[experiencedn00b]

modelviewer lets me look at all the stats, but it doesnt seem to let me change the turret firing arcs.

[CP5670]

Modelview can only edit some parts of pof files, but it does have the turret and submodel editing capability. Click the pof editor button, go into the submodel section and add in the following line for each turret submodel:

$fov=

There is a seperate section for the actual turrets, but this lets you change the FOVs.

[experiencedn00b]

too bad theres no .pof editor button.

[StratComm]

?
You must have found an older version.  Look around more and pick up the latest copy.

[experiencedn00b]

one line says 'position' and the other says 'normal'.   is normal the way the turret faces at rest, and 'position' is the max angle of the turret?

[an0n]

Position is where the turret is and normal is the starting direction I beleive.

[TrashMan]

How does that work with multi-barreld turrets. Do I have to make each barrel seperate, and glue them together separately or what?

[Nico]

no, you can't really have multibarrels, all of them must be one single object.

[TrashMan]

So I just put two weapons in a sinle object consisting of two barrels! Great.

[experiencedn00b]

I'm still struggling with models.  should i start out with a fighter or small transport?  and how does FS2 recognize the scale?  i mean, how does it know that a destroyer is 2.5 kilometers long and a fighter is 10 meters?  i guess thats in the table??  or do some people have fighter-sized destroyers flying around ??

[experiencedn00b]

you know, that would be cool.  say the GTVA developes nanotechnology, and create super-small super efficient reactors.  they could be put on mini-cap ships (a contradiction, i know).  so there could be fighter sized vessels, but with the power of a destroyer, and as fast as a fighter.  could be good for a campaign... im trying to make one, but its on hold until i get the modding worked out.  some of the new ships i want to create will be essential to it, so i kinda have to do those first.  how does FS2: The New Threat sound?  i heard that somewhere, but i dont think it was being produced...  i need help with making models, but once i do that ill need ideas for ships... any suggestions on anything ive said?

[TrashMan]

Sure, I'll help you anyway I can.
When I finish my models I'll let you have some, to use in your campaign.
Making 3d models is easy for me, but making the skin...that's something I don't know how to do...yet!

[LtNarol]

the scaling of size is done through PCS conversion.  You can set the scale factor that it sizes the object to.  One TS grid is equal to one meter in FS2 on a conversion factor of 1.  At 2, each grid is 2 meters in FS2, at 5, each grid is 5 meters, etc.

[experiencedn00b]

thanx LtNarol, i was wondering about that.  by PCS you mean .pof constructor
suite?  i have a ship in the works, a GTVA destroyer called the 'Apex'.  ill
post pics when i get it looking like a ship and not a bunch of blocks... and
i think you guys will like the design by the way, are the blue beams more
powerful than the orange Vasudan beams used on the Hatshepsut and Typon?