Skin Editor for Ships in X2 & X-Online

Tiberian Commander · Post by **Tiberian Commander** » Sat, 11. Jan 03, 02:10

I think there should be a skin-Editor for ships in X2 & X-online

To be able to have your own custom ships, will make you stand out or if you want, to be able to hide like camouflage

What do you THINK? If you think this is a good idea please rate it for me

crunn · Post by **crunn** » Sat, 11. Jan 03, 02:40

We had this conversation 3 days ago, but it is a god one.

http://www.egosoft.com/x2/forum/viewtop ... highlight=

I vote yes, though online probably couldn't handle so many variants.
And I'd probably just end up flying fleets of Whitestars and ShadowShips, I'm sure there would be plenty of X-Wings and Defiants out there too.
Who knows what kind of copyright laws that would break.

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Sat, 11. Jan 03, 20:29

Crunn, you're mixing ship models with SKINS. Personally, I wouldn't mind flying a Vasudan-design (or even Shivan-design!) ship, with their typical color. Or a Pirahna with hotrod-style flames on the hood

crunn · Post by **crunn** » Sat, 11. Jan 03, 21:00

Ahhhh, I see.

Though the Boron Eel is a similarish shape to the WhiteStar, and
Piranha - Defiant
Raptor - EnterpriseD
Argon1 - Voyager
Mamba - Bird of Prey
Elite - Bird of Prey
Falcon - Cylon
XenM - Cylon
Bayamon - StarFury
Bayamon - X-Wing ish
Mandalay - Minbari Flyer
Xen M1 - Galactica
etc.

So surely a Voyager shaped/coloured skin could be put in place of the Argon1 skin to give the appropriate look without requiring any complex graphical/clipping coding ??

Obviously the clipping will no longer be exact, but being able to fly your favourite ship will more than make up for the small inconsistencies.

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Sat, 11. Jan 03, 21:18

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Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Sat, 11. Jan 03, 21:21

crunn wrote:Ahhhh, I see.
So surely a Voyager shaped/coloured skin could be put in place of the Argon1 skin to give the appropriate look without requiring any complex graphical/clipping coding ??

Err, not really, you'd basically make a skin that would be applied to the original model. No matter how good the skin, the ship WILL have the same shape, although you COULD reskin the Mamba to look like a Klingon D7 since they look almost the same.

Cube[BS] · Post by **Cube[BS]** » Sat, 11. Jan 03, 21:36

i think it is a good idea beacause you can build two years on a ship for xol

Gandalf The White · Post by **Gandalf The White** » Sat, 11. Jan 03, 21:52

Hmmm. What ships would I like to fly?

Enterprise, the origional, D and E
The new Promethious ship from voyager with all the trimmings.

The Galactica
The V Mother ship
Emperial Super Star Destroyers

For a home Base, the Death Star with Borg Spheres as defence ships.

I like fire power!!!

Cube[BS] · Post by **Cube[BS]** » Sat, 11. Jan 03, 22:40

no i would build an own creation

Tiberian Commander · Post by **Tiberian Commander** » Sun, 12. Jan 03, 04:38

I like the ships in freespace 2

ships are steady when going from a to b.

you can fly next to it in the grooves of the ship so others dont know your there, a good hiding place as well.

I also like the attack cannons on the demon ships i think thats the name

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Sun, 12. Jan 03, 11:38

Tiberian commander wrote:I like the ships in freespace 2

ships are steady when going from a to b.

you can fly next to it in the grooves of the ship so others dont know your there, a good hiding place as well.

I also like the attack cannons on the demon ships i think thats the name

You probably mean either the SD Demon or the SJ Sathanas.

As for the FS2 ships, AGAIN you'd have to remodel the objects to make all the textures fit and recreate collision detection.

N.aqil1 · Post by **N.aqil1** » Sun, 12. Jan 03, 12:36

It would be pretty great to design the colours of ships nice and smoothly of your choice.....i think egosoft is still trying to decide about that.

It would also be worth paying for the colour of your choice on your ships like those spray garages in GTA3.

Tiberian Commander · Post by **Tiberian Commander** » Sun, 12. Jan 03, 13:06

StEaLtH - SD Demon or the SJ Sathanas - yes there the one's and in that game you make your own missions.

N.aqil1 - you mean like a designer fab station that you can dock with, and the mod comes up and you put your colour design on it.

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Mon, 13. Jan 03, 00:10

Tiberian commander wrote:StEaLtH - SD Demon or the SJ Sathanas - yes there the one's and in that game you make your own missions.

N.aqil1 - you mean like a designer fab station that you can dock with, and the mod comes up and you put your colour design on it.

Well, FRED2 IS the mother of all misison/campaign editors. It's also easily customizable so if you have a custom ship installed, it will automatically enable it for use.

Tiberian Commander · Post by **Tiberian Commander** » Sat, 8. Feb 03, 06:35

i like it