[Ghost]

Oh god I think I love you

[Devils_Hitman]

I cannot begin to thank you enough StratComm, *downloading now*.

Thanks for adding a cool cockpit, if you dont have time to show me how to put more ships ingame, could I look at the source model to compare what you added.

Thanks again man, looks great.

[StratComm]

The cockpit is essentially one that Nico released a while back, though that particular version has been reformatted by me a few times as it has migrated from one ship to the next.  It's not good for internal viewing (and I did not even bother to line up the eyepoint so it won't work for that anyway) but it adds a lot of detail from reasonable distances without too many polys.  The most important change that I made to the model itself was to make the glass not a subobject and to make it single-sided, so that things behind it would be visible.

[WeatherOp]

Very Nice.

[MetalDestroyer]

Raaaah Stratcomm and Devil, you make an incredible job. I hope this time it will work ^^

[Taristin]

Meh. I didn't do anything, and there's no H in my name.

Also note that the mesh is finished...

[starfox]

Looks really amazing...
On the side note, any development for HTL Ulysses. I saw a thread for it, but it stopped in somewhere mid-2004, and hasn't been bumped up since then.

[Cobra]

Not what I did, but close enough. The maps are essentially unedited from Devil's Hitman's version, just baked into a single texture. I did, however, swap out the cockpit, as the one in the model before looked like something out of TRON and the pilot himself was about 9 feet tall.

Download Me!

my. GOD. no seriously, anyone who can make an good ship look even better is my god. *downloads*

all the ships should have modelled cockpits.

[StratComm]

And now the list of fighters that do is up to all three Hercs (I, II, and Ares), Pegasus, Perseus and Erinyes.  I may try sticking one into the Myrmadon at some point as well, but it's cockpit configuration doesn't lend itself to the standard treatment well.  It's doable, I think, but since you can't see the pilot from the side I don't know if it'd be worthwhile.

[Galemp]

Ares? What? Using this model as a base? Where?

[WMCoolmon]

For the Myrmi: how about using a mostly-flat mapped section? Although it does look kind of cool without.

[StratComm]

Ares has been done by Raa for ages and has been in the Media VPs since at least 3.6.6.  As for the Myrm's cockpit, the issue isn't the configuration.  The issue is you'd only ever see the pilot when you are about 1 second from a head-on collision.  Of course, given that Myrms are mostly used as wingmen and not enemies, that may be appropriate anyway.  If I do it though I'll use a fairly dark glass map, so that it retains some of the feel of the original.

[Galemp]

Oh... right. *feels silly*

[Taristin]

As for the Myrm's cockpit, the issue isn't the configuration.  The issue is you'd only ever see the pilot when you are about 1 second from a head-on collision.  Of course, given that Myrms are mostly used as wingmen and not enemies, that may be appropriate anyway.  If I do it though I'll use a fairly dark glass map, so that it retains some of the feel of the original.

I've always wanted to see a setup for the Myrm with the pilot suspended, maybe strapped in and in a standup position...

[FireCrack]

Strapped in a stadup position would be weird...

Rathe have him sittiong on a chair halfway up, wiht a funky console wrapping around...

[CaptJosh]

It's not that weird if you're a B5 fan. Starfury pilots are strapped into their craft standing up.

[Flipside]

hehehe As much as I appreciate the quality of models on the Upgrade project, I must admit, this is why I never model pilots for my ships. The next thing you know you are more worried about where the pilot sits or how tall he is than the ship itself
I admire modellers who have this kind of patience and attention to detail.

[Pnakotus]

For Vasudan ships, is it possible their bizarre morphology allows them to sit comfortably in contorted positions?  I mean, there isn't anything connecting their 'hips', so maybe they can fold themselves up somehow?  The lower Anubis cockpit suggests the occupant would be in a pretty nuts position.

[m2258734a]

Just a quick question, is the "02" going to be placed on the Herc II in the future or was it decided not to be used on this particular enhancement. By the way, the ship looks awesome.

[Solatar]

I just like having cockpits so I can turn on "show ship" and fly them around...