SciFiFan's WIP's

[Majestic]

The fix has been uploaded to the site.

 

[SciFiFan]

There is a Starship in Legacy that I like. It is listed as a ENT era scout but, it looks more like a TMP era ship. I am working on it to be a TMP era assault ship.

Spoiler: Strider Class, USS Aragorn

 

[Majestic]

That's the one with Oberth like nacelles isn't it?

I always felt it should've been a TMP era design as well. The designers of Legacy really weren't all that imaginative, only the Yorktown and Poseidon being the two nice UFP designs. They even called the Akula the Apollo among other stuff.

However I must say that re-make of yours is beautiful, did you make the textures yourself or did you use the stock Legacy textures?

Either way I am going to follow this with great interest.

 

[SciFiFan]

It is the one with the Oberth nacelles. I like that design would like to see them used more often. I did indeed use the stock legacy textures. I am not that good...lol.

 

[Majestic]

Well I still think you'll do a great job with her, you never know I might request that she be included in YY, obviously re-textured to match the other models.

It's great see others tackling TMP era ships.

 

[Jetfreak]

I definitely like where this going man, and if its a rebuild, then less worries about being high poly and all.

PS
I've managed to compile some textures for the Kelvin fleet that you requested. I'll send them to you ASAP.

 

[Adm_Z]

Lol, I missed the title and was gonna say that it looks like the LGY Strider class. Guess I was right.

 

[Chiletrek]

Hello:
I don't know the design, so I look forward to see it completed. But those entries at each side of the Saucer section looks like a reminiscent of the Ent-Era, which is not bad, it is very good as you can imagine the evolution of designs as time goes.
Keep it up!.

 

[SciFiFan]

The model is done. Just need to convert the textures to TGA and do up the extras.

Built at the Utopia Shipyards from 2283 to 2338, The Strider Class was designed with a multitude of roles in mind. Primarily used for fleet support and small resupply missions, it was not intended for deep space missions without an accompanying cruiser. In times of conflict, the Strider was also used to ferry Marines to planets needing their services. The Marines were also used to board and subdue (if possible) or destroy (if necessary) enemy vessels.

Spoiler: Strider Class

 

[Majestic]

Wow, that's a beautiful ship there mate. Very nicely done.

 

[SciFiFan]

Wow, that's a beautiful ship there mate. Very nicely done.

Thank you. I actually used the texture as a template for the model. The final poly count is.........

Spoiler: For dramatic effect.

1022

 

[StarBlade]

I have been waiting for someone to make this ship available for A2 for a while. Thank you for fulfilling one of my "want!" list checkboxes.

 

[thunderfoot]

She is indeed beautiful! Can't want to see how she looks ingame.

 

[Majestic]

Well it worked over very well, and that poly count is excellent, no one will have a problem with that.

 

[Jetfreak]

Sweet design, I finally have a suitable model for my TMP-era assault ship.

 

[Amateur]

Love it! Quite possibly my favourite design from Legacy.

You've done a brilliant job on her. Superb poly usage as well - nice low count makes for happy spamming

 

[SciFiFan]

Thank you all. I have the textures converted to .tga so all that is left is doing the joints and all the game files. Hopefully it will be ready by the end of the week.

 

[SciFiFan]

I have some odf tweaking to do but, here she is in game.

Spoiler: Strider Class In Orbit

One question. I converted the stock Legacy textures from DDS to TGA, will I be able to release?

 

[Majestic]

I have some odf tweaking to do but, here she is in game.

Spoiler: Strider Class In Orbit

One question. I converted the stock Legacy textures from DDS to TGA, will I be able to release?

As long as you credit MadDoc for the original creation then yes.

She is looking good in game too.

 

[SciFiFan]

Alright everyone. I apologize for the delay. The Strider Class has been submitted to both here and A2Files. I hope you all enjoy it.

Majestic, If you would like to use it in your project, I can send you the MS3D file so that you may make any hardpoint adjustments you like. Yes, this is your official permission (if you like).

 

[Majestic]

I have uploaded it to the site, as for using it, I'll get back to you when I start work on YY again. You'll probably hear from me as it's an outstanding ship.

 

[thunderfoot]

What a beautiful piece of work! Just d/l'd this and all I can say is, 'WOW!!'

 

[SciFiFan]

Thank you both.

 

[FahreS]

good work there!
Do you have any in game close ups, or closer ups ?

 

[SciFiFan]

I tried to get closer but, that is as close as I could get. I tried to scale the sod up but it crashed the game. I'll try again later.

 

[Starfox1701]

Whats the current scale?

 

[SciFiFan]

Whats the current scale?

If you look at the odf, there is not a scale set. I tried the following.

scaleSod = 1.00

NOTE: this is from memory so the wording may actually be different (copied coding from another odf) but the value is what I tried. It caused the game to crash when the ship was built. I left the coding in the odf, I just made the game ignore it.

 

[Starfox1701]

Thar shouldn't cause a crash ever. Make sure you didn't accidently cut off a letter of or other punctuation mark.

 

[FahreS]

I tried to get closer but, that is as close as I could get. I tried to scale the sod up but it crashed the game. I'll try again later.

Oh strange, very strange

You could also move your camera closer with the arrow keys

 

[SciFiFan]

Oh strange, very strange

You could also move your camera closer with the arrow keys

I did that but then I have that ugly pink triangle. I am gonna have to get rid of that thing.