[maje]

Okay, fixed the texture problem.  Apparently, for the animation sequence to work, you have to the texture file name match that of the eff, like Karma said, BUT you need to have said texture applied in MAX, where I had the first in sequence applied (handa_0001.dds) where it should've been (handa.dds).

I just had to do this, I really want to show a Shadow ship squaring off against the Hand.  Too bad battlecrabs aren't flyable.

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[P-90_177]

this is looking really cool. I'm looking forward to seeing a Legend of the Rangers mod in the probably distant future. (yes it was aweful but it would have made a cool story. if they just hadn't have used that damned holographic weapons system thingy.)

[terran_emperor]

How long before this ship can be used in game?

[IPAndrews]

How long before Project: Crusade is finished? 

[P-90_177]

oooh! BURN!!!!! 

[terran_emperor]

Well i want to finish the Storyy before i start FREDing... BTW IPA...When does TBP  3.4b final come out?

[IPAndrews]

  Wow. He got me good.  Sorry Terran. Just ignore me. Please return to your regular nagging for stuff.

[maje]

I keep thinking that this is all somehow linked in how the projects can't move ahead without the other moving ahead.

I'll see about finishing path setups and try once again to POF this bad boy.  Still have table edits to do and the like.  Beta-testing should be ready some time tomorrow night if not sooner.  There are *lots* of animated parts on this ship, so I'll have to make creative use of turrets, even though a good chunk of those are for the moving appendages.  Oh, and I still need to do at least one more weapon effect.  I swear, I think getting this thing accurately rigged is going to be the biggest challenge as I'm trying to make the ship behave as closely to what we see in LOTR.

[terran_emperor]

You're right. I need 3.4b final before i start FREDing my Crusade project...I also need a bunch of other ships modelled...However, i will be using place holder ships until they are...Unfortunatly I cant model beyond reskins, editing of POF data and TBL hacks

[maje]

I'm pretty sure that the Hand are defeated before the events of Crusade take place.  Not sure how though.  I've actually considered making this into a campaign that would introduce other allies of the Shadows that aren't affiliated with the Drakh.

[terran_emperor]

I've never said that it was to be invoved in my Crusade campaign. I think the "Deathflake" is a cool looking ship (no pun intended) and would like to have it ingame.

[maje]

btw, do you happen to know anything about successfully porting ships in FS2 using PCS?  Because I'm hitting all kinds of snags for things that should be relatively easy, like rotating subsystems.  In fact, I'm pretty much up against a wall as it is and have considered uploading what I DO have done in the hope that someone might be able to find out why things don't work.

[terran_emperor]

No...im having trouble with that myself. I found a bunch of models that i want to import, including the Technomage Pinnace at http://sf3dmodels.boom.ru/models.html. I've converted the .lwo files into .cob files, but i'm having trouble conversing them to .pof.

Did you make the the model as a Lightwave Object then covert it to .cob ....if so, what conversion program did you use?

[maje]

No, I created the Brittlestar in 3D Studio Max, and then used the POF Exporter.  Since I've been having trouble doing the initial setup work in Max, I just decided to do most of the editing in PCS.  Of course I've been referencing other ships for doing things like rotating subsystems, my primary reference is the Omega-class destroyer's rotating section.  I did the necessary table edits and setup work in PCS 2.0.1, and still nothing actually happens.

[terran_emperor]

Any progress on getting this ingame?