[Jadehawk]

Glad to see this stuff still going on DeltaV, that is part of the look of what a Tiigran-Merisst ship is. It's still evolving I know and their ships have very dense armor made of material I cant remember what it was. But mostly stronger than what your used too in Terran or Vasudan and even in Shivan craft to some extent. They rely mostly on Stealth technology far more than any of the other races and have excelled in that.
I'm gonna shut up as I don't want to say much more

[PeterX]

Hi Tiger,
Have a sound here to hear.
What do you think about this ? Is it a good arrivalsound for the Tiigran-Merisst ships?
If it´s good for,then i can find and convert more of them.
Peter

[DeltaV_11.2]

Just looked thru the intro tbl.'s, realized that a Hussar has the same number of hitpoints as an Ursa. Heavy armor indeed.

[Retsof]

Well it helps that they're probably 50 years or more ahead of GTVA tech.

[BengalTiger]

The Clibanarius is a generation newer than the Hussar, it'll replace the Cuirassier which was featured in the Intro (not that I want to spoil anything ).
As for the Bombard- I worked on the textures a bit, but the model still isn't good for LOD 0. It's also the end of semester for me, so I may fall behind in replying here, and modding in general.

When I'm done with my projects and exams, I'll upload all the stuff on the Freespacemods forum, and let all who are interested in further development have access to the files.
I'll let y'all know when I get it done so nobody misses anything.

Edit: The music is pretty cool, where's it from?

[PeterX]

The music is downloaded from Aminet,composed by absys in September 1995 for Jlm. It can be used freely,not comercial.
Peter

[BengalTiger]

What's the max number of firing points for a turret?

This page gives only the number of firing points per bank:
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Engine_limitations

[blowfish]

10 I believe

[Droid803]

Its the same as firing points per bank. So 10.

[Commander Zane]

Isn't it 25 points per bank?

[BengalTiger]

The wiki has 25.

In any case, I'll be below the high limit. Thanks.

[Droid803]

Wait what I swore it was 10.

[Commander Zane]

I wonder what this turret will be that would lead to this question being asked.

[BengalTiger]

A missile silo...
The largest variant has 9 missile tubes in it.

It'll be armed with pretty dayum big anti-capship, subspace capable cruise missiles that carry multiple warheads.

This also means I'm working on a few new ships which will carry such things (including an all new class of warship: the T-MAs, or Tiigran-Merisst Arsenal ship).

These ships won't be able to target enemies from a subspace jump away, so the role of "artillery observer" who TAGs the remote target still exists in the Tiigran Navy.

[PeterX]

Do you mean "Tomahawk" Cruisemissiles from the 80´s and newer? Looks like the sexp of an infyrno torp,but it has to be r-c-bombed or automatical?
....(may be mason power)
Do you have an idea of the design of these missiles yet? ....and how big are they to have ?
I´m back from my trip in Viet Nam,GAME (hollyday) OVER.  but with more ideas.
I´ve to go make sketches about them.
Peter

[BengalTiger]

I'd say more like Trident ballistic missiles.

They'll have a detonation radius set so they blow up automatically at a set distance from the target and spawn a few warheads when they do. I'll also have to figure out how the subspace missile strike works...

The missiles will be pretty big, probably larger than the big bombers...

Feel free to PM the sketches, I already made a ship or 2 based on other people's concept art/models.

[BengalTiger]

Little update for today...

The T-MGs Dragoon gunship takes flight:









For those who weren't around when the Gendarme was built:
A gunship is a ship that's the size of a bomber (this one's around 10x49x50 meters height x width x length) which is tasked with giving fire support for smaller strike craft as well as defending larger ships.

The Dragoon's main weapons are med-long range missiles and 2 Flak guns (standard, optional weapons will be available), backed up by a second missile bay and 4 normal size primary guns.
The ship also has 3 turrets to compensate for its slow turn rate.

[Commander Zane]

Yeah big ships!

[BengalTiger]

The strike craft are done, with the T-MB Clibanarius ( http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/818/21267395.png , height x width x length: 28.73x49.11x67.44 [m]) being the largest.

The future updates mostly will contain designs that are getting bigger and bigger, ranging from cutters through frigates to supercarriers over 2 miles long.

[NeoKnight]

...to supercarriers over 2 miles long.

Now that's something I'm looking forward to seeing.