Amen Brick's Shipyard Dev Thread.

[Amen Brick]

Lol, I call it a dev thread because at some point in the next few days I'm probably (definitely) be going to be shouting "Y...elp!" at you.

Now that I am temporarily free of the Megaship shackles I can concentrate on the Shipyard, my first station.



I've also done a drone, but I'll show that when I'm happy with it. I Will also be modelling some ships in various stages of completion.

I had to simplify the model because it had too many vertices, so I made all the faces for the docks disappear, allowing me to create docking spaces of different sizes, which was handy.

What I need to do:

Finish models
add a dock
learn how to position a station in the system without clashing or replacing existing station and about the coordinates.

I need to learn how to make unfinished models not move near it. (though simply renaming it and making it scanclass boulder, might do? Or make them random frangibles?)

[Amen Brick]

I just had a thought. Anyone want to send me the wings model of their original meshes so I can 'dismantle them' or do the dismantling yourself and send me the results?

[Lestradae]

Right on Commander!

[TGHC]

Is that the docking bay down south?

[Amen Brick]

The docking bay is to the left of the letter "C" its the only square point on t he figure that's feasible. Maybe if I go madly ambitious I'll try to model a non square dock for the south bit.

Edit: I think I understand. That south effect is a texture, there is no dock on it at the moment.

[Amen Brick]

Where did i see some instructions on how to put a dock on a station? Cant find it.

I think I remember you had to center your dockmodel onto your suitable hole in stationmodel and put the dockai on it?

Is that it, or do I need more?

[Amen Brick]

Couple of work drones that will hover about the station occasionally (scavengerAI).

Servitor



Drone



I'll probably do one more with different 'tools'.

Jetcycle Courier (shuttleAI)



Not quite ready. This is a very small model 2.5m high or so and was a sort of pet project to see if I could model a rider model at such low poly numbers.

I've also done the dock box but need to now the dimensions of the Dock model before I can finish up. Any one know?

[DaddyHoggy]

I adore the Jet cycle courier - and good for you for generating a human recognisable form with so few polys!

[FSOneblin]

You are a vary good oxper, Brick. I just downloaded the 2 oxps, and can't wait for pirate clan 2.

Don't Panic: FSOneblin

[Selezen]

I think that's the first actual person to be seen in Oolite!

Well done, AB!

[TGHC]

Does Griff's Santa count?

[Commander McLane]

Or the pilot in the DW-Cobra after you've shot out the window?

*****

On a different note: I don't want to accuse anybody of speciesism , but what about the first actual lobstoid to be seen in Oolite?

[TGHC]

Your Ad here for non humanoids.

[Amen Brick]

Ok, got all my models finished and textured. Just a small problem with the dock location to fix. I think its just a negative cordinate in the wrong place, but we'll see.

Going to aim for one per galaxy.

[Frame]

Regarding the "jet-cycle", while i love the model... i´m amazed you would be able to fit some sort of sheild device to protect him from the hazards of re-entering the athmosphere.

Also that the Cycle would have enough power to overcome the gravitational pull of a planet.

while for doing EVAs or shuttle Documents or trumbles.. in space it would make sense...

But not as a shuttle that is starting of on a planet. and landing on a planet...

It would imo require a new AI... that make it go back and forth between ships and stations and should only be found in the vicinity of stations...

possibly it should have a script