[FireCrack]

Well, made smaller atleast.

[Bobboau]

still need to model the chuncks on it's face

[Bobboau]

like this

[wolfdog]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
*Never noticed any turrets on the wings*

Did you add those?

Originally posted by ngtm1r
There are wing-mounted turrets in the cutscenes that seem to have been dropped ingame...

http://www.thewolfdog.com/wingturret.jpg  

Still there, it's a beam turret though.....

[Flaser]

AWSOME

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[Raven2001]

Originally posted by Bobboau
still need to model the chuncks on it's face

I won't do that, because:
1) The poly count is already too high
2) Texture maps can simulate that pretty well
3) I still have faith that you will implement bump mapping to SCP (hint hint)

Will this model be equipped with any destroyable, non-targettable, sub-objects?

nop, sorry...

There are wing-mounted turrets in the cutscenes that seem to have been dropped ingame...

Well, the turrets are still there, but Wolfdog is partially right: the the turrets in the upper side of the wings are beams, but the ones in the bottom are flak

[Bobboau]

bump mapping can't simulate the ability to fly through the ridges created by the chuncks

[Raven2001]

I know, but like I said, the poly count is already too high

[Roanoke]

You're kidding, right ?
Someone show Raven Omni's BSG,

[TrashMan]

Not everyone has a mean machine at hoime you know.

and what about mission where more than one of those high-poly ship. What if I have a mission where 3 or 4 of these monsters (or more) appear.
No one wants a slidshow. Good models, yes. Unnecessary polys, no.

[Vasudan Admiral]

Actually, at one stage i managed to put 30 high poly tritons into one mission - which adds up to 179 070 polys visible at one point in time, and 510 thruster glowpoints all visible to the player. The triton also uses a 2048x2048 res texture, along with 1024 res glowmaps and shinemaps - each.
All the recent FSO builds managed to average 80-90 FPS. Even with particle damage effects all over the place. My machine back then wasn't hugely powerful either - 2.4Ghz, 512 ram and a R9800pro.
As far as i can tell, multiple itterations of a ship on screen will not really adversely affect framerates. Besides, how often will someone be using more than two Hecates in one mission anyway?

[TrashMan]

Hmm..I dunno..

I personally have a Athlon 1900, 1GB DDR anda GForce 4 Ti 4200 (64MB) and with everything turned on I do experience slowdowns..so I cut the tga/jpg, 32 bit textures and shinemapping.

[WMCoolmon]

I don't think the face bumps would cause much slowdown at all. They also make the model look a lot more like the Hecate (IMHO).

[FireCrack]

Make them sub-objects opnly shown at short distances.

[Vasudan Admiral]

I cut the tga/jpg, 32 bit textures and shinemapping

That's a known slowdown - have you tried it with just the tga/jpg, shine and glow settings on in a recent build? If you've got a gig of ram it should run decently. (tho your card is a bit on the old side. :\ )

[Raven2001]

No... and that's final.

Sorry about that render lovers, but as a game modder, one must have a sense that not everyone has ubber machines, and I do try to please everyone. I'll keep it as it is because:

1) It is about time it gets textured
2) It already has a bit enough polys to be viable in most situations (low or high end machines, model crowded missions, etc...)
3) I have little time, and I want to focus on the Ravana

Sorry guys

[Ace]

Just add the parts. We're talking only 100 more polygons at the most.

[Bobboau]

he can do whatever he wants, if he doesn't do it someone else can modify it after he releases it.