Duimon - HSM Mega Bezel Graphics and Presets - Feedback and Updates

Ok I took a look at this, and the empty tube thickness is broken:

This has a bunch of empty tube thickness, the with the diffuse texture on. It is showing black, where it should be showing a diffuse texture, and the gel is supposed to appear in this area as well

I think I know what is going on, so I’ll fix this in the next update.

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Cool, thanks for looking at it.

Another issue we have using the empty tube space instead of the “Screen Black Edge” is corner radius. The black edge it had it’s own corner radius parameter so we could match the bezel radius.

The global radius is also tied to this I think. Now the parameter doesn’t seem to have an effect, so I couldn’t use the black edge if I chose to. :frowning_face:

V1 release.

Newest release.


BTW Everyone. This is a WIP on the BBC Master.

This was incredibly difficult, I worked on it for most of four days.

One of the reasons it was so hard was I insisted on using my BBC Micro source, since the keyboard layout was virtually identical. (Except for the num-pad.)

It is one of the most detail graphics yet. Here is a full view.

I like it. :grin:

It may not survive a serious OCD pass, some pieces are a little hacky and I may not be able to live with them the way they are. :innocent:

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An alternate bezel with some type of IBM keyboard would be great.

Thank you for considering it :slightly_smiling_face:

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Here is the latest BBC Master WIP.

I made some changes to the top vents and the structure of the cartridge slot doors. I generally just did my best to add enough nit-picky details to make them measure up to the rest of the graphic.

I think I am ready to start creating presets. :grin:

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Turns out there is a very good reason for this. Amstrad bought the rights to Sinclair in 1986 and manufactured/distributed these versions.

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You’re right. That’s the reason why i called these systems Amstrad-spectrum. :grin:

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Making some progress on the Diffuse thickness and gel issue:

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The BBC Master is in the repo. I would have had it up sooner but I was busy. :wink:

The Spectrum +3 and…

…+2a. :grin:

I took some pretty big liberties to make this work. The logos are smaller and I moved the power LED so it was visible. (It would have been hidden behind the bezel.)

The preset I am using here makes use of (Along with a dark version of my new RCA TV.) a Decal layer that has the logos and LED.

for the +3 and…

for the +2a.

This allows it to be centered in the space to balance things.

There is an Alt version that has it baked in when I don’t have enough layers to work with.

I should have these in the repo by tomorrow night.

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I think the up and down keys are swapped on the BBC Master’s keyboard.

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Doh! You’re correct. :astonished:

I’ll fix that ASAP. Thanks!

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Went ahead and scanned the whole keyboard. There are 5 other messed up keys. There are 7 8 9 instead of 1 2 3 and # instead of , all on the right keypad. Forgot the Return text.

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Key text and symbols are very tedious work. It’s easy to miss things when you have been in deep for hours and just want to get a breath of fresh air. :innocent:

Thanks again. :grin:

BBC Master has been updated in the repo.

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I get that. There are some of the shaders I did where there would be a lot changes and it would get tedious. :sweat:

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Very nice work with Spectrum +2a and +3 bezels (as usual with the others). Really good :+1: :+1:

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@hgoda90 was kind enough to further point out that I had replaced the wrong 7,8 and 9 on my BBC Master keys. :rofl:

I finally realized I had not done a thorough enough OCD pass on the keyboard text and symbols. :upside_down_face:

I fixed the error and also replaced the “@” symbol with a more accurate one, hand drew my own “pound” sign to reflect the fancy one on the master keys, and tweaked a few more misc things.

My apologies to the BBC gods for my previous negligence. :grin:

I have carried the changes over to the BBC Micro and updated the repo.

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Looking really good now. :partying_face:

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Thanks! I was just admiring how real the glass over the function key strip/guide looks and found a slight imperfection that is now fixed.

Repo is updated… again. :innocent:

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The first thing I noticed was the vents on the Master. It looks like there could be a fan in there.

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I’m fairly certain it is a speaker, which is what I put there.

Good source images for these vintage systems are really hard to find, at least where it counts.

Yep, it’s a speaker.

Now that I know exactly what the speaker looks like I may tweak it a bit.

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OK I did some work on the speaker. (Not that anyone will ever look that close. :grin:)

The work made me wonder about the Micro and it turns out that the holes in the function guide cover were dual purpose speaker holes/PSU vents. And I had them designed all sorts of wrong. :wink:

I did some work on it.

It is much improved.

I haven’t yet updated the Potato graphics. I will get to it when I have a bit more time.

These BBC changes have been a good days work. They are worth it. :grin:

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