[0rph3u5]

uummmm...
maybe you could do some of the surface structures as two or three seperate objects... I have "heard" *some* campaign designer wanted to have such a dome for one of this missions

also this would help recyleing this asteroid base in other campaigns

[Vidmaster]

now there are even two people interested in what you manage to create, topgun 

[Topgun]

great, now pepole are counting on me .

[Vidmaster]

yeah, you shouldn't have agreed in the firstplace. 

[Vidmaster]

just a question: are you now working on this or not ? 
the WIP campaign is nearing its completion and I would like to know, if I can look forward to that model or not.

[Topgun]

by when do you need it?

[Trivial Psychic]

HERE's one you may want to look into.  Its quite an old model, and some documents actually list it as a corvette, but others as a station.  Its more of a couple asteroids and other structures attached to each other.

[0rph3u5]

I considered re-mapping this one for TBP a while ago... but it is not what we are looking for

[Vidmaster]

it awesome cool, but I have to agree with Orph3u5. ( thank's for that "we" in your post  , it remembers me of your offer to help. )

problems are:
- it has engines
- it is too exposed
- it is too small
- it is more Freespace like, not B5
nevertheless, it is cool. *making a note* .   

@topgun: of course, the sooner the better.
7 of 9 missions are scripted and finished, number 8 is being tweaked tomorrow and 9 is currently in planing stage.  But I will add at least two missions (one cutscene) if you manage to create that monster of a model.
After that, I will let a friend beta test, as well as (try to) balance the difficulty. Last step will be to get some poor lad here to test it too and help me a little to remove grammar (and of course the unavoidable typing) errors. After all, I am not a native speaker. I am German and my mother tongue is therefore German, I just normally learn English at school (but I am pretty good  ).

EDIT: missions 1-8 finished, tested, ready  Having some problems making the last mission a crecendo. I cant put in a major battle storywise here and the current mission is not fitting for the final one. 

[Vidmaster]

progress update, topgun ? Have you started modelling ?

[Topgun]

I am having computer issus, so it is going slow. but yeah, I started modeling. I am still making the crater. is it going to have like suport beams or something? I need to know to make it acordingly.

PS: this thing wll probably be best for an up-close cutscene, as I am not going to do LODs or detail boxes. it will have about 10k-20k polys maybe more.

[Vidmaster]

Cutscene is fine, but of course flying around would be even more awesome 

I don't know much about modelling, I have no idea what your statement exactly means.
since I am not sure, I just repeat the following:
- it doesn't need to be targeted
- it doesn't need to blow up
- it doesn't need to have subsystems, weapons and stuff
- turrets would be cool, faked defense towers (not real turrets, just model parts that look like turrets) are okay, too but you even may ignore making them
- cutscene is sufficiant for the campaign

by the way, all 9 missions are finished. Orph, would you volunteer to test it and help me with the balacing ? Your DoW has that nearly perfect pacing, so...     

so, you could say that it is BETA now. Still thinking about the name.

[0rph3u5]

by the way, all 9 missions are finished. Orph, would you volunteer to test it and help me with the balacing ? Your DoW has that nearly perfect pacing, so...    

I'll see... PM me

[Vidmaster]

Orph has finished testing, I rebalanced the whole campaign and now Macfie does the final check. Look forward to a release soon.

How's it going, Topgun ?

[Topgun]

need to make docks and turrets. If you want release anytime soon then I suggest you forget about it. it will take a while (I warned you).

[Vidmaster]

ooh, okay. Delaying release and starting to Fred the sequel.