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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Rampage on May 23, 2003, 05:22:10 pm

Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Rampage on May 23, 2003, 05:22:10 pm
The guru has created another strike craft from a Taiidan ship.  But this time is DH style!

Introducing the [Insert Name Here]:

(http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1lyx2/images/mine0.jpg)
(http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1lyx2/images/mine1.jpg)
(http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1lyx2/images/mine2.jpg)

Living Large, stop playing The Sims and come up with a name! :D

This vessel will be released shortly.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Knight Templar on May 23, 2003, 05:40:51 pm
Doesn't look too Terran IMO, but Mythica calls it the Tartarus.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: CateranOverlord on May 23, 2003, 06:43:51 pm
Yeah, this thing doesn't look too terran to me.

Replace the white lines with dark grey or maybe brown and you got a shivan bomber.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Shrike on May 23, 2003, 07:09:36 pm
I suggest, if possible, to make the texture files larger.  Right now it looks like you're got some pretty small maps on there, and it's affecting how your ship looks.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: kasperl on May 24, 2003, 04:13:35 am
or perhaps put vasudan textures on it, or shivan.


it really, really, doesn't look terran
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 24, 2003, 04:20:45 am
I think the model looks quite Terran, but it is desperate need of new textures.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Starks on May 24, 2003, 10:44:58 am
Hmm, what's the prefix tag? I'd call it the Illiad or the Daedalus.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 24, 2003, 12:21:02 pm
IIRC the Daedalus has been done, it was Dark's Medical version of the Faustus.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: l_MiG_l on May 24, 2003, 12:38:38 pm
I have some suggestions for the name of this ship, Nitla (destruction), Ytztli (razor) or Youalli (night) :D they are Nahuatl words (nahuatl=language of the old aztecs) :D
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Rampage on May 24, 2003, 12:53:43 pm
[As Bill Clinton] How do you define Terran?

-or-

[As Bill Clinton] How do you define new textures?

These are actual questions.  Please pinpoint the answers and feed them to me, especially with the textures.

My reason for these textures is that I made them this way on purpose.  You see, this ship is supposed to be twice the size of the Ursa.  With smaller textures, it will look crummy in FS2.  These shots were taken in MODELVIEW32.

Another image at another angle:
(http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1lyx2/images/mine3.jpg)
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Knight Templar on May 24, 2003, 12:56:03 pm
twice the size? :wtf:

IMO it looks 3/4 the size at best.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Rampage on May 24, 2003, 01:00:08 pm
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
twice the size? :wtf:

IMO it looks 3/4 the size at best.


This thing is comparable in size with the GTB Jotun.  I agree.  Twice is an exaggeration, but it's definitely going to be bigger.

Planned Velocity: 60 m/s
Title: BUMP
Post by: Rampage on May 24, 2003, 01:21:28 pm
BUMP!

More Shots:  (Best Viewed When Monitor is Set at Low Gamma)

(http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1lyx2/images/mine4.jpg)
(http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1lyx2/images/mine5.jpg)
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Starks on May 24, 2003, 05:13:02 pm
How about the Adonis or the Cyrene?
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 24, 2003, 05:15:29 pm
Adonis.:yes:

Cyrene? Sounds like a type of plastic or some sort of detergent.:p
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Knight Templar on May 24, 2003, 05:17:04 pm
Cyrene was already used in the campaign anyway :doubt:
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 24, 2003, 05:21:24 pm
When? I don't remember it.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Knight Templar on May 24, 2003, 05:23:59 pm
The NTD Cyrene was destroyed by the Colossus in its Offensive campaign in Sirius IIRC. I have it written down somewhere.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 24, 2003, 05:24:48 pm
Ahh, it does ring a bell now. Thanks.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Starks on May 24, 2003, 11:16:20 pm
What about Adonis?
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Black Wolf on May 25, 2003, 01:22:04 am
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
The NTD Cyrene was destroyed by the Colossus in its Offensive campaign in Sirius IIRC. I have it written down somewhere.


Twas also your home ship in the NTV demo :D
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Liberator on May 25, 2003, 02:05:25 am
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Originally posted by Rampage
[As Bill Clinton] How do you define Terran?

-or-

[As Bill Clinton] How do you define new textures?


Terran = Angular and Mechanical looking

New textures means bigger and higher resolution, possibly 512x512 or larger.  The current ones look like their about 64x64 or something.  You could probably do as well leaving the default textures and removing the Alpha blending that HW used for team colors.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: vyper on May 25, 2003, 06:07:01 am
Go on! Make a 1280*1280 texture! :p

Model seems very pre-fs2. :)
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Starks on May 25, 2003, 08:25:08 am
GTXB Adonis

(What does the "X" mean?)
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: karajorma on May 25, 2003, 10:19:08 am
Xperimental?
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: CateranOverlord on May 25, 2003, 02:55:36 pm
Yo Rampage, if you're making this thing twice the size of the Urza, I hope you're givin it some high armor points.  Otherwise it'll get blow to vapors before it can even launch it's payload.

PS. I'd give you a name for it but for some reason

:mad: EVERYBODY THINKS OF BETTER ONES THAN ME :hopping:
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Knight Templar on May 25, 2003, 03:48:23 pm
http://pantheon.org/

Not only is it great for any kind of mytho name you want, it's a great way to procrastinate homework and still improve your over all knowledge. :)
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: l_MiG_l on May 25, 2003, 03:58:51 pm
well i think my better suggestions for the name of this bomber is: GTB Ytztli or GTB Nitla or if someone think a good word for the bomber i try to translate to Nahuatl. :nod:
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Knight Templar on May 25, 2003, 04:04:40 pm
Well it would be good, but as the Game stadns, Terrans already have the Greek/Roman naming convention. Changing it to Mesoamerican would be odd to say the least.

Now if there was a new faction or race... (specifically a new, alien race. I think those  names would be awesome for A new race because they are exotic and such)
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: karajorma on May 25, 2003, 04:09:15 pm
Yeah best to stick to Greek/Roman for terran ships (although Norse also fits i.e Fenris).
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: l_MiG_l on May 25, 2003, 04:13:29 pm
Ok, i propose the names because some people says the bomber doesn't looks terran, but if i put a greek/roman name i think in GTB Aiacos or GTB Ancile;)
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Rampage on May 25, 2003, 04:35:58 pm
I would say that the armour points would be slightly improved than the Ursa, but the shield factor would be greatly improved.  It means that you can't destroy it without a Kayser or a Circe.

I think the ship looks FINE.  I'll lead HLP on a little secret:  "I don't make textures; I use pre-made ones from Volition or from texture gurus like Venom and whatnot."  I used the Artemis DH texture by Volition and Apollo DH texture compiled by Woomeister for this vessel.  For Greek names, I'll probably name it from actual Greek words such as "schkizien" for "separation" or "kryptien" for "stealth".
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Starks on May 25, 2003, 07:21:05 pm
GTXB Scipio (Roman general)
GTXB Pyrrhus (Greek general)
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Black Wolf on May 25, 2003, 08:22:09 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
Now if there was a new faction or race... (specifically a new, alien race. I think those  names would be awesome for A new race because they are exotic and such)


:D
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Knight Templar on May 25, 2003, 08:35:27 pm
you think you are so sneaky.. ;7
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: CateranOverlord on May 25, 2003, 10:30:19 pm
Ooh, I like Scipio.
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 26, 2003, 04:26:26 am
What's to stop you using the original HomeWorld name?
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Black Wolf on May 26, 2003, 04:57:54 am
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
you think you are so sneaky.. ;7


What? Sneaky? Blatancy rocks.

GO TO TI!!!

(Well, don't actually because its down due to Hunter exceeding his Bandwdth but when it goes back up...yeah
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Rampage on May 26, 2003, 01:06:05 pm
I have chosen a name:  GTB (SOB) Bellerophon

He was that guy on Pegasus' back when fighting the other guy...
Title: ALPHA 0.01 Release!
Post by: Rampage on May 30, 2003, 12:33:16 pm
I have released the bare-bones version of this model.

The following package includes the model, the shield animation, the texture(s) required, and the glowmap texture.

Addition(s)/Improvement(s)
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1. Texture Improvements
2. Two laser turrets
3. Shield
4. Full LODs and debris

Statistics
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Heavy Bomber
Eight Primaries in Two Slots
Three Secondary Slots
Two Laser Turrets
Two Engine Systems

Download
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Click Here (http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1lyx2/as/dump/wudan.zip)
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 30, 2003, 12:44:08 pm
Excellent work there, good sir!
:yes:
Title: The Taiidan Minelayer -> New DH Bomber!
Post by: Sheepy on May 30, 2003, 01:47:10 pm
D'oh i was about to suggest the names Yojimbo or Zanmato .... just cause i like them :D