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... because, of course, it is quite hard to type with your face... I just keep ending up withSimon B wrote:I have to make a lot of faces type "hole" which gets tedious ...
Stations would be goodSimon B wrote:I suppose I should do something with stations...
But there is no reason why some ships out there might not be quite primitive, just as some are sleek and smooth, some look industrial, and etc. Different cultures, tech, and attitudes would pretty much mandate a lot of diversity. I always liked the aphid - I think I forgot to add "escort" as a role though.pagroove wrote:Love it! Finally a good Aphid. Good Job.
Not something you want to see sitting on your chest when you wake up in the morning, they can get as big as your hand but they are totally harmless - by comparison, across the ditch almost everything is completely lethal.Ganelon wrote:I've now looked up pics of the Weta insect, and I can say I am very glad I don't live in your part of the world!
It's in wakatoro I think ... a light cruiser, it has one to three nacelles and a laser each.LOL I don't recall if I've run across a Taniwha.
the frequency can be adjusted in the plist ... add a number less than 1 in brackets after the role.The Weta FeA ships turn up fairly often for me. But the number of lasers isn't always the big thing.
Or from being a multi-model ship marked nonfrangible.The Weta FeA sure doesn't feel like an Asp when you're going up against one (or more) of them. My impression that it is much more durable, may come from it just being harder to keep in target reticule for any sustained period of time.
Well this is what I'm trying for - since the ships are just graphics on a set of stats, I can make a ship do anything and look like anything doing it ... so I want to make stuff that adds to the feel of the game.Mind you, don't take that as as a negative critique! There need to be ships that will really give a player a bit more of a run for the money, or Oolite becomes too much just a "shooting gallery" sort of game.
Well thank you, you've made my dayThe first time I saw a Weta FeA and got close enough to get a good look at it, my thought was, "What the heck is.. Is that lunatic running with an exposed torus drive??"
That is exactly the reaction I was looking for.Yeah - it would go well with the Tigers OXP.One usually assumes that in most ships, the torus drive is kept under some heavy shielding for a reason, and there's a certain impression one gets of a pilot who's flying something where it's bare. Radiation? Bah. They don't care, as long as it makes them fast enough to get you! The player perspective impression I had/have of the ship is that it's basically just a frame with engines, weapons, a minimal cockpit and a bare bit of hull over it for the sake of appearance. The sort of thing where you can think you shot it up pretty bad, but the owner can fix it back up with a few flattened out beverage cans and some fiberglass, duct tape and spray paint (ok, the space-age equivalents, but you get the idea) and be launching again, good as new, in less than an hour and be back on your tail with some friends that they have promised a keg party to celebrate your imminent demise.
Not what I meant ... I meant the modelling approach and shaders are primitive compared with how I do things now.Primitive, ok. But in a dangerous sort of way.
I think some people found the Maori-theming evocative ... there's a thread around here someplace describing the back-story and concepts.The ship (and most of the ships in the wakapiko OXP) has a lot of personality, it feels like there's a story to it and the (fictional) pilots.
That one was an original ship: started out as a Cobra mk4 ... in between the mkIII and a Supercobra. They were all originally replacements for the core ships and people here objected to just keeping the names so I changed them, and reskinned to suit.I tried a Mako a while back, and they're a good ship, though the handling wasn't what I'm used to.
Understood. But I still have to say they look good, and they "fit", even when encountered with ships from other sets. As a player, I don't find the difference too jarring. They're believable. But don't take that as in any way discouraging a rework if sometime you feel so inclined. You come up with some really excellent ideas. I like the backstory, the innovations, it is good depth.Not what I meant ... I meant the modelling approach and shaders are primitive compared with how I do things now.
Well, sure. But as you mentioned yourself, too much "tweaking" can make the game boring, especially if one is making it easier. I rarely if ever tweak ships. I figure they are somebody's creation, they're art. I like to at least assume that the designer gave a lot of thought to everything including the specs. I like to appreciate it for what it is. If I actually end up flying one, I may put a decal on it and/or "christen" it with a name to personalise my particular one.. But stats, structure and etc are things I prefer to leave alone.the frequency can be adjusted in the plist ... add a number less than 1 in brackets after the role.
Sweet idea!Simon B wrote:I think I remembered to put this thing in one of those updates...
... someone want to script a special action for shooting it? Initally I thought perhaps shooting it spawns two more though fractals can really chew through the poly count... it could spawn little ones which spawn really little ones which can be scooped for alien items?
Very pretty - I like a lot!Simon B wrote:
... my modelling is getting better ... it's nice to do one of these just for the exercize.
Oolite Life is now revealed hereSelezen wrote:Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
