[starlord]

Also, please note: those perticular SWC meshes did not serve in SWC, they were abandoned. They are most interesting to "re"use though.

[Tolwyn]

They do interest me, but there is a difference between what I would like to have and what I need to have

[starlord]

In that case, I just hope for the best, But if you guys come up with those ships, I think it might well serve as yet another attraction argument for saga, after all, who ever fighted a "super" snakeir.

Yet, as you say, time is a fierce enemy.

[starlord]

Or in that case, why not include a mission editor ALONG with a ship editor? This way should the gamers want to create the spikeri, the super snakeir or even the agon ra sivar, they would do so without any problems.

so, what do you say? this might be simpler.

[Tolwyn]

There is no ship editor per se. First, a model is to be created in 3d editor (for example, 3d studio max, 100 USD - student version), painted, etc, etc, etc. Only then the model can be converted to the game format.

[gevatter Lars]

If it would be so easy to implement new stuff we would have finished the mod long ago ^_^

[Scooby_Doo]

I think it would be great for saga to use those perticular ships:

Snakeir (super dreadnaught variant), 4000m long: meshes can be found here: http://www.wcnews.com/articles/art32.shtml (click on the sivar: this might do a good snakeir form).

Spikeri corvette, same link, click on spikeri.

And naturally, the usual sivar class dreadnaught (conform to the WC1 shape), and the usual snakeir (carrier version, also conform to WC1).

I would also advise you to include a WC4 kilrathi shuttle.

hope this serves you well.

Where do these models come from?

Some of them look good, and some are really out there, like the cat capships, especially the sivar, fralthi and ralari and the draymen.

[Tolwyn]

Super Wing Commander unless I am much mistaken.

[starlord]

They were unused designs for SWC.

Do you think ithere might be one day another MOD launched following the movie storyline? (pre wc1) (I don't mean necessarily by you, I understand you're quite busy). But I just hope that such a mod (Wing commander 0, or prologue?) we would be able to feature the biginning of the kilrathi encounters from the iason incident up to the custer carnival. This might also be a good omen to introduce the ships (spikerii and "super"snakeir) I previously talked about since they make an appearance in that era.

Anyway, those are just my ideas, naturally so don't take them too seriously, but I figured those particular obscure battles would be interesting to live through a video WC game.

Anyway, to thank you for what might become one day one of the best WCmods, I thought you might have a good laught at this:

http://www.savefile.com/projects/1054966

the game is called star hammer and it's very close in spirit as to what promisses wc battlestations. I think you'll enjoy it. (the ship even slightly looks like a hornet).

For the collectors among you, the game has a prequel named starfire. You can get it here: http://www.savefile.com/projects/1054963 but this one's a classic vertical shooter.

Also, please observe that those shareware titles are full version and have been preserved by me, given the help of paul turbett and homebrew (who gave them to me after my request). It would be advisable for any downloaders to thank paul by mailing him at this address: [email protected]
(tell him starlord kept his word and that his programs live on).

thank you for him.

merry christmas.


P.S: I never understood why you suppressed flak effects on cap ships: the flak work in FS2 is one of the 7 wounders in the world.

[Starman01]

P.S: I never understood why you suppressed flak effects on cap ships: the flak work in FS2 is one of the 7 wounders in the world.

Indeed, FS flakcannons are great. However, we focused on WC3 gameplay and there are no flak cannons. WC2 ships will be fairly seldom in the mod, so it's unlikely to see any flak cannons firing at you

[gevatter Lars]

For my part the current AA defance is good enough. The turret AI is quite capable and so gives a good defance without the flak.

[Knarfe1000]

...only one day to XMas (just to remind the WCS-Team) 

[Tolwyn]

...only one day to XMas (just to remind the WCS-Team) 

3.6.9. out? No.

[Knarfe1000]

I know, I know (was just jokin´)

[Starman01]

We already decided to delay christmas, so that we wont delay the game again 

[Goober5000]

We already decided to delay christmas, so that we wont delay the game again 

Good strategy.

[Tolwyn]

We already decided to delay christmas, so that we wont delay the game again 

Good strategy.

Pity it didn't work