Initial look over in PCS2 looks pretty good. Might need a couple of really minor tweeks. Guessing you imported the info from the old model. Centers are off a hair between the 2 models so things might need moved slightly (and I mean very slightly). Only thing that concerns me is the docking point not being attached to the ship since that area isn't filled in on the HTL version. Won't hurt anything but might not look too good.
Yes, I imported the paths from the old POF. Turret paths were corrected, the other ones I left unchanged since the difference is neglible. The special points for the engines and comms subsytems were also adjusted.
The docking point is IMO the biggest issue at the moment. For now I've left it where the old model had it, but that is hanging in the middle of nowhere there, looking somewhat silly.
I was thinking of moving it either to the underside of the saucer bridge or on the topside of the big main hull cylinder in the front. I'd prefer the latter option since it would allow the freighter to dock with bigger ships without intersecting hulls. But I'd like to hear opinions from FREDders if this could break existing missions?
I assume you can whip up a version without the pods in a minute. That could be useful. Just add some dock points to the frame and the pods and you can have a ship that is configurable to the number of pods it's carrying.
Yes, that would be relatively easy, if someone really needs it.
Now for ingame tests.
Big issue with some of the file names. They are too long for FS2. You have 31 - 4 for the .dds - 7 for the -normal (even if you don't have a normal map FS2 doesn't like it).
Looks like just the debris texture. Probably shorten it to just deb instead.
So that's 20 characters to to be on the save side? In that case I'll shorten the name for the debris texture
That brings me to the next potential problem. The half destroyed cargo pods. You really need to test the RW mssion with the 109's launching to make sure it won't break it.
Already thought of that, tested it, and it works