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Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: aldo_14 on August 29, 2001, 07:32:00 am: (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.white19/selkie1.jpg)
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Advanced hybrid interceptor, much better than any other ship in the game. Of course, you only get to use it when you're up **** creek, so it aint going to be easy with it.

the maps have come out strangely low res in-game, I'm not sure why exactly, as the Vesuvius uses the same technique (and size) for mapping. Hopefully I can improve them - albeit it's not too bad at the mo.

Certainly I don't really want to change the actual mapping design. (well, maybe a wee bit)

EDIT:
6/8 primaries, 2 missile banks, top speed of 110 m/s (full engines), superb maneuverability. Render maps are 512x512, so I'm losing a bit of detail when I reduce to FS size....

Nicked some of the design from a Manticore (I think) RE the missile 'arms'
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Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: Setekh on August 29, 2001, 07:34:00 am: (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/eek.gif)

...****...
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: Bishop Gantry on August 29, 2001, 10:47:00 am: very nice ineed, good Hybrid
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: Nico on August 29, 2001, 12:11:00 pm: Excellent dude (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

just want to say that the states you give are the ones of the weakest ship available in my camapign (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: Ryx on August 29, 2001, 12:30:00 pm: Very Nice!!!

i wouldn't want to be the one, who pays for the insurance on that thing. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: Stryke 9 on August 29, 2001, 01:02:00 pm: Frippy!
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on August 29, 2001, 04:26:00 pm: what do you mean FS2 size? I use 512X512 maps in FS2, well at leat I think I did??

Oh yer and .......COOL!.......

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Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: DragonClaw on August 29, 2001, 04:28:00 pm: I don't really think FS2 cares about map size... take a look at the various FS2 maps, a bunch of them are different sizes

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Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: Nico on August 29, 2001, 04:30:00 pm: already talked and tried all that: you can USE maps larger than 256*256, but fs2 will resize them to 256*256, inducing a loss of quality, maybe more than if you sized down the map by yourself.
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on August 29, 2001, 04:39:00 pm: thats okay,
one thing though, on the hyrock the textures seemed to be slightly off, white line (background of map) were aperaring, I corrected it by setting backgroud to grey (average colour) - this only happened in FS2 engine?
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: aldo_14 on August 30, 2001, 07:21:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by LAW ENFORCER:
thats okay,
one thing though, on the hyrock the textures seemed to be slightly off, white line (background of map) were aperaring, I corrected it by setting backgroud to grey (average colour) - this only happened in FS2 engine?

Resizing the maps creates 'seams' where the maps don't exactly match up. Basically, the background colour shows up at the edges.

So you either have to alter the background colour so the difference is tiny (and un-noticable), or - as - I did - make the edges of each facer slightly larger, i.e. by drawning a line over them.

And FS2 only supports maps of 256x256 and bleow - it resizes large ones so the longest edge becomes 256. i had some problems with this previously, and there have bee a few big discussions about it on this forum.
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on August 30, 2001, 06:45:00 pm: I always use 256X256 now and did for all fighters - I was talking about the main map for the hyrock - there should be none on that (I have seen what you mean in the b and c maps)
I just read that PCS dosn't support < TS3, I use TS2, I have TS3SE would that do?
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on August 30, 2001, 07:10:00 pm: Hey Aldo! scotland sucks!!!!
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: Eishtmo on August 30, 2001, 10:52:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by LAW ENFORCER:
Hey Aldo! scotland sucks!!!!

Which explains why you're now from Scotland.

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Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: WraithHost on August 31, 2001, 10:06:00 am: I've had no problems using TS2 with PCS.

I don't know if you deserve help after that slur on Scotland though.

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Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: QXMX on August 31, 2001, 11:21:00 am: Looks sweeeeeeeeeeet. For Strategic Assault? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on August 31, 2001, 02:02:00 pm: been in scotland for most of my life, its better than england but not as good as something, err... my own contry perhaps???
Title: GTF Selkie
Post by: aldo_14 on August 31, 2001, 03:56:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by WraithHost:

I don't know if you deserve help after that slur on Scotland though.
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