Hey there. I'm making this thread so Trp.Jed can link to it in the map models index thread. Would be nice if you do so Jed. Not posting in the models section, cause this is a map model and of more interest for the mappers.

Dustin Diamond is making this great Charlie remake for Source and needed a destroyed version of my 88. Took the opportunity to also reunwrap and reskin it to get a more up 2 date look, also because I unwrapped it in a way so I could use Ambient Occlusion to bake shadows into the texture. Would've done it earlier, but the work on RnL keeps me rather busy.

The full pack now contains 2 skins (snow version), the destroyed flak and a gib (the torn off barrel). So it can be used as a destroyable objective.

Some HLMV screens (click to enlarge):

Enlarge picture... (http://stuff.ranson-3.de.md/flak18.jpg)

Download: http://download.ranson-3.de.md/ranson_flak18.rar (use save as...)
Additional desert skin: http://download.ranson-3.de.md/ranson_flak18_desertskin.rar

Thanks to Dustin for the help with testing and stuff. :)

If you have any crits or requests (not sure if there's a need for a gray version), feel free to post them here.

very nice update :)
like it a lot!!

i'll use it in dod_plateau then.

thank you for updating, Ranson.

Awesome !!

Thanks a bunch Ranson, I'll be using this as well.

GJ

:)

Wow! Very nice, my only real gripe with this model was the skin, but you've fixed that very nicely :D.

That is nice! Nice skinning job there and the destroyed version will be a welcome bonus.

great stuff m8
im sure this will be used a lot

What would complete this would be a few physics items we can use to throw around as part of the explosion sequence (I have not downloaded so I'm not sure if you have included them).

There is a physics gib of the barrel that is blown off.

Also included is an explosive box of flak ammo.

that is fantastic work Ranson!

Well done!

awesome ranson!

Thanks for doing this, Ranson.

Many thanks, will be using this in my next map :)

one word:

Awesome

Looks amazing!

Only question I have is for the barrel gib. It has 2 skins but they are both the normal green skin. Was this done on purpose thinking an explosion would knock all the snow off?

Even if it was unintentional, that would only make sense.Originally posted by bone450
Looks amazing!

Only question I have is for the barrel gib. It has 2 skins but they are both the normal green skin. Was this done on purpose thinking an explosion would knock all the snow off?

Thank you all. I'm glad that you like it. :)

Ya, it was intentional that the gib has only this one skin. Forgot to remove the texturegroup entry, that's why hlmv thinks it would've 2.

SNOW!!! that's going directly into dod_vigilance!! well done

Thoes are sweet. I wish i could skin/ model like that.

Awsome, exactly what I needed for my next project

Thx!

wow! :eek:
looks great Ranson gj

Nice dude, good improvement over the flak i used in hill

This is a great model, and very useful for posing in Gmod. Thanks for the great model!

That FLAK-18 is realy awsome :-P
Great work, Ranson :-D

I have only one request.
Make additional LOD models and cut those 4625 polys to maybe 50%.

I have seen Valves FLAK-38 goes from 6611 to 1238 polys in 4 steps.

Keep up the good work :-D

Man, that looks great! I'm interested in using it also.

i dont know how im typing this cause my head just exploded from AWESOMENESS ON A STICK!!!!!!!!!!!!
:crown:
:vader:

Ranson, did i mention how sexy this is?? My shorts get tight everytime i look at the pics :eek: :p

Ok, maybe that was too much info :confused:

I found a small issue when packing this model into a friends map. The material for the flakbox would show up as the purple and black checkerboard once packed. I traced the problem down to the flakbox.vmt material file:
"$basetexture" "/Ranson/flakbox"
which I changed to
"$basetexture" "Ranson/flakbox"
and everything works now when it is packed into a map.

Originally posted by bone450
I found a small issue when packing this model into a friends map. The material for the flakbox would show up as the purple and black checkerboard once packed. I traced the problem down to the flakbox.vmt material file:
"$basetexture" "/Ranson/flakbox"
which I changed to
"$basetexture" "Ranson/flakbox"
and everything works now when it is packed into a map.

aha!! problem solved finaly

Sorry to resurrect an ancient topic, but I would ask if there's going to be a desert version of this magnificent piece? I'd have use for suchand if I went and edited the files myself the texture quality would suffer too much.

There's already one, made for another mapper a while ago.

http://download.ranson-3.de/ranson_flak18_desertskin.rar (Save as...)

Hope that one suits your needs.