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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Starks on May 11, 2003, 10:42:57 am

Title: Size Matters
Post by: Starks on May 11, 2003, 10:42:57 am

How large can you make a certain type of ship? In other words, can you make a cap sized fighter and still fly it?

Title: Size Matters
Post by: Black Wolf on May 11, 2003, 10:55:07 am

WTF? You need to be more specific, though if you're asking what I think your asking then size has no bearin on behaviour - it's primarily the falgs in the ships.tbl that do that. the problem with flying a capship is the subobjec number - screws up the HUD, so size actually matters not, in this case.

Title: Size Matters
Post by: Galemp on May 11, 2003, 02:18:34 pm

And your ship needs to be able to reach 40 meters/second to jump out.

Title: Size Matters
Post by: NecroBob on May 11, 2003, 03:41:31 pm

size limit in meters?  I don't think so.
I made a planet that measured over 12 million meters across, the mass in Modelviewer was astounding, but it was only about 1280 polys, so it worked perfectly.  I also didn't try to fly it :\
but it blew up nicely! :D

Bob
thinking about orbital weapon platforms...

Title: Size Matters
Post by: Mortex on May 11, 2003, 04:53:38 pm

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the problem with flying a capship is the subobjec number - screws up the HUD, so size actually matters not, in this case.

So how many turrets can you have on bomber before the game crashes?

Title: Size Matters
Post by: TrashMan on May 11, 2003, 04:58:12 pm

I have one with 6 turrets... Never tried more... and won't either..

Title: Size Matters
Post by: Mortex on May 11, 2003, 06:20:04 pm

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I have one with 6 turrets... Never tried more... and won't either..

:cool: That's plenty. It would just be silly to have more. ;7

Title: Size Matters
Post by: Raptor on May 12, 2003, 03:29:01 am

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Originally posted by Mortex


:cool: That's plenty. It would just be silly to have more. ;7

I've got one with 8. ;7

It's a ~100m gunship though, not a bomber per se.....

Title: Size Matters
Post by: Razor on May 13, 2003, 11:23:24 am

I piloted a Deimos once. ;7 All your turreted fighters are belong to me. :drevil:

Title: Size Matters
Post by: Galemp on May 13, 2003, 05:31:50 pm

Yeah, but you have too many damaged subsystems on your HUD and *poof* bye bye Freespace.