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Title: Lao Tze ?
Post by: ShadowGorrath on August 31, 2008, 01:27:11 pm
I am unsure if this is real or not, but... How do you say? I am kinda dissapointed to see that the Lao Tze is the Mig, and not the Thor. Unless the image is not final.

(http://blueplanet.hard-light.net/laotze.jpg)
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Snail on August 31, 2008, 01:28:19 pm
Oooh. That thing's in game. That's triple sweet.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Herra Tohtori on August 31, 2008, 01:32:45 pm
Where, praytell, is that thing holding the ammo for that gatling gun? :wtf:

It looks like it'll offer you whopping eight rounds of firepower, unless the ammo warps in from really tiny Knossos gates inside the gun... :nervous:
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Snail on August 31, 2008, 01:55:51 pm
It looks like it'll offer you whopping eight rounds of firepower, unless the ammo warps in from really tiny Knossos gates inside the gun... :nervous:
Oh. That. Is. One. Good idea.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Harbinger of DOOM on August 31, 2008, 03:54:36 pm
HEY! I already had that idea! :(

Actually it was for a hand-held gatling coilgun using a Star Trek replicator/transporter buffer thingy that beams in ammo continuously.



Same concept though.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Dark Hunter on August 31, 2008, 10:54:13 pm
Where, praytell, is that thing holding the ammo for that gatling gun? :wtf:

Hammerspace.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Darius on August 31, 2008, 11:39:26 pm
It chews off pieces of its own hull and flings them through the barrels. :P

The weapon concept isn't final...at the moment it fluctuates between being an energy weapon and mass driver. If the latter there'll be space to store ammunition in the hull behind the gun.

I won't be using the Thor in the campaign. I don't see a role for it that hasn't already been filled by other fighters, and I'm moving away from beam cannons for the faction.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: eliex on September 01, 2008, 12:22:19 am
I'm moving away from beam cannons for the faction.

Noooo! Sol wll be hard-pressed to even take down cruisers now.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: blowfish on September 01, 2008, 12:24:34 am
Plz fix ur formatting.

And they have railguns and ship-to-ship torpedoes.  Beam Cannons != firepower :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Stormkeeper on September 01, 2008, 12:44:04 am
Yea. The anti-ship warheads sometimes hurt more than the beams.

Hammerspace.
The solution for everything.

Where, praytell, is that thing holding the ammo for that gatling gun? :wtf:
The gun is magic. It replenishes its own ammo. (By the way, thats the explanation used for HGL's ranged weapons.)
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: eliex on September 01, 2008, 02:27:15 am
Plz fix ur formatting.

Fixed.  :D
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: ShadowGorrath on September 01, 2008, 05:11:11 am
The Thor could have acomplished the same goals as the Mig, and look good doing that. At least in my opinion.

I feel that it doesn't fit in there. Is it remaped, or awaiting a remap?

Also, when will the Sanctus be de-classified?
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on September 01, 2008, 06:07:21 am
Nice gatling gun! :D

I agree. Beams aren't everything. Railguns are just as terrible, because they do more damage than a torpedo. If you hit a Lilith six times with a Colossal Railgun, it'll go down very quick.

I'd like to fly that ship someday. :D
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Darius on September 01, 2008, 06:16:45 am
Each to their own ShadowGorrath :D

I might play with the map at a later date, but it'll be keeping its white paint scheme.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: ShadowGorrath on September 01, 2008, 06:22:16 am
No comment  :p

Gonna go play the [CLASSIFIED LEVEL OMEGA] mod then.

P.S. Maybe the Lao Tze should have a black and white map, with some logo on it's sides? Just an idea.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on September 01, 2008, 07:00:12 am
Or perhaps, the Earth symbol (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/e/e7/20061003135703%21Earth_symbol.svg).
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: ShadowGorrath on September 05, 2008, 01:08:48 pm
Ok, the Lao Tze got a new image. For some reason I am starting to like it, but I still think the Thor would have been better.

Though the real purpose of this post is to ask WHY are there graphical errors in the screenshots, Darius? Pixelated/low-amount-of-colours/etc? Are you using IMG2DDS ( Compress non-compressed textures ) or maybe you need to update your drivers?
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on September 05, 2008, 02:34:22 pm
         I assume that all of the UEF fighters are Steve-O's creations. Have they all been previously released? Or are some going to be debuted in this mod? the only ones I seem to have are the ones in the Federal Fighter Pack which has . . . the Thor, Lancer III, Saracen, and a couple others I can't remember.
         This is just for purposes of the Wiki. IF they've not been released already it's no worry.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: blowfish on September 05, 2008, 05:10:13 pm
         I assume that all of the UEF fighters are Steve-O's creations. Have they all been previously released? Or are some going to be debuted in this mod? the only ones I seem to have are the ones in the Federal Fighter Pack which has . . . the Thor, Lancer III, Saracen, and a couple others I can't remember.
         This is just for purposes of the Wiki. IF they've not been released already it's no worry.

All except the Lao Tze were released in his fighterpack.  There was a WIP thread for the Lao Tze (I forget what its original name was), but I don't think it was ever released EDIT: it was

These were in the fighter pack:

UEF Uhlan (FTF Lancer)
UEF Kentauroi (FTF Jackal)
UEF Uriel (FTF Wraith)
UEB Durga (FTB Saracen)
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Droid803 on September 05, 2008, 05:30:55 pm
Lao Tze (aka. MiG-343) release: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,50916.0.html
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on September 05, 2008, 06:01:17 pm
    Cool thanks dudes.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: blowfish on September 05, 2008, 06:02:44 pm
Now I know for a FACT (after testing) that the Lao Tze is too large to fit into a Karuna hangar.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Droid803 on September 05, 2008, 06:09:46 pm
Well yes, the UEF Lao Tze is the exclusive fighter of the Knights of the White Brotherhood who operate from the UED Solaris, so says the wiki page.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: blowfish on September 05, 2008, 07:14:59 pm
OK.  I have a question.  Does the Lao Tze have any other primary weapons besides its main gatling gun?
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Darius on September 05, 2008, 10:07:44 pm
Though the real purpose of this post is to ask WHY are there graphical errors in the screenshots, Darius? Pixelated/low-amount-of-colours/etc? Are you using IMG2DDS ( Compress non-compressed textures ) or maybe you need to update your drivers?

What sort of graphics errors? If you mean the thruster effects, they've been like that from the beginning, and a five-minute job would fix them up nicely.

The Lao Tze is a fighter-sized version of the MiG, plus a few primary weapons points in addition to the main gatling gun.
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: DarthWang on September 05, 2008, 10:39:11 pm
Well yes, the UEF Lao Tze is the exclusive fighter of the Knights of the White Brotherhood who operate from the UED Solaris, so says the wiki page.

Is that like the KKK?
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: blowfish on September 05, 2008, 10:54:17 pm
The Lao Tze is a fighter-sized version of the MiG, plus a few primary weapons points in addition to the main gatling gun.

If it is smaller than the original, then won't the cockpit be the wrong scale?
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Droid803 on September 05, 2008, 10:56:10 pm
Well yes, the UEF Lao Tze is the exclusive fighter of the Knights of the White Brotherhood who operate from the UED Solaris, so says the wiki page.

Is that like the KKK?

YES
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Knights_of_the_White_Brotherhood
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: Darius on September 05, 2008, 11:29:36 pm
If it is smaller than the original, then won't the cockpit be the wrong scale?

Yes it is the wrong scale, but the cockpit won't be seen ingame.

Quote from: DarthWang
Is that like the KKK?

Technically they should really be called Knights of the Great White Brotherhood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Brotherhood).
Title: Re: Lao Tze ?
Post by: blowfish on September 06, 2008, 12:01:15 am
If it is smaller than the original, then won't the cockpit be the wrong scale?

Yes it is the wrong scale, but the cockpit won't be seen ingame.

I must admit though, it messes up the scale of the whole fighter :( Even when viewed from the outside...