[Nico]

Originally posted by Flaser


That's why they should be anti-capship turrets with a badass damade and a crawling fire delay.

comapring with current day "big guns" ( I think WW2 "rail" guns too ), something that large ( at least 100 meters, right? ) should be able to level a whole city in one shot...

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Hamano
I love the word "Battlecruiser", however, I think Battlecruiser class (GTBc)
should be 1 - 1.5 km long.
I love the word "Battleship" also, "GTBB" class may be over 3km long.

I'd agree with you if it wasn't for the fact that the naming system is already a little screwed up. A battlecruiser should be an upgraded cruiser with more firepower and armour than a standard cruiser. Since a cruiser is around 300m and a corvette is around 600-700m a ~400-500m long ship fits the name perfectly.

[Trivial Psychic]

What are its hitcount & speed ratings?

Also, perhaps Battleship wouldn't be a good name, since it would be shortenned to GTBS... not a name that inspires confidence.

I would however, suggest Assault Cruiser (GTAC), but I would prefur Battlecruiser (GTBC).

Later!

[Deathstorm V2]

I would've shortened Battleship to GTBt.  Avoids the disparagement issue and slides off the tongue.

Another thing, I think GTaC should stand for Advanced Cruiser.

Probably alone on those two...

[Raptor]

Suggestions:

GTBc/GTBC:   Battlecruiser/ Battle Cruiser (depends on how you say it)
GTHC:  Heavy Cruiser
GTWC: War Cruiser

Personal, I prefer Battlecruiser/Battle Cruiser or Heavy Cruiser;)

[SadisticSid]

GTDn for 'Dreadnaught'. Sounds cool too.

[Hamano]

I placed a multi part turret in bottom of hull, and it works fine.
It is Fenris main turret style and has two barrels.


Ticonderoga has 8 single-part rotatable turret.
However, I still can not rotate single-part turret.
I think that perhaps single-part turret can not be rotatated.
???

[Nico]

you "can", but you have to cheat: make it like a two part turret, and map the barrel mesh with "invisible.pcx" so it doesn't show. A pure one part turret won't rotate.

[ryuune75]

Originally posted by Nico
you "can", but you have to cheat: make it like a two part turret, and map the barrel mesh with "invisible.pcx" so it doesn't show. A pure one part turret won't rotate.

It's not enought not to texture the barrel at all? Un-textured poly are invisible in FS2. right?

[karajorma]

Originally posted by ryuune75


It's not enought not to texture the barrel at all? Un-textured poly are invisible in FS2. right?

Nope. Check out the pics of my GTC Great Big Cube in the turretting tutorial.

Nico. That's a great tip. I'll have to remember that one

[ryuune75]

Originally posted by karajorma


Nope. Check out the pics of my GTC Great Big Cube in the turretting tutorial.

Nico. That's a great tip. I'll have to remember that one

Stange. I've done that , i created invisible turrets to put on my capship, when i don't bother putting a real one (just wanted a firing point), so i just make an untextured cube and put it on the surface of the ships.... in PCS and Modelview it's visible, but in game (both standard and FSO) it's invisible...

[Nico]

Originally posted by karajorma


Nope. Check out the pics of my GTC Great Big Cube in the turretting tutorial.

Nico. That's a great tip. I'll have to remember that one

No prob.
As for the untextured poly, well, it's not exactly true, and not exactly wrong. I don't exactly remember how to do it, but I think it's with an unmapped AND w/o any kind of UV coords, you get a transparent, whie mesh. I know I've done that already, but I'm not really sure how.

[ryuune75]

Originally posted by Nico


No prob.
As for the untextured poly, well, it's not exactly true, and not exactly wrong. I don't exactly remember how to do it, but I think it's with an unmapped AND w/o any kind of UV coords, you get a transparent, whie mesh. I know I've done that already, but I'm not really sure how.

That's exactly what i do.

[Hamano]

I've done, now all rotative turrets rotate correctly.
Hidden invisible barrels used for fore and rear turrets.

Fore turrets


Rear turrets


Bottom turrets


Initially structure at bottom of hull is sensors.
However I changed it to turrets.

Almost works of Ticonderoga are done.
It will be released in near future.

C o m i n g  s o o n !

[Setekh]

Ah, exciting. Wow, where are all these completed models all suddenly coming from?

[Havock]

why Strike Cruiser?

Heavy cruiser?

the design is great, it's sleek, and looks aggressive in a subtle way.

and i agree on that standard turrets are a laugh.

[Setekh]

I think strike cruiser emphasises a more offensive role, while a heavy cruiser would be just as comfortable on defence as on an attack.

[Hamano]

I had been isolated from the net for a while.
I am back online now!

When I write "Coming soon", always something happens and I can not continue working.
Hmm.

[Nico]

That's true for everybody, Hamano, probably a varient of Murphy's law