Ultimate Ship Size Comparison: SIDE/FRONT/TOP views!! [updated 08/09/09]

[someone else]

Italian version here

Have you ever wondered on how big your Capital ship is?
Have you ever discussed for weeks what was the biggest/cooles/meanest ship in game?
Have you ever searched the forums for a good ship size comparison? (with awful results...)
Have you ever been annoyed by the utter lack of a 3 Views ship size Comparison?

You have found the right thread, my friend!

Here you will see ALL ships from M7 to M0 compared to see yourself how big/cool/mean they are!
JUMP GATES included!!!!!!!!!!!!

With a stick that is "1 Km long" in scale, to show the real dimensions of the ships. Now you can compare all your favourite ships to whatever you see.

Ingredients: X Models 3D Viewer, Microsoft paint, Gmax, PC's calculator, a ruler, lots of free time.

Alternative download links:

--------FRONT view
-----SIDE view
---TOP view
-SIDE view with text (by XanII)

Outdated links:
--------FRONT view
-----SIDE view
---TOP view
-download the images + key here

If you want to see the in-game stats of these ships you can go here--->LINK

Key to the images:

Argon Ships
1. Titan M2
2. Colossus M1
3. Mammoth TL
4. Cerberus M7
5. Minotaur M7M
6. Griffon M7

OTAS Ships
7. Boreas M2
8. Aquilo/Sirokos M7M

Boron Ships
9. Ray M2
10. Shark M1
11. Orca TL
12. Thresher M7
13. Kraken M7M

Split Ships
14. Pyton M2
15. Raptor M1
16. Elephant TL
17. Panther M7
18. Tiger M7
19. Cobra M7M

Paranid Ships
20. Odisseus M2
21. Zeus M1
22. Hercules TL
23. Ares M7M
24. Deimos M7
25. Agamennon M7

Teladi Ships
26. Phoenix M2
27. Condor M1
28. Albatross TL
29. Shrike M7
30. Gannet M7M

Xenon Ships
31. K M2
32. J M1
33. Q M7

Pirate Ships
34. Brigandine
35. Galleon
36. Carrack

Yaki Ships
37. Akuma M2
38. Hoshi M1
39. Ryu TL
2. Shuri M1
5. Senshi M7M
4. Akurei M7
24. Kariudo M7

Terran Ships
40. #Deca CPU ship
41. Osaka M2
42. Tokio M1
43. Mobile Mining Base Ship TL
44. Atmosferic Lifter TL
45. Yokohama

ATF Ships
46. Valhalla M0
47. Odin M1
48. Woden M1
49. Tyr M2
50. Aegir M7
51. Skirnir M7M

Kha'ak Ships
52. Destroyer
53. Carrier

Goner Ships
54. Ozias
55. Aran


To all modders and players with modded games... if you want your new ships to be included just ask!

Feel free to post any comments/questions!
Or only to say OMG how BIG is the Thresher.

Big thanks to Bertone for indicating the program to do this.


Edit [15th August 2016]: Added alternative download links. X2-Illuminatus

[Chealec]

Hehhe "HOW big is the Thresher"...

Groovy - although the worrying thing is I was able to instantly recognise the Q because the of the sheer number of times I've seen those damned things heading straight at me


... actually these do show up something else. The Boreas really was supposed to be a light destroyer - it's tiny!

[Lord Kellmar]

How large is a Pineapple ?

[delray]

I can name all those ships simply by looking at their front and without looking at the list. What does it say about me?

[someone else]

How large is a Pineapple ?

It is large enough.

Making a metric scale is meaningless (and too tricky for me).

What here means something is the relative scale.
(i.e. how big is the Tresher M7 compared to other M7, you'll see how big it is when I'll end the TOP view)

I can name all those ships simply by looking at their front and without looking at the list. What does it say about me?

It says that you have played a lot, like me!

But for the sake of easy reading and for the noobs I added the numbers! (well, can you distinguish form a Shrike and a Gannet without numbers?)

[MutantDwarf]

I'd really recommend changing the file type to almost anything besides bmp.

[someone else]

why? it is not a big file!

EDIT: you were right... the other two images were each around 8 megabytes...
Converted to PNG, now less than 4 megabytes all together!

[delray]

Actually I can tell the difference between Shrike and Gannet. I spent hours on F3 while my Shrike was busy clearing up Khaak sectors so I will recognize this slim profile everywhere. I still can't believe it's a Teladi design.

[Chealec]

I can name all those ships simply by looking at their front and without looking at the list. What does it say about me?

Hmm - you need to get out more?

If it wasn't for the fact it's going, vertically top to bottom, M2, M1, TL I'd not have known which was the Python, Raptor or Elephant - nor the Tokyo vs MMBS... and a couple of others.

Mind, I've never yet seen some of those ships in-game, like the Aran or Valhalla - never seen a Hive Queen either for that matter. Do they actually exist?

[someone else]

Mind, I've never yet seen some of those ships in-game, like the Aran or Valhalla - never seen a Hive Queen either for that matter. Do they actually exist?

yep! They are fully functional!

The Valhalla isn't anywhere in-game. But scripted in works fine (but is too big to use gates safely).

The Aran has a still active dedicated thread called "Goner Aran Capped!!!!!!!!!!!!!" somewhere.

The Hive Queen look like a Kha'ak carrier... (with lots of shields) not a lot of modeling effort! And can be found at the end of one plot.

[Chealec]

The Hive Queen look like a Kha'ak carrier... (with lots of shields) not a lot of modeling effort! And can be found at the end of one plot.

... heheh, in which case I've probably killed it without even realising it (or one of the wingmen I took along did) since I've completed every major plot, as far as I know, in my main game.

I can be fairly certain about which plot it's in - unless I've missed something, there's one obvious major candidate.

[archonic energy]

Jesus... HOW big is the Valhalla?!

how does it fit into Trans-orbital accelerators... or gates?

[shanrak]

Jesus... HOW big is the Valhalla?!

how does it fit into Trans-orbital accelerators... or gates?

it doesn't

The valhalla is not in the game, if it was, it'd crash the first time it tried to enter a gate.

[pjknibbs]

Still can't get over how small the Shrike is compared to the other M7s, considering its hangar bay and cargo capacity...

[silenced]

is it possible to make it bigger ? like 9000x7500 ?

[BDStyle]

I use the shrike specifically because of its small size and profile so I'd rather it wasn't enlarged

[delray]

Yeah, I agree about Shrike. Teladi got something right... at last.

[mr.WHO]

You wonder how the Shrike is so small.
I wonder how Phoenix is big comparing to other M2.

[someone else]

You wonder how the Shrike is so small. I wonder how Phoenix is big comparing to other M2.

In theory miniaturized components cost more than bigger and cruder components that have the same exact function.

But this does not explain why the Shrike is so small... Maybe they changed the "designers" team...

Or decided that to have an effective M2-killer was more cost-effective build a small and cheap Shrike with 4 gauss cannons than a BIG, clumsy and expensive Phoenix. (Profitsssssssss!)

is it possible to make it bigger ? like 9000x7500 ?

I did it this size because I wanted a comparison, not a wallpaper.
Having a wallpaper of it would be cool... mmh... it is a time consuming job, but not very difficult... you can do it too!

[delray]

Thanks for top view. I think this is the best way of comparing their size since it's usually the biggest profile ships have.

Now we can clearly see who has slim and dandy ships (Split) and who has fat ones (Boron).

We can also see how ugly Valhalla is. No wonder they hide it, they are just ashamed they use such a horrid ship as their home base.