[MatthTheGeek]

It's damn freaking good. And the darker view of the techroom carry much better the feel I have of it too.

[BengalTiger]

The color tone is good, I agree. It fits with this species being a little different than the conventional FS factions, which includes the part where good guys generally aren't death black.

[BengalTiger]

So I got my hands on the new Cataphract. First thing: Pictures. Pictures of details and other new stuff.

General view:

Thrusters and wings now with more detail:

Notice the tail:

Multiple hull layers seen near the cockpit; also- secondary weapon bays now with some 3D:

Bottom of ship:


If the colors are somewhat dark, I could get PCS to have brighter lighting for the next series of shots.

[Thaeris]

There's something sexy about that...

 

[MatthTheGeek]

It looks really, really neat and badass. I don't know if Nx took its inspiration from the same Keeper drone from HW2 that I mentioned before, but it feels even more like this drone than the low-poly one. Actually, with a proper retexture, it would perfectly fit for a HW2 projenitor mod.

Anyway it looks awesome. Can't wait to see those things in action

[Commander Zane]

Dude that's starting to look really sexy, good job.

[BengalTiger]

Well, this time I'll show some of my work, done during a test flight of the (currently low poly versions of the) T-MF Ulan:



T-MB Lancer:



And T-MB Hobelar:



Enjoy:

[BengalTiger]

Wow, this place is dusty....


How hard would it be to make custom HUD's for the Tiigran-Merisst, and a custom aiming reticule for each ship, that would show how the guns are offset from the pilot? (as in a dot to the left and right of the center marker for the Hussar to mark it's two guns on the sides of the cockpit, a dot below the center for the Sipahi to indicate it's chin mounted primary, etc). I'd calibrate the dots to show where the shots would hit at 500 meters. That should make aiming much easier.

[Aardwolf]

Wow, this place is dusty....


How hard would it be to make custom HUD's for the Tiigran-Merisst, and a custom aiming reticule for each ship, that would show how the guns are offset from the pilot? (as in a dot to the left and right of the center marker for the Hussar to mark it's two guns on the sides of the cockpit, a dot below the center for the Sipahi to indicate it's chin mounted primary, etc). I'd calibrate the dots to show where the shots would hit at 500 meters. That should make aiming much easier.

If you used scripting, probably not very hard.

I'd personally set it up so it shows where the shots would be at whatever the distance to the current target is, rather than at a preset distance... then again, that might be a bit annoying at times, too...

[sigtau]

The velocity indicator that made it into the original 3.6.10 Media VPs by accident seemed to make me scary-accurate at times.

[Droid803]

Yeah, but it also really fouled up screenshots as they'd appear even if you turn off your HUD :<

[General Battuta]

Wow, this place is dusty....


How hard would it be to make custom HUD's for the Tiigran-Merisst, and a custom aiming reticule for each ship, that would show how the guns are offset from the pilot? (as in a dot to the left and right of the center marker for the Hussar to mark it's two guns on the sides of the cockpit, a dot below the center for the Sipahi to indicate it's chin mounted primary, etc). I'd calibrate the dots to show where the shots would hit at 500 meters. That should make aiming much easier.

You could ditch this notion entirely and use autoconvergence, I believe. If you wanted.

[BengalTiger]

You could ditch this notion entirely and use autoconvergence, I believe. If you wanted.

That would pretty much go around the problem, but it would give dispersion at longer ranges.

I might just create a new HUD with a small dot in the middle of the screen instead of the reticule thingy, and add the gun indicators as custom gauges in the middle of the screen. This can be ship specific, or so they say:

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Hud_gauges.tbl

If this stuff works easily, I'll try to replace/move around most/all the gauges for T-M ships to get custom HUDs for them while keeping the stock ones for GTVA ships.

[starwolf1991]

This mod is still alive and kicking, is it?

Do you have any news for us on ToTT's development, BengalTiger? Its been a while since we've heard anything, I think. Or maybe its just me out-of-date, I dunno.

[General Battuta]

You could ditch this notion entirely and use autoconvergence, I believe. If you wanted.

That would pretty much go around the problem, but it would give dispersion at longer ranges.

No it wouldn't, I don't think. The gun will autoconverge on your selected target no matter the range.

[The E]

Yeah, it's called autoconvergence for a reason.

[BengalTiger]

This mod is still alive and kicking, is it?

Do you have any news for us on ToTT's development, BengalTiger? Its been a while since we've heard anything, I think. Or maybe its just me out-of-date, I dunno.

It all slowed down when Jadehawk left (followed by the rest of the team becoming more/less inactive- including me because I had both studying and a part time job), but I'm still working on it. BTW- has anyone seen Nx lately? He disappeared when he gave me the Cataphract.

As soon as I get back to Poland (where my PC is), I'll have the next batch of 4 ships that need only a couple hours of work each, so I'll be able to post new screenshots around early September.

Other than that, I update the forum on FSMods once in a while, currently a bit more often than this thread.

You could ditch this notion entirely and use autoconvergence, I believe. If you wanted.

That would pretty much go around the problem, but it would give dispersion at longer ranges.

No it wouldn't, I don't think. The gun will autoconverge on your selected target no matter the range.

Oh, my mistake, I was thinking of -converge without the auto- ....

I don't think the feature will be needed- other than Flak guns on gunships, all primary guns are probably max 5 meters apart.

[Jadehawk]

Hi Guys,
Long time eh? Yes I fell off the Freespace map last year due to Real life. I simply could not keep up with my commitments to anything here let alone my Aviation Artwork as well. I'm currently searching for a job and hope I do find one before I get laid off in three weeks. Wish me luck!

I do however off my profound and sincere apolgies to all the TotT gang for dissapearing in the manner I did. RL sucked and had to deal with it. Took me awhile, but things are OK now.

BengalTiger and the gang have been honestly helpful in everything with this Mod and I am sorry I let you guys down. I really do hope this Mod sees the light of the day as I feel it's really got something special to add to the Freespace Universe. if any of you harbor resentment or anger toward me for dissapearing off like that and that's OK I cant blame you.
Am I back? honestly I cant answer that and cant be involved with anything atm. I have started some of my aviation artwork, but at a snails pace. Will I do some more texturing? Possibly, but again not atm and it will be sometime before I do. Also I may end up getting into Maya again if things go my way.
 
Again my sincere apologies to the TotT team.
Jadehawk

[Colonol Dekker]

Real life happens.
 
Don't fret.
See ya when it works out. The market's a bit crap ATM but the more you apply for now while you're in work the better your odds are.

[Hellstryker]

I might be able to come back in the future when my life settles down a bit, but my PSU exploded and I'm somewhat in the middle of a move, so yeah.

Luckily my hardrives are intact, meaning the capline and HTL Sipahi are still there.