Ship Mod Wish list

Mon May 26, 2003 7:44 pm by johnhawke

Well,

I originally opened this thread because I had no Idea how to make ships, and I wanted people who did to get some new ideas. Now that situation is changed. However, I'd like to see what people want nowadays, and also I'd like to share what I'm doing, so I thought I'd update this and see if people still want to post their ideas.

Here's what I'm working on:

Wing Commander 1 Fighters:

Hornet Light Fighter - Done, and Posted.
Salthi Mk.1 Light Fighter - Almost Done, needs Texture.
Scimitar Medium Fighter - Coming Up Next.
Dralthi Mk.1 Medium Fighter - Coming Soon.
Rapier Medium Fighter - Planned.
Krant Medium Fighter - Planned.
Raptor Heavy Fighter - Planned.
Gratha Heavy Fighter - Planned.
Jalthi Heavy Fighter - Planned.
Hriss Heavy Fighter - Planned.

Other Wing Commander Fighters also planned.

Maybe's:

Descent 3 Fighters
Star Wars Fighters (The ones that got skipped, or were poorly done.)

That's what I got so far. After I get done with Wing Commander 1 Fighters I may do some odd's and ends before I tackle Wing Commander 2. I'm thinking about doing the Pyro's from Descent. Any more Ideas?

Edited by - johnhawke on 11-10-2003 23:51:03

Mon May 26, 2003 9:00 pm by #Team-Pr0Jectil

I am not very schooled in space physics but since there's no kind of molecular obstacles in space, shouldn't all ships have the same top speed, no matter of size? What I can imagine is the break stretch that might be longer for heavier ships due to the extreme weight... On he other hand... Weight doesn't really matter in space does it?

BTW, I see myself as quite good at identifying Star Wars ships but I cannot remember what these three are;

Assault Gunboat
Cygnus Missle Boat
Lancer Frigate

Can anyone tell my what they are?

Edited by - #Team-Pr0Jectil on 26-05-2003 22:02:21

Mon May 26, 2003 10:53 pm by Ivresse

Here's my first wish list. It's based on the ships in that old space trading classic: Privateer.

The Tarsus: The basic freighter, with four weapon slots, a small-medium sized cargo hold and not much else really...

The Orion: A small heavy fighter with very large shields and armour, a decent cargo hold as well as a rear turret, although turns rather slowly and only has 3 weapon slots

The Galaxy: A massive frieghter with 4 weapon slots, and 2 turrets, one at the top, one at the bottom (though I think we could change this to four turrets for Freelancer, unless that's too much...), and a huge cargo capacity, but being a freighter is the slowest in maneuverability and is only slightly faster than a Tarsus.

The Centurion: Very Heavy Fighter that is very fast and very maneuverable (although big), has 6 weapon slots and a rear turret. Only weakness is that it is slightly under-armoured, as well as having limited cargo...

I also thought up another wish list as well. How about ships based on Blizzard's Starcraft? I doubt we could have Zerg units (although that would be very novel, and kudos to anyone who manages to attempt it), but surely the Terran and Protoss Units could have a go...

Light Fighters:

Wraith (Terran)
Scout (Protoss)
(Possibly) Interceptor (Those little ships manufactured in Protoss carriers)

Heavy Fighters:

Valkyrie (Terran)
Corsair (Protoss)

Frieghters:

Terran Dropship
Protoss Shuttle

Battleships:

Battlecruiser (Terran)
Protoss Carrier

What do you think?

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Tue May 27, 2003 1:56 am by johnhawke

hey great posting!

Starcraft is an excellent basis for new ship designs. Thx for your contribution Ivresse!

How about some ports from Starlancer too? More variety = more fun!

Tue May 27, 2003 4:00 pm by 666heretic

Why didnt anyone think of starcraft before? well all i have to say is that a Cosair,Wraith, and Scout mod would own like no one has owned before.

Anyway How about some mods where u can buy ships that normally dont have shields with shields. Like Transports,Nomad Ships,Heavy Lifters, etc....I'm tired of flying my Nomad FIghter or Battleship around in the Unknown system being blown to bits before i can shoot. And you need to give transports a chance ya know?

Heretic

Tue May 27, 2003 10:58 pm by parabolix

Maybe the T-16 Skyhopper from Star Wars would be cool

[http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/t16skyhopper/img/bts_bg.jpg
Hopefully that link works.....

What ship is this?
[http://www.hobbymodelismo.com/imgprod/amt30118.jpg
hopefully that link works too...
Thats the coolest ship ever!!!

I found these ships while fishing around online
[http://artships.com/ancient/svga_p_sm.jpg
[http://artships.com/ancient/ig2000_top.jpg
[http://artships.com/ancient/ig2000_back.jpg
[http://artships.com/ancient/narn.jpg

Those ships are made by other people not me, if you are going to model them, you may want want to get the designers permission*.

*=YEAH RIGHT!!!!

Tue May 27, 2003 11:00 pm by parabolix

Maybe it will work this time.. It looks like a dup, well it is but im trying to make the links work

Maybe the T-16 Skyhopper from Star Wars would be cool
[http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/t16skyhopper/img/bts_bg.jpg
Hopefully that link works.....

What ship is this?
[http://www.hobbymodelismo.com/imgprod/amt30118.jpg
hopefully that link works too...
Thats the coolest ship ever!!!

I found these ships while fishing around online
[http://artships.com/ancient/svga_p_sm.jpg
[http://artships.com/ancient/ig2000_top.jpg
[http://artships.com/ancient/ig2000_back.jpg
[http://artships.com/ancient/narn.jpg

Those ships are made by other people not me, if you are going to model them, you may want want to get the designers permission*.

*=YEAH RIGHT!!!!

Tue May 27, 2003 11:00 pm by parabolix

DAMN!!!!

Tue May 27, 2003 11:03 pm by parabolix

What about the VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross Plus... Is it possible to make ships transform??? Cuz that would be so cool!!!

Wed May 28, 2003 1:00 am by 666heretic

.......its called no.

Heretic

Wed May 28, 2003 1:37 am by wassup1444465

@ first poster:

im making a republic gunship, if that helps. just give me a few more weeks at most.

Wed May 28, 2003 3:41 am by holandez

Where is the Millenium Falcon?????????????

Wed May 28, 2003 6:20 am by nigmaxus

This is not a new ship ideal but something I would like to see. Maybe having an A.I. for the turrets. The way I see it is if you have a ship with turrets you either pilot the ship or man the turrets. If you are manning the turrets your going to die. So I think it would be nice to have either the ability to have A.I. turrents or fellow players to man them. Just an ideal did not know where else to post it.

Wed May 28, 2003 8:10 am by Sith Lord

i'll vote for replacing battleships to Star Destroyers, Calamari Cruisers, Minbari Cruisers, Earth Destroyers. Plus changing police and military faction model to the SW and B5 will be very cool. Just think of it u land on Star Destroyer and geting job from a StormTrooper

Wed May 28, 2003 5:12 pm by johnhawke

holandez,

You can get the millenium falcon in the B5 Shippack. Why is it in the B5 shippack? I haven't the slightest. It is though. It's in the download section.

Oh, how about these also:

Republic Crusier (the one that got blown up in the beginning of EP:1)
Amidala's Ship (Both of them. for EP:1 and EP:2)

btw, I'm excited about the Gunship.

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