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Billiard Room Question (Solved)

Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,318
edited December 2019 in The Commons

Are the pool balls in the Billiard Room individually placeable or are they one object? All I see in the promos is the one rack group; but can we make renders of games in progress?

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  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,282

    I doubt very much they are one object, it would be rather silly to do that, also modeling wise (more work).  The painting also looks like it's a render from the set.

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,846

    Reading the description and looking at the promos, it does look like like it is one single object instead of separate balls.

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,282
    edited December 2019
    FSMCDesigns said:

    Reading the description and looking at the promos, it does look like like it is one single object instead of separate balls.

    Well it could be (probably is) a preset that's included but I doubt very much it doesn't include the individual balls also.  That would make no sense.

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  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,846
    Taoz said:
    FSMCDesigns said:

    Reading the description and looking at the promos, it does look like like it is one single object instead of separate balls.

    Well it could be (probably is) a preset that's included but I doubt very much it doesn't include the individual balls also.  That would make no sense.

    I agree, but there are plenty of things in the DAZ store that make no sense, LOL

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,318
    edited December 2019

    Thanks for your responses. 

    FSMCDesigns said:
    Taoz said:
    FSMCDesigns said:

    Reading the description and looking at the promos, it does look like like it is one single object instead of separate balls.

    Well it could be (probably is) a preset that's included but I doubt very much it doesn't include the individual balls also.  That would make no sense.

    I agree, but there are plenty of things in the DAZ store that make no sense, LOL

    Yep like doors that don't open or even worse rooms with no doors.

    I guess I could always return it if it doesn't have individual pool balls. But I was hoping that someone who already had it could verify whether or not it has individual balls so I could avoid having to return it if it doesn't.

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  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621

    Maybe this would be a useful addition?

    https://www.daz3d.com/the-billiard-table

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,282
    FSMCDesigns said:
    Taoz said:
    FSMCDesigns said:

    Reading the description and looking at the promos, it does look like like it is one single object instead of separate balls.

    Well it could be (probably is) a preset that's included but I doubt very much it doesn't include the individual balls also.  That would make no sense.

    I agree, but there are plenty of things in the DAZ store that make no sense, LOL

    Haha, yes, don't get me started...

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,318
    edited December 2019

    OK, I decided to go ahead and get it while it was on sale. Unfortunately the rack and balls is one single prop. There is, however, a work around. The rack and each ball is a seperate material zone; so, you can load the prop  x number of times and set all the zones (except the one you want in each case) to transparent (zero opacity). A bit of a nusisance but doable. Simalrly the 3 white balls on the side of the table are part of the single table prop but can have their surfaces set to transparent. Additionally there is no seperate cue ball.

    So I am debating whether or not to keep it. If it was near full price I definitely would return it; but for what I paid (less than $7) I am undecided.

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  • Silent WinterSilent Winter Posts: 3,897
    edited December 2019

    Edit: somehow quoted instead of edited - see below for post - pretend this one said something profound

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  • Silent WinterSilent Winter Posts: 3,897
    edited December 2019

    Create primitive: Sphere - and add shader? (Edit: sorry, I was thinking of British pool which just has red and yellow balls rather than numbered striped/spotted balls - below should work though)

    Or use the geometry editor to remove all but one ball, then save it as its own scene-subset / Support Asset for future use (repeat for each ball type).

     

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  • dennisgray41dennisgray41 Posts: 860

    It all sounds overly complex. I wonder what it takes to make the balls move according to physics. I had a win 95 game that did a good job so it shouldn't be too hard with todays tools.

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