[mjn.mixael]

With the big leap forward that has gone into getting old HTL ships done, I figured I would post this.

FreespaceFreak sent me this when I first started work on the cutscene upgrade project. It's his WIP Arcadia in DAE format.

Right now I'm focusing my efforts on EndGame and the Terran Pilot mesh. Anyone willing to take a stab at finishing this one up?

http://www.mediafire.com/?zgujy3wggge

PS: Hope you don't mind that I posted this FreespaceFreak.

EDIT: Here is ragingloli's version which is much closer to completion. http://freespacemods.net/download.php?view.558

I don't much care for ragingloli's circle hole rather than the hexagon.. but I'm not incredibly picky. Whatever finished product ends up in the VPs will end up in the cutscene. Perhaps some sort of merging of styles here? I leave in the hands of the pros.

[The E]

That looks very nice. Would be awesome if it could be combined with ragingloli's for extra awesome.

[Commander Zane]

I loved how ragingloli's Arcadia looked.

[The E]

As do I, but I can see people not liking the circular hole. If that can be retrofitted, it would be cool.

[Rga_Noris]

Can and will

[Mobius]

Great!

[Kolgena]

The circular hole would make sense if it was a joint vasudan-terran design, but it isn't. It's FS1 era. Curviness looks incongruous next to blocky things like the Apollo and the Orion.

[mjn.mixael]

Yeah.. I'm REALLY gonna push for hexagon shaped hole.

[Kolgena]

Can and will

You just never stop giving us goodies, do you? Keep up the good work!

[Snail]

* Snail joins the Conservative Hexagon Party.

[Angelus]

I totally want the circular hole.

So, for the sake of this community, which seems divided about this matter, do both. This could avoid a Civil War, you'd be a hero!!

The conservative Hexagonists can have their hexagonshaped hole on the station as default HTL, while we, the Imperial Democratic Circulator party, can have the circularshaped ( the better one ) HTL Arcadia as replacement.





Edit: No Rectums in Space!

[The E]

That would be my preferred solution as well. We have a lack of really awesome and usable stations, and having two variants of the same basic design would be good.

One thing occured to me though, we really need to have the hexagonal variant, because IIRC there are extensions that are supposed to be put in there.

[Woolie Wool]

I totally want the circular hole.

So, for the sake of this community, which seems divided about this matter, do both. This could avoid a Civil War, you'd be a hero!!

The conservative Hexagonists can have their rectumshaped hole on the station as default HTL, while we, the Imperial Democratic Circulator party, can have the circularshaped ( the better one ) HTL Arcadia as replacement.

If your rectum is hexagonal you should consult a physician.

[Rodo]

You don't see how that would work right??... it's rounded because it was supposed to spin around.

But they didn't have enough time to finish it

[Angelus]

I totally want the circular hole.

So, for the sake of this community, which seems divided about this matter, do both. This could avoid a Civil War, you'd be a hero!!

The conservative Hexagonists can have their rectumshaped hole on the station as default HTL, while we, the Imperial Democratic Circulator party, can have the circularshaped ( the better one ) HTL Arcadia as replacement.

If your rectum is hexagonal you should consult a physician.

Duh, i meant hexagons, wasn't talking about anyones rectum.
Dunno why or how the **** that happened.

[Zacam]

Actually, if the hole was circular but had the same hexagonal glowmap around it, that would be awesome to me. But the girding you see in the original maps suggests that the hexagon is intentional, wethere because the _couldn't_ make it a circle when it was originally made or because they didn't _want_ it to be a circle is anybody's guess.

[Aardwolf]

Perhaps some sort of curvey but mechanical look, like the plated curved section on top of the (admittedly fs2-era) Deimos?

[Woolie Wool]

It should be left hexagonal so the GTEX_ extensions will fit properly.

[Mobius]

* Snail joins the Conservative Hexagon Party.

I agree for a variety of reasons.

First of all, the hexagon matches FS1's Terran style perfectly and its popularity among players is impressive enough to make such a radical change odd (not to mention the fact that it won't look like, for example, the Arcadia we see in FS1's Intro cutscene). Secondly, and more importantly I'd say, using a circular hole may cause problems: the hole is used in many campaigns as a place where ships can hide and/or pass through. If we change the overall shape of the hole, weird problems may occur.

It should be left hexagonal so the GTEX_ extensions will fit properly.

That as well. 

[Droid803]

Hex version for MediaVPs, Round version for modders/fredders, plz.