Ship recon report

[Fooli]

[smithy953!]

nice but what is it? a new feature????? hmmmmm thtd be nice

[fhko]

Just from glancing at it I'd say it either a new model for pirate ship or a totally new ship (but still pirate class)...because there are some key differences between it and current model...

[zaroba]

probably a new, more detailed version of the ship you just pictured.

[killkill]

does this mean all ships will be improved? but ur only showing the pirate ship? oh, i think im overestimating ur elite powers...

[zaroba]

i'm sure eventually all ships will get replaced with nice versions. its just a matter of time.

[killkill]

that's good. cargo ships do look pretty good anyways.

[sproutman2010]

hmm magrathea system eh?

[morbydvisns]

im hopeing something more along the lines of space AI

[lucifer1101]

u should read what the text says and then u will figure it out (the ship still may be something tho)

[smithy953!]

hmmmm acctualy im guessing tht its a nev version of the 'veiw pilot info' thingy abd yh probs a new ship ......... their should be more ships - their verry limited atm and only 1 type if pirate ship frm what i know (and the police fighter is confusing - dose it fight with or against police???) and howcome their nt one of thm top ship score things for alien ships (ya know under neath top wealth twhere it shows u top 3 is it?for each ship type)





will go check megratha out l8a unless sum1 alreddy has and can tell me what it is

[morbydvisns]

welll therse no shipyard in that system, to my knowledge.

[Fooli]

Amazing how a bit of innocent modelling and 30 seconds adding text and effects to a screenshot can generate so much bizarre interest ;)



Yes, it's an update of the pirate ship model. Just doing the texturing now. There's another ship in the works too - working title is "bounty hunter" :)
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[smithy953!]

yh bounty hunter would be a good ship BUT why not diff class pirate and poolice ships like for example, pirate, police cruiser, pirate police scout, pirate police flag ship etc each pirate and police could have basicly the same stats only say the pirate could have more speed armmour n cargo adn the policecould have more armour longer stardrive range and pob 4 sets of lasers instead of the uesual 2, tht sort of thing n it could be built in tht a police ship cnnot attack a person who dnt have bounty or who is not alreddy shooting etc, just to make sure pirates dnt fly round in police ships itd need some more ideas bt it sounds good to me o.O what am i saying of course it sounds good to me otherwise i wouldnt of said it, hmmmmm im gnna go eat tht revision guide

[morbydvisns]

funstuff, f

[Gavinbaisk]

What would be good is some ships like this;

Avenger - Standard Defense, Low Counter-measures, Standard Missiles, Low Armor
Disciple - Good Armor, Standard Defense, Good Spead, Low Counter-measures
Terminator - Good Armor, Good Defense, Great Missiles, Good Counter-measures
Crusader - Good Armor, Standard Defense, Standard Missiles, Low Counter-measures, Great Spead

Ships like this would make the game have a variety and make it less of "the ship has mostly everything good" like the alien megascout and galcruiser. Of course, names are just something i've made up and to be honest, are crap. But with more ships are different price ranges and abilities, the game will be more interesting to play, i hope there's going to be more than 5 eventually though, its good to see new ships beginning to be designed

[Fooli]

yh bounty hunter would be a good ship BUT why not diff class pirate and poolice ships like for example, pirate, police cruiser, pirate police scout, pirate police flag ship etc each pirate and police could have basicly the same stats only say

er... right :)

This one ship has taken me about 3 weeks "fooli time" (about 4 days solid, real-time) and it's a) not finished yet, and b) I didn't have to design it, only copy someone else's design. I'm sure I'm slow compared to a pro modeller, but still... it all takes a loooong time, and I've got stuff to do ya know :) At the last count we had, what, 15 ships? And, er, 1 part time 'artist'. So not too bad really :)

What would be good is some ships like this

Well, yeh. The more the merrier, and we'll add more as quickly as possible. See above, but also... a lot of players, it seems to me, would be happy flying about in different coloured cubes, as long as the cubes had the right stats. Me, I want to be flying about in ships that don't look embarassingly like vehicles from a 1980s Atari ST game :) So at the moment I'm concentrating on pimping up the ships we already have, most of which I built years ago when I knew even less about modelling than I do now. I've also had to learn the rudiments of texturing since hedge left... it's just a slooooow process, and the quicker some of you monkeys learn how to create 3d content, the better!

J/k. Well mostly ;)

On a slightly more serious note, you make a good point about ship balance (albeit obliquely). At the moment we have a sort of ship progression where you have two basic choices - fighter or trader - and if you put the time into doing the quest, then all of that goes out the window because quest ships are significantly more powerful. As we refine the combat and the trading side of the game, I hope to see people choosing to stick with "lower" ships (with the ability to buy funky add-ons) because they're suited to the role they want to play in the galaxy. And/or because they like the look of them, etc. That'll come with time. And hopefully when mit agrees to the quest ship changes I'd like him to make..

Until then, back to the Magrathea shipyards I go :)

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[smithy953!]

id make some ships if tht modle creator thingy would work somthin bout the exicuteing of the program wrong nyway, bt id give it ago im neva off me comp less im at school n even thn i try n skive cos i gt this goin on on that game and somthing goin on on tht ova one etc etc but i could take some time out to make ship moddles n stuff i nt sayin theyd d as such howeveri played tht many games and watch tht much stargae (o.O thd be an idea, base one on the asgard ship the daniel jackson hmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,,,,,) tht i got some good idea for ship modles plus im sure i could persuade some of me m8's frm the design block to come up wid a few moddles for me n probs simple textures tooo all i rly need is a little tutorial read me thing bt i think their ne wid the moddle thingy aint their........................

[smithy953!]

the plplication failed to start because the interfac .ddl was no fond .......................sum1 made a boobo lol

[Fooli]

Man, you really need to proofread your posts more carefully :)

The 'error' is a common one, discussed in many other threads on the forum. The model converter needs interface.dll in its install directory. For some reason, mit never includes that file in the model converter download. However, it's the same one that the game uses.

So, all you need to do is to find interface.dll in your game directory (it'll be in the main install directory - eg, program files/the universal/) and copy it to your model converter install directory. Or simply install the model converter to the same directory as the game.

If you're just starting out modelling, I look forward to seeing your first completed models sometime in 2009 :p
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