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Offline fightermedic

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[Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
This contains 4 variants of the HTL Apollo:
A prototype variant based on the Apollo as seen in the Alpha of FS1, for campaigns in the early Great War
A Mark 2 variant for post capella campaigns
The Bomber variant as shown in the intro of FS1
A HTL of the default Apollo

download:
https://www.mediafire.com/?vpc2wv48otduf22
needs a recent nightly that supports PBR textures, said textures are also included as .png in higher resolution



screens of the prototype and mk 2 variants:

« Last Edit: September 27, 2016, 06:50:52 am by fightermedic »
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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
so much love there buddy
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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
These look super good. I've always had trouble imagining the Apollo without that "slicey" cockpit. This is clearly what :V: meant it to look like.

+1 props to you for going the extra mile with the variants.  All three extra versions look really cool. :yes:

 
Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
God dddddddddddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

 

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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
COOL! the RCS is a nice touch.


[BUG REPORT] (I think, sorry in advance)


I did some play testing, and one thing came up-

I don't think this was intentional, but the gun banks on the standard Apollo are now divided Left-Right, as apposed to Top-bottom.

Having the disruptors stuck to one side kind-of makes disabling Omega 1 feel as hard as disabling Arjuna 1. . . and leading on with two different types of guns linked is nigh unpleasant
+ It's not retail gameplay-wise. . .

Not to be harsh, you/hades probably just missed It.

EDIT: The $Radar Image Size in the table provided Is set to 160. minor thing to fix, but still should be noted.

EDIT2: made post more noticeable.

EDIT3: same thing with missile banks, each bank used to have points on each side. dumbfires are much harder now.  :wtf:
« Last Edit: August 25, 2016, 02:58:55 am by DefCynodont119 »
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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
The Apollo finally gets the love it always deserved. What a beauty!  :pimp:
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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
We are not worthy...we are not worthy...we....are we worthy?

Awesome stellar work!
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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
I'll be in my bunk.

Can't wait to use this. Thank you for the hard work that it took to take on one of the most iconic FS ships and make it sexy without losing any of its identity.  :yes:

 

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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
Feels like forever since the last retail upgrade got released, but goddamn this makes up for the wait ten times over. :yes:

 

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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
COOL! the RCS is a nice touch.


[BUG REPORT] (I think, sorry in advance)


I did some play testing, and one thing came up-

I don't think this was intentional, but the gun banks on the standard Apollo are now divided Left-Right, as apposed to Top-bottom.

Having the disruptors stuck to one side kind-of makes disabling Omega 1 feel as hard as disabling Arjuna 1. . . and leading on with two different types of guns linked is nigh unpleasant
+ It's not retail gameplay-wise. . .

Not to be harsh, you/hades probably just missed It.

EDIT: The $Radar Image Size in the table provided Is set to 160. minor thing to fix, but still should be noted.

EDIT2: made post more noticeable.

EDIT3: same thing with missile banks, each bank used to have points on each side. dumbfires are much harder now.  :wtf:
seems like i'll have to fix that, although the apollo actually makes more sense the way it is now :P
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Pandora's Box 2.2, Deep Blood

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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
Oh mah GOODNESS, these look beautiful! Why we don't pay you for what you do, I don't know.  ;)

 

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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
About the modelled thrusters: What is happening here is that when the engine renders modelled thrusters, the thruster geometry is distorted per frame to simulate thruster flickering. The engine does this by scaling said geometry along the z-Axis. The larger the thruster flame is, the more notable this effect becomes; if you look at the MediaVPs 2014's Medusa, the same effect is visible, but much less exaggerated since the actual thruster geometry is much smaller. In the Apollo model, the thrusters have their zero point at or near the model center, this would need to be reset so that their bounding box (which is what the engine uses to determine the size of the thrust subobject, and which is thus the determining factor in how much it will get distorted) covers only the actual geometry.

The other and likely easier solution is to add the "no thruster geometry noise" flag to the ship's table entry. This will completely disable the noisiness.
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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
Anyone experianced corrupted rar? All files in subfolders seems to be broken. At least WinRAR say so :P.

Even with broken rar, I just admire it. I was sceptical to Hades' model when he started it, but the final result is outstanding. Kudos to both of ya, guys :yes:
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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
About the modelled thrusters: What is happening here is that when the engine renders modelled thrusters, the thruster geometry is distorted per frame to simulate thruster flickering. The engine does this by scaling said geometry along the z-Axis. The larger the thruster flame is, the more notable this effect becomes; if you look at the MediaVPs 2014's Medusa, the same effect is visible, but much less exaggerated since the actual thruster geometry is much smaller. In the Apollo model, the thrusters have their zero point at or near the model center, this would need to be reset so that their bounding box (which is what the engine uses to determine the size of the thrust subobject, and which is thus the determining factor in how much it will get distorted) covers only the actual geometry.

The other and likely easier solution is to add the "no thruster geometry noise" flag to the ship's table entry. This will completely disable the noisiness.
alright, i will have a look how it looks with that flag, thank you :)

edit: looks too static now, hm, i have removed the modeled thrusters, the ship looks best with just oridinary thrusters as it is now
« Last Edit: August 26, 2016, 05:06:11 am by fightermedic »
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Campaigns revised/voice-acted by me:
Lightning Marshal 1-4, The Regulus Campaign, Operation: Savior, Operation: Crucible, Titan Rebellion, Fall of Epsilon Pegasi 1.1Aftermath 2.1,
Pandora's Box 2.2, Deep Blood

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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
Anyone experianced corrupted rar? All files in subfolders seems to be broken. At least WinRAR say so :P.

Even with broken rar, I just admire it. I was sceptical to Hades' model when he started it, but the final result is outstanding. Kudos to both of ya, guys :yes:
just tested it, 7zip can decompress just fine, no idea about winrar,  i don't have it installed right now
maybe your download got corrupted? other people don't seem to have the problem too
>>Fully functional cockpits for Freespace<<
>>Ships created by me<<
Campaigns revised/voice-acted by me:
Lightning Marshal 1-4, The Regulus Campaign, Operation: Savior, Operation: Crucible, Titan Rebellion, Fall of Epsilon Pegasi 1.1Aftermath 2.1,
Pandora's Box 2.2, Deep Blood

Other Campaigns I have participated in:
The Antagonist, Warzone, Phantoms & Echo-Gate

All the stuff I release is free to use or change in any way for everybody who likes to do so; take whatever you need

 

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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
updated the download
>>Fully functional cockpits for Freespace<<
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Lightning Marshal 1-4, The Regulus Campaign, Operation: Savior, Operation: Crucible, Titan Rebellion, Fall of Epsilon Pegasi 1.1Aftermath 2.1,
Pandora's Box 2.2, Deep Blood

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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
:eek:

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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
For unknown reasons my WinRAR don't like the package, while 7zip loves it...

...as much as I love the updated Apollo :yes:. Gz, again. Alongside with Hatshepsut and Hades, this is one of the best HTLs I've ever seen.
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Re: [Release] Apollo HTL and MK2, Prototype, Bomber variants
Great work! I always thought the Apollo deserved more love and recognition. I'm glad you even thought about a post-Capella variant, this makes things easier.

Keep up the good work fightermedic (and other contributers), I'm eager to see what you'll make and release next.
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Thank you very very much
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