[Topgun]

I have the urge to make an airspeeder.

[TopAce]

I'm not in a position to say for sure, but I think we should make spacefaring ships vessels first. Making an airspeeder would force us to make other atmospheric vessels, which means even more models to mesh/UVMap/texture/table/test till boredom.

If you can squeeze out a T-47 with a decent mesh and some initial textures, we could put them into hangars as "mission decorations." That way we won't have to consider making other atmospheric vessels, and still have another SW classic in our pocket.

[Turambar]

when we finally campaign-ize the X-wing series, atmo and near-ground missions will be unavoidable.

hell we'll even have to do Coruscant.


but first, let's take care of real star wars stuff, like say THE SECOND DEATH STAR'S INTERIOR  :horror:

[Mobius]

What about a cumulative modelling thread for it? Each modeller will create a part of the interior...

[Mongoose]

but first, let's take care of real star wars stuff, like say THE SECOND DEATH STAR'S INTERIOR  :horror:

May your horror be our immense profit.

[Mobius]

What about a cumulative modelling thread for it? Each modeller will create a part of the interior...

Is it a bad idea?

[TopAce]

We should first decide if we actually want the DSII before starting to model it. We already planned to create a DSI, what happened to that, ideawise and modelwise?

[Mobius]

No doubt the DSI will come first(for modelling reasons, too). The DSII will be a must...

I'm thinking about the Battle of Endor in terms of FREDding

[chief1983]

I don't know where any actual models of the DS1 are, but it's not something I think we'd need for a campaign right now, and especially not for multiplayer.

[Colonol Dekker]

Would it be on a Karnak scale? That seems a nice median.

[Mobius]

Eh? It can't be that small...

[Colonol Dekker]

I dunno if you make it big enough to crash an ISD into, could the engine handle it?

[TopAce]

Hippo once tried to make a DSI trench, and even made an trench run cutscene. It was even highlighted!

Maybe he has never made a complete DS, just a trench with lots of greebles?

[Turambar]

any death star I and trench related missions are most likely only going to be part of the surface of the death star, instead of the whole damn thing.

of course, it'll be a much bigger part of the surface, not like those rogue squadron games which gave you a small block.

[Flaser]

Omniscaper once made a full fledged Death Star mesh. It wasn't completely detailed, as it was only a demonstrator for detail boxes.

....or it could have been DaBrain.

Both of them are magicians, when it comes to using the new and rarely used features of the FSO engine.

[Mobius]

No doubt missions with the DS will be divided in sub-missions. There could be a model used as terrain other than a regular one. The final sequences of the first film should be easy to manage that way(you can use the y coords control to make sure that everything proceeds smoothly, for example.)

The Battle of Endor should be divided in sub-missions, too(I think).

[Snail]

Will the BoE be a BoE mission, or just a mockup or cutscene?

[Mobius]

The BoE is going to be a true challenge. I can't think a solution other than splitting that episode. What is the SWC team going to do with that? I'm curious

[Colonol Dekker]

I reckon two or three red alerts need to happen.

[Mobius]

Nah, end-mission is enough