[chief1983]

Oh, that's hot man.

[Titan]

how much for it? 

[Turambar]

[Art Kelson]

Awesome...simply awesome. I already can see myself inside this A-Wing...

[HelDM]

the placing of the guns trouble me.. (kinda like the gun placements on a zephyr in TBP.. you can miss even when they are at point blank range:P)

who designed it? and how much did they pay him to leave the team afterward?

modwise it's brilliant and it really looks sweet! looks like a challenging fighter to fly.. always making those lateral adjustments to hit anything

[chief1983]

Actually, the guns will at least have a static convergence, and the A-Wing's may have computer-assisted auto-convergence.  Other fighters may have user-selectable convergence ranges as well, at least that's what we hope to get.

[HelDM]

owkay, you just proved I know **** about all the SW tech

I still support it though!

[Zelvik]

Actually, the guns will at least have a static convergence, and the A-Wing's may have computer-assisted auto-convergence.  Other fighters may have user-selectable convergence ranges as well, at least that's what we hope to get.

Its not something that realy appeared anywhere to my knowledge but the original X-Wing manual that came with its first release talked about something like autoaiming capabilities on the A-Wing. A long the lines of reports by TIE pilots seeing it fireing in odd directions.

[HelDM]

ooeeh sounds spiffy.. how are they gonna make that happen?

(doing a barrel roll all the time is acceptable for me to ^^ )

[chief1983]

Yeah I think X-Wing would have gotten that info from one of the novels or the comics, I'm pretty sure there's a reference somewhere for the A-Wing having that ability outside of the games.  There's also supposedly a reference to the selectable convergences I believe, so we're not just making this stuff up

[SeanP]

There's also supposedly a reference to the selectable convergences I believe, so we're not just making this stuff up

Yeah, in X-wing: Rogue Squadron, Horn asks what distance their cannons are zeroed at prior to the exercise in the Pig Trough.

[Turambar]

UVMapping is almost done, but i stopped to fix some little errors and bubble out the cockpit more

this is final geometry unless there are objections.

[brandx0]

Looks sexy to me, maybe a bit gratuitous on polies, but sexy none the less.

[Turambar]

texturing has begun

[TopAce]

The laser cannons deserve special commendation. The others I will comment as soon as texturing gets done.

[jr2]

...Do A-Wings have R2 units?  nvm, just checked, they don't.  xD

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[brandx0]

I love how in the first pic, the SWG one, it's typical to see rebel fighters very clean and imperial ones very dark and dirty.

[jr2]

Dirty Imps... bad!  lol

[Titan]

SWG, while a fungame, has seriously gone downhill since NGE... and i wasted all of last summer playing that S***!

[LordMelvin]

I seem to recall that in addition to variable focal range, A-wings could also elevate their cannons to fire off-axis. I think Tycho used it in one of the Stackpole X-wing books, among other places. Not knowing the fso engine's limits very well, is that at all feasible? I can only think of a few moments it'd be useful, but when you're buzzing a large emplacement, every bit of wiggle room prolly helps the pilot a bit.