Flying School Bus

soulstice

Hey guys, I'm currently in the process of building a flying school bus. I'm running into a bit of a problem, as you can see by the below screenshots I have build the inside of the bus along with an opacity map so that the windows are see through. However as you can probably see I'm running into a problem with the window seeing right through the bus due to the normals on the flipside of the bus. What would be the most efficient way to fix this issue. Should I just throw a couple planes in there and have it blocked off so that it is not see through? Or is there a better more efficient way of doing this? Can I alter the geometry of this bus without screwing the U.Vs?

I've just started my game course this september so I'm still a big noob to everything, critiques are always welcome!

Thanks in advance guys!

NeoShroomish

I reckon you could just throw a box in there and invert the normals. I'm sure you could squeeze it in somewhere on the uv.

gamedev

You could do a few things.

1 - select the matching exterior faces, duplicate them, and flip the normals on them.

2 - if you're feeling really lazy, simply make your material 2 sided.

Not sure what app this screenshot is in, so either method may or may not work.

ScubaSteve

this reminds me of the magic school bus lol...

adam

ScubaSteve.... TOTALLY! This model is awesome just based on premise.

If this is a flying school bus show that shit flying!

soulstice

Thanks for the tips Neo and Gamedev, I'll try some options out and see how it goes.

I'm planning on riggin this so that the wings actually spread out, sorta transformation from normal schoolbus to a plane.

soulstice

Anyone have experience with riggin for ut2k4? I need some advise on how to rig this model so that the top and side wings come out before lift off. I've prepared a door for each of the wing.. how should I go about rigging it? Do I need to skin it in order for it to work for urneal, or can I detached the wings and just have a bone parent to them?

Any advise would be greatly appreciated!