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So finally this bus is released. I'll still be making stuff for MM2 and there's a secret projecting ongoing which I'll post here if I go it to MM2 without crashing, but it'll probably take a few more days.
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Great work with this bus.
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Selection screen one? Its An Ode to No one from The Smashing Pumpkins. I thought selection screen sound was removed, but it's still there.What's the song?
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Thanks, as far as I know, the UV map wasn't extending beyond the texture but still those white strips appeared. Anyway, if it's fixed now, that's great.
That's the reason I've kept the .ar open, offering total freedom to modify.hope you don't mind
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A Bombay to Goa tribute paintjob ? Long before it does its 50th anniversary ? Sounds funAlso Mumbai to Sangli, no buses to Goa?
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After 3 hours of research, I've confirmed that these paintjobs existed on the TATAs back then in the 90s, that is for sure. These paintjobs won't be seen now as newer ones have been put to use on all the currently running city buses, leaving each major city with 4-5 different paintjobs as of now. The pics that I'll be using for the paintjobs (with description)
The DTC (New Delhi)
GSRTC (Gandhinagar) -
This wasn't the only one used for the TATAs back then, but it seemed compatible to the paintjob's making.
TSRTC, Formerly APSRTC (Hyderabad Metro).
The old one -
The New one -
A Considerble number of 1510/1512s with expired FCs ran streets of Hyderabad even after the beginning of the 21st century. Chandrababu replaced them with the leylands in anticipation of IT development. I'll stick to the old one for Hyderabad, but the new one is just a suggestion (I could even do both).
BMTC (Bangalore).
The New one -
Current BMTC paintjob for most central routes. What if I told you there were 1515s in Bengaluru running city routes with only one door for entrance/exits, until a couple of years ago. Most of them decommissioned for FCs and safety reasons, not all of them - meaning, there are still a handful of running in the city. I've seen them .
The Old one -
Now I'm confused . I might end up doing both but still... I'm confused.
KSRTC (Karnataka) -
Why a state transport one ? This one is the only state bus that travels intercity routes, picking and dropping City commuters before/after journey throughout the state. This, I haven't an idea if it existed on any TATAs - just a suggestion since its an easy do
KSRTC (Thiruvananthapuram/Kerala state Transport) -
Beats me, with this being the only one that had same paintjobs for both city and state transport back then. Well, that's what I'd read somewhere
MTC (Madras) -
For the love of Chennai, I miss these badly. I couldn't find any pics of it on a TATA, but trust me - these are exactly how they looked, I remember
TNSTC (State Express, Tamil Nadu) -
I'm not doing this. Reasons 1)I see it everyday, 2)Tired of seeing it everyday, 3)No TATAs doing State journeys in TN, only in the cities. Hence, makes no sense doing this. Your call, e-cobra.
NMMT (Mumbai) -
Needless to describe .
Does it make sense adding all these paintjobs on a single door 1515 (besides the bangalore one) ? If you'd want only interstate/intrastate/National/District paintjobs instead, let me know.
I'll be startin on the city paintjobs rightaway. And BTW, these are called ASIADs it seems...
EDIT : I don't know where to find the corp. logos The homepages and wikipedia have only the current logos and not the 90s logos !!
The Delhi one is completed 99% somehow, but there is however, a problem.
Do you see the horizontal livery on the side ? On the texture they're straight but when on the bus, there's distortion along the central portion, between both the wheels.
On the front too.
What could it be ? Bad UV mapping ? Or protruding side panels ? You could try remapping them using the delhi paintjob as default. I'm just bad at UV mapping, hence the lazy request
The DTC (New Delhi)
GSRTC (Gandhinagar) -
This wasn't the only one used for the TATAs back then, but it seemed compatible to the paintjob's making.
TSRTC, Formerly APSRTC (Hyderabad Metro).
The old one -
The New one -
A Considerble number of 1510/1512s with expired FCs ran streets of Hyderabad even after the beginning of the 21st century. Chandrababu replaced them with the leylands in anticipation of IT development. I'll stick to the old one for Hyderabad, but the new one is just a suggestion (I could even do both).
BMTC (Bangalore).
The New one -
Current BMTC paintjob for most central routes. What if I told you there were 1515s in Bengaluru running city routes with only one door for entrance/exits, until a couple of years ago. Most of them decommissioned for FCs and safety reasons, not all of them - meaning, there are still a handful of running in the city. I've seen them .
The Old one -
Now I'm confused . I might end up doing both but still... I'm confused.
KSRTC (Karnataka) -
Why a state transport one ? This one is the only state bus that travels intercity routes, picking and dropping City commuters before/after journey throughout the state. This, I haven't an idea if it existed on any TATAs - just a suggestion since its an easy do
KSRTC (Thiruvananthapuram/Kerala state Transport) -
Beats me, with this being the only one that had same paintjobs for both city and state transport back then. Well, that's what I'd read somewhere
MTC (Madras) -
For the love of Chennai, I miss these badly. I couldn't find any pics of it on a TATA, but trust me - these are exactly how they looked, I remember
TNSTC (State Express, Tamil Nadu) -
I'm not doing this. Reasons 1)I see it everyday, 2)Tired of seeing it everyday, 3)No TATAs doing State journeys in TN, only in the cities. Hence, makes no sense doing this. Your call, e-cobra.
NMMT (Mumbai) -
Needless to describe .
Does it make sense adding all these paintjobs on a single door 1515 (besides the bangalore one) ? If you'd want only interstate/intrastate/National/District paintjobs instead, let me know.
I'll be startin on the city paintjobs rightaway. And BTW, these are called ASIADs it seems...
EDIT : I don't know where to find the corp. logos The homepages and wikipedia have only the current logos and not the 90s logos !!
The Delhi one is completed 99% somehow, but there is however, a problem.
Do you see the horizontal livery on the side ? On the texture they're straight but when on the bus, there's distortion along the central portion, between both the wheels.
On the front too.
What could it be ? Bad UV mapping ? Or protruding side panels ? You could try remapping them using the delhi paintjob as default. I'm just bad at UV mapping, hence the lazy request
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Didn't see your post. It is indeed bad UV mapping, because I moved some vertices in Zmodeler to fit the side. It is possible to fix this without editing the UV map. To fix the front texture, open it in your image editor and select the line in the middle that appears a bit below and move it some distance upwards so that in the 3D model, due to the way texture's mapped, it will look straight in level with other lines. Same for sides too. Nice texture BTW.
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IT IS as possible as it is difficult, or the other way 'round.. Check this outIt is possible to fix this without editing the UV map
THAT's the difficult part. It's fairly difficult moving the line upwards and compensate the UV mapping's linear loss. I could judge how much I'll need to move it upwards in Photoshop, a couple of tries and Voila, its done. The vertical correction is handleable. Its the horizontal ones that're getting on my nerves. I make a note of where to start (rear wheel arch) and the end points (front wheel arch) but distorted points somehow appear moved away from each other and the transition. I'll post the pics below.select the line in the middle that appears a bit below and move it some distance upwards
I feel Re-UV mapping using this delhi paintjob will be better than the 'trial and error' photoshopping method that's tiring. Now I'm in Panic, cuz all of the planned paintjobs have linear (horizontal) vinyls . And just this one takes so much time, dunno how long It'll take for the others (my hunches say It'll take lesser time because I'll know the reference points for the distortions - that is ONLY if I found out the ref. points using the Delhi paintjob).
I'll put the fixing on hold till then Meanwhile I'll do the Gandhinagar GSRTC.
UPDATE
DTC Delhi
GSRTC Gandhinagar
APSRTC Hyderabad Metro
BMTC Bengaluru
KSRTC Thiruvananthapuram
MTC Madras (Chennai)
NMMT Mumbai
NEW !!
KTC Goa
Bad news : I just found out DTC had an older paintjob -
NOW what do I do ?
I've made the paintjobs bright on purpose so that you could desaturate them to your likes and preferences. If you're using photoshop, I suggest you desaturate all of the paintjobs to a value of '-25' (20, if you think they look too dull/bland/antique-like) to give that 'Old school' worn look. Trust me, that's what looks realistic.
I still haven't done that distortion fix because the best would be to UV map it over again using a plain linear 'Centre Vinyl' paintjob like the DTC and NMMt ones. The KSRTC one doesn't look distorted in any way cuz the horizontal vinyl is way up close to the window panels.
I've sent you both the TGAs and PSDs (in case you wanna make edits). I dunno what to do about the destination board texture, I suggest you add a plain yellow board to all of them. And I haven't added license plates (overlaying image on the main texture), if you want me to add them I'd just add a 'TN-01' or 'KA-01' or 'MH-01'.etc .
Open to suggestions
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