Actually Decent Ambassador!

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Argle Bargle

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Argle Bargle (Creator/Co-creator)
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Argle Bargle
New and improved textures
Valve
Barely passable original textures

Rating

9.44/10
Based off 8 rating(s)

Additional Info

Model Class
Default Model
Texture Class
Recolor/Edit

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17
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5,874
Downloads
1,818
Date Added
3 years ago
Date Modified
3 years ago

"Well, THIS was a disappointment!"

Like many others, I was greatly disappointed with the Ambassador's textures ingame (especially in first person view! yech!). Also like many others, I decided to make a texture to remedy the sorry state of the Ambassador.

Basically what I did was improve the (almost nonexistent) normal maps so the rest of the gun has an equal level of detail to balance out better with the engraving on the front of the gun, and to give it more of a metal look instead of looking like cheap plastic.

I also added a few changes in the regular texture, adding some dark shades to emphasize shape (apparently there were no shadows baked on), putting a hole on the inside of the gun where the bullets are supposed to enter the barrel (what the hell, Valve), and changing the color of the wooden handle to a more team-neutral color, instead of the jarring red yellow and grey of the original color scheme.

"I did all I could."

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  • kavinsky

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    kavinsky

    Even with that fix the model is still an epic failure for valve. the revolvers cylinder is floating out in mid air with nothing connecting it to the gun itself, its supposed to look like this http://www.pmokspd.com/cylopen.jpg

    instead the ejector rod which is part of the cylinder itself is stuck in the guns frame along with the crane which is supposed to be the major connector between the gun and the cylinder

    well it could be worse.... he could reload it with empty shells like in half life 2

    Bananite

  • JusticeInACan

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    JusticeInACan

    Contrary to popular belief, stronger normal maps and phong don't make skins look better. TF2 is meant to be cartoony, not have tons of saran-wrap-esque normals everywhere. The most you needed to do to fix the phong was to edit the alpha channel of the bumpmap and fix the intensity levels. There's no point in bumping the entire gun.

    JIAC

  • DaForce0

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    DaForce0

    It's very nice and in the meantime very similar in appearence to the default Ambassador. I like it.

    Bananite

  • .::Viper Snake::.

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    .::Viper Snake::.

    Pros: Looks a lot better now. Cons: None

    Killer7

  • Ratchet66

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    Ratchet66
    Posted by DrROCKZO When I install this, there is no difference in my Ambassador, the biggest sign of this is there is no Bullet Hole. Suggestions?

    You must join a sever that allows custom skins(sv_pure 0)

    @#*&%!?

  • DrROCKZO

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    DrROCKZO

    When I install this, there is no difference in my Ambassador, the biggest sign of this is there is no Bullet Hole. Suggestions?

    Right Behind You.

  • Argle Bargle

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    Argle Bargle
    Posted by Danneh1988 No offense, but this is worse than all the others, I know you think you have improved it all, but we can't really see the difference. All it looks like you've done is recolour and de-saturate the handle. Nor do I like people who think they're superior and there's no way in hell I like this skin. Sorry but this is a down class skin.

    It's called "Actually Decent Ambassador" because valve's original one had some glaring errors that, I admit, may not have been 'glaring' to everyone. I was not putting down any of the existing Ambassador reskins, because most of them fixed the same issues I fixed.

    The main feature of this skin was the normal mapping. The old gun actually didn't have any mapping on anything but the handle and the engraving. If your computer cant display this mapping (which I recognize some cant), all you will see is the color change of the handle and the bullet hole, and that alone is not all that spectacular.

    The other change I made was I added some very subtle shadow tones to the model that is very very subtle, even after I upped it a bit. I cant blame anyone for not noticing it, but it's there, and it does make it look a bit better, especially in areas without a lot of lights. Maybe I have to make a comparison shot.

    NO

  • Danneh1988

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    Danneh1988

    No offense, but this is worse than all the others, I know you think you have improved it all, but we can't really see the difference. All it looks like you've done is recolour and de-saturate the handle. Nor do I like people who think they're superior and there's no way in hell I like this skin. Sorry but this is a down class skin.

    Bananite

  • Combyne

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    Combyne
    Posted by Anonymous
    Posted by {H.H} Boba Fett Pros: the skin is oke the normal map is to rough not over phonged so its better that you make a compleet new skin than just edit it i'm mad on you beacuse you stole my idee of the bullet hole lame dude realy Notes: your serieus you stole my idee oke this is lame oke all new ambassadors skin needs a bullet hole but right behind me lame dude realy
    A hole being there for the bullets to go through is common sense, can't really say it's your idea. But I guess by your bad typage that you're not being serious.

    Actually, his whole account is written just like this. I think he's being serious.

    Seriously dumb, that is.

    Friendly fire? You all burn th

  • Yulderbung

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    Yulderbung

    Pros: Hey! the Ambassador is no longer an eyesore!

    Bananite
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