[Delta_V]

Sweet ship  .  Found a couple problems with the tables you packaged it with, though.  Turret 12 is a TerSlash for seemingly  no reason, it looks like it should be a standard flak.  Also, the turrets you have set as to use Pirahnas have them listed as Default PBank instead of Default SBank, so those turrets won't work without a table change.  Nothing major, just a few simple table tweaks.

Also, +1 for de-mirroring asap 

[Trivial Psychic]

The map looks a little too cell-shaded for typical FS.

[Commander Zane]

Hawt ship.

[peterv]

You never know but i think it's O.K.




http://www.mediafire.com/?cnrqpgye8fda1jr

Delta_V i think it's heavy flak. Anyway, I'm sure FREDers will change that.

Also added engine sound and changed it's behaviour a bit.
So, my dear test pilots, thanks in advance for the second round. 

EDIT: don't try to launch Ursas from her when she's moving. They penetrate the fighterbay in a magical way. When she's stopped, it's O.K.

[Scourge of Ages]

Ooooh, that is nice.

One question: what's that business on the bottom? Big beam? Ram scoop? "Docking" clamp?

[Snail]

Dude. Awesome.

[peterv]

Ooooh, that is nice.

One question: what's that business on the bottom? Big beam? Ram scoop? "Docking" clamp?

It's the bottom engine and the base for the bottom beam.

[Delta_V]

After some testing in fred, I must say the anti-fighter weapons are quite deadly, and all those Pirahna launchers are pure evil   

One problem I noticed was the tendency of its forward beams to get killed every time it went head to head with another ship.  The turrets take up almost the entire front of the ship, and tend to get hit in the opening volley of beam fire, not to mention they are quite large targets for fighters and bombers.  The turrets themselves don't seem that big, but the destructible parts that are a part of the turrets make them larger than necessary.  I would consider making those parts smaller, but other than that nitpick (and the shininess), I think you have a terrific model    I can't wait to see this thing in a campaign 

Looking at your pic, it doesn't seem nearly as shiny as it does in game (it seriously looks like it's made of giant mirrors in game).  I'll have to try some different lighting settings to see if that's the problem.

[peterv]

After some testing in fred, I must say the anti-fighter weapons are quite deadly, and all those Pirahna launchers are pure evil   

One problem I noticed was the tendency of its forward beams to get killed every time it went head to head with another ship.  The turrets take up almost the entire front of the ship, and tend to get hit in the opening volley of beam fire, not to mention they are quite large targets for fighters and bombers.  The turrets themselves don't seem that big, but the destructible parts that are a part of the turrets make them larger than necessary.  I would consider making those parts smaller, but other than that nitpick (and the shininess), I think you have a terrific model    I can't wait to see this thing in a campaign 

Looking at your pic, it doesn't seem nearly as shiny as it does in game (it seriously looks like it's made of giant mirrors in game).  I'll have to try some different lighting settings to see if that's the problem.

My settings: "-ambient_factor 35 -ogl_spec 20 -spec_exp 15 -spec_point 1.2 -spec_static 1.5 -spec_tube 1.5" (actually Zacam's settings).


Now, as for the turrets, they were designed for a special campaign where they needed to look destroyed, that's the reason for theme being so big. Adjusting them via FRED might be a solution to this.
Thanks for the feedback   

[Delta_V]

Even with your settings, I still am getting bad reflections. It seems to happen in all the different environments I tried, but it was very obvious with the nebula in the background.  It just kinda sucks that the shinemap is covering up what otherwise appear to be really awesome texures   

Screenshots are attached.  The second one is from inside the hangar.

Hope it's not too difficult to fix.

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[Commander Zane]

Holy mirror house.

[peterv]

O.K. I'll fix it. 

[Snail]

So if we do end up with somekind of mod spotlight, as the most awesomest moderator of dis board (aside from HT), I'd nominate the Arypia to be the first one spotlighted.

[Commander Zane]

While I haven't had the chance to mess with this (Broke-dick computer and all), how does it handle itself in battle?

Am I right in saying there aren't any ventral mulitpart turrets as well?

[peterv]

No ventral multipart turrets.

I'm working on a version with smaller models for AAAfs. Will be released with the new shine map.

[Trivial Psychic]

It occurred to me (and perhaps others) that this model could be used in an upgrade/redux of Blaise Russel's "Homesick", taking the place of the retired Deimos serving as the player's home base ship.  The explanation could be made that the Deimos design was the winning design from a competition, much the same way as fighter competitions will yield some designs that get discarded while another is chosen.  This design could have been a failed competitor to the Deimos, sold to the mercenaries and converted for fighter-carrying.

[peterv]

Well, I've made the Hestia for exactly that reason, but that model needs serious upgrade (it was my first one). Anyway, moders will do anything they like, I'm sure of that 

[peterv]

Final (hopefully) : http://www.mediafire.com/?cnrqpgye8fda1jr

The turrets are fixed just a bit, couldn't do any better without changing all the submodels.
If you still don't' like the shine map it's very easy to fix, don't hesitate to ask 


EDIT: THIS is the right shine - map : http://www.mediafire.com/?1xd47msmhrw43y6
          The one in the VP is the WRONG shine - map.

(No, i'm not drunk, why do you say that?)