[The E]

You're saying that like it's a bad thing....

[Fury]

Yes, several models are loaned from X3 and its mods. They have some really nice ships.

[Black Wolf]

It's a retextured model from a different game? Probably should have mentioned that on page 1, no?

[Fury]

Probably, at the time it didn't occur to me I should mention such a thing. New ships don't exactly appear out of thin air, we need to get them from somewhere.

[Commander Zane]

See, I knew it had to do with X3.

[Colonol Dekker]

This is definitely a first, a non community model in a major campaign. I'm a little disappointed too. . . . But as long as permission to use it is present. I don't see a problem.  
:bah:

[Droid803]

Actually, new ships do appear out of thin air if you have a modeler.
I was under the impression that Steve-O did that.

This is definitely a first, a non community model in a major campaign. I'm a little disappointed too. . . . But as long as permission to use it is present. I don't see a problem. 
:bah:

I share the sentiment.

[Fury]

Actually, new ships do appear out of thin air if you have a modeler.
I was under the impression that Steve-O did that.

We have no other active modelers other than esarai, and he's busy with optimizing existing ships. He does contribute two ships to BP though, out of which one is Kvasir you already know. If you've missed our recruitment topics, we've been looking for more modelers/texturers since last summer.

[Commander Zane]

The Kvasir is in Blue Planet?!

[Colonol Dekker]

It's not a crime to use a model with permission. And the off member is allowed to feel let down once in a while. The community is a bit shy of modellers and this tangent is going nowhere really. . .
 
So what's this Kvasir thing ?

[Fury]

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=64433.0

[General Battuta]

We were the ones who convinced Esarai to release it publicly, actually.

Actually, new ships do appear out of thin air if you have a modeler.
I was under the impression that Steve-O did that.

This is definitely a first, a non community model in a major campaign. I'm a little disappointed too. . . . But as long as permission to use it is present. I don't see a problem.  
:bah:

I share the sentiment.

Uhm, whoa now. You guys don't want this thing to turn into BWO, do you?

BP is not going to get hung up on models. It never has and hopefully it never will, because models take forever.

The ability to grab models from X3 was something Darius figured out recently, and it got us - along with the Maalik - a lovely new spacesuit to replace the old potbellied one.

Part of BP's philosophy is using what's at hand. The alternative is waiting years for the campaign.

[Colonol Dekker]

I still don't see it as being a problem
 

[Commander Zane]

The ability to grab models from X3 was something Darius figured out recently, and it got us - along with the Maalik - a lovely new spacesuit to replace the old potbellied one.

Then that means we can take their Orion model and give it our superior textures...

[Black Wolf]

We were the ones who convinced Esarai to release it publicly, actually.

Actually, new ships do appear out of thin air if you have a modeler.
I was under the impression that Steve-O did that.

This is definitely a first, a non community model in a major campaign. I'm a little disappointed too. . . . But as long as permission to use it is present. I don't see a problem. 
:bah:

I share the sentiment.

Uhm, whoa now. You guys don't want this thing to turn into BWO, do you?

BP is not going to get hung up on models. It never has and hopefully it never will, because models take forever.

The ability to grab models from X3 was something Darius figured out recently, and it got us - along with the Maalik - a lovely new spacesuit to replace the old potbellied one.

Part of BP's philosophy is using what's at hand. The alternative is waiting years for the campaign.

I don't think anyone has a problem with it, it just seems... I dunno, with all the comments mentioning about how it looks like it's from X3 and whatnot, not mentioning that it did, in fact, come from X3, and giving credit makes it look like you were trying to pull something sneaky, even though I'm sure that wasn't the case.

Fan made stuff lives and dies on honesty and appropriate credit, and sometimes we have to go out of our way to ensure that we get across the point that yes, we are following the unwritten rules in the area. It's just a matter of appearances is all.

[General Battuta]

Oh, okay, sure.

There wasn't a big cabal going on here, Fury just decided to post a screenshot and I jumped in for some fluff discussion. I wasn't honestly sure if it was from X3 or somewhere else until this came up.

Added to first post.

[Aardwolf]

WHERE'S MY ARASHI !?!?

[Mongoose]

Hell, I think it's great that you guys are doing this.  There's a whole lot of modeling talent out there, and if people in this community can take advantage of it, so much the better.

[-Norbert-]

it did, in fact, come from X3

It doesn't come from X3 as such.
To say this model comes from X3 is like saying the model of the Orestes comes from Freespace 2.
XTended is a mod for X3 Reuion (not sure wether there is a Terran Conflict verison by now) adding a LOT of ships into the game and some other features. I guess this model would be a fan-made one.

Maybe you'd better change the Edit in the first post accordingly to show it from a mod for X3, not form the actual game. Not that anyone beliefs it's form the actual game X3 and starts complaining about copyright, without even checking further into the thread...

[General Battuta]

Oh, okay. I didn't know that either.