[TrashMan]

It's wow.....ugh... ..amazing!
Keep doing such good work!
How did you make beams that fire only straight foward? I want such beams too!
I read the text too fast...missed the p.

b.t.w. - I just luv the F-14 Tomcat, it's my favorite interceptor
(A-10 Thunderbolt 2 is my favorite tank-killer)

[Fury]

Originally posted by TrashMan
How did you make beams that fire only straight foward? I want such beams too!

Umm... Hecate and Hatshepshut does have mainly direct beams. Deimos does have slashers. Direct beams are the ones tomcat spoke about. And Shivans does have only direct beams (originally, unless you have made new ones or downloaded Shivan slashers).

So, you have had them all the time.

[IPAndrews]

The beams just have a very narrow FOV.

[Fury]

Originally posted by IPAndrews
The beams just have a very narrow FOV.

Could be that too.

[TrashMan]

No, I meant a beam that fires ONLY DIRECT FOWARD, no tracking ability (like a primary on a fighter, but only a beam). That would ba a ULTRA-beam.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Su-tehp
textures, um...how the heck do you camoflague a spaceship with a paint scheme? Paint it all black? Or put a starfield paint scheme on it? Hell if I know...

during WW2, there were ships with black and green camo, what about that

[KARMA]

it reminds me the leji matsumoto's style....
and i love matsumoto's style;)

[StarGunner]

Originally posted by tomcat

this is my first ship for FS2 and not for B5 TBP total conversion. Is more like a test for me. 1100 p 7defense turrest, 6 main battery turrets, 2 forward fire only beams, 1 slasher beam, 3 missile launchers, 2 hangars.

When your done could you send me a copy of the ship? I think it looks perfict for the mod I'm makeing.

[tomcat]

I wont send it ...U will download:))

[StratComm]

Originally posted by venom2506



during WW2, there were ships with black and green camo, what about that

Big difference between hiding against ocean or land and hiding in the void of space.  I'd go for reflective paint (for diffusion of laser weapons) over any camo paint job myself.  And besides, I'd think that reflective hulls would reflect a natural-looking starfield most of the time anyway.

[Stryke 9]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Molesto = annoying in Spanish

I was thinking more along the lines of a cruiser with a clerical collar.

Anyway. Reflective surfaces don't work in FreeSpace- make that sucker black.

[Su-tehp]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Molesto = annoying in Spanish

Originally posted by Stryke 9
I was thinking more along the lines of a cruiser with a clerical collar.

LOL, don't forget to put the rosary on the ship, too!

Hard to believe I actually used to be Catholic...I've never even been baptized. Thank God for my Dad's foresight!

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Anyway. Reflective surfaces don't work in FreeSpace- make that sucker black.

Now that would make an interesting paint scheme! I agree, go ahead and try black.

EDIT: Knight Templar, you're obviously a Spanish speaker. FYI, I'm from Argentina originally, but I live in the States now. Which country are you from?

[CP5670]

Big difference between hiding against ocean or land and hiding in the void of space.  I'd go for reflective paint (for diffusion of laser weapons) over any camo paint job myself.  And besides, I'd think that reflective hulls would reflect a natural-looking starfield most of the time anyway.

The only problem with that would be that the attacker ship just needs to look for an image of itself to see where to fire.

[Solatar]

But theoretically, the lasers would bounce off and hit the attacker. Though I think the fs universe uses pulse weapons. Kind of a combination of light and heat. Mirrors wouldn't reflect them.

EDIT: And besides, who attacks a capital ship with lasers? Most people just launch a rack of Helios.

[tomcat]

if i make it black it will look just like in the 3d diagram

[Kamikaze]

Well, mirror shielding prolly won't work because of the millions of mini-particles and asteroids that float around at very high speeds - it'll scratch the paint too much.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by tomcat
if i make it black it will look just like in the 3d diagram

Yeah, but with the in-game lighting, it won't just be plain vanilla black - it'll be all sorts of different shades of black! Yays!

[Stryke 9]

"Vanilla black"?

But he's probably right. In fact, if it doesn't work, you can just make it a very dark gray, and it will most certainly work. Put some more detailed pipey textures on the interior parts (the bit with the antennae, anywhere else that wouldn't be armored), for a bit of visual interest, and you've got a stealth destroyer.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
"Vanilla black"?

Haven't you heard of the term "plain vanilla"?

[Knight Templar]

EDIT: Knight Templar, you're obviously a Spanish speaker. FYI, I'm from Argentina originally, but I live in the States now. Which country are you from?

heheh there's a first.

Idealy i would be from some wicked cool (3rd consequetive time listening to "The Hannukah Song" right now ) country like South Africa, Brazil or Argentina, but truthfully, i am a gringo out of California in my 3rd year of Spanish



Someday though...

"Don't stop dreamin' baby, no don't stop dreamin'..."




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