Technical Issues

Overall this project has been a success with a lot of minor and major technical issues some learning curves and some where out of students control.

One technical issue which occurred was when all the models where put together in one file because of the major increase in polygon count the computers slowed down dramatically which was a problem because with out having a smooth movement when creating an animation its then harder to see any progress. basically its hard to see what is happening when the computer is to slow. This then links with the final render and the length of time required to render just one scene. this then also lead to problems when trying to add particle effects to the animation for example smoke or flames which proved a problem because of the high polygon count it was difficult to get the correct sequence or effect which then lead to leaving some scenes out so that the project could be submitted on time. These problems have effected the outcome and of the created scenes by 1106716 which are the contributions to the final project and animation sequence.

Another problem which occurred is all files were lost in an unfortunate technical error with the university computers which meant that a swift restart had to be done so that there was enough time to meet the new deadline. for this reason the final aircraft carrier did not meet its full potential because of the major file losses. although a similar one was created its not 100 percent complete because of the major set back, the time which it had taken to remake the model could have been time for adding more detail to the carrier.

Other problems occurred such as file saving because there was one week where the university lost licences to 3ds max which then meant working from home and because the university does not have the up to date version of the modelling program, if one had forgotten to save there work in a previous year format it would then not load on a computer when trying to re load the file at the university.



These are some of the problems which occurred which where quite time consuming but with all projects come problem and these mistakes have been learned from.