[Hades]

Wasn't that destroyer in FreeSpace 2?

[IceyJones]

ups.....might be....renamed to Reliant

[Hades]

The only reason it was red was  for effect.
It looks weird with red IMO.

[IceyJones]

hydrogen gas glows red.....and as a lot of space is filled with it, i think it can be realistic.....hmmm......opinions?

and i would like to get comments on the orion.....is this acceptable?!

edit:
redone the arcadia the same way now, as noone replies and i like it this way.....



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[IceyJones]

btw: what do you mean....?!

can i use the loki here?!!? only few.....but as prototype use or something like that?! i ask because the loki has the most detailled cockpit and is in general the best looking htl- model in fs1 (thanks to VA)....



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[IceyJones]

and the fenris



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[Vasudan Admiral]

All looks great so far.

As to using the loki - well AFAIK it came way way later. Can anyone who played ST tell us if it's possible timeline wise? If not, I would think you could still use the cockpit with some carefully positioned shots to suggest it's the cockpit of an apollo or something?

[Snail]

Well the Loki first appeared in the mission where you escort the GTSC Einstein's escape pods. The Lokis first guarded the pods from Shivans, then turned on the player when the pods departed. Those Lokis were used for killing people who saw things they would rather people not see (The Einstein was supposed to have been destroyed in the Ross 128 massacre IIRC.). So I guess it's possible that a few were in use for the GTI before that.

[Goober5000]

As to using the loki - well AFAIK it came way way later. Can anyone who played ST tell us if it's possible timeline wise?

Ugh.  It is possible, in a highly technical sense, but extremely unlikely.  First of all, ST implies that the Loki was completed at, or very close to, the time of its first appearance in ST.  Second of all, the FS Ref Bible implies that the destruction of Tombaugh was a pretty public event, and it's highly unlikely a top secret GTI prototype would just be flying around there.

[Vasudan Admiral]

Thought as much - IceyJones, I'd suggest doing the clever camera angles thing if you want a cockpit close up instead of putting lokis in.

[Black Wolf]

Icey, when you make your planets, possibly try making the atmosphere's fade into the BG a little bit? The termination is very sharp at the moment on Ribos there, and it was similar on Vasuda Prime in the last cutscene - not neccesarily a showstopper, but it might make things just a tiny bit nicer.

[IceyJones]

hmmm.....but the transition into space IS very hard also in reality....thats because the athmsphere is very thin compared to the planet and from these distances you would see an sharp edge.....compare to these pics please....



only when you go really near it looks like this


hmm...

[Vasudan Admiral]

Yeah - I did the same thing with earth at first, but I've since changed it in favour of adding a atmospheric haze, simply because it looks gorgeous! Remember that with this kinda thing: 'pretty thing' > 'realistic thing'.

Only the nerdiest of nerds would criticise something like this, since it's basically art rather than a simulation.

[Snail]

Only the nerdiest of nerds would criticise something like this, since it's basically art rather than a simulation.

So 90% of the forum members here are the nerdiest of nerds?

(A few months ago there was a swarm of "This doesn't work" and "What the hell is this" and "This is impossible" threads in Gen FS).

[Vasudan Admiral]

Well put it this way. If the nerdiest of nerds complain, they will be stabbed.
A lot.

[IceyJones]

general look okay this way?

and btw: happy new year



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[Koth]

Looks sweet, good work! 

[Hades]

Well put it this way. If the nerdiest of nerds complain, they will be stabbed.
A lot.

[colecampbell666]

The second Arcadia seems to be under construction.

[Snail]

You could connect the Arcadiae with an Aradia extension.