[Snail]

I think that this entire missile scaling thing is leading us on a tangent and we should just get on with the model. :/

[Zacam]

Well. The ship is supposed to have a dimension. So are the missiles. Do the actual contradict each other or is it simple a modeling issue?

Cause I'm pretty sure that not everything in the game is at scale with everything else.

[Solatar]

I think that this entire missile scaling thing is leading us on a tangent and we should just get on with the model. :/

 

[WMCoolmon]

Ship dimensions should match the original ship. That's a retail compatibility thing.

[peterv]

Just uploaded a beta in freespacemods.
There are three versions in the rar:
Ulysses proper is the one whith the cones
   "    test   is the one whith the holes
   "    V      is the one whit the vasudan cockpit (and holes)

As soon as it will be available please download it, test it and post your comments here.

[peterv]

Looks like i can upload it here (be nice to the newbies please). 

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[blowfish]

OK.  Firstly, nice work   It looks good.

But why did you choose to use a faded texture with no shine or normal maps?  It really should just use fighter01-01, unless you really modified the maps.  Also, there is no smoothing.  It makes some things look a bit odd.  What was this modeled in?

[peterv]

Maps are not ready yet, sorry. It is modeled in 3dsmax. I'll try to avoid smoothing in the final release, due to the bat's character, however iff there is a specific part that is seriusly anoyig you i'll fix it (i found one my self, the inner corner off the missile mask). 

[blowfish]

I'll try to avoid smoothing in the final release, due to the bat's character, however iff there is a specific part that is seriusly anoyig you i'll fix it (i found one my self, the inner corner off the missile mask). 

The cockpit glass in particular could use smoothing.  Also the missile cones...

[peterv]

I very much like the cockpit glass the way it is. But O.K. this is not the modding section.

[blowfish]

It looks like a transparent disco ball...

Also note that any other rounded parts of the hull (of which I definitely see a few - pipes etc) should be smoothed.

[Droid803]

Nice!
Yeah, you should smooth out the cockpit glass. Looks like a disco ball.
Also, the model works with fighter01-01 (I just switched it in PCS2) and it looks fine.

[peterv]

It looks like a transparent disco ball...

Amazing, never realised this. Give's me modding ideas. Anyway, thanks for your comments Blowfish, i'll start working today, hopping that everything will be fixed by the end off the week.

Nice!
Yeah, you should smooth out the cockpit glass. Looks like a disco ball.
Also, the model works with fighter01-01 (I just switched it in PCS2) and it looks fine.

Not exactly, there are minor moddifications in the originall map and there might be more so it's not sure that it will continue working with fighter01-01 .

[TrashMan]

lol, no I was just refering to the idea of rescaling all the [v] missiles so they fit in various ships weapon slots. This topic belongs here.

I haven't actually though about re-scaling them so they fit specific slots on fighters/bomber.  I honestly don't care about a perfect fit for that.

I just thought of scaling them down, period, since they are too big compared to any fighter/bomber. To some more reasonable size, so that a missile doesn't end up being almost as big as the fighter itself.

[Akalabeth Angel]

But i need a smaller one.
O.K. my friends. Two versions off the Ulysses (cones/holes), two cocpits (Terran/Vasudan) and a EMP missile. I wonder iff anyone will ever use all this stuff.

      There's a Vasudan cockpit/pilot? Or no?

[Droid803]

Yes, there's a vasudan-piloted one included in the attachment

[Titan]

can't the next mediavp's include a special ships and weapons table, and then have the tempests use a special launcher, like the ones steve-o's ships use.

[Droid803]

Yeah, but that doesn't solve the missile-size problem.

[Zacam]

I like the Uly V in the. The model is a little chunky on my system performance wise, but I suspect that can be cleaned up.

It also needs a serious mapping job to polish it off. The test texture is decent, but lacking. Also, I noticed that insignia spots don't seem to be present or rendering.

I think the one with the vasudan cockpit should be an optional upgrade, and that the non-cockpit model with the missile tube interior visible should be the default one. That is just my opinion though.

[Solatar]

...the non-cockpit model with the missile tube interior visible should be the default one.

Others don't agree, including myself, which is why that one hasn't been set as default.