C-Had18 Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Hello, all you great MOCers. I am new to Classic Pirates. Lego Pirates has always been my favorite, and now that is amplified through Classic Pirates. I must have been really stupid a couple of years ago, because when I found this site while browsing the web, I had no intent of joining (wish I had though). However, now that I have joined, I am ready to join the plethora of great builders that adorn this website. I am already working on a WIP frigate known as the Stormer. She carries 28 guns, and I hope to post pictures of her soon (that is as soon as I figure out how to do that). My models, will unfortunately have to be posted in LDD mode, as I don't have the pieces to build it in real bricks. A huge thanks goes to anyone whose posted a ship here, from which a may have drawn inspiration. Quote
Kolonialbeamter Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Welcome on board! I can relate to what you say. I found this site a long time ago, but have joined only recently... feeling somehow stupid for not having done that before Anyway, I also mostly build in LDD, but rest assured, that doesn't necessarily have to be a disadvantage! One major advantage for example is: no gravity! OK, one major disadvantage is: no gravity... But you can do amazing things and always have (almost) every kind of brick right at hand. Something you should do is to check out the digital forum, if you haven't done that already. Especially the LDD-to-POV-Ray tool can help you produce great looking renders of your creations. Looking forward to your creations! Regards Quote
Sebeus I Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Welcome at Eurobricks, I hope to see some of your work soon . Quote
Matteo1130 Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Welcome! Hope to see your mocs rise the right flag (the bluest possible) :) even if in LDD.. Quote
C-Had18 Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 (edited) A blue flag will definitely adorn many of my ships. KolonialBeamter, I honestly don't know how you build such huge ships as the Sans Pariel. When I use LDD there is a point when it just stops working. It seems to have something to do with piece count. Edited January 21, 2014 by C-Had18 Quote
Kolonialbeamter Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 It has, indeed. Although it's - I think - rather the number of polygons that truly matters. Therefore, tiles are "better" than studded bricks, worst parts I found in LDD so far are those I use to represent the rigging. They eat up a lot of computing power and memory space. And LDD is a pretty old program by now, not capable of handling today's hardware. I have models up to 30000+ parts, and my computer usually get's significantly slower after around 15000 parts. Some tips: If you turn off "show outlines on bricks" and If you hide a part of your creation that you don't need to see during building, your computer should perform better. And try hiding all bricks when saving your creation; this helps me a lot. Raise the (right) colors and brick on! Regards Quote
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