Change ship appearance - first ideaas

Deleted User · Post by **Deleted User** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 20:39

I was thinking about how complicated would it be to change ship appearance...

What kind of problems could we expect?

It should be around the same size, allow for upgrades and whatnot, as a start. what else do you think?

Noimageavaiable · Post by **Noimageavaiable** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 20:42

Size doesn't seem to matter, since you don't actually dock anywhere. You just magically teleport into the hangar bay.

ishmaeltheforsaken · Post by **ishmaeltheforsaken** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 21:04

The CE art has one concept that places the cockpit in the center with fins extending forward on either side. It looks really cool and I'd love to see someone try and make it and put it in the game.

Don't get me wrong, I think the Skunk looks fine as is, but that concept was great.

MutantDwarf · Post by **MutantDwarf** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 22:30

ishmaeltheforsaken wrote:The CE art has one concept that places the cockpit in the center with fins extending forward on either side. It looks really cool and I'd love to see someone try and make it and put it in the game.

Don't get me wrong, I think the Skunk looks fine as is, but that concept was great.

Yes. That would be a fine Skunk replacement.

BlackStar7713 · Post by **BlackStar7713** » Sun, 17. Nov 13, 02:14

ishmaeltheforsaken wrote:The CE art has one concept that places the cockpit in the center with fins extending forward on either side. It looks really cool and I'd love to see someone try and make it and put it in the game.

Don't get me wrong, I think the Skunk looks fine as is, but that concept was great.

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If someone manages to do this, it'll be a really great mod.
Hopefully a skilled modeler sees this.

Deleted User · Post by **Deleted User** » Sun, 17. Nov 13, 08:31

someone has an image of that?

killerog · Post by **killerog** » Sun, 17. Nov 13, 13:15

At the current moment doing any 3d stuff is impossible unless someone has worked out all the file formats. We have to wait for that or ego to help us which i cant see being anytime soon.

Halconnen · Post by **Halconnen** » Sun, 17. Nov 13, 13:23

http://i.imgur.com/1avo0Lx.png

Seems like the side fins would block the side view from the cockpit.

But given currently immovable PoV that's not a problem anyway.

Deleted User · Post by **Deleted User** » Sun, 17. Nov 13, 14:33

Halconnen wrote:http://i.imgur.com/1avo0Lx.png

Seems like the side fins would block the side view from the cockpit.

But given currently immovable PoV that's not a problem anyway.

maybe it CAN be done..

Sheik · Post by **Sheik** » Sun, 17. Nov 13, 20:41

Jesus rollerblading Christ. THAT CONCEPT ART IS FCKING AWESOME! as Mr. Torgue would say. I can't wait for a proper modding support so we can actually fix the design of everything.

azmuth · Post by **azmuth** » Sun, 17. Nov 13, 21:28

Halconnen wrote:http://i.imgur.com/1avo0Lx.png

Seems like the side fins would block the side view from the cockpit.

But given currently immovable PoV that's not a problem anyway.

Yeah that's one bad ass ship to be sure. Wonder why they didn't go with it, or if they plan to include in the future through some story element. Anyway, would be nice to see some options, that's for sure.

johncage · Post by **johncage** » Sun, 17. Nov 13, 23:12

lol that fin ship looks moronic.

more wings in space stupidity

soooo glad they didn't go with that concept.

kamikazi1231 · Post by **kamikazi1231** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 05:48

I think the front wings are a little large. But something smaller that has functional parts on it like missile launchers could work. Even without the front wings I like the look of that concept art. Just replace the front wings with missiles or drone bays.

MutantDwarf · Post by **MutantDwarf** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 05:54

kamikazi1231 wrote:I think the front wings are a little large. But something smaller that has functional parts on it like missile launchers could work. Even without the front wings I like the look of that concept art. Just replace the front wings with missiles or drone bays.

Agreed; the front wings aren't needed at all for that design to kick ass.

Post by **UniTrader** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 06:18

killerog wrote:At the current moment doing any 3d stuff is impossible unless someone has worked out all the file formats. We have to wait for that or ego to help us which i cant see being anytime soon.

well, i already did some model modification.. nothing with the models of the Parts themselves, just exchanging a buy port with a sell port, but it seems the Object parts are linked to each other via xmls, see for example the assets/structures/build_trees/struct_bt_alb_fuelstation.xml

Deleted User · Post by **Deleted User** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 08:00

UniTrader wrote:
killerog wrote:At the current moment doing any 3d stuff is impossible unless someone has worked out all the file formats. We have to wait for that or ego to help us which i cant see being anytime soon.

well, i already did some model modification.. nothing with the models of the Parts themselves, just exchanging a buy port with a sell port, but it seems the Object parts are linked to each other via xmls, see for example the assets/structures/build_trees/struct_bt_alb_fuelstation.xml

that alone shows how moddable this game is.

Killjaeden · Post by **Killjaeden** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 10:02

Dark_Ansem wrote:that alone shows how moddable this game is.

No, it just shows that parts can be exchanged...

Kittens David · Post by **Kittens David** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 12:02

Dark_Ansem wrote:I was thinking about how complicated would it be to change ship appearance...

What kind of problems could we expect?

It should be around the same size, allow for upgrades and whatnot, as a start. what else do you think?

Before changing the ship look, you should first be able to see it through an external cam which the game DOESN'T have... So first is to ADD external camera....

tn_prvteye · Post by **tn_prvteye** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 21:55

Yeah, the only real aesthetic problem I have with the game is The Skunk...I hate the way it looks. And it's sitting right there every time I dock. So, maybe you'd just have to change THAT model instead. Does the game even render an external model of the Skunk in space?

WebWalker · Post by **WebWalker** » Tue, 19. Nov 13, 02:44

tn_prvteye wrote:Yeah, the only real aesthetic problem I have with the game is The Skunk...I hate the way it looks. And it's sitting right there every time I dock. So, maybe you'd just have to change THAT model instead. Does the game even render an external model of the Skunk in space?

Have you been in a drone yet?

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Change ship appearance - first ideaas

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