Pimp My Cobra competion opens.

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:29 pm

Dr. Nil wrote:
The Shield-Tail/Purple Haze are made from modded Cobra hulls. (They were finished a few days too late for the competition though + I realize that they could only ever be fillers at the bottom of the ranks of submitted entries )

TBH, Doc, the PMC comp. never really got judged to my knowledge, at least there was no official 'winner' (every OXPer is a winner in my eyes!) announced.

Captain Hesperus
"Cobras, Cobras everywhere. And every one a pirate!"

Dr. Nil · Post by **Dr. Nil** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:42 pm

Giles left just as it was about to end.

But looking at other Chopped Cobras they look like they were done by ppl who have an idea about modeling.

The Teretrurae were my second model ever (the first being the Happy Eye Preacher - a pyramid with an eight-sided cylinder attached).

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:46 pm

Dr. Nil wrote:
But looking at other Chopped Cobras they look like they were done by ppl who have an idea about modeling.

Never fear, your silly walruses shall be recorded for posterity. And a blackmail material for the future

Captain Hesperus
"Blackmail, the other good source of income after outright piratcy."

Dr. Nil · Post by **Dr. Nil** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:11 pm

I think it'll be hard to blackmail me - I'm not even shy about having made the Worker's Commuter - 'probably the worst ship in the world' to paraphrase a local brewery.

Wolfwood · Post by **Wolfwood** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:17 pm

Hmm... I also left soon before the Cobra competition was concluded... Would have been nice to have that promised Cobra Pack OXP...

severe · Post by **severe** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:31 am

ramon wrote:
I may have to reduce the texture size to 512x512 then if it's a graphics card issue.

I'm having trouble with both versions. As near as I can tell I'm just gettin the standard cobra, regardless of resolution - is this supposed to replace the standard Cobra MkIII or is it in addition?

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:36 am

Hi Severe and welcome to the board.

If you haven't already, try adding the DWcobra and see how that looks.

severe · Post by **severe** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:56 am

TGHC wrote:
Hi Severe and welcome to the board..

Thanks!

If you haven't already, try adding the DWcobra and see how that looks.

I have - both versions. As far as I can tell it makes no difference. I certainly can't see the pilot or any of the 'stick up & can be blown off' bits.

FWIW I haven't had any trouble with most of the other ships, including some of the detailed ones.

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:04 am

Hi, severe! First of all welcome to the boards and of course to this great game!

severe wrote:
ramon wrote:
I may have to reduce the texture size to 512x512 then if it's a graphics card issue.
I'm having trouble with both versions. As near as I can tell I'm just gettin the standard cobra, regardless of resolution - is this supposed to replace the standard Cobra MkIII or is it in addition?

All ships that came out of the "Pimp my Cobra"-competition are additions. You will see them every now and then as alternatives to the native Cobras, but not in huge numbers. So you may have to explore quite a number of the CobraIII's you're encountering until you meet a DWCobra (or any of the others). And you have to get very close to it to actually notice the texture differences. Features like the landing gear or the pilot become only visible if you have shot off the parts covering them. This means that (1) you have to get into a fight with the ship (which may harm your legal status) and (2) you have to aim very good in order to shoot off just the flaps, or engine parts, or the cockpit window, without blowing up the entire ship.

All of this is possible and doable. So just have a try, and probably see it as an aiming exercise.

*****

You may have noticed now that we are talking about NPC-ships here. None of the "Pimp my Cobra"- ships will replace your ship. If you are flying a standard CobraIII before installing let's say the DWCobra, then you will fly your standard CobraIII also after installing the OXP. You may, however, buy a DWCobra (or any of the other pimped-up ships) in your nearest shipyard, depending on its availability, of course. Must of the pimped-up ships, though, are of course considerably more expensive than the original one (well, what else would you expect?). So you will need a lot of money before you actually may get one.

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:22 am

Commander McLane wrote:
All of this is possible and doable. So just have a try, and probably see it as an aiming exercise.

Not to mention the fact that each sub-entity shot off earns you a 'kill' towards your Elite Rating

Captain Hesperus

severe · Post by **severe** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:20 am

OK, now I've gotten one to show up.

FWIW, the Hi-res textures work on a recent MacBook.

ramon · Post by **ramon** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:57 am

looks good doesn't it

severe · Post by **severe** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:45 am

ramon wrote:
looks good doesn't it

Yes, it does...

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