EDIT: Removed my comments about credit not given. The author has given proper credit to Po Yu, thank you. :)
Moving on, this is the first FMV style classic outfit to make an appearance on the search engine, which definitely makes it unique. Ultimately it\'s the same classic outfit we\'ve been seeing for years, and it\'s made of several meshes from Po Yu\'s classic remake outfit, but factoring in the uniqueness I chose 7 for originality. Apart from the chest, head and feet, all of the meshes come from Po Yu\'s original classic remake outfit. However, the author has replaced original detailed textures with a solid skin texture. The few original meshes (chest, head and feet) are built well enough, but lack detailed and precise texturing. Lara\'s chest is ok at first glance, but a closer look shows textures that are not seamless. Also, Lara\'s head mesh is lacking detail severely. She\'s close to the FMV model, but the lack of skin texture does not compliment the mesh. Lara ears have no texture at all, just a solid skin color. Because of the lacking detail, quality gets a 6. Usability is always hard to rate. In this case, a classic outfit would work almost anywhere. But there\'s too little detail for this outfit to look right in a modern high quality level. It would fit better in something in the classic TR1/2/3 style. Usability come in at a 6. Some of the outfit\'s textures belong to Po Yu, and as I\'ve said quite a bit now, the genuine custom textures do not supply much detail and are not the best quality. For these reasons, custom textures receives a 5. The couple meshes that are custom are ok, but could have perhaps been better optimized for the TRLE. For example, it may not have been necessary to sculpt the stands of hair as complete tubes, but rather as flat surfaces with a fringe texture. However, they are unique and do match their FMV origins. 8 for custom meshes.
All in all this is a really interesting outfit. As a kid I thought of what it would be like playing a TR game at the same quality of the FMVs, and this kind of gives you an idea. I would recommend checking it out.
IN RESPONSE TO THE AUTHOR: I would like to clarify that I did not give low ratings base on the fact that the outfit uses some of Po Yu\'s meshes and textures. I rated based on what I felt was appropriate. This is a very unique outfit, which I mentioned several times, and I mean that as a compliment. But solid skin textures are not detailed whatsoever. It may be faithful to the original model, but the original model itself lacked detail. I rated based on the quality, NOT how close it looked to the original FMV model. I\'m sorry you don\'t agree. But in my opinion a 3/5 star rating is not low. A 1/5 star would be low. 3/5 is good, 4/5 is great, and 5/5 would be perfect. This outfit is not perfect, it is good.
[i]Edited by d|r[/i]
(17 Jul 2014 08:09)
Author Reply
Some meshes and textures are by Po Yo and yes, I'm wrong to don't credit him in the readme file, sorry!
I changed the readme.txt, anyway.
Edit:
After a thorough review of outfit I can say that:
No, I do not agree with your comment.
Okay that I have not credited Po Yu for the some texture and meshes, but do not tell me that ALL MESHES OR TEXTURES are by Po Yu!
I want to talk about the meshes:
The outfit started with a Po Yu's outfits as a starting point (https://www.trsearch.org/Items/1707).
Then, when I chose to edit my Lara's head I used a original Lara and I took a very few some meshes of the outfit by Po Yu.
I'm a 3D modelling and I create a meshes for this outfit. I did not take much, just the backside and hands (and their texture).
Po Yu also was inspired by the original Lara in this https://www.trsearch.org/Items/1707 outfit.
and if it looks similar as my outfit, this is normal. And my outfits, even if it is not so innovative, I did it by me with original Lara, my meshes and some meshes by Po Yu.
This insinuation bothers me enough and above all I don't deserve a low rating just because you think I am a thief!
The equipment I have downloaded from other authors on this site and I do not remember the name, in the readme file I say this anyway.
If you see the 3d model of Lara FMV, you'll see that she's have all one color for skin, ears, hair and boots, no details! I wanted to be very faithful to the original.
Okay the penalty for the texture of the shirt, I had so much pressure from people that I had to release it incomplete.
I'll try to update it. Thank you for rating and bye!