools I'm using simply hate it, and respond as such. I reckon a "good" wireframe for this model should have around 300-400 wires, to get the basic shape structure plus a wee bit more. With the highlighted pieces joining together, it has 1756 lines. Which throws off your perception of the model and makes it incredibly difficult to make out.

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