[Zuljin]

oOo very nice
*wipes away drool*

[mrduckman]

I saw the new Ulysses in the lastest VP. Great job there, Lightspeed!. You got me drooling over the bat

[Turambar]

only problem with this one is that the dragon is usually moving so fast you can't get a good look at it.  Though the missile trails are pretty...

[Rictor]

Thats basically the problem with every ship, and particularly fighters. Its pretty unlikely that anyone who is playing the game is going to notice "oooh, those are some nice pulsating glows". But whatever, its pretties up the ships some I'm in favour.

[mrduckman]

Hey! you did the same thing with the GTI Arcadia! What do you want, give me a heart attack?

[Bobboau]

just cecked it out in game, I must say, exelent.
the glow map seems a bit waistfull though, I think the same effect could be done by interpolateing between to diferent textures (wich we can't do yet).
but I still have a few problems with the Uylisses, the cockpit glass had the shine map blacked off, and I think it would be better if there was more contrast added to the alpha layer, it seems like the environment is reflecting too well off the plates of the hull I think it should only be visable in the middle of them, and maybe some sort of grainy textureizeing filter or something to make it look less glass coated. (this is all uylisses BTW, the dragon is perfict)

[JarC]

check again to be sure there's no other texture getting loaded first for the ulysses, coz for me it's the first time 'anything' displays right for a change...

[Lightspeed]

If it looks glassy you're definately doing something wrong bob. The ulysses has a ridiculously low amount of env strength on its hull.

The cockpit isn't really shiny, because neither it is in real life. Keep in mind it isn't a mirror, and that behind it there is a cockpit (i.e. a room) - It will thus look translucent from nearly all angles ('cept some very far angles - which we can't do with shinemaps) but will reflect the environment pretty well. That's both more realistic and nice looking, IMHO.

[Janos]

I'll just wait that these will be implemented on newest media VPs. I am far too lazy and cautious to separately install all the nice new stuff (nebulae, glowmaps, Fenris/2), so I just stick and wait.

These are coming to next media VP, right? Right?

[DaBrain]

Good work LS.
I love the dragon!


I'm working on something too. (Yeah, I'm not (that) lazy...)

Mind have a look ?


Still WIP (~75% ready).

What do you think?

And would you help me to create glow and shinemaps for it ?


Update(~90% ready):

(new high-res Rocket textures)

[Nico]

Originally posted by Lightspeed
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The cockpit isn't really shiny, because neither it is in real life. Keep in mind it isn't a mirror, and that behind it there is a cockpit (i.e. a room) - It will thus look translucent from nearly all angles ('cept some very far angles - which we can't do with shinemaps) but will reflect the environment pretty well. That's both more realistic and nice looking, IMHO.

excepted if it's done the same way as astronauts helmet visor

[Rictor]

Thats really good DaBrain. Very crisp textures, I think even more than Lightspeed's version. Keep doing whatever you're doing, it works.

and also nice work on the Dragon there Lightspeed. FS2 doesn't want to cooperate, so I'm having a hard time running recent builds, its a shame really cause I would love to try these out in game.

[J3Vr6]

geezus, DaBrain.  You made me more moist than Lightspeed.

[Taristin]

It looks good, DaBrain. But I don't like the extremely high contrast of it. It just seems... out of place. Maybe too detailed to look realistic.

[Turambar]

how many times do you see the ulysses in the FS2 campaign?

[Taristin]

Well, it is in that game of tag mission, but I hated the bat. I loved the Athena. And the Valk. I wish someone would do the Valkyrie up real nice.

[Fineus]

Agreed, the old FS ships have some really underestimated designs (even the Apollo - while weak - looks the part of a Terran fighter).

That said, the Ulysses is the generic ship when other mods don't load.. so it follows.

[Turambar]

someone do a hi-poly orion with better textures, or maybe make the Hecate look prettier (you KNOW it needs it) and then the Myrmidon (i love the myrmidon, its just so cool) and then i think that the Vasudan Interceptor you get to fly (name eludes me right now) that needs newness.  the textures on it right now are the ugliest ive ever seen!

[DaBrain]

Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
It looks good, DaBrain. But I don't like the extremely high contrast of it. It just seems... out of place. Maybe too detailed to look realistic.

As the MASTER of graphics, I can change the contrast to any level.
If you want lower contrast, NP

I think it's nice.

The contrast is ok in-game. (Notice, first version)

[Turambar]

Dabby, your thrusters are far too cartoony and the glow doesn't match with the trail.  I would consider a revision if i were you.  The bat looks great though.  I suggest changing the contrast setting on your monitor, or just reducing the contrast on everything you do.