[Raptor]

Okay, after sitting on my ass for long with this thing, I've started to get something done, but I'm going to need help...

Basically I'm looking for people who can create a good UV for a tricky mesh.  One's who can texture siad UV maps would be a bonus.  My own texturing skills are not so good...

Modellers would also be apreciated.  I've got several Colonial military ships, but their for renders, not gaming.  So they need to go on a diet...

As an aside, does anyone feel like donating any 'low-tech' ships?  Thinking about pirates, mercs and other outlaws.  They won't be using cutting edge Colonial tech.  Concepts would be okay.  And any ideas for Cylon ships too.  Coming up with new Cylon ship concepts is hard.

Just to point out, this is for the orginal (and in my opinon, the infinity better) 1978 version of Battlestar Galatica, back when Richard Hatch was Apollo, Lorne Green (RIP) was the fatherly Adama, and the female roles (like Sheba, played by Anna Lockheart) were strong FEMALE roles, not girls-playing-at-being-men like the new show...

I'll stop there before I start ranting...

[Nuke]

*notes the deafening silence*

[karajorma]

Looking for texturers is always a problem.

[Black Wolf]

Plus anyone with interest/skill for BSG would by now have signed up for Omni's mod by now.

[Getter Robo G]

IF you find a texturer let me know. I tried long ago to get a hold of the creator fo the old SFC BSG mod (no answer). there are about 8 meshes with concept pics for colonial lore like the Tiger Destroyer and Juggernaught fighter/bomber. Oh and the Easter Alliance Destroyer I think.

  They are raw and very low poly but should be good for a start. (including the old credits would be sufficient). It would be up to you if you wanted to invest the time/effort in updating them though.

l8tr...

[Raptor]

Originally posted by Getter Robo G
IF you find a texturer let me know. I tried long ago to get a hold of the creator fo the old SFC BSG mod (no answer). there are about 8 meshes with concept pics for colonial lore like the Tiger Destroyer and Juggernaught fighter/bomber. Oh and the Easter Alliance Destroyer I think.

  They are raw and very low poly but should be good for a start. (including the old credits would be sufficient). It would be up to you if you wanted to invest the time/effort in updating them though.

l8tr...

Yes, I'm intrested.  I've got a whole fleet of uber high poly Colonial ships (but not the tiger though...), but coming up with new Cylon ships is a pain...

Thing is with Omni's, it's for the neBSG, with its, questionable ethics... (I heard that they condoned rape in one of the latest shows:shaking: )

[Fractux]

Originally posted by Raptor

(I heard that they condoned rape in one of the latest shows:shaking: )[/COLOR]

If you haven't seen the episode yet, then you'll see which crew condones rape. It's made very clear in the episode (Pegasus), that the main characters (on Galactica) do not condone rape at all. Anways, watch it, and then comment on it.

I'm not going to drag this too much off topic.

I'm all for your original BSG mod, but maybe you want to help out with Omni's mod, and once that is done, that crew (if willing)  can work on modeling the old ships with you as well? That way, technical problems and hurdles that they are facing with the mod won't be a hinderance for you.

Even if you want this to be completely separate, I think close collaboration could benefit both mods.

Cheers!

[IPAndrews]

Ironically it was the lack of a good texture artist that killed my attempt to mod the original BSG stone dead. Trying to be positive though you might want to speak to Stithe2000 who is as enthusiastic about the old BSG as the new. He's also an extremely talented artist. Then there's Maudib who is responsible for the nice textures on my original BSG ships here http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/battstarg/ . Well all except the Battlestar which has horrible textures taken from an X-Wing Allaince mod. Anyhow you might be able to track down Maudib. Google for maudib battlestar-galactica and see if you can contact him.

[Getter Robo G]

He granted permission for his Hatak, but I couldn't even load it into memory as it was 1mil poly's (oops)'

He can be reached via The gaming union (UK) a homeworld site...
I believe...

[Raptor]

Originally posted by Fractux


If you haven't seen the episode yet, then you'll see which crew condones rape. It's made very clear in the episode (Pegasus), that the main characters (on Galactica) do not condone rape at all. Anways, watch it, and then comment on it.

I'm not going to drag this too much off topic.

I'm all for your original BSG mod, but maybe you want to help out with Omni's mod, and once that is done, that crew (if willing)  can work on modeling the old ships with you as well? That way, technical problems and hurdles that they are facing with the mod won't be a hinderance for you.

Even if you want this to be completely separate, I think close collaboration could benefit both mods.

Cheers!

I had better just point out that I did give nuBSG a try and watched the whole first season on Sky One.

My reaction was mainly disgust. If you want why, use PMs.

Now, back on topic.

Maybe this will attract some attention:



I Finally finished optomising and texturing the Viper.  I ditched the pilot and some detail in the engines.  Total polycount Lod0: 1771

Now for the lower lods, Shine maps, the Scorpion (the Vipers predessor), all those Colonial Military ships...

[IPAndrews]

[WMCoolmon]

Just let it go...

A number of devoted fans preferred the original trilogy.

Meanwhile, a bunch of misguided, confused, Lucas fanboys believed that Episode 1 was actually a decent movie. (And still do to this day!)

Take a guess what I think.

Nice original BSG btw.

[IPAndrews]

Then there's the misguided fools who fail to understand just how much more fun playing an original BSG mod is on the Freespace engine.

Why spend 5 minutes picking at the shields of a Mara when you and your vastly outnumbered Viper pilots can one hit kill wing after wing of slow clumsy Raiders that couldn't hit the side of a barn at 5ft, all to the sound of Stu Phillips amazingly fun soundtrack. Or even better doing an attack run on a 100 turret Basestar with the thing firing those terribly innacurate lasers at you with the wobbly sound effect. 100% cheesy goodness.

New BSG = dark, gritty, fantastic drama.
Old BSG = stupid, cheesy, much better game material

[Raptor]

Originally posted by IPAndrews
New BSG = dark, gritty, fantastic drama.
Old BSG = stupid, cheesy, much better game material

I'd have said:

New BSG = Dark, twisted, terrible acting, aweful plot, rubbish ship designs, obcessed with s**
Old BSG = Bit chessy, Great acting, better storyline, lovely looking ships, true romance

IPA, I could really use that BaseStar... (already got the other three.)  Still use the Raider (with fused UVmapping).  Mind shooting it my way?  Got an Algha Colonial destroyer for it to play with...

And you've just showed me that there is still some work I need to do to the Viper!

I'll get some more screenies of the insanely detailed Colonial ship models I've got to try and tone down...

[IPAndrews]

Originally posted by Raptor
Still use the Raider (with fused UVmapping).[/COLOR]

You have no idea how long it took me to get the shape of that Cylon Raider right. Almost every reference model on the net is wrong! Be warned

[Raptor]

Originally posted by IPAndrews


You have no idea how long it took me to get the shape of that Cylon Raider right. Almost every reference model on the net is wrong! Be warned

Doesn't surprise me.  After all, most of the images of the Galatica I've seen are wrong too.

At least with non-cannon stuff, no-one can critise (unless it's to say that the design is not in keeping with the shows style!)

When it comes time to HTL the Raider, mind if I use yours as a base to work from?

[Raptor]

Here's some extra eyecandy for you all.  WIP of texturing lod0 of the Scorpion fighter (the 6th milliuinim fighter from the show, and the Vipers predecessor)






Adding details to the underneath is going to be... creative:)

And here's a couple of those poly munching ships I was telling you all about... Omni eat your heart out



The Protecter Heavy Cruiser - 389,082 polys.



The Defender Escort Cruiser - 230,349 polys.

And there's another three ships, all with that kind of detail level!:eek:



The Guardian Destroyer.  I am currently working on this one, and have given it an initial turret set (working in FS2).  The white bits are the details I have yet to touch...

I'm using generic tile mapping for now, while I get them down to FS usable levels.  Needless to say these ships will make extensive used of the 'Detail Subobject' feature, once I figure out how to use it...

[Col. Fishguts]

Awesome Do you have a Battlestar in that quality ?

[Raptor]

Originally posted by Col. Fishguts
Awesome Do you have a Battlestar in that quality ?

Don't think so... Nor do I have the 'Tiger' Destroyer.

Those models practically kill my PC.  Trying to work with them is like wading though mud.  Slow, and with great annoyance.

[Getter Robo G]

post email or pm it tome pls for the files. I checked your profile, none available..



BTW I love the old raider... Remember this? The great epic crossover battle for Earth:

(only pic I made of the cylons)