Gnam: I'm sorry to say it, but that bit about the 'only simple boxes' is bollocks
Ever taken a good look at the q2 items? only a few of them had more than 12 polies :]
Shells and other projectiles/cartridges were skin-only. All that has changed for Gen (and especially that is giving me the polycount-headaches). I've modelled 8 slipgate item models so far, and they've got a pretty high polycount.
Daedalus is right.
Actually I'm doing all the items in a three tier plan. First I make all ammo and all health items (not counting megahealth), and the armor shard.
Second tier consists of armors (they're relatively complex and require some planning & a bit more time to get right)
Third up are all the powerups - which Phoenix and I will tackle together since they need to
kick ass?.
For this reason, we'll prolly take our sweet time creating them, too :]
I can already hear you thinking "but didn't I see a megahealth item somewhere around here?" - you're right. Bloody nitpicking bastid. You'll be the death of me someday. I felt like doing it! It seemed like a good idea at the time. I don't like making plans if I don't get to deviate from them a bit every now and then. There. Now get back to nitpicking about code-related stuff, you need to keep Pho busy and buy me some time, while I finish this shite :]
Edit: Maybe later I'll just go sit back and relax and be happy with what I've done - Strogg do NOT use cardboard.
