[Fozzy]

I have made model of a jump gate but i need someone to be kind enough to host it for me.

[Sigma]

Send it to me. I upload it to swooh!

[email protected]

[Killfrenzy]

And I'll be the first to download! I kinda need a jumpgate!

[Sigma]

Sorry no download Killfrenzy, he only sent me a pic.



I like it.

[Fozzy]

Sorry guys i will upload the model as soon as its textured properly and i figure out what to put on the end of those space station sections

you see i am suffering from a servear case of artists block, and no matter what i do to the ends of those sticky out bits, it never seems to work.

So i am asking for your help to figure out what needs to be their.

[an0n]

For future reference:

http://www.fattonys.com/images

It'll let you upload pretty much anything as long as it's less than 500kb.

[Black Wolf]

Bevel the ends, and then put big, complex, fancy beam turrets on them, sort of like permanant mjolinirs, in case anything nasty comes through.

[magatsu1]

how about a sort of control tower/room thingy on one side as well ?

is that a crap idea ?

[Killfrenzy]

Definitely some kind of control tower. The fixed beams are a nice idea too!

[Sheepy]

Yeah i think you should use some of that aysymetrical(sp?) goodness. Whats the poly count on it anyway?

[gevatter Lars]

I like the simplety of this design...somehow astetic.

[Lynx]

Originally posted by Black Wolf
Bevel the ends, and then put big, complex, fancy beam turrets on them, sort of like permanant mjolinirs, in case anything nasty comes through.

For the sake of god, you don't have to stuck beam cannons on everything. Unless you want the most fanboyish jumpgate in Fs history, of course.

[Sheepy]

oh one more thing, any chance of some close up shots, it looks like we are missing out on some detail there.

[Galemp]

It looks alien. Not full-blown alien, like Vasudan or Shivan, but very elegant and unreal.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Black Wolf
Bevel the ends, and then put big, complex, fancy beam turrets on them, sort of like permanant mjolinirs, in case anything nasty comes through.

Now there's a good idea.

TacOps: The Shivan BIGANDUGLY just came through the gate! Fire beams one and two!

BeamOps1: Firing!
BeamOps2: Firing!

BeamOps1: She's faster than we thou--UAAARGGHH*static*
BeamOps2: Look at that beast mo--AAARGGGHGGGGG*static*

BIGANDUGLY: Heh. Terrans. Its like expecting France to fight back...

Now if it had THREE towers for beam emplacements (or really any odd number)... But still, let the Mjolnir do beam duty and let Knossos gates do gate duty.

[Knight Templar]

Massive Defenses would also make the gate a target.

[Killfrenzy]

Well, a Jumpgate would be very heavily defended as ingress/egress points of a system. You really don't want to lose control of them.

[Eviscerator]

He has a point.

[mikhael]

Odd how so few nodes (which are just natural jumpgates, no?) were well protected.

[gevatter Lars]

I wouldn't set defence turrets like these stationary beams at the structur itself, but seperate them and set them near the front upper and lower positions, so they can fire at incoming ships without the danger to hit the gate itself...or you place them at he oppisite direction of the outgoing ship so that the beams would firing at the back of the enemy ship. Since most ships aren't well protected at there back you would have a greater chance of killing the enemy without beeing shot back and at last you can criple the enemys engine so that if he sends in another ship that one would directly crash into the first ship.