Liners OXP

[Smivs]

Mine (based on the ADCK battleship) are mostly ready, but just need a bit of tidying up. Three versions of the same liner, just different colour schemes and names. I'll try to get them finished ASAP. They come with custom Adder escorts.

[pagroove]

I made a trailer on Youtube for the Emerald:

View here:
http://youtu.be/sI04ZLqwaU0

[Gibbon]

That's slick. In fact it's slicker than a greased beaver sliding on ermine sheets. Excellent!

[Smivs]

Well done PAG, that is awesome.
(Smivs thinks his own contribution definitely needs to be worked on some more)

[DaddyHoggy]

Beautiful - a true sense of scale. Beautiful lighting model - my only concern is it looks a little flat with the close fly by (needs a normal map, it really does!)

Gorgeous soundtrack too - I love the little homage to Star Trek at the beginning (or did I imagine that?)

[Mauiby de Fug]

Gorgeous soundtrack too - I love the little homage to Star Trek at the beginning (or did I imagine that?)

I thought I heard it too, don't worry!

[Thargoid]

Beautiful - a true sense of scale. Beautiful lighting model - my only concern is it looks a little flat with the close fly by (needs a normal map, it really does!)

Patience, oh feathered one Normal maps are the one thing that none of us can do, but we know a man who can...

[pagroove]

An annoying thing is that big ships also tend to turn due to their collision detection. A commander of a cruiser of 2 to 4 kilometers does not have to fear much in a sense of collisions except for the biggest asteroids. Is there a way to let the ai of such big ships only steer in case of emergency?

Does anyone know?

[Commander McLane]

An annoying thing is that big ships also tend to turn due to their collision detection. A commander of a cruiser of 2 to 4 kilometers does not have to fear much in a sense of collisions except for the biggest asteroids. Is there a way to let the ai of such big ships only steer in case of emergency?

Does anyone know?

A custom AI? According to the Wiki there is the HAZARD_CAN_BE_DESTROYED message together with the WAYPOINT_SET message. It's just not utilized in the standard AIs. HAZARD_CAN_BE_DESTROYED is a priority message, so it is reacted upon before the WAYPOINT_SET message. Therefore I think it should be sufficient to insert

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        "HAZARD_CAN_BE_DESTROYED" =         (
            "dropMessages: WAYPOINT_SET"
        );

into all AI-states which have a checkCourseToDestination somewhere.

[Thargoid]

Yes, custom AI's (which are still under fine tuning).

I had also spotted that message in another OXP's AIs, which I think will do the trick. It's used in a different way there iirc, but it's something that can be put in to make things better. I'll test it later and see.

[drew]

Can I borrow one of these for Incursio...?

Cheers,

Drew.

[pagroove]

Yes, But see the comment on youtube.

[pagroove]

An annoying thing is that big ships also tend to turn due to their collision detection. A commander of a cruiser of 2 to 4 kilometers does not have to fear much in a sense of collisions except for the biggest asteroids. Is there a way to let the ai of such big ships only steer in case of emergency?

Does anyone know?

A custom AI? According to the Wiki there is the HAZARD_CAN_BE_DESTROYED message together with the WAYPOINT_SET message. It's just not utilized in the standard AIs. HAZARD_CAN_BE_DESTROYED is a priority message, so it is reacted upon before the WAYPOINT_SET message. Therefore I think it should be sufficient to insert

Code: Select all

        "HAZARD_CAN_BE_DESTROYED" =         (
            "dropMessages: WAYPOINT_SET"
        );

into all AI-states which have a checkCourseToDestination somewhere.

Thanks Cmndr!

[Commander McLane]

Note that I haven't tested this and am only assuming that it would work.

[Thargoid]

I've got it in the revised AI I'm working on - will test it plus a few other things over the next night or two. Although I'm using it in a slightly extended manner, but the basic principle is the same.