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Community Projects => The FreeSpace Upgrade Project => Topic started by: Axem on September 21, 2020, 08:13:42 am

Title: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Axem on September 21, 2020, 08:13:42 am
Everybody's favorite starchy fighter gets a much needed makeover.

(https://i.imgur.com/SsQe8uM.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/CO5LZoD.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/ECMX186.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/fS77SM3.png)

Grab the preview download here! (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eiZwWY0-EdpBPHnBsBpJf8_lZTpYhXjI/view?usp=sharing) Install at your own risk!

EDIT: Now includes the glass texture so the pilot doesn't need to hold his breath for the mission!
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Nightmare on September 21, 2020, 08:25:41 am
So much win and awesomeness :)
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Mobius on September 21, 2020, 10:52:32 am
The Ares has always been so underrated. I'm glad it got the upgrade it deserved.  :yes:
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 21, 2020, 11:12:52 am
Approving_nod.gif
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Iain Baker on September 21, 2020, 11:13:18 am
I am a recent convert to the spikey butted Treb Truck, so it getting a facelift is perfect :-)
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Nyctaeus on September 21, 2020, 11:22:38 am
Look and admire, ladies and gentleman. That's how things should be HTLed :yes:
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Mongoose on September 21, 2020, 12:35:00 pm
Very appeeling.  ;7
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Su-tehp on September 21, 2020, 03:21:30 pm
Very appeeling.  ;7
You should be scalloped for that. :p
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: CKid on September 21, 2020, 04:02:00 pm
At long last, the Ares gets its new coat of paint. Sexy Spud.
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Trivial Psychic on September 21, 2020, 04:41:35 pm
Those fins now look like they actually DO something.  :yes:
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Su-tehp on September 21, 2020, 06:27:18 pm
So we have a preview download ready; how long until the final deal is ready?  ;7

I'm just waiting on a screenshot that shows the Ares' new golden canopy window.  :cool:
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Axem on September 21, 2020, 09:03:33 pm
The download there is what I submitted to mjn and the team. They may find a problem with it and fix it, so that's why this is a preview version. And this does have a golden canopy, but I made it a very reflective gold, that reflects the black of space more than the gold it's actually colored with... That could be fixed if mjn wants it changed.
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on September 23, 2020, 09:46:29 pm
Doing God's work buddy. It's one of my favorite ships in the game, and this remake is incredible.
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 24, 2020, 03:35:41 am
Very cool  :yes:

... and two more post before someone says "It should have been grey"  :p
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Vidmaster on September 25, 2020, 02:03:25 am
The first time I played FS2, I failed to noticed that this vessel exists at all. They just silently introduce new fighters at the end for whatever reason...    Erinyes has a spotlight, but nothing else.

I always wondered what the storz of the Artemis D.H. and Ares was exactly here...
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 25, 2020, 04:17:40 am
Both the Artemis DH and Ares are missable; they are allowed to the player as rewards for playing the SOC loops
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: starlord on September 25, 2020, 06:09:24 am
I always wondered what the DH stood for...
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Trivial Psychic on September 25, 2020, 06:57:58 am
Double Hitpoints?
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 25, 2020, 07:29:52 am
Dark Horse (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dark_horse), I guess, considering the D.H. is supposed to be more maneuverable (but isn't) in retail; it was probably planned to be better than Artemis but the minimal visual difference would have made those better stats a suprise
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 25, 2020, 08:05:37 am
Deaths head.

Gotta be, like the hawk-moth.   I've always thought so since retail when I saw the skull.
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: mjn.mixael on September 25, 2020, 10:47:37 am
Deluxe Hull
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: AV8R on December 26, 2020, 05:52:03 pm
How do I add this model to my existing game? Copy the folders contained in the ZIP file under the MediaVPs \Data folder?
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Vidmaster on December 28, 2020, 04:16:30 am
Deluxe Hull

The Star Citizen approach!
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: tomimaki on December 28, 2020, 11:30:00 am
How do I add this model to my existing game? Copy the folders contained in the ZIP file under the MediaVPs \Data folder?
Yes, but check maps folder. There are higher resolution files in ares4x2k folder. If you want use them, just copy and overwrite files in maps folder.
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: AV8R on December 29, 2020, 08:33:39 am
I copied the folders for this model under the Data folder of the MediaVPs, but when I go to the Tech Room, the old model is still there - gnarly skin with candy-apple-red paint and all.

What am I doing wrong?  :confused:
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: Strygon on December 29, 2020, 03:21:56 pm
The problem is, the Ares pof is literally named Ares.pof.  In order to actually swap the old with the new ingame you need to rename it to  bonus2t-02.pof
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: mjn.mixael on December 29, 2020, 03:30:07 pm
No, you need to use the table file and put it in data\tables. The download has everything sorted properly. Just copy all 3 folders and paste them in your data folder.
Title: Re: The Highest Definition Potato
Post by: AV8R on January 03, 2021, 03:11:58 pm
I tried it both ways, leaving everything as-is and copying the 3 folders under the \Data folder of the 4.3.3 MediaVPs and also renaming the .pof file and table file entry to the "bonus" filename mentioned by Strygon, but neither method allows the new Ares model to appear in-game - I still only see the old version.

Guess I'll just wait for the next MediaVPs update that will already contain the new Ares model.  :blah: