[Sab0o]

Ah, the reason the cockpit looks so orange in the pic Hades postsed is because the shinemap saturation is set too high. Otherwise it looks the same as the previous pics in this thread. Minor oversight in a build I sent to Hades for .pof-ing purposes.

[Sab0o]

Just thought I should do an update here, and share a cool picture. It seems this thing is going to require modelled thrusters, which is delaying a beta release. LODs and Debris are both done and the turret works.

[Sushi]

Gorgeous.

[headdie]

awesome work

[Luis Dias]

wow

[Shivan Hunter]

where the hell do I learn to texture like that

[Thaeris]

I want to point out the fact that absolutely no canon fighter or bomber has modeled thrusters, with the exception of the main drives. There's nothing you can do about the thruster geometry being there, but adding visible thruster affects will be very much out of place for a FS small craft, and I think that adding that detail will not fit in at all with the FS-verse. This isn't NuBSG.

[Herra Tohtori]

I want to point out the fact that absolutely no canon fighter or bomber has modeled thrusters, with the exception of the main drives. There's nothing you can do about the thruster geometry being there, but adding visible thruster affects will be very much out of place for a FS small craft, and I think that adding that detail will not fit in at all with the FS-verse. This isn't NuBSG.

What


all FreeSpace and FS2 fighters and bombers had modeled thrusters

what they don't have is modeled RCS thrusters...

[General Battuta]

I want to point out the fact that absolutely no canon fighter or bomber has modeled thrusters, with the exception of the main drives. There's nothing you can do about the thruster geometry being there, but adding visible thruster affects will be very much out of place for a FS small craft, and I think that adding that detail will not fit in at all with the FS-verse. This isn't NuBSG.

I think you're misinterpreting what modeled thrusters mean. He's talking about modeled thruster cones on the main drives rather than glowpoints, which all retail ships had (they were cool too).

[Thaeris]

I want to point out the fact that absolutely no canon fighter or bomber has modeled thrusters, with the exception of the main drives. There's nothing you can do about the thruster geometry being there, but adding visible thruster affects will be very much out of place for a FS small craft, and I think that adding that detail will not fit in at all with the FS-verse. This isn't NuBSG.

What


all FreeSpace and FS2 fighters and bombers had modeled thrusters

what they don't have is modeled RCS thrusters...

To clarify my statement myself, "modeled thrusters" is referring to the RCS batteries in this instance, with an exception to the main engines or "drives." The Medusa as modeled here does have RCS thruster geometry - there's nothing that can be done about that at this point. However, I believe adding thruster effects to the RCS batteries would be really, really out of place for an FS small craft. Hence my objection.

[Herra Tohtori]

I think Sab0o meant main engine thrusters (as opposed to just using non-modeled texture sprite thrusters), but might as well ask for clarification on that.

[General Battuta]

I want to point out the fact that absolutely no canon fighter or bomber has modeled thrusters, with the exception of the main drives. There's nothing you can do about the thruster geometry being there, but adding visible thruster affects will be very much out of place for a FS small craft, and I think that adding that detail will not fit in at all with the FS-verse. This isn't NuBSG.

What


all FreeSpace and FS2 fighters and bombers had modeled thrusters

what they don't have is modeled RCS thrusters...

To clarify my statement myself, "modeled thrusters" is referring to the RCS batteries in this instance, with an exception to the main engines or "drives." The Medusa as modeled here does have RCS thruster geometry - there's nothing that can be done about that at this point. However, I believe adding thruster effects to the RCS batteries would be really, really out of place for an FS small craft. Hence my objection.

I don't think anyone has suggested adding thruster effects to the 'RCS batteries' so you don't have anything to object to.

[The E]

Indeed not. This is all about the main drives; as currently implemented, they use 2 dozen thruster effects. Which is just too much.

[Mongoose]

That old workhorse is looking amazing.

[Ulala]

Well done. I'm salivating in anticipation for the next Media VP release with all these fantastic models! Also glad to see the community it still going strong after all this time. /gush

[Hades]

Glad you guys like my model and Sab0o's textures, he did a fantastic job on them.

And yes, modeled thrusters as in the modeled thrusters on retail ships that have been called modeled thrusters for about 13 years now, Thaeris.

[Kolgena]

Petrified with delight. That looks good.

[Aurora Paradox]

2011 is certainly becoming a good year for models.  Hades and Sab0o have given this old bomber a second life.  That life may be very short though, depending on the targets they are sent to attack.

[Dragon]

Indeed not. This is all about the main drives; as currently implemented, they use 2 dozen thruster effects. Which is just too much.

Can't you just put a couple of large thruster glows in place of the engines?
Placing a tiny glow at each exhaust is good for capships, not fighters.

[The E]

There's your visual target. Go achieve that with fewer thruster effects, and I will gladly concede the point.