[Strygon]

All development work has (temporarily) hit a dead stop until further notice. Will most likely not be able to resume development until late February at best.

[Strygon]

Seems my initial assumption was excessively pessimistic after all. Development is finally picking up again, though at a reduced pace for now.

I've been working on a few things in the meantime, such as a few minor sound changes, a new weapon and some tinkering with the VN Script.



A proper main menu that doesn't just rip off Exile's.



Custom pre-load image.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/771390881424080936/800092797964386344/2021-01-16_21-01-05_Trim.mp4

New zappy sounds when on low hull.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/771390881424080936/800525011437879346/2021-01-18_01-40-09.mp4

New gun



Redone map screen.



And following in WoD's spirit, ship maps for letting you interact with people in various areas of the ship.

[Strygon]

And here's a new ship class. The Intervention-class Cruiser.







With this I'm now about 1/3 through with making all the ships needed for the campaign. Grand total estimate lies at around 110 ships, with 35 ships already finished.

[Colonol Dekker]

35 is, impressive still 👍

[Strygon]

With a new frigate and dreadnought done, make that 37 now.

40 if you also count a bunch of cargo containers I finished tonight.

[Mobius]

That's an impressive rate of development, I'm impressed. 

Any news on the lore front? I'd like to learn even more on FCW ahead of the next release. 

[Strygon]

I've been holding off on posting lore stuff until I got actual releases out in case people wanted to strictly read that stuff in gameplay, but I'm more than happy to provide some. Is there anything specific you want to read about?

[Strygon]

Gah! I forgot I actually have a job to do, namely keeping this page updated with whatever work I've managed to crank out over the last couple of weeks...



Let's introduce this thing here, the Glisean Brute. A repurposed civlian shuttle strapped to the maximum with guns, ammunition and engine power to make this a lightning bruiser of a vessel, but the lack of Mil-Spec armoring makes this one rather susceptible to kinetic weaponry.



A fancy new skybox!



Finalized Bluespace Warp effects and sound redesign.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/771390881424080936/803356916415594496/2021-01-25_21-12-38.mp4



Added screen effects for when you've suffered a certain amount of hull damage, mostly the "canopy" cracking the more damage you take. Don't worry though, hull repair by Support ship or just carrier landings will get rid of these effects.



A whole bunch of cargo stuffs.



And now, a truly monstrous creation...



The USDF Helios

The only Dreadnought-type vessel in the USDF Navy, the Helios is the largest vessel ever constructed, dwarfing even the massive battleships.



It even features a fighterbay tucked away near the front.





And now back to something much smaller.



The Castle-class Frigate has been in service for over 40 years and with continuous upgrades, it still performs its roles perfectly.

[5thAce]

Wait carrier landings are a thing mid-mission!?

[Strygon]

Yup! I've worked up a functional concept for carrier landings that include even things like changing your ship and weapons loadout mid-mission.

This system should be available to the player during long combat missions.

[Colonol Dekker]

Dilmah-G might be interested in that for his battle of Neptune mission.

[spart_n]

im going to assume that's not a giant bayonet on the Helios, so what is it

[Colonol Dekker]

Red rocket

[Strygon]

Probably a bunch of comms stuff and sensor equipment so it can act as a strategic coordinator for its fleet and such.

[Strygon]

Took me long enough. Here's a station.

This class is used in both civilian and military situations, and is incredibly spacious. It even features frigate docks, multiple shuttle hangars and a system-wise sensor beacon.

[Strygon]

Ooo debris.



Ooo new cruiser!

[Strygon]

Hey hey people! Bet you weren't expecting another progress report so soon?

Once again got another batch of stuff to show off. Less in the ships department but a lot of visual stuff's been added.

First off, new briefing icons!



I took the lazy route and did it how FS2 did it by just using topdown/sideview shots of the ships, downscaling them to the correct resolution and cranking them through ANIBuilder. They look a *lot* better than my old icons I made some time ago.



I also finally got around to making unique models for each primary.



In order from left to right: USW-11 Spear, E-350 Gatling, USW-26 Proton Lance, E-325 Crossbow

These models will all be visible in the loadout room to finally get rid of that awful placeholder HL-7.



The loading bar has been replaced with this funny lil thing.

And finally the window name and icon have been made.



Almost feels like a full on game now.

[spart_n]

loving those gun models, they look p cool.

[Colonol Dekker]

What modelling program do you use buddy?

[Strygon]

Blender, it's free and pretty easy to use nowadays.