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N00b alert!! Shopping list for ship designing...

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:50 am
by Merlin
Hi

Having seen the gorgeous ships designed by you guys, I am drawn (sic) towards designing one myself. I have thought along an Oolite version of one of the following classics:-

The Eagle Transporter, from Space: 1999
The Flying Sub, from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Sky 1 from UFO
Thunderbird 2
F117-A Nighthawk
Fireball XL5

The question is, what has to be on my "laundry list" of programs, textures, utilitles, tutorials, etc. that I will need to get started? I have searched, but I got confused amongst the threads....

Thanks,

Merlin

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:10 pm
by Disembodied
Hi Merlin. Most of this information is found on the invaluable wiki. Amongst all the other goodies there's a list of useful software and a whole chunk of stuff about making an OXP. There's also Giles's how-to tutorial for Wings 3D.

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:21 pm
by Merlin
Ta very muchly mate, loads of reading up to do then.... :)