The almighty Vesuvias.

Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:36 am by Nephilim

Alright. She's coming along nicely, but it's meticulous work - I had to unweld & pull apart the entire ship to gain access to the landing deck, for instance.

Still, now that I've got this beast regrouped into more manageable chunks, it shouldn't be too much trouble to apply the textures.

Edit: oh, one more thing: would you happen to have higher resolution (512x512 or preferably 1024x1024) source files? I ask because Milkshape's texture editor automatically downsizes each image to 256x256, which means I often have to scale up to map a face accurately - blurs the edges of individual textures and makes it harder (sometimes nearly impossible) to identify them.

Edited by - Nephilim on 31-10-2003 23:43:45

Fri Oct 17, 2003 3:13 am by Plague

There are other sheets I ripped from WCP, but mainly for long distance viewing. I'll throw those in this new file along with some other materials I was messing with on a project before I started vesuvias. They may be usable.

Here.

Edited by - Plague on 17-10-2003 04:19:21

Sat Oct 18, 2003 12:29 am by Nephilim

Well, the fuselage's almost completed. Gotta do some minor detailing on the engine intakes/exhausts and the conning tower, but that's about it.

Edited by - Nephilim on 18-10-2003 01:29:24

Sun Oct 26, 2003 12:30 am by Nephilim

Finally got around to finishing this behemoth. I had to take a few artistic liberties here and there (due to the limited size of the source .tga's), but overall I'm quite pleased with the result.

Just let me know where to send it.

Edited by - Nephilim on 27-10-2003 11:42:58

Sun Oct 26, 2003 2:13 am by Plague

It looks beautiful.
Send it to [email protected]
I'll get that beast coded up.

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Edited by - Plague on 26-10-2003 02:17:21

Sun Oct 26, 2003 10:45 pm by blaXXer

now to my first and only question to this thread: when will it be released can't hardly wait to play it!!!

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Sun Oct 26, 2003 11:10 pm by Plague

Soon as the beast is coded. I already have the mat file setup.

Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:11 am by Nephilim

Thought I'd make a few shots to show how gargantuan this thing really is (don't mind the weird freefloating turrets, by the way):

Ok, so maybe I went a little overboard with the scale function, but who cares.

Edited by - Nephilim on 27-10-2003 11:41:30

Mon Oct 27, 2003 3:12 am by Plague

Actualy that's about the right size, and it looks like you're having a better time coding it then I.

Edited by - Plague on 27-10-2003 03:13:54

Mon Oct 27, 2003 11:42 am by Nephilim

Well, I'd be happy to help out. Anything in particular giving you a hard time?

Mon Oct 27, 2003 3:13 pm by Twycross448

Ohhhhhhh..... *yaw drops to the ground*
Man, that's what I call good work! It looks great. My respect, boys. That'S one big bad ****.

Right now, you seem to work the way to make it a flyable craft, I presume. Any chance of it being available as a dockable base aswell? *crosses fingers*

T448

Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:23 pm by Plague

It would make a decent dockable base wouldn't it. Fly in the front to enter, fly out the rear to exit.

As for problems, getting it to not crash to desktop while visiting the ship purchase dealer is priority right now.

Mon Oct 27, 2003 11:51 pm by Nephilim

Hmm. Verify that:

*market_ships.ini points to the right package nickname in goods.ini
*the package in goods.ini points to the right hull nickname
*the shiphull in goods.ini points to the right nickname in shiparch.ini
*you're not adding equipment to non-existent hardpoints
*shiparch.ini points to the right location for the ship's .cmp/.mat files (trust me, I've pulled out a lot of hairs over this one)

Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:11 am by Plague

Yeah, all of those seem to be right.

Actually originaly I had the wrong path for the cmp and mat files and it would load the ship dealer but crash if I tried taking off or visiting the armoury. When I fixed it, it crashes before it loads the ship dealer now. I'm thinking somthing is wrong with the model.

*update*
My mat file is bad.

*Update again*
Made a new mat file. Ship loads but is invisible but my god, all 25 turrets fireing at once wiped out a pirate band in a single volley.

*Update 3*
It looks funny flying upsidedown. It's got only one engine working, any idea how to fix that? All the examples I've been working off have no clues.

*Update 4*
It's working great now, except the engine problem still exists and what would be a good suggestable camera angle? I'm using a 800% resize off the original.

*Update 5*
Got the engine fixed and messing with camera angles. Currently using 5000% which fits nicely. Unless your trying to dock.

Edited by - Plague on 28-10-2003 08:02:32

Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:35 am by Nephilim

Yah, docking is slightly problematic to say the least. I've given it the ability to moor (can_use_large_moors) instead.

I also turned the two thruster hardpoints into engines, BTW. Twelve exhaust plumes just look better than ten, and besides, no ship this size would be equipped with them anyway.

Edited by - Nephilim on 28-10-2003 14:53:53

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