[Solatar]

After modifying the table here are the results, using 3 missile slots per side.
Now, the Ulysses uses by default 1 missile slot per side, which condratictes both the volition high poly model and the default model. My opinion is to use the default set for missile slots (1 slot per side, 1 visible missile per side), what's yours?

 

I agree. Just go ahead and stick with generic looking nose cones and we'll call them covers.

[Bobboau]

or try moving the missile points back a few meters first.

[peterv]

or try moving the missile points back a few meters first.

I did. I've tried several points. The problem is the size off the missiles like EMP, or even the ROCKEYE. Their diameter is bigger than  the wings height, (which i streched as much as i could without destroying the shape off the fighter). Iff i move the points back the missiles will penetrate the wing. Not to mention that they penetrate each other in order to fit in the triple missile bay.

[Solatar]

I just don't think showing the missiles is a good idea. The feature works best, IMO, on ships where the missiles are carried under the wings (like the starfury in TBP).

[WMCoolmon]

It looks a lot less threatening with that cockpit - it could use some tinting and shine. That little humping Terran dude looks awfully vulnerable right now...

[Snail]

To be perfectly honest I preferred FS2 when you couldn't see the dude inside. I dunno, it seemed a little silly to me.

[Galemp]

The solution's simple enough... just edit glass.tga and turn the opacity up to 80%. Looks much better.

[Snail]

The solution's simple enough... just edit glass.tga and turn the opacity up to 80%. Looks much better.

I did that, but some people include custom glass textures which are contradicting it.

[peterv]

Not in this case. But you can always change the texture name in modview32.

Now, what is wrong with this? (2 missile slots, 2 visible missiles)


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[Droid803]

That looks good (with rockeyes), but did you check how it'd look with say, a tempest?
The rest of it is looking good though, including the glass.

[Galemp]

That looks great! (Aside from the mapping errors, of course.)

[blowfish]

Yeah.  I don't think that would look so great with smaller missiles like tempests

[Galemp]

If one potential missile out of twenty looks 'not so great' but the rest fit that snugly, then go for it.

[peterv]

Missile arangments. There are still errors whith the EMP but i think we can live with them.
And a screenshot that i probably should have posted a week ago.


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[blowfish]

TBH I'd rather just keep the cones.  This system doesn't look great for many missiles, it seems, and the EMP missile will never look good on it

The fact is that FS ships and weapons were never designed to work together like this.  Without dramatic modifications to ALL of the ship and weapon models, it could never even start to work.

[peterv]

The fact is that FS ships and weapons were never designed to work together like this.  Without dramatic modifications to ALL of the ship and weapon models, it could never even start to work.

True but in the case off Ulysses the modifications dont have to be so very dramatic. All we need is to reduce the the EMP's diameter to 70%-80%. This is the only model that causes problems.

[Droid803]

well, you could make a (semi-)htl EMP missile to go along with your model

[peterv]

 

[blowfish]

FireCrack already made an HTL EMP missile.

[peterv]

But i need a smaller one.
O.K. my friends. Two versions off the Ulysses (cones/holes), two cocpits (Terran/Vasudan) and a EMP missile. I wonder iff anyone will ever use all this stuff.