Hi all, quick question: Does anybody here know if there exist deck plans for Elite ships? (most notably, of course, the Cobra MK3)
I have been browsing around for pictures, especially in fcw-format (for campaign cartographer), but so far, found nothing.
(Reason for asking: I "need" a deck plan for a little game I am planning to make- just a 2d top-down shoot/beat 'em up with trumbles running rampant, but if possible I would like the ship to look somewhat canonical )
i think Jannah Berihn did a lot of work on this and she posted about it all the time on the ebbs. Do a search there and you should find something.
Never heard of that name... but I wonder why, now- pictures like these make me happy, this is precisely what I was looking for http://www.dream-ware.net/berihn/ships.php
Years ago, to teach myself a 3D CAD program, I did a complete 3D model of a Viper with all the internals, engines, internal missile racks, lasers, etc. I started with the basic hull, because it was easy to do, and moved on to more complex things as I worked through the program's tutorials and learned more commands.
Every now and then I start on another one just to play around with it to keep in practice with 3D modeling software - but I rarely get much further than building a hull and some decks.
One big question I always run into though, is the accepted units of measure in feet or meters? If it's feet, some of the ships are quite small, if it's meters, then even a basic Cobra is a very big piece of equipment.
I've started playing around with a chopped Mamba that I was going to make an OXP of - actually I have several variants, I was going to make them various retired racers that have been snatched up and pressed into service as escorts, but recent OXP ships (**cough Griff's stuff cough**) has made me think that my skills are far below par and the learning curve too steep.
Maybe I'll just finish one up as a virtual tour through an Oolite ship...
I think metres is the agreed unit and yes the Cobby3 is a very large ship, but if you think it can have a huge amount of extra equipment fitted mostly internally - 3 extra missile mounts, extended cargo bay, ECM, Extra energy unit, even a cloaking device - it's pretty nippy and has enough space for two crew to live comfortably for long periods of time - and let's face it B&B designed it to be the ship everybody who played started with - they wanted to make it "grand" and who can blame them for that!
Do you still have any of your CAD models - they'd be nice to see!
i think Jannah Berihn did a lot of work on this and she posted about it all the time on the ebbs. Do a search there and you should find something.
Never heard of that name... but I wonder why, now- pictures like these make me happy, this is precisely what I was looking for http://www.dream-ware.net/berihn/ships.php
The Cobra3-section shows, by the way, that any big 'windows' on the ship are fake.
The Cobra3-section shows, by the way, that any big 'windows' on the ship are fake.
Oh well, I'll probably not be able to show windows anyway.
Although I like how the Acorn- and Berihn- versions contradict each other. Gives me a lot of freedom to, in the words of the Great Prophet, "set the record straight or at least, firmly crooked"
Hi, its been a while since I posted, Jannah Berihn (aka Jannah Reich in Second Life) and I wish to point out that high-rez images of the Cobra MK III do exist and that I am declaring them public domain as long as I am credited with their illustration in any usage. They can be found at:
Note: Hosted on a friends DeviantART page. Well, thats it, no legal issues now. Heh! So, knock yourself out. I will continue to operate an Intellectual Rights blanket on the images, but thats it. Enjoy!
You stopped one click too soon DH.. those are the thumbnails.. actual size is 3057x2355
Most games have some sort of paddling-pool-and-water-wings beginning to ease you in: Oolite takes the rather more Darwinian approach of heaving you straight into the ocean, often with a brick or two in your pockets for luck. ~ Disembodied
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