Noob Slayer Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 http://rrubucket.s3....Cars_398402.lxf File is up for download, the decals are a bit touchy, but I did the best I could! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrElephant Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 How can you open this file. I am trying to open it but I don't know how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 How can you open this file with Lego Digital Designer MrElephant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUModder Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 How can you open this file with Lego Digital Designer How does ANYONE not know the file extension for LDD? Lair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 How does ANYONE not know the file extension for LDD? A person without LDD. MrElephant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Very nice! And accurate too, although there are a couple of parts out of place - if you're driven (pun not intended) enough to go for 100%, you could try these models for reference: Lego Racers Champions How can you open this file. I am trying to open it but I don't know how. In Lego Digital Designer. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrElephant Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Sorry I didnt know lego digital designer. I just like modding games and programming a little. I design a little but I have never heard of this tool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Eh... Certainly not the worst I've seen, but honestly there's a lot of accuracy issues. Just glancing at the models, the red ladders on Redbeard's car are the wrong pieces, the exhaust pipes are actually supposed to be 1x1x2 round bricks (as you can see in the intro), the front of Baron von Barron's car is off, the headlight assembly on Veronica Voltage's car has wrong coloration, etc. And it seems you attempted to include both versions of Gypsy Moth's car, but ignored the alternate versions of the other cars... I actually just recently wrote up a post on Eurobricks on the very subject of re-creating LEGO Racers 1 vehicles, you might find it helpful: I've been planning to do the same thing myself (for boss cars anyway), and there's already plenty of "how to build" videos for the boss cars on YouTube. The problem is, most of them are terribly inaccurate (I even saw one that involved cutting pieces with a knife to get the desired shape!). I built all the boss cars in LDD a few years back, they're as accurate as I could get them, but there's issues due to the in-game cars either not providing detail, using pieces that simply don't exist in real life or LDD, or using impossible connections or weird designs: The red ladder pieces on Captain Redbeard's car are set too low, and if you build it in real life or LDD, they actually scrape the ground. King Kahuka's car uses a non-existent piece in two places, a 1x2 tile with a clip centered where the stud is on a jumper plate. Additionally, the front wheels are impossible to attach exactly as how they are shown, it would require something like a 2x4 plate with wheel axles. Basil the Batlord's car is doable, but the in-game model is so reduced in detail that the connection between the dragon head and car is entirely missing, so you have to add in a few pieces. Additionally, the wheels on his car just float - the 1x4 plates with axles were also removed from the model. And on top of all that, the wheels are offset by about half a stud in-game, the back wheels actually clip through the car chassis a bit! Veronica Voltage's car has the steering wheel piece sitting on top of a 4x4 plate. If you do this in real life or LDD, it makes it impossible to push the windshield down all the way, so you have to replace the 4x4 plate with two 1x4 plates and a 2x3 plate, and put the steering wheel in the gap. But there's even more problems. Oddly, the cars the bosses race in use separate 3D models and textures from the equivalent player cars! This in and of itself wouldn't be a big deal... Except the designs actually differ. This can be easily seen with King Kahuka's car. Unlock his car set, and use the Quick Build option to make a custom car like his. Then go into a race with him, pull along side his car with your "identical" car, pause the game, and play spot-the-difference. The feather is placed differently, and the shading is different. All the bosses have quirks like that, but to varying degrees - if I remember right, the player version of Gypsy Moth's car uses black where the "real" car uses dark gray. But by far the worst offender is Veronica Voltage's car. Take a close look at her vehicle in this cutscene: Now, compare that to the car players are given, which is supposed to be the same: It's very clearly not. Different coloring, tiles instead of exposed studs on the headlight mounts, the grilles are facing a different way, etc... So really, what exactly you build depends on if you're going to sacrifice accuracy for being a LEGO purist, and if you're going to build the actual cars or the player versions. If you want a starting point for the player cars, I've attached my old LDD models of them. Let me know if there's a problem - I'm actually on a computer where LDD doesn't work right now, so I can't open the file to make sure everything's as it should be. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=77341&#entry1468629 If you're not a Eurobricks member and can't access the attachment, I've re-uploaded it to Brickshelf (the only thing I'd change now is the coloration of the wheels on Gypsy Moth's car, for some reason I made them metallic back then): http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jamesster/Other/lr1_cars.lxf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcom Isst Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Eh... Certainly not the worst I've seen Oh, absolutely not the worst we've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Oh, absolutely not the worst we've seen. *snip* *snip* OH WAD WHAT THE HECK AM I EVEN WHAT WHY Alcom Isst and Lair 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Oh, absolutely not the worst we've seen. [redbeard] It's the car of Redbeard from that 2004 pirates theme with the Jack Stone figs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Oh, absolutely not the worst we've seen. Oh, I forgot about those. I meant to write something about those, but I never did. Thanks Alcom. :) Alcom Isst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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