[Crybertrance]

Style-wise the vent style engines are much more suited to this kind of glow: http://images.wikia.com/stargate/images/b/b6/MyancientshipOrion_2.JPG
Not entirely sure how we could achieve that but I'm sure it's not far off if not already possible.

Hmm. I wonder if you could skip the standard thruster effect altogether and just use a glowmap with the "$thruster particles" table entry using something hazy like a nebula poof of the same color as the glowmap.

Hmmm.. that could work, have to check it put though.

[Hades]

Update. VA is a sexy man and went ahead and added some engine paneling when I asked (cause I was unsure how to make them look)

Render has no smoothing and is next to the old MVP Leviathan.

[Rodo]

Ok, that looks good as well, and it will probably make a lot more people happy.
So it's a win-win situation I recon?

Kudos Hades, you are proving to be an outstanding modeler by taking everyone's wishes into account, and also too much love for VA, that's an excellent paneling work.

[Mars]

I did love the side thrusters; will what you did with that ever be made public?

On the other hand, this looks perhaps more like the type of engine that an uparmored version of something would have. The whole tail end is a beauty, for sure.

[Ulala]

Wow, that's some incredible work, guys. Props.

[Droid803]

Oh god that looks so sextactcular.

[Mongoose]

I'm really liking that now.

[SypheDMar]

Ah, this fits in much better.  Something about the tube is bugging me, but I'm not sure what it is.

[pecenipicek]

Ah, this fits in much better. 

this, a thousand times this.

Something about the tube is bugging me, but I'm not sure what it is.

the lack of smoothing most likely.

[Vasudan Admiral]

Ah, this fits in much better.  Something about the tube is bugging me, but I'm not sure what it is.

Possibly the direction of the lines on the tube - I think that's what's still bugging me anyway, but that will be a texturing thing. Here the lines are caused by the AO rendering, which can't do smooth surfaces - and they follow the direction of the tube. The texture on the retail tube has lines 90° away from that, ie, going around the tube, and so they'd be pointing inwards towards the engine. They're kinda like....well......skidmarks.

[Polpolion]

The engines seem odd to me. Are you going to have multiple thruster glows, or keep the big one?

[Vasudan Admiral]

Whatever works best I imagine. I have some untested ideas that might also make other vent style engines look better.

[Hades]

The engines seem odd to me. Are you going to have multiple thruster glows, or keep the big one?

I'm hoping to have neither and instead an effect that complements this type of engine assortment much better than our awful engine sprites.

Modeled thrusters is actually a promising option here, there's a lot more you can do with them than the sprites and particle thrusters just aren't feasible now or in the near future.

I did love the side thrusters; will what you did with that ever be made public?

On the other hand, this looks perhaps more like the type of engine that an uparmored version of something would have. The whole tail end is a beauty, for sure.

I may end up trying the side thrusters thing on a Fenris remake if I do get around to doing one.

[CommanderDJ]

Modeled thrusters is actually a promising option here, there's a lot more you can do with them than the sprites and particle thrusters just aren't feasible now or in the near future.

Oh yes. Please oh please oh please modeled thrusters.

[Alan Bolte]

As much as I like the new Levy engines, they... well...

[MatthTheGeek]

The engines seem odd to me. Are you going to have multiple thruster glows, or keep the big one?

There never was "a big one". Retail and MVP Fenris had 4 thrusters points.

[Wanderer]

Photon drive

[Polpolion]

There never was "a big one". Retail and MVP Fenris had 4 thrusters points.

Not that you can easily tell them apart in gameplay. I was just wondering if there would be 16 dinky little fighter sized glows replacing them.

[AtomicClucker]

Turn that engine into a torch ship, then we can get some Leviathan beam cutters.

I like the direction of the engines and faithful return to the "mono" engine design of the original Leviathan/Fenris, thought about trying different engine segment divisions (live having 4, 8 and so on?)

[Dragon]

The new engine is definitely a step in good direction, keep it up.