[Rodo]

Yes, rule of cool.
Cause at the end of the day while you are playing freespace, it's better to gaze upon a cool shaped Orion than a boring floating cube of death.

[BritishShivans]

form follows function people

rule of cool is a stupid rule, something can be perfectly functional/cool looking and work at the same time

[Rodo]

rule of cool is a stupid rule, something can be perfectly functional/cool looking and work at the same time

Really? If a model can be made to be functional and look cool at the same time is a win-win situation, if not and you choose to make a model just functional and ugly it will not get used if there's another option to replace it IMO.

[mjn.mixael]

Rule of Cool FTW!

Srsly.

[esarai]

Plus we're dealing with a theoretical future, let's not forget that.  Almost anything can be functional because we have no idea what the technologies of this time period are like, and we are limited only by our imagination.

Srsly this is what pissed me off about the Infinity people-- 'OMG UR SHIP IS TOO UNREALISTIC FIX EET.'  Really?  We're several centuries into the future and you're calling a spaceship that can decelerate from FTL speeds in less than an AU without pancaking its entire crew 'unrealistic' just because the main viewing port of the control tower isn't flat?

Sorry for the tangent.  Rule of cool, yes.  Just keep it stylistically in-line with the Orion and everything will be fine.

[MatthTheGeek]

form follows function people

rule of cool is a stupid rule, something can be perfectly functional/cool looking and work at the same time

This is why we can't have nice things.

[BrotherBryon]

Yes, rule of cool.
Cause at the end of the day while you are playing freespace, it's better to gaze upon a cool shaped Orion than a boring floating cube of death.

This ^. Any thing mechanical looking will suffice to fill in the hole, it doesn't really need to be functional. Hell it could be a waste processing plant for all I care, just as long as it looks cool and fills in the space I'll be happy. Very nice work there Hades.

[Aardwolf]

Well right now it's just a hole... what's so "cool" about that?

[mjn.mixael]

Well right now it's just a hole... what's so "cool" about that?

 

[Col.Hornet]

Yes, rule of cool.
Cause at the end of the day while you are playing freespace, it's better to gaze upon a cool shaped Orion than a boring floating cube of death.

Ey, don't say things like this. Floating cubes of doom are also cool

[Hades]

At my Thanksgiving table, if I complained about the stuffing in the turkey because it had a reactor or radiator in it, the only thing I got was a smack in the face.

I'll stab youse guys. I promise.

[BritishShivans]

At my Thanksgiving table, if I complained about the stuffing in the turkey because it had a reactor or radiator in it, the only thing I got was a smack in the face.

I'll stab youse guys. I promise.

thanks

please stab matth first though

he's just spewing ad hominem crap again

[Col.Hornet]

You know what... Just do what you planned. it doesn't really matter if you call this thing reactor or whatever. Even if the model has such subsystem included, it doesn't mean that we have to notice that in main campaign for example (proper flags in .tbm?). If you would like to make a mission where for example, we are fighting against NTF destroyer and if you destroy this subsystem, then the Orion loose some hitpoints etc. No problem then, just modify the ship's table. Two minutes of work.

I've been always following my rule. "If you don't like something, don't use it or change it to make it suitable".

[blowfish]

If a subsystem has no hitpoints and is untargetable (both table things) then it will affect gameplay minimally.

[Hades]

You know what... Just do what you planned. it doesn't really matter if you call this thing reactor or whatever. Even if the model has such subsystem included, it doesn't mean that we have to notice that in main campaign for example (proper flags in .tbm?). If you would like to make a mission where for example, we are fighting against NTF destroyer and if you destroy this subsystem, then the Orion loose some hitpoints etc. No problem then, just modify the ship's table. Two minutes of work.

I've been always following my rule. "If you don't like something, don't use it or change it to make it suitable".

I was kidding. I just wished to imply (by directly stating) that I would physically harm you all (tough man, I am!)

[Hades]

http://p3d.in/U4plL

Started detailing towards the nose, close to the multiparts

[Alan Bolte]

The Orion will NOT have the hull plating put on it, though, as it is already hitting 41k triangles without it. It's prolly mostly finished, aside from some hull details here and there, the small turrets, finishing up the modeled thruster, and the engine subsystem bit.

Not that I'm complaining, but it would seem you are a liar, sir.

[Hades]

The Orion will NOT have the hull plating put on it, though, as it is already hitting 41k triangles without it. It's prolly mostly finished, aside from some hull details here and there, the small turrets, finishing up the modeled thruster, and the engine subsystem bit.

Not that I'm complaining, but it would seem you are a liar, sir.

I saw Aesaar hitting closer to 100k with his Raynor and knew that I, with my 25k Apollo mesh, could not be out polygoned by such a fat man.

[Aesaar]

You meddle with forces beyond your comprehension, Hades.

[AndrewofDoom]

The Orion will NOT have the hull plating put on it, though, as it is already hitting 41k triangles without it. It's prolly mostly finished, aside from some hull details here and there, the small turrets, finishing up the modeled thruster, and the engine subsystem bit.

Not that I'm complaining, but it would seem you are a liar, sir.

To quote his title "FINISHING MODELS IS OVERRATED".