You Wanted Me to Do This

[FahreS]

I was never sure if i ever do an armada 2 version, but it looks like i will.
Now your question might be, "an a2 version of what? "

well if you think that you know the answer, open the spoilers to see the images

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Yeah, right! its the Armistice Class, which ive done for Legacy. It still has some more polys than the most ships for armada 2. But it should work fine in armada 2, as long as you dont need fleets of this ship

I have to fix some errors now and i have to add the deleted 3d details to the textures, but then itll be ready to launch!

 

[Terra_Inc]

Wooow!
Good to see you're working on an A2 version.

 

[SciFiFan]

I don't even have to open the windows and I bet I know.

 

[CrazyFrog1903]

That is a nice looking ship.....But I do enjoy building large fleets.....

 

[Dan1025]

Glad to see you're doing an A2 version of this beauty, looking forward to downloading it

 

[Majestic]

That's great I'd love a A2 version for my fleet.

 

[thunderfoot]

OMG! OMG! OMG! He's really doing it! I cannot wait to d/l this! OMG! OMG! OMG! I am so very happy this will be available as an A2 ship! I have the Legacy version and it is 'teh AWEsum'!
*wanders off singly loudly and badly off key while cavorting wildly around South Mississippi.*

 

[Adm_Z]

This will be one of the first, really new star trek ships for a2 in a long while.

I can't wait

 

[Jetfreak]

Sweet, I might even make some tweaks on the textures when it finally comes out, with permission of course...

 

[FahreS]

Wooow!
Good to see you're working on an A2 version.

I don't even have to open the windows and I bet I know.

Glad to see you're doing an A2 version of this beauty, looking forward to downloading it

That's great I'd love a A2 version for my fleet.

Thank you guys! Havent expected that so many people want this

That is a nice looking ship.....But I do enjoy building large fleets.....

Well try and see, maybe your machine is good enough?

OMG! OMG! OMG! He's really doing it! I cannot wait to d/l this! OMG! OMG! OMG! I am so very happy this will be available as an A2 ship! I have the Legacy version and it is 'teh AWEsum'!
*wanders off singly loudly and badly off key while cavorting wildly around South Mississippi.*

This will be one of the first, really new star trek ships for a2 in a long while.

I can't wait

Oh man when thats right, it is definitely time.

Sweet, I might even make some tweaks on the textures when it finally comes out, with permission of course...

lol, you should wait until its finished. Then you can ask again



Here is a lil' update, the top side is close to be finished. but ive noticed that there are lots of things to repair on the bottom side.

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[Majestic]

Beautiful, she looking great. What poly count is she and what are you aiming for? Just curious.

 

[Adm_Z]

some where around 300mil right?

 

[Jetfreak]

Yeah, and 2048 res textures

Still looking forward on tweaking those hull textures. I already have some ideas on how to remove the teal panelling to match the rest of my fleet. And the registry font too.

 

[Adm_Z]

that would be such a cool ship

Would stop average machines dead though

 

[FahreS]

Beautiful, she looking great. What poly count is she and what are you aiming for? Just curious.

hehe what an unimportant question ^^
well ok, i had it under 5k, but its bottom side was beyond remedy.
So it does stand now at 5247 Polys, which is also the poly count of the final version.
Ill try to use some lods, because it seems like most people like lods xD
Not sure yet how many polys i can kill with the lods though.

some where around 300mil right?

lol

Yeah, and 2048 res textures

No, 4096x2048
Of course thats not the final size xD

Still looking forward on tweaking those hull textures. I already have some ideas on how to remove the teal panelling to match the rest of my fleet. And the registry font too.

Thats a futuristic federation ship, so it has to look different. It shoudlnt fit to your old fleet...

that would be such a cool ship

Would stop average machines dead though

Thank you. But average machines should be able to show some of these.

 

[Majestic]

If you don't mind Fahres, after you release yours I may look into doing a total rebuild and try to get it down closer to the 2000 poly mark if that's even possible.

 

[FahreS]

If you don't mind Fahres, after you release yours I may look into doing a total rebuild and try to get it down closer to the 2000 poly mark if that's even possible.

Yeah, you can try it, i think this attachment is all that you need.

 

[Majestic]

Thanks Fahres, they would really help.

 

[Jetfreak]

Thats a futuristic federation ship, so it has to look different. It shoudlnt fit to your old fleet...

lol fair enough. I'll still make the edits though...

 

[FahreS]

Finally I have some first ingame impressions. Still some things to do though...

What do you think of the idea to submit 2048x1024 pixel textures with this mod for screenshots? The model wont use them until you rename the files.

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[Dan1025]

Wow she's really coming along, looking great FahreS, can't wait to download this one!

 

[Majestic]

Beautiful Fahres, however I suggest square textures as I heard somewhere the game copes with it better or something.

It's a reason why I only use 512x512 or 1024x1024.

 

[FahreS]

Wow she's really coming along, looking great FahreS, can't wait to download this one!

Thanks!

Beautiful Fahres, however I suggest square textures as I heard somewhere the game copes with it better or something.

It's a reason why I only use 512x512 or 1024x1024.

mhhhhhh, well, ive used 2:1 textures for my concorde in A2, for my B777 in A2 and in Legacy and now for this ship in A2 and Legacy. And i discovered no problems and nobody did complain about problems.


Here are some more updates!!!
Both ships with lods, lights and hardpoints! still missing: borg textures and damage textures.
But do they need damage textures? are damage textures worth increasing the poly count?!

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[Borg_Queen]

Thanks!


mhhhhhh, well, ive used 2:1 textures for my concorde in A2, for my B777 in A2 and in Legacy and now for this ship in A2 and Legacy. And i discovered no problems and nobody did complain about problems.


Here are some more updates!!!
Both ships with lods, lights and hardpoints! still missing: borg textures and damage textures.
But do they need damage textures? are damage textures worth increasing the poly count?!

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Nice pictures, and yes, they do need damage textures. No ships are invulnerable, and it would look odd that a ship with no damage textures blows up (unless they have initiated self destruct).

 

[Terra_Inc]

Nice pictures, and yes, they do need damage textures. No ships are invulnerable, and it would look odd that a ship with no damage textures blows up (unless they have initiated self destruct).

Damage textures... many units don't have them. Remember the earlier days of A2 modding? Low-quality damage textures simply don't look good, and in those times most of them were low-quality. Today we have high-quality stuff, and high-quality damage textures can really increase the overall quality. Not many people can make good ones, though. I'd put them together with borg textures into the list of uncommon mod features.

 

[FahreS]

okeh guys, you convinced me

here we have damage textures, but poly saving damage textures that dont cover the whole ship.

For the Yacht:

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For the Armistice Class:

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And also new: the Armistice Class without Yacht!

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[Majestic]

Beautiful work Fahres. I love how they look with that damage.

 

[Dan1025]

Some very good looking damage textures there FahreS, and the empty dock for the yacht is a really nice touch

 

[Terra_Inc]

Wow, looks excellent!

 

[thunderfoot]

I am really liking this at lot. But then I am seriously biased when it comes to things made by FahreS. I am uncertain but I believe the correct name for the small craft which we've been referring to as the yacht is the "Captain's Gig".