[Stryke 9]

Errrr... no clue what most of you are talking about. Nice ship. When can we start blowing it up?  

46 thumbs and a plasma beam up!

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Skippy:
Why is it so red?

Because chaos ships in BFG are red  

[Fulgrymm]

I will probably post it for download in the next week or so. Like I said, it's not perfect and still needs some tweaking. I know the texture map is pretty basic so I've started a new map for it.

As for a TC, well, I didn't think there would be great demand for one, since BFG is not really a fighter game. Still, it might be good to see a 40k space battle from a fighter (or bomber) pilots point of view. So, who wants to make an Emperor class battleship?

[Fulgrymm]

 

The Lunar carrier version is the Dictator. Replaces the broadside lance batteries with launch bays.

Thats right, the ship is a Dictator.

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Fulgrymm:
I will probably post it for download in the next week or so. Like I said, it's not perfect and still needs some tweaking. I know the texture map is pretty basic so I've started a new map for it.

As for a TC, well, I didn't think there would be great demand for one, since BFG is not really a fighter game. Still, it might be good to see a 40k space battle from a fighter (or bomber) pilots point of view. So, who wants to make an Emperor class battleship?  

gnnnh "try to resist to the dark side of the force"
Btw, you have some fighters in 40k like the ork chassa bomba or the thunderbolt (or the Tau barracuda   ), that's enough no? heh, you can even make a flyable thunderhawk   there's also that dark eldar fighter forgeworld made  

[Fulgrymm]

Dark Eldar fighter? Must have missed that one. Bet its very spikey. Well, I think I will try making an Imperial cruiser and a couple of fighters (one Imperial, one Chaos). A Thunderhawk gunship should be fairly easy to do as well.

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Fulgrymm:
Dark Eldar fighter? Must have missed that one. Bet its very spikey.

Imagine two big raptors, both with a closed cockpit and large wings, and put together (like those twp part boats, dunno the english name). I also saw the same with only one hull, but larger wings (those large wings looks dull if you ask me, but...)

[Mad Bomber]

 

Originally posted by Shrike:
...and a prow Nova Cannon...

Are you sneaking looks at my TBLs?  

[Shrike]

 

Originally posted by Mad Bomber:
Are you sneaking looks at my TBLs?  

I dunno, does your cannon have the blast radius of a moderate sized moon?

[Mad Bomber]

No but the capship version (the SuperNova) can kill fighters that get within 150 meters of the impact  

[jonskowitz]

Yes BFG has fighters, but no, they are not the focus of the game so you're risking overshadowing the player's efforts OR you're risking killing the game's concept.  Either way it's not pretty (esp. for purists  )

What you could do is outline the exploits of an escort carrier as it protects a shipping lane within the Imperium.  At sompepoint during the campaign have [insert bad-guy here] show up and the carrier must fight a desparate stalling action until help can arrive and end the campaign with a battlefleet showing up to really stomp some butt!  That should keep player and purist alike happy.

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by jonskowitz:
Yes BFG has fighters, but no, they are not the focus of the game so you're risking overshadowing the player's efforts OR you're risking killing the game's concept.  Either way it's not pretty (esp. for purists   )

What you could do is outline the exploits of an escort carrier as it protects a shipping lane within the Imperium.  At sompepoint during the campaign have [insert bad-guy here] show up and the carrier must fight a desparate stalling action until help can arrive and end the campaign with a battlefleet showing up to really stomp some butt!  That should keep player and purist alike happy.

Don't forget BFG is just about a sector of the imperium (I think). There must be some heavy fighter involvement all around the galaxy ( I know Armageddon did have a lot of dogfights ). An assault on a planet will most likely need fighter suppression if you don't want the drop pods to be shot down. Or else you use exterminatus  

[Shrike]

Fighters are important in BFG, but the game is on so much bigger scale than FS that any individual fighter is nothing more than cannon fodder.  We're talking like dozens launched per wave, per ship.

[GrandAdmiralAbaht]

So when is this modle gonna be available in the downloader's market?

[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by Shrike:
Fighters are important in BFG, but the game is on so much bigger scale than FS that any individual fighter is nothing more than cannon fodder.  We're talking like dozens launched per wave, per ship.

Sandwich and his gripes about Alpha 1 won't be too bad here, then.  

[Fulgrymm]

 

Originally posted by jonskowitz:
Yes BFG has fighters, but no, they are not the focus of the game so you're risking overshadowing the player's efforts OR you're risking killing the game's concept.  Either way it's not pretty (esp. for purists   )

What you could do is outline the exploits of an escort carrier as it protects a shipping lane within the Imperium.  At sompepoint during the campaign have [insert bad-guy here] show up and the carrier must fight a desparate stalling action until help can arrive and end the campaign with a battlefleet showing up to really stomp some butt!  That should keep player and purist alike happy.

Yeah, I suppose thats how a lot of fleet actions get started in the Imperium; small patrol encountering the vanguard of an invasion force and calling for backup, whilst trying to stall the invaders.A single Mars or Dictator class and a handful of Sword class frigates would probably be a typical Imperial patrol. The cruiser (or carrier) would function in much the same way as a Destroyer in FS, trying to minimise its exposure, launching hit and run attacks with fighters and escort ships, and occasionally engaging isolated or crippled enemy capships, until reinforcements arrive. Good God! I almost have the basis for a campaign!

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Fulgrymm:
Yeah, I suppose thats how a lot of fleet actions get started in the Imperium; small patrol encountering the vanguard of an invasion force and calling for backup, whilst trying to stall the invaders.A single Mars or Dictator class and a handful of Sword class frigates would probably be a typical Imperial patrol. The cruiser (or carrier) would function in much the same way as a Destroyer in FS, trying to minimise its exposure, launching hit and run attacks with fighters and escort ships, and occasionally engaging isolated or crippled enemy capships, until reinforcements arrive. Good God! I almost have the basis for a campaign!

yeah, until a space hulk emerges from warp and blast capel... hem, oups