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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: QXMX on August 02, 2001, 11:53:00 pm

Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: QXMX on August 02, 2001, 11:53:00 pm
It's a new class of destroyer I've been working on.  It's not fully textured yet, texturing is probably the hardest part   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)  How is it?

  (http://216.133.164.209/images/testrender.jpg)  

 (http://216.133.164.209/images/testrender2.jpg)  

 (http://216.133.164.209/images/testrender3.jpg)  

 (http://216.133.164.209/images/testrender4.jpg)  

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[This message has been edited by QXMX (edited 08-02-2001).]
Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Sushi on August 03, 2001, 12:03:00 am
Looking good, QX! Can we have some more views from different angles?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

And yeah, texturing is definitely the toughest part.

Those guns on the top look pretty dangerous...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)



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Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Alikchi on August 03, 2001, 12:05:00 am
Holy crap!

Yes..I have 3 or 4 models done..I haven't textured them cause I don't know how  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)

I'd put some more of that blue Orion-ish texture towards the rear of the ship...

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Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Shrike on August 03, 2001, 12:39:00 am
Not to knock the design any, but Big ****ing Cannons™ just don't seem to be very FSey, mainly because you can only get one barrel to fire at a time.
Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: QXMX on August 03, 2001, 12:41:00 am
Got a few more angles for your viewing pleasure  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

The main guns are used mostly for planetary bombardment, and are plasma based.  They aren't quite as powerful as Beams, but they fire more rapidly.

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Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: QXMX on August 03, 2001, 12:44:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Shrike:
Not to knock the design any, but Big ****ing Cannons™ just don't seem to be very FSey, mainly because you can only get one barrel to fire at a time.


I thought about that quite a lot actually.  I wanted to do something different.  Plus, this would look cooler with what they'll be firing  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

I appreciate your comments though  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)  Maybe they are a bit too big  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)


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Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Setekh on August 03, 2001, 02:45:00 am
Wow, nice ship - I want to see guns firing on that baby  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Nico on August 03, 2001, 04:17:00 am
Well, I personnaly like a lot big turrets (wait for my next cruiser  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) ), but those ones are REALLY big... Are they that big, or the shiop is smaller than I think?

Otherwise, I would add a map on the bridge to make windows.
Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: QXMX on August 03, 2001, 10:47:00 am
Yea, the bottom one is big cause it's for planetary bombardment, maybe it's a little too big though  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: aldo_14 on August 03, 2001, 12:22:00 pm
I like it  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Big guns kick ***   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif) - and they look cool if you have the right type of weapons on them.  Only problem is that you'll be needing to make debris for them if they're that large...
Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: KillMeNow on August 03, 2001, 12:48:00 pm
argh i cant see thme - arghhhhhhhhhhh
Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Alikchi on August 03, 2001, 03:02:00 pm
I like big cannons, as long as you won't just have a beam warmup at the end of the turret, totally visible  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/spineyes.gif) ugly

On the topic of debris, it sure would be cool to see one of those turrets flying off into space..
Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Kazan on August 03, 2001, 03:17:00 pm
very wing commanderish
Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: QXMX on August 03, 2001, 06:04:00 pm
I don't remember too much from wing commander, just that their nebula effects weren't nearly as cool as FS's  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Eishtmo on August 03, 2001, 11:09:00 pm
Looks like a battleship to me.

GTBB Hera.  I like the sound of that.

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Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Setekh on August 04, 2001, 12:51:00 am
GTBB?

Where's the extra B from? Or have you come under the Derelict Spell Of Adding Double Letters To Ship Designations Where They Don't Belong?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

(However, it does sound cool.)
Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: QXMX on August 04, 2001, 01:27:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Eishtmo:
Looks like a battleship to me.

GTBB Hera.  I like the sound of that.


Or the the GTBS Hera  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)



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Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Eishtmo on August 07, 2001, 12:45:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Setekh:
Where's the extra B from?

I believe that its what the American navy uses to designate battleships.  BB 64.

Title: The GTD Hera Class...
Post by: Shrike on August 07, 2001, 12:53:00 am
However, the extra B is only used when there's no supplementary letter.  So a guided missile battleship (As an example) wouldn't be a BBG, it would be simply a BG.

Anyhow, in the FS style, it would be a GTBS anyhow.