Uncle Thunder's Side Projects Thread

[Majestic]

I just posted the ships for you guys, I wasn't too particular on whether they were TOS or TNS.

Majestic, me lieks those cylons. They are great!

You're welcome Terra.

 

[thunderfoot]

Starfox has something special he wants to share with all of you Rebel Scum! Prepare to surrender the next three minutes of your life, lol!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6MVlfmznzk

 

[Adm_Z]

Niccee. Great work guys!

 

[thunderfoot]

Just deleted the ISSDPromo video because I was informed by YouTube it was blocked in some countries due to the music content I used. Sorry, people.

 

[Starfox1701]

Let me get this straight they blocked it because you used star wars music to promote a star wars mod?

 

[thunderfoot]

Digital Rights Management at it's finest. Easier to pull the video than not. I should have known better. Sony Music is one of the more strident and ardent supporters of Digital Rights Management. Although one might imagine something which came out when I was in high school, nearly thirty years ago, should not have very much retail value left. Ah well, second time I've put my foot into it all the way to the thigh by messing about with Star Wars stuff. No good deed ever goes unpunished, eh?

 

[Starfox1701]

You know their should be some fair use disclamer you can post as their are literally hundreds of thousands of "Imperial March" vids on youtube.

 

[Dan1025]

Well no luck with the PM to the BSG mod team on ModDB, I'm really not sure they log in all that often (only to post updates every few months it seems). So I've re-sent the PM on their mods development forum.

Hopefully this'll get a response, I'll keep you updated

 

[EAS_Intrepid]

The ideas for such a BSG mod sound promising. I look forward to what you come up with.

And with Maj aboard, you also got an expert for refurbishing ships and making them look even more spectacular.

 

[Starfox1701]

Dan Major Paine was on that team. Talk to him about their stuff.

 

[thunderfoot]

Well, this isn't exactly a side project per se, but it is something I found interesting. As you know, I've never been a fan of the schematic style of wireframe. So I came up with a simpler style which I also made transparent. The transparent ones look good. They look even better with some type of border. If they do not have a border, then they look a little odd with the Stock GUIs. I haven't used a Stock GUI for anything in awhile, lol.

FahreS' CompactClear GUI mod is wonderful! I've adapted it for my own install and very highly recommend it to anyone who wants something far closer to the way Star Trek ought to look. But my transparent build buttons and wireframes detract slightly from the look, I feel. So I adjusted the code as follows:

From

@reference=64
@tmaterial=interface

To

@reference=64
@tmaterial=[COLOR="DarkOrange"]additive[/COLOR]

for the Build buttons.

And for the wireframes,
From

@reference=256
@tmaterial=interface

To

@reference=256
@tmaterial=[COLOR="DarkOrange"]additive[/COLOR]

I find I rather like it. I'll need to tweak the color for the background a little to see if I can get it slightly more transparent. But this should be an easy fix. These will be included in the BSG Half Race Mod ver2.0 kjc733 and I are working up

 

[Knight]

looks good to me mate