[AndrewofDoom]

Speaking of flying space spaghetti monsters...

[pic here]

Currently testing out the weapons I've finally tabled.

What is that, how does it work in-universe, and how does it work in the game engine?

Huh er wha? I'm not quite getting at what you mean.

[jr2]

What weapon is that, how does it work in your story (like in the make-believe, what's the technobabble behind it), and how does it work in the FreeSpace Open engine?

[AndrewofDoom]

I'm going to assume you're meaning the trailed blobs coming out of the Opotos (top left)

Well, they work like this. Those are energy VLS missiles and they work via technological means beyond human comprehension. I would've handwaved it as hypermagnetic miniature missiles being coated by a lot of layers of plasma, but then I realized the turrets that launch them are basically particle emiters and not tubes so that went out the door. In terms of tables, it's more or less a swarm missile that uses a laser bitmap instead of a model and then has a 360 view cone with a little free flight time.

The other weapons are just plain boring pulse turrets and beams.

[Marcov]

Stare at this picture for some time in a dark room and you'll find it shining animatedly, and the "rays" are somewhat rotating. An optical illusion or something? Creepy.

[T-LoW]

Reminds me of The Fog... creepy

[Insomniac34]

Another thing here is, an engagement between a Colossus-size vessel and 7 destroyers, even if someone was dumb enough to let it happen, wouldn't happen like this. You're in a fighter in FS for a reason- they're bloody powerful. Heavy assault fighters could attack turret subsystems, bombers could soften up the opposing ship(s), and light fighters could provide cover. Cruisers and corvettes might provide temporary safe areas for fighters, although they'd be mostly useless in the battle itself. Orions would, in fact, broadside the Colossus at whatever angle was best.

The outcome of the BoE would depend on so many variables it's not even funny. I think it likely that in a realistic engagement of this size the Orions would win (or cripple the Collie, which would jump out as soon as they realized they were outgunned), but even that depends on the fighters doing their jobs.

Anyway this is getting off topic will post pics soon

[EDITZ0rZ] Pwn the NTF!

WHERE CAN I GET SUCH AMAZING SHOCKWAVE EFFECTS? Please, I am dying for these!

[Deadly in a Shadow]

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=72539.0

[Insomniac34]

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=72539.0

Thanks man, any idea about those background templates? They're beautiful. I'm always looking for a big stash of custom planets and backgrounds but can never find them here or at freespacemods.net

[Insomniac34]

OK, in the instructions for installing those shockwaves, it tells me to dump the TGA files into my mediaVPs_3612/data folder. I don't HAVE a data folder in my mediavps_3612 folder. Just the VPs themselves. What should I do?

[AndrewofDoom]

OK, in the instructions for installing those shockwaves, it tells me to dump the TGA files into my mediaVPs_3612/data folder. I don't HAVE a data folder in my mediavps_3612 folder. Just the VPs themselves. What should I do?

Make the folders.

[Insomniac34]

OK, in the instructions for installing those shockwaves, it tells me to dump the TGA files into my mediaVPs_3612/data folder. I don't HAVE a data folder in my mediavps_3612 folder. Just the VPs themselves. What should I do?

Make the folders.

While that seems obvious, I was just paranoid that I was missing a big part of the VP folder. Thanks for the obvious, yet helpful post.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Thanks man, any idea about those background templates? They're beautiful. I'm always looking for a big stash of custom planets and backgrounds but can never find them here or at freespacemods.net

The ones in Shivan Hunter's pics are the MVP backgrounds, Gamma Draconis to be precise.

Did nobody post even one shot of the new Sathanas yet? ...

[Deadly in a Shadow]

Thanks man, any idea about those background templates? They're beautiful. I'm always looking for a big stash of custom planets and backgrounds but can never find them here or at freespacemods.net

The ones in Shivan Hunter's pics are the MVP backgrounds, Gamma Draconis to be precise.

Did nobody post even one shot of the new Sathanas yet? ...

Hoooly....
That's the Sathanas of Nod, Kane's new super weapon.

[Spoon]

Ye gods
That's incredible looking 

[Kolgena]

Beautiful, but those don't look like 4096^2 textures to me

[peterv]

More from our new Sathanas in "Bearbaiting" and "High Noon" missions of the main campaign.

[headdie]

my rig is sooooo dead with the next mvp update, that all looks awesome

[General Battuta]

my rig is sooooo dead with the next mvp update, that all looks awesome

I **** you not, the HTL Sath performs better than the retail one.

[Rodo]

The Phoenicia is down. This Sath is 10 orders of magnitude more powerful than the retail one!

[Marcov]

When the hell do we get to make a ship which is called the "SMs Satan"? (Shivan Mothership Satan)