[Corsair114]

Meet the Vulture heavy space bomber.









Dimensions-
Height: 8.1 meters
Width: 11.6 meters
Length: 34.1 meters
1396 polygons, and not one of them intersects. The fronts of the torpedo launchers were made completely by hand(select 3 points, make poly, 52 times).

Probably won't end up in Freespace 2, but I think it's a nice successor to the Boanerges(certainly better armed).

EDIT: Yes, I know it's untextured. I will probably texture it sometime in the future.

[redsniper]

put in FS2.5
looks nice btw

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]Looks promising, don't be afraid to throw some more  ploys into the hull though, right now it's a tad boxy, you could smooth it out.
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[karajorma]

Definately looks like a Boanerges but I agree with Maeg that it's quite boxy at the moment (especially around the cockpit).

[diamondgeezer]

Yes indeed, invest some more polys in hull angles and you're on to a winner with this model

BTW, I love the top-and-bottom turrets. Something that has hampered FS bombers by its absence, IMHO.

[aldo_14]

Remove those cylindrical holes to form flat faces (you can use a texture to replace them), reduce the gun barrels to triangles, dump the hemispherical turrets for something with less faces and you'll have something you can start to use (polygon wise) in FS.

[TopAce]

I don't know why do you give critism about its shape, I think it is not so problemful, and looks nice.

[TopAce]

Just texture it!

[Corsair114]

This was the first time I tried my hand at a bomber, so, yeah. Glad it turned out somewhat well. The reason the fuse is so angular, is because it is. It's supposed to be a "box with guns," mostly. If this model converter I found pans out, and can convert .mdl(FS2000, FS2002, and Half-Life) files, I'll be be making the changes necessary to put this thing into Freespace 2. If not, well, I'll be keeping it on hand as a template for 3DS Max.

*shoots AOL's idle popup*

Ahem, now that we have that out of the way, allow me to go over the weapons.

Turrets: 2 Dual Mekhu HL-7(ML-7?) turrets(tail gate, I dare ya). Ideally, the pilot would be able to designate targets for them, lock them foreward, or just let them fire at will. They would also "Revenge" target, attacking the last ship that attacked you, assuming there wasn't a higher priority target nearby.
Priorities: Incoming missles, hostile launched bombs, last attacking ship, fighters, bombers, capships.

Guns: 4, designed to take what would be the equivalent of a Prometheus X(Hard hitting than the Kayser, but slower firing and higher draining)

Missle Banks: 12 High Energy Torpedos(Think: Think Helios, but about as fast as Trebs). Ideally it would be able to salvo all 12 torpedos simultaneously. Or, up to 3 synaptic-type cluster bombs per tube.

So, yeah, this thing doesn't play. It's AB speed is a whopping 90  m/s, 5 faster than the old Boanerges. Cruise speed is also somewhat better, at 60 with a max cruise of 70. Being heavier, it's slower to accelerate and decelerate... so pulling up earlier than normal is probably a good idea.

*shoots AOL's idle popup* Gnar, stupid p.o.s. Anyways, hour an' a half 'till the download of the model convertor finishes.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by TopAce
I don't know why do you give critism about its shape, I think it is not so problemful, and looks nice.

I count 40 polies...

[Corsair114]

Anyone know of a program that converts .bgl, .sca, .scm, and/or .mdl files to trueSpace compatible files?

[Galemp]

Ugly as hell, and with an outrageous polycount.



But that's just my opinion. You can convert MDLs with MilkShape. You can download the trial. I bought it, so if you want it converted send it my way and I'll turn it into a 3DS for ya.

[Mav]

by Corsair114:
Ideally, the pilot would be able to designate targets for them, lock them foreward, or just let them fire at will. They would also "Revenge" target, attacking the last ship that attacked you, assuming there wasn't a higher priority target nearby.
Priorities: Incoming missles, hostile launched bombs, last attacking ship, fighters, bombers, capships.

Give in the ability to modify the priorities for every turret plus nice interface art and that's exactly how I think capship control should work .

[Mav]

Oh and for the bomber... I think it looks a good deal better than the original Boanerges .
Btw speaking of the Boanerges - what use did it really have? It had the same shields and max loadout as the Ursa, an inferior afterburner velocity, no better maneuverabilty (as far as I remember), no turrets at all and looked quite ugly.
I'd really like to have a textured version of the Vulture to replace this crap. (Boanerges fans - please don't get upset )

[HotSnoJ]

WOW! Did you make that in Blender?

[Mav]

Oh, I just noticed... - I think it would look better with a broader/shorter cockpit, though it looks quite good as it is.

[Woolie Wool]

Originally posted by Mav
Oh and for the bomber... I think it looks a good deal better than the original Boanerges .
Btw speaking of the Boanerges - what use did it really have? It had the same shields and max loadout as the Ursa, an inferior afterburner velocity, no better maneuverabilty (as far as I remember), no turrets at all and looked quite ugly.
I'd really like to have a textured version of the Vulture to replace this crap. (Boanerges fans - please don't get upset )

The Ursa could kick the Boanerges' ass.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
I count 40 polies...

I don't have a look at the polygon number, I have a look at how does my eye like it. There is no(much) connection between polygon number and the looking of a ship.

[diamondgeezer]

Well that's quite clearly wrong, as a higher poly count = more smoothing and clever stuff like hemispherical turrets. In this case, more polys could be used for more detail on the hull, which has far too much by way of large flat areas such as the top surface.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Well that's quite clearly wrong, as a higher poly count = more smoothing and clever stuff like hemispherical turrets. In this case, more polys could be used for more detail on the hull, which has far too much by way of large flat areas such as the top surface.

Wrong in your opinion, my point is that how my eye likes it. Expert modellers surely don't like it.