Grist Mill Placeables

[Legacy_phenix-rising]

               The water wheel and sluice gate are almost done. They still need portraits and a bit more animation work. I'm hoping to have them finished in the next day or two.




Couple of in-game shots...




And a quick video showing them in action.

Next on the agenda will be the grinding mill and a few old millstones to toss about.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shadooow]

               very elaborate! great job there
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               nice work. i really like these
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_3RavensMore]

               Lovely work!  Was wondering though, as a companion to the external mill buildings -- water and wind -- has anyone ever done the mill operation inside the building?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Nevercallmebyname]

               

3RavensMore wrote...

Lovely work! Was wondering though, as a companion to the external mill buildings -- water and wind -- has anyone ever done the mill operation inside the building?

Oh MAAAN I would use that in every module if someone made it.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN_baba yaga]

               I love interacting objects. Nwn has far to less!

Great job '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Asymmetric]

               More Moving stuff is always welcome, especially if it's very well done like here '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

3RavensMore wrote...

Lovely work!  Was wondering though, as a companion to the external mill buildings -- water and wind -- has anyone ever done the mill operation inside the building?

I've actually made something like this for my PW.  I made one for a windmill (with the source of power from above), and one for a watermill (with the source of power coming from the side).  The second is pictured below.

It still needs some tweeking though:
- the animation speed needs to be slowed down by about 1/2
- the millstones' texture needs to be fixed (I recently retextured the city tileset, and I must have used one of those textures for the millstones)

If I get it fixed soon, I'll post both versions for downloading.


               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <getting all...>

Superb use of flowing water (love the video), and I simply love the extra detail of the green algae on the sluice gate. Really adds verisimilitude :-)

Two thumbs up for this one...

<...wet and slimy>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Nevercallmebyname]

               

The Amethyst Dragon wrote...

3RavensMore wrote...

Lovely work! Was wondering though, as a companion to the external mill buildings -- water and wind -- has anyone ever done the mill operation inside the building?

I've actually made something like this for my PW.  I made one for a windmill (with the source of power from above), and one for a watermill (with the source of power coming from the side).  The second is pictured below.

It still needs some tweeking though:
- the animation speed needs to be slowed down by about 1/2
- the millstones' texture needs to be fixed (I recently retextured the city tileset, and I must have used one of those textures for the millstones)

If I get it fixed soon, I'll post both versions for downloading.

I'll be watching you. If I dont see those downloads I'll cry and then drop a bugbear on your head. '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_3RavensMore]

               That looks great, AD!  Is that a tile or a placeable?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               The Mill Stones are placeables...and are now available for downloading. 

There's even a demo module for y'all...NWN conveniently already has a placeable sound in the pallete called "Mill Wheel", and the "Snow Drift" placeable makes for good spilled flour.

Here's an updated screenshot with both models.


               
               

               
            

[Legacy_phenix-rising]

               Very nice, AD! Guess I should have asked if someone had anything hidden away somewhere - would have spared me much hair-pulling and teeth-gnashing. '>

But then, since this project is what prompted me to learn about modelling in the first place, I would have missed out on all the fun too. '>

Now I'll get my beak back to the...millstone.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

phenix-rising wrote...

Very nice, AD! Guess I should have asked if someone had anything hidden away somewhere - would have spared me much hair-pulling and teeth-gnashing. '>

But then, since this project is what prompted me to learn about modelling in the first place, I would have missed out on all the fun too. '>

Now I'll get my beak back to the...millstone.

Making stuff is the best way to learn to do it. '>

And now I'm just waiting to see if a certain waterwheel gets posted in the near future to make the outside of my watermill look better.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               I think those models are awsome phenix-rising (and yours too AD). The texture on the sluice gate is outstanding and must have taken quite a bit of work. If I was to make a constructive criticism (and had the practice and the skill) I would "age" the waterwheel itself a bit as it looks brand new and I would selectively darken parts of the woodwork of it as it looks too dry to me. But hey what do I know?

TR