Storm Shipyards

[maik]

Shame it's a trader, not a fighter, 'cos then it could be the Death Ray

Which sounds like a science-fiction B-movie

[Storm]

BTW, we're looking for somebody to build the Tionisla Chronicle Array - a bit like "The Wave" in Firefly/Serenity - you seem like the ideal candidate!

Threw around a load of hexagons on Wings 3D and came up with this...





Don't know if its the kind of thing you guys and gals are looking for?

[DaddyHoggy]

I like a lot!

(I've FB'd Drew, who is having a hiatus from the BB - I'm sure he'll love it)

[drew]

I'll break silence for something like that. I'd love to see that in game. It would need to big though, in my stories the Tionisla Chronicle Array is visible from the surface, probably several kilometres in diameter.

Thanks for the headsup Daddyhoggy!

And already looking forward to it, Storm!

Cheers,

Drew.

[Storm]

Thanks Drew! Scaled it up, and added a standard-sized docking port - almost 5650m in diameter, so think it's big enough?

Just finished UV mapping it out for texturing... easy part done. Now just have to learn how to texture well enough to do it justice, then work out the scripting side of things...

[DaddyHoggy]

Hooray! Somewhere I can dock! The Graveyard and the Array - marvellous!

Very very happy!

[Thargoid]

Hooray! Somewhere I can dock! The Graveyard and the Array - marvellous!

Very very happy!

If you can't dock with either Lave Academy station or the Aquarian Shipbuilding Corp HQ then you're possibly flying something unsuitable, like a moon...

[drew]

If you want a beta tester, feel free to PM me.

For reference, here is the description from 'Status Quo' (available at all sorts of reputable booksellers, and a few dodgy ones too)

One of the biggest was the Tionisla Chronicle Array, a huge transmitter now moored directly opposite the cemetery, permanently eclipsed from the sun in complete radio silence, serving newsfeeds across the galaxy.

Cheers,

Drew.

[DaddyHoggy]

Hooray! Somewhere I can dock! The Graveyard and the Array - marvellous!

Very very happy!

If you can't dock with either Lave Academy station or the Aquarian Shipbuilding Corp HQ then you're possibly flying something unsuitable, like a moon...

I don't dock at main stations so anything new that I can dock with gets a big thumbs up from me!

[Storm]

Quick test of the Tionisla Chronicle Array model in game (with very basic texture)

[Ironfist]

Storm,

That is looking very good. Can't wait for its release.

Ironfist

[DaddyHoggy]

Well done Storm - lovely work

[Duggan]

The Array looks awesome, I hope to be able to visit it soon

[Storm]

Well the TCA is progressing... though I could use a little help, if anyone can volunteer please. The shader will need someone more knowledgeable than me to go over (I've cobbled together something that works reasonably from Ahruman's and Griff's oxps), and the textures will take me a while yet.

Heres a simpler query... in the planetinfo.plist, to set the position of the array, am I right to use:

"addShipsAtPrecisely: tionisla-chronicle-array 1 psp 0 0 2"

which I think will add it on the planet-sun axis 2 planets radius away from Tionisla? (placing the TCA on the darkside of the planet.)

Otherwise the Beta phase is nearly ready!

[Okti]

Not sure about planetinfo.plist but if you do it by JS this code may help.

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	P = system.mainPlanet;
	S = system.sun;
	V = P.position.subtract(S.position);
	V1=V.direction();
	pos = P.position.add(V1.multiply(P.radius*2));
	system.addShips("TCA", 1, pos,5000);

Please do not use Raid on me