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Drayzon

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Hey

Just another modder of A2 here seaching for a new site to call home after the death of a2 files sometime ago, as for my modding skills i mostly work on weapon effects and other random bits like that, i hail from the UK and im a fan of most of the sci fi shows/films iv seen so this looks to be a great place to hang out
 

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Welcome to MSFC Drayzon
 

CABAL

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Welcome to the site!
 

Rifraf

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Welcome aboard
 

Beta_1701

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Hey

Just another modder of A2 here seaching for a new site to call home after the death of a2 files sometime ago, as for my modding skills i mostly work on weapon effects and other random bits like that, i hail from the UK and im a fan of most of the sci fi shows/films iv seen so this looks to be a great place to hang out

Welcome! I'm new myself, but sounds like you're a lot more skilled than I am. I've just put together a little thalaron beam weapon, works pretty well. Everything is done except the beam part, might be a bit out the blue but I could do with some help on the beam texture?
 

Drayzon

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Yeah sure, what kind of style/era are you going for?
 

Beta_1701

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I've constructed the weapon to act as a beam that instantly kills the enemy crew, so we need a texture for that. (It's currently using the borg planetary assimilation weapon as a base)

Texture wise something like that:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rKyCV4XTwNE/maxresdefault.jpg

But I was also thinking is technically it could be fired as a wave too. So I was thinking of using the sensor jammer special weapon as a base and have it just kill crews of all ships around it acting like a super weapon. For the wave version I was thinking more like this:

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net...halaron.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140527173418

But obviously coming out from the ship rather than in front.

What do you think?
 

Drayzon

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Yep i got an idea on how to make it look good, just need to make the effects and test them, btw is this for a A2 or A2 fleetops build?

*i need to learn how to use the PM system*
 

Drayzon

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This is what i got so far, i would also like to move this chat over to my WIP Thread or something.

3917288.jpg
 

CABAL

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*i need to learn how to use the PM system*
Click on someone's username. That should give you a menu with some of their stats and a few links. Click the one that says 'Start a Conversation'. Alternatively, you can mouse over 'Inbox' at the top right of any page and click 'Start a New Conversation'.
 

Drayzon

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Click on someone's username. That should give you a menu with some of their stats and a few links. Click the one that says 'Start a Conversation'. Alternatively, you can mouse over 'Inbox' at the top right of any page and click 'Start a New Conversation'.

Strangely i don't have the option to, i might not have the access permission or something?
 

Beta_1701

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This is what i got so far, i would also like to move this chat over to my WIP Thread or something.

3917288.jpg

That's amazing! My plan was just for plain old A2. I'll get working on the wave odf when I get home today. I've got what I thought was a good button too, but looking at that I think you could do way better. I'll PM you the files if I can. Otherwise give me a link to the thread you want to move it to
 

CABAL

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Strangely i don't have the option to, i might not have the access permission or something?
I remember now. You'll have to wait for your status to be bumped up from New Member to Community Member.
 
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