[Resource & progress]my ship showcase room(07/02/12)

[vkerinav]

I had a closeup look at your Paranid models in XRM, and I have to say that I like the design, with a small exception. It's quite noticeable where you've spliced two models together, where the double hulls of the M1+ models meet for example. I don't see this on the Argon or ATF models, so I imagine it has to do with the smoothness of Paranid designs.

I can sort of see the same issue on the Boron M1 you posted, where the fins meet the main body, and a few other places. It's just the sort of detail work that would have me tearing my hair out.

[Sn4kemaster]

Boron M3P, M3B

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almost made the M3P into a swift (the tail fin used to be much longer..)

Sweet

[expnobody]

I had a closeup look at your Paranid models in XRM, and I have to say that I like the design, with a small exception. It's quite noticeable where you've spliced two models together, where the double hulls of the M1+ models meet for example. I don't see this on the Argon or ATF models, so I imagine it has to do with the smoothness of Paranid designs.

I can sort of see the same issue on the Boron M1 you posted, where the fins meet the main body, and a few other places. It's just the sort of detail work that would have me tearing my hair out.

i don't get what you mean, screen shots?

[vkerinav]

Here's one, of the front side, just above the launch ports. You can see how the textures don't line up, and the line itself is wavy. I'm not sure what can be done, aside from covering it with some sort of border.

This I ran across while trying to find what I was thinking about before. It's on the foot(or whatever it's called).

[expnobody]

Here's one, of the front side, just above the launch ports. You can see how the textures don't line up, and the line itself is wavy. I'm not sure what can be done, aside from covering it with some sort of border.

This I ran across while trying to find what I was thinking about before. It's on the foot(or whatever it's called).

i think i can fix the first one. the second one i will take a look

[Sn4kemaster]

Hi expnobody, i have a possible idea......have you ever thought about doing the Xenon Mothership!

ie THE Xenon Mothership, a one off, a single CPU ship that all the other Xenon ships in the galaxy get their orders from? im thinking something huge with more firepower than a Z but can also carry massive amounts of fighter drones!

Possible base starting point is the #deca ship, with that huge red disc, but maybe make it more sphere like with lots of spikes etc and bits from Z's, J's and K's etc or anything else that takes your fancy.......anyway it should be all black with sinister red lights and just drip evil and lurk in some far away Xenon sector in XRM !

Anyway something to ponder over christmas......and Paul would have to give the go ahead on it anyway if it was to go into XRM!

[Nemesis_87]

So basicaly a current Xenon station but armed to the teeth?

[Sn4kemaster]

One that can move as well.....

Just some possible ultimate foe for the player to fight.....something truly the stuff of nightmares to go up against, anyway its just an idea, and if Paul don't like it, it ain't gonna happen anyway in XRM lol.

Hell it could even have a small script on it, so it rebuilt its hull points quickly as it got damaged in battle....think Borg lol!

Anyway just a passing thought!

[Nemesis_87]

I like the idea but its trickier than ppl would think, when u make something really really big guns in x3 have there limits, so there will be huge blind spots. Prob the best thing instead would be more styled like a xenon LOWP. Dont move and is located in xenon sectors but is extremely deadly in combat

[Sn4kemaster]

I like the idea but its trickier than ppl would think, when u make something really really big guns in x3 have there limits, so there will be huge blind spots. Prob the best thing instead would be more styled like a xenon LOWP. Dont move and is located in xenon sectors but is extremely deadly in combat

Im thinking Valhalla size, well maybe a tad bigger, but slow moving.....as the max theoretical weapon load out for any ship could only be 12/12/12/12/12/12 anyway, with....oh i don't know, say 60 fighters or something!

[expnobody]

use script to hack it to 32/32/32/32/32/32? arm with kaah lase all round? that would be a good challenge.

[Nemesis_87]

well the thing is, thingsl ike a LOWP can be different, Seeing the LOWP in XRM it has seperate wep slots for the same side Right 10x +another right 10x guns and same with the other sections

[garrry34]

as for the blind spots have you ever looked at the goldheart carrier, it employs a technique where it puts the turret on a moving part of the hull, certainly takes care of the coverage problem...

[expnobody]

as for the blind spots have you ever looked at the goldheart carrier, it employs a technique where it puts the turret on a moving part of the hull, certainly takes care of the coverage problem...

uh, a turret's position cant be move along with a moving component of the hull.

[garrry34]

thats what I mean, he had placed the turret on top of a moving part of the hull, quite awesome really...serious it does work I have the ship patched in with XRM...

[paulwheeler]

Hi expnobody, i have a possible idea......have you ever thought about doing the Xenon Mothership!

ie THE Xenon Mothership, a one off, a single CPU ship that all the other Xenon ships in the galaxy get their orders from? im thinking something huge with more firepower than a Z but can also carry massive amounts of fighter drones!

Possible base starting point is the #deca ship, with that huge red disc, but maybe make it more sphere like with lots of spikes etc and bits from Z's, J's and K's etc or anything else that takes your fancy.......anyway it should be all black with sinister red lights and just drip evil and lurk in some far away Xenon sector in XRM !

Anyway something to ponder over christmas......and Paul would have to give the go ahead on it anyway if it was to go into XRM!

You mean exactly like the Deca... It is the CPU ship.


... I probably should stick one in the core xenon sectors. What was the name of the second CPU ship? Can't remember off the top of my head...


Oh and there is a hard limit of six turrets with twelve guns on each, plus the front main guns. This is not theoretical and can't be increased.

[expnobody]

Oh and there is a hard limit of six turrets with twelve guns on each, plus the front main guns. This is not theoretical and can't be increased.

not really, you can have 12 entries in Tship, (each entry is a turret, each turret can have as many barrels (i tried 32, and it worked for 1 turret) as you want.

[garrry34]

the 12 limit thing is an in game limitation, you can only manually add guns for 12 barrels but if you have a turret script installed with weapon switch it fills all the slots, so I'm lead to believe, I'll test it later for sh*ts and giggles...

[paulwheeler]

Are you certain they all fired? It can be difficult to tell as the energy levels for all 32 would still drop even if only 12 actually fired. I'm pretty sure it's common knowledge that there is a hard limit of 12 gun parts per cockpit entry...

If it were the case you could have more than 12, I'd have expected loads of mods to do it, but I've never seen a ship mod with any more than 12 - not even mods with quad turrets like cadius'.

[expnobody]

the 12 limit thing is an in game limitation, you can only manually add guns for 12 barrels but if you have a turret script installed with weapon switch it fills all the slots, so I'm lead to believe, I'll test it later for sh*ts and giggles...

yes, since it's a non-player pilot-able ship, so using script to install guns is not a big deal.