[Vector Leader]

  Whoooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh... for the glory of the Empire. Stunning! Whoops, just drooled, um, a liiittle... yes. Just a little.

[chief1983]

Yeah Brand, I think you actually did the TF and the TI back to back I think right after the crash but you only got started on the TI.  Surprised you don't have a copy of it floating around.

[brandx0]

Oh yeah, that one.  Yeah, I can't say much for that, I opened up the file, left it alone as a mess and started anew

[TopAce]

Plus, as chief mentioned, this really hasn't taken me very long.

That's good to hear, but I hope you understand why a mission designer would like to see a new ship in game (an ISD, hopefully) rather than seeing an already existing one redone. Speaking of which, what's the status of your ISD?

[brandx0]

Of course I understand.  However the ISD will be done when it's done.

Anyways, bit of an update here:

[StealthSudaka]

Holy mother of Christ, that is beautiful.
From what I've seen these TIES are pretty hard to hit, and so are the X-wings for that matter... are you sure you guys are balancing everything adequately? (Sorry for doubting, but I have never played FS, I just base my opinions on what I see on the vids).

[brandx0]

Nah, we decided not to do any balancing whatsoever.  We don't believe in balance. 

[MR_T3D]

Nah, we decided not to do any balancing whatsoever.  We don't believe in balance. 

balances are for measuring weight
no relation to video games

[Aardwolf]

Is this going to be using heightmaps (i.e. the "-height" command line option which for whatever reason is not listed in the launcher) ?

[StealthSudaka]

That's hardly a constructive response, but what the hell. 19 posts isn't worthy enough for respect in any forums, no?  
Keep it up... if sarcasm makes your e-penises hard than feel free to bash on everybody else deemed idiotic enough to ask stuff they don't know about.

[brandx0]

*Sigh*  It was a joke, don't get all busted up about it.  If you really wanna feel insulted by that then go right ahead, but I'd say you're being way too sensitive.

[swashmebuckle]

Average number of posts made after a Brand WIP render before someone mentions a turgid e-penis/desire to molest the model: 3.4

It looks great BTW

[chief1983]

Yeah it doesn't matter if you have 19 posts or over 9000, that kind of question is just begging for a sarcastic response.  One of the things we're attempting to use is computer assisted targeting, will help adjust the laser's focal point to be more likely to hit the target.

[brandx0]

IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!

[CountBuggula]

Note the question from the person with over 16,000 posts was completely ignored...

[brandx0]

Hmm, didn't even see that post, must have skimmed too fast.

Anyways, no it will not use the Height function.  Parallax mapping (as I understand it) isn't really very useful for FS, even though it's a great tool in theory, it works better for sloping faces rather than highly technical sharp edges.  Besides, the effect would be negligible on a small fighter like this.  If we were to use it for anything it'd have to be much bigger and slower, like a Star Destroyer or something.

[Flaser]

Hmm, didn't even see that post, must have skimmed too fast.

Anyways, no it will not use the Height function.  Parallax mapping (as I understand it) isn't really very useful for FS, even though it's a great tool in theory, it works better for sloping faces rather than highly technical sharp edges.  Besides, the effect would be negligible on a small fighter like this.  If we were to use it for anything it'd have to be much bigger and slower, like a Star Destroyer or something.

From what I gathered in an "Infinity - The Quest for Earth" article, parallax is only noticeable when you're close to a surface and looking at it at a sharp angle. For a the Freespace Engine this would almost never happen, so the utility of the effect is really limited.

Normal maps though, now that's an obvious heavy hitter for improving a models looks.

Ah, here's the article:
http://www.infinity-universe.com/Infinity/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=47

[chief1983]

Buggula, that's because when someone gets to 16000 posts that quickly they tend to turn into white noise.

[Aardwolf]

I don't have 16000 posts, silly

Anyway, the reason I was thinking about parallax mapping is that those surfaces are already indented a bit, which would let you avoid the problems around the 'edges' of the model that would otherwise occur with parallax mapping.

[Droid803]

I don't have 16000 posts, silly

Again, your personal text thingy achieves its purpose for confusing the hell out of newer people