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Community Projects => The FreeSpace Upgrade Project => Topic started by: Axem on March 24, 2012, 10:04:59 pm
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or I Like Large Gas Mining Canisters and I Can Not Lie
Things still up in the air:
The bands around the rotating mining part, might do something so its not so bland
The top front part could do with some more detailing still
Also have a bonus Shivan theory:
[21:52] <+Axem> looks like a shivan queen bee :p
[21:53] <@MjnMixael> inorite
[21:53] <+Axem> see the gtva thought they were gas miners
[21:53] <+Axem> infact they were shivan queens
[21:53] <+Axem> about to go infest terran colonies
[21:53] <@MjnMixael> shivan theory explained
[21:53] <+Axem> then they blew them up so the shivans supernova'd capella
EDIT Dec 27 2017 to put something nice on the first page but link rot killed the WIP images...
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Now you can blow up the Rahu in that one nebula mission IN HIGH DEFINITION
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It does indeed pack much uh gas mining capacity.
I approve. :yes:
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I really like those new openings for the gas on the front of the ship. :)
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I like Gas Miners and I cannot lie
You other pilots can't deny
When miner walks in with an itty bitty front and that canister in yo face you get SPRUNG
Wanna get out yo guns
Cuz you noticed that miner was stuffed
Deep in the indicator that's leadin'
On the trigger and you can't stop squeezin'
Oh Rahu, I wanna get with ya
And blow yo canista
My flyboys tried to warn me
But that gas you got make me so angry
Oh is that Maxim? You say you wanna get in my ship?
Well I'll use you, and use you, because you aint that average pew pew!
Now that Rahu's dancin...
To hell with romancin'!
It's no sweat
Feeling stronger than a pimped Corvette!
I'm tired of the other wings,
Saying sentry guns are the thing
Take the average Vasudan and ask him that, it's gotta pack much gas!
So pilots! (YEAH!) Pilots! (YEAH!) Has your target got the gas?
(HELL YEAH!) Then shoot it! Shoot it! Shoot that healthy gas.
Rahu got gas.
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Best. Critique. Ever.
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*snip*
:jaw:
Everything I wanted to say and then so, so much more.
I was listening to Jonathan Coulton's cover FWIW (4th on this list (http://www.jonathancoulton.com/primer/listen/)).
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But that gas you got make me so angry
Oh is that Maxim? You say you wanna get in my ship?
So pilots! (YEAH!) Pilots! (YEAH!) Has your target got the gas?
(HELL YEAH!) Then shoot it! Shoot it! Shoot that healthy gas.
Rahu got gas.
I approve. :yes: :P
Oh is that Maxim? You say you wanna get in my ship?
I accidentally read that "Maxim" as "Axem".... LOL'ed my butt of.. :D
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Looking really good.
Where is the rotating element supposed to start? I think it'd look really cool if the cannister and the arms spun, but the 6 fins/plates near the joint stayed static.
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Holy **** that is good. I was thinking of tackling that one once I finished the comm node but what you have done here is pure awesome. I need to step my game up on the comm node then, don't know if I can do it but well played sir well played indeed.
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Looks absolutely amazing. If it keeps going like that, we're going to have every Shivan ship HTLed by the holidays.
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YES!
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Where is the rotating element supposed to start? I think it'd look really cool if the cannister and the arms spun, but the 6 fins/plates near the joint stayed static.
Yep, that's how it was on the retail model, so it'll be like that here too.
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YES!
(http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww203/Airhammer2/Wrestling/Gifs/YES_YES_YES.gif)
I love the Rahu! Awesome thing you did with it :nod:
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Wow, RGA. Just...wow. Thanks for the laugh, I needed it.
The model looks jaw-droppingly amazing! Looking forward to putting all kinds of holes in it. Keep up the awesome work!
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One thing I never quite got about this model was how the spinning worked. When I look at it (IIRC in the F3 lab) it would rotate in a stop-and-go fashion. Can anyone explain to me how that works?
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Can anyone explain to me how that works?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0BuQbesttQ
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I don't understand Italian, someone please translate for me :(
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This ship = I'd hit it. ;7
I have no complaints whatsoever. Plus, the fact that all of the Shivan ships are now getting love means that we'll have an entire HTL armada (or close to it) by the end of the release cycle. :D
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It's not italian, but latin spanish :D
And I think the rotation on the Rahu is done with this flag:
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Subobject_and_subsystem_properties#.24stepped
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Pretty. When do I get to blow it up?
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When its
done full of gas.
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_fpdUHmxc/RfazXYzUOGI/AAAAAAAAAKI/JkYzZ1h6Krc/s200/mr_x.JPG)
Italian and Spanish are the same language.
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Know what else could be cool? Spinny stuff inside the cylinder rotating in the opposite direction. Kinda like the bars in the AWACS.
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What? No. The Chary hinted at inner workings. The Rahu clearly does not. Just your typical red Shivan glows.
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What about making a non-spinny tube run through the "backpack", so the engine isn't spinning?
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This is beautiful work.
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Theory as to why the canister would rotate on the gas miner:
Allow more efficient separation of the necessary elements into individual components. Imagine that there are any number of comb/filters on the inside that allow for the processing of intake material to sift out unwanted impurities.
As well, if any artificial gravity is involved, you can use the motion to apply a vortex style compression to the materials to pressurize it, and combine that with the volatile nature of the materials is why the massive explosive damage.
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For lack of a better reason, I have only one thing to say.
How's going?
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Not bad, not bad. Got a lot of snow here today, more on the way shortly as well. Its a good time to get some hot cocoa and sip it in front of a fire place.
How are you?
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Tell me of your sexy railgun engineering adventures.
:blah:
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i'm feeling alright. just wondering when i can make fat shivans go BOOM!
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When it's ready. What other answer did you expect?
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He asked how it was going, not when will it be done. Is it wrong to wonder if there is any neat new progress or news about a model?
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You can be assured that when there are updates, we will show them to everyone.
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There are updates now!
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It's alive :yes: !
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Looks great :nod:
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Just like a mosquito full of blood, I want to squish it.
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It looks so damn cool. And it's just a gas miner.
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A) Awesome job!
B) Needs spidery legs for extra nightmarish'ness :)
C) Someone please make one that substitutes the side noozels woth manipulator arms for asteroid mining...
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Congrats with release, and it looks gorgeous. c:
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Looks like I dropped the ball on this one.
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Can't believe I missed this, glad it was in the newsletter. This looks awesome!
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I like that it is now Geth. :nod:
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Hey,
I've been trying to add some docking points for fighters to the upgraded Rahu-model, as I want to use it in a stealth mission (basically so the player can tell just how things will turn out if stealth is broken), however once I add the Rahu in FRED the locations for the dock points are off from where they are supposed to be.
Anyone know why?
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/223511363807346691/680116149597634580/rahu-vergleich.png)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/223511363807346691/680092893485990006/rahu-fragezeichen.png)
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Not sure if it's the cause but the Rahus model is located at 0.0:-2.122785:25.786194 maybe FS2 or FRED does something wrong there.
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Not sure why exactly it would do that. I guess I'd have to re-export it so there's no position adjustment to detail0...
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Well you can fix everything in PCS, no need to reimport things.
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I've managed to find some more issues with the model, most likely the cause of the docking point issue: https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=96291.msg1893447