[Colonol Dekker]

I strongly urge you to reserve space for a bar.....

[Mefustae]

I strongly urge you to reserve space for a bar.....

Ten Forward style, perhaps?

[BlueFlames]

I strongly urge you to reserve space for a bar.....

If it were a larger, modern capital ship, I'd agree.  Since the Leviathan/Fenris was a small, old workhorse in FS1, and a back-line defender in FS2, I doubt it'd have very many luxuries to speak of.  Of course, we don't have a canon internal layout of the ship from which to work, but generally speaking, the smaller the ship and the closer to a permanent installation it's meant to operate, the less it has in the way of amenities.

[KyadCK]

I strongly urge you to reserve space for a bar.....

If it were a larger, modern capital ship, I'd agree.  Since the Leviathan/Fenris was a small, old workhorse in FS1, and a back-line defender in FS2, I doubt it'd have very many luxuries to speak of.  Of course, we don't have a canon internal layout of the ship from which to work, but generally speaking, the smaller the ship and the closer to a permanent installation it's meant to operate, the less it has in the way of amenities.

Remember, the Fenris is about the same size as a Aircraft Carrier, if not much larger in total space. Not to mention how boring doing a ton of sleeping quarters would be. I'm sure we'll find a place for a bar, got an image of a specific type in mind so we can have an example?

[KyadCK]

Sorry for the double, but the engine shell is complete, time for turret placement.
Screenshots! now in .jpg format by popular demand!

[Colonol Dekker]

Pics of bar will come in time.

[Nuke]

Pics of bar will come in time.

complete with clean and licensed gtva prostitutes i hope?

[Pred the Penguin]

Meaning jack'o'lanterns on sticks probably...

[Sandwich]

So I was thinking that the area beyond those sets of 3 parallel windows at the bottom of the engine section could be an arboretum / food garden type thing. Who likes making things pretty? Is it too sexist if I turn to you, Sara?

[Hades]

So I was thinking that the area beyond those sets of 3 parallel windows at the bottom of the engine section could be an arboretum / food garden type thing. Who likes making things pretty? Is it too sexist if I turn to you, Sara?

That close to the engine? Seems a bit unrealistic, honestly. I really doubt the Fenris would have such a thing anyway.

[Thaeris]

Haven't you seen the Simpsons? Everyone knows that radiation makes things grow better, and with addictive results!

[KyadCK]

I'm going to have to side with hades on this one, thats way too close to the engines, not to mention the cramped space. Besides, I would think the oxygen-making (important in space) room would be closer to the center where its protected then right next to the part most likely to explode.

[Pred the Penguin]

So I was thinking that the area beyond those sets of 3 parallel windows at the bottom of the engine section could be an arboretum / food garden type thing. Who likes making things pretty? Is it too sexist if I turn to you, Sara?

That close to the engine? Seems a bit unrealistic, honestly. I really doubt the Fenris would have such a thing anyway.

What do you propose then? Living quarters?

[Sandwich]

Give me another logical use for having relatively enormous windows there then.

[Hades]

What do you propose then? Living quarters?

Nope. There's some sort of detail on the texture that implies escape pods, so those would take up some space. Some sort of mini living quarters including a cafeteria and stuff could be cool too, there's windows below the part I'm talking about.

Use your imagination

As it is now though, the engine cores have TWO BLOCKS between spilling onto this garden place, so yeah. It's kinda dumb.

[KyadCK]

Hades: in fairness, each of those blocks are a meter thick.

Ya... Sandwich was apparently really set on the garden idea, and so:


And from there it became a memorial garden:



I'm sure we missed a lot, we'll add them as we think of them on the wall.

He also wasnt kidding about the back side of fenris being glass:

[Mongoose]

"Realism" be damned, that looks great.

[Sandwich]

I Am Not A Kidder.




Kyad and Hades did a great job so far. Kyad helped with the garden, and Hades decorated and greebled the hull. They also both enjoyed playing with lava, and apparently had a blast removing and placing the same dozen blocks over and over again for nearly ten minutes. All's well that ends well, though, and the results speak for themselves!

He also wasnt kidding about the back side of fenris being glass:

That looks awesome - it's just the right feel I was hoping for - a peek into the innards. Do you think that when we have actual decks that end at that side of the hull, their edges should be stone? I think that would help to discern what you're looking at once we move on to the more densely populated decks.

Also, what about greebling? The work Hades did on the solid side is inset into the hull; we might be able to get away with replicating that on the open side as well, just with glass blocks.

[Hero_Swe]

Wish the glass texture was better though.

[Mefustae]

Wish the glass texture was better though.

A texture pack may be in order.