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Doom III: Project Mars City (Comments Thread)

This has inspired me to go out and get a paasche VL series airbrush, witch wil arrive in a few days, then It further inspired me to work on my own uber-super cool mod (Patent pending)
 
pilotman2004 said:
The steam seems to be rolling out of the vent, have you changed the blower fans to more powerful fans like you were planning?
It looks awesome either way!
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I gave that a try--but it seems even on slow speed the 40mm fan dissipates the smoke so much that it is pretty thin--so I'm going to leave it with the single fan and have heavier smoke. Believe me the smoke looks great.it .just cant be captured in a single photo.
 
I figured that that would happen. You know, you're just going to have to make a video showing it in action to prove how good it looks... :D
 
The Smoke Stack tower looks great, will look greater when LEDs are installed cant wait to see. Job VERY well done on the whole Mod. Oh BTW how are you gonna power the Always On LED over the airlock door? 5V Standby Rail perhaps?
 
I remember reading a while back when you were making the airlock that you wanted to have it servo actuated. Is this still in the works? If so, have you worked on it yet? What will you use to control it? Haha, sorry about the butt-load of questions... :D
 
zoidberg3001 said:
The Smoke Stack tower looks great, will look greater when LEDs are installed cant wait to see. Job VERY well done on the whole Mod. Oh BTW how are you gonna power the Always On LED over the airlock door? 5V Standby Rail perhaps?
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Yep that red airlock light will be on the 5v standby--and switch to white when the airlock opens on power-up.
 
I am completely stunned at the amount of work that is being put into this "case" mod.. It's absolutely amazing. There's an LCD in in FFS! :eek: Congrats to you on the case.... It's turning out gorgious. ;)
 
lorcani said:
I can't wait to see the red LED in the steam vent. That's going to look down-right demonic. :D

How are you making the steam? How hot is it when it comes out? It seems like a safety hazard, depending on how you make the steam.
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I called the manufacturer of the smoke (assuming it's the same smoke fluid offered on the website Crim made reference to on his webpage). They said it's basically the same as theatrical smoke, and "the federal government tells us it's safe, so (it is)..."

I used to have a New Brite remote control construction set (bulldozers, tractors, etc.), and it used the same fluid. It wasn't hot at all, just made the smoke. If it's safe enough for me to be huffing it down in my younger years, then it must be ok :D
 
mashie said:
Unless the plan has changed recently this will be the solution.
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Wow, thats pretty cool. Hmm... Theres no need for anything to be moving on my comp, but seeing that makes me want to find something that I can make move... :D
 
here's a place that will help:

http://www.teamdavinci.com/links.htm

they have over 600 links and are primarily oriented towards robot wars... that is to say, bashing 340lb. robotic creations around in a 50' square arena.

however, most of that stuff can be adapted for modding purposes with a little work ;)

i always recommend them.
 
I used to be into RC airplanes, and I remember there was a company that made something that would slow a servo. It hooked up between the reciever and the servo. It was used for servos that would control landing gear, so that they would open slower and more realistically. If you could find one of those, you could use it in conjunction with the servo control board. That way you could control the speed that the airlock opens.
 
pilotman2004 said:
I used to be into RC airplanes, and I remember there was a company that made something that would slow a servo. It hooked up between the reciever and the servo. It was used for servos that would control landing gear, so that they would open slower and more realistically. If you could find one of those, you could use it in conjunction with the servo control board. That way you could control the speed that the airlock opens.
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Yes this has all been considered--ground that was covered long ago in the planning.
 
lamarth said:
Looks great as is, but what would be the final touch is getting the LEDs to slowly pulsate.....
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Yeah and the smoke should smell like burning monsters!..and-and-and-The red lights should come on only when you think about paper clips!...and and and!--

sheesh. people and their ideas sometimes. :D
 
CrimsonSky said:
Yeah and the smoke should smell like burning monsters!..and-and-and-The red lights should come on only when you think about paper clips!...and and and!--

sheesh. people and their ideas sometimes. :D
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We just keep coming out of the woodwork... :D
But which is worse- people and their good ideas or people and their bad ideas? (maybe I shouldn't ask that... :eek: )
 
lamarth said:
We just keep coming out of the woodwork... :D
But which is worse- people and their good ideas or people and their bad ideas? (maybe I shouldn't ask that... :eek: )
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well...yeah ya shouldnt ask :D
 
mashie said:
Do you think you could find that device again please? It would come in very handy indeed for some of my mods as well.

Edit: When I knew what to search for I found it instantly here.
Now if they could make a version that is slower than 2.2s end to end it would be even better. The search continues..
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For the lazy and those that want to control the servers via programming. You can get one that you can do that and is USB. @ http://www.phidgetsusa.com/viewproduct.asp?SKU=92052
 
Great job! Every time I see an update, that case just gets [H]arder and [H]arder. I eagerly await the finished product.
 
yeah, we need a shot in dim lighting so you can see the fog glowing more.

Also, I'm starting to worry that by the time the case is finished, noone will be playing Doom3, and they will have moved on to Quake4! :)

Maybe you can get some early artwork for Quake 4 and start building it ready for a BTX computer in advance, so its ready for the game launch. All you do is put the latest components in last since those will change many times before the launch.
 
chrisf6969 said:
yeah, we need a shot in dim lighting so you can see the fog glowing more.

Also, I'm starting to worry that by the time the case is finished, noone will be playing Doom3, and they will have moved on to Quake4! :)

Maybe you can get some early artwork for Quake 4 and start building it ready for a BTX computer in advance, so its ready for the game launch. All you do is put the latest components in last since those will change many times before the launch.
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Doom is already a legendary title, it isnt going to be forgotten anytime soon. As for a Quake case, You do it first and we will all follow from your ideas and example. :D
 
wow, this project is really awesome!!

I dont ever want you to be finished, cause I enjoy looking to more updates, haha :p
 
mashie said:
Do you think you could find that device again please? It would come in very handy indeed for some of my mods as well.

Edit: When I knew what to search for I found it instantly here.
Now if they could make a version that is slower than 2.2s end to end it would be even better. The search continues..
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Since it is just slowing down the signal that is reaching the servo could you not use 2 in series for a total of 4.4 seconds? (Sorry if i'm talking crap)
 
mashie said:
Now if they could make a version that is slower than 2.2s end to end it would be even better. The search continues..
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Hey mashie, I just had a thought. They sell servos specifically for landing gear of RC planes which take much longer to travel end to end than a normal servo, Like this. It turns 180 degrees, at 60 degrees in 0.5 seconds. So, thats 1.5 seconds already. If you hooked one of those up with the servo rate controller, wouldn't it take longer than 2.2?
 
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