[Killfrenzy]

Lightspeed knows.

[magatsu1]

is that a beam next to the Vyper, 1st picture, or just a regular laser shot ?
(just curious)

does the basestar have it's launch bays aswell ?

"By your command"

[Flipside]

Can't wait till the SCP get Bump Mapping working, that'll add to an already awesome model by about 800%

[karajorma]

And all of a sudden the links work for me. Looks damn cool

[IPAndrews]

Originally posted by magatsu1
is that a beam next to the Vyper, 1st picture, or just a regular laser shot? does the basestar have it's launch bays aswell ?

It's standard laser fire from one of the 80 point defence turrets. It does have two beam weapons called "mega pulsar cannons". That's what the funky looking thing on the top is. It takes about a minute to charge and fires a cheesy looking red beam.

[Killfrenzy]

I thought it had a yellow tint to it? Or are we completely making this up?

BTW, I've just uploaded the new website:

http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/battstarg

[KARMA]

Originally posted by Killfrenzy
What about making our own shinemaps for it? I don't know how they work though....

shinemaps are very simple, the brighter the more reflective, so if you want low reflective maps just make a map of 1px x 1 px with a dark grey tone.
But it will be better to have custom shinemaps based on your own textures, they can generate an effect similar to bumpmap, you can even use the textures as shinemaps, and you can also force different shine colours.
or you can use a commandline with fs_open to reduce the shine effect, I don't remember the commands nor the parameters thought, but there should something in the readme

[Flaser]

....and you can color the reflected light too.

A good example would be the Athena - it has these brownish-redish brass parts. When drawing a shinemap you could assign a yellowish color (brass) - so the reflecting parts of the ship will have a nice colored shine that gives character to the metal.

I've seen a really good Arcadia shinmap in that fashion.

[Killfrenzy]

Guess I ought to download Lightspeed's and see what he's done.

[IPAndrews]

Originally posted by Killfrenzy
I thought it had a yellow tint to it? Or are we completely making this up?

I dunno. I haven't got a picture of the Basestar point defence guns firing. In reality the effect used is just a copy of the Raider weapon, which in itself is a bit rough around the edges. 2D effects are not my forte.

I was actually just going to post some screen shots of the weapons we need to this forum along with a thread saying "Someone please make me these" . I'm wating until I get the DVDs next week so I can grab screen caps of the two weapons I don't have pictures of before doing it.

[Killfrenzy]

I thought they looked alright so far....though I think the Colonial Laser Torpedoes had a slightly orange tint....

[Star Dragon]

Laser torpedos had a Red core with a slight orange glow around it, and when fired they are as long as the Viper itself (Energy bolt lenth)

Galactica had same weapons but in the table the damage would be greater but teh visual effect the same.

[Killfrenzy]

The Galactica has some kind of 'turbo laser' or whatever it's called mounted on it. It's not the same weapon, but something else.....IAN!!!

[Gloriano]

Wow,very nice:cool:

[magatsu1]

Originally posted by IPAndrews
cheesy

Glad to see your keeping true to the series then.

Just Kidding. I liked BSG !

[Killfrenzy]

Oh hell yes! Cheese central!

None of that Sci-fi channel rubbish! We're using plastic sets and stock footage of model shots!

Throwing in particularly poor lines for good measure!

[IPAndrews]

We're aiming for the full quattro formaggi as far as I'm concerned.

[Killfrenzy]

Indeed.

But which four?

[magatsu1]

maybe you could use those weird double faced singers as a squad logo.

[Killfrenzy]

Perhaps not.....

If we're being faithful, it's squadron colours, not names.