Topic: Going to take a break shortly... (Read 2666 times)

atheorhaven · « **on:** October 19, 2003, 10:38:41 pm »

My wife has been getting more and more annoyed lately, (mostly because she's off work with a back injury, and is just a little bit stir-crazy) to the point that if I sit down at the computer for more than five minutes, she's doing or saying stuff to try and get me off it.

So needless to say, I've not been getting nearly as much work done on things as I'd like. So what I'm going to do is this. I'm going through all the stuff ongoing and requests for projects, and I'm compiling a list of 20 projects. Once those are complete, I'll do a one month hiatus from active work on things... and then come back after that. That should get her out of the house again, and let things gets back to normal.

So I'll compile the list, and post it in here... (this'll give away some of what I'm working on and make it not a surprise.. but hey).. this won't be in order of to be completed or completion, just more how I found them on the HD.

1) TOS Excelsior
2) Excellentia
3) New Orleans
4) Freedom
5) Tholian Web
6) Planet textures
7) South-Savo
8) David's-C
9) Oddessy
10) TOS Amoeba
11) Weapons textures
12) Some unconverted meshes of Mackie's (3 to 4 max)
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
19)
20)

So there we go..

olbuzzard · « **Reply #1 on:** October 19, 2003, 11:04:03 pm »

thanks for your part in the X-CLC project. Good job !!

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2003, 05:43:12 am »

Cool! The Tholian Web sounds great!

Any pics? Is it the SOD format one from Klingon Academy TO ST: Armada? I can't find that anywhere.

Tracey G. will want this for her Tholian mission for sure.

Thanks for sharing.

Qapla!

KF

atheorhaven · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2003, 09:25:37 am »

It's not the .SOD... I couldn't find that. So I made one from scratch..

Haven't tried it ingame yet, so I don't know if it's going to work right or not..

Kaenyne · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2003, 09:44:36 am »

Hey, good start there!

I was wondering how it would work in-game, meaning is there already a Tholian web in-game it would replace? Or would it be used in another way?

atheorhaven · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2003, 01:24:45 am »

Well, my current idea is simply as a ship.. but I don't know how the scripters could work it in in the Model Scripting forum. If they can work it in in a simpler and better fashion, I'm all for it. And to go with it.. another work based off Herr Schtupp's mighty workings..

It's simple really.. with the Web, we need the ship that pulled the Big-E into the area in the first place. Tracey G in the scripts area thinks that she can possibly get the ship appearing and disappearing in the game.. so now we have the ship to do it with.

And it's now position #13 in my list.. (and probably will be the first to crossed off)..

Oh yeah, and for position 14..

Tried that saucer tutorial and came up with this.. a TOS space station (WIP)..

starforce2 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2003, 01:44:11 am »

hey, you still got room on your list for a lwo conversion? Mackie made the soverign nebula class for me, and I have the lwo. Let me know.

Kaenyne · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:20:07 am »

Okay. Let's hope the script wizards can conjure up a cool scenario. I've actually never D/Ld a script before, but if this one is ever made, I think I'll start with the one with your Tholian Web in it.

BTW: Did Sctupp make that Camoflage Connie? Or did you do those textures? If you're not aware of it now, I'm a through-and-through Connie junkie!

I'd Luuuuuuv to have one for my collection.

Oh yeah, one more thing: where did you get your idea that TOS space station? It's a cool shape that that I find quite neat.

sandman69247 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:46:26 am »

Hey Alec, gnarly stuff, dude!

Be prepared, it's hard to get going again after an extended break...especially when the ol' lady makes up a new "honey do" list based on all your "free" time. Damn women.

atheorhaven · « **Reply #9 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:48:03 pm »

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Okay. Let's hope the script wizards can conjure up a cool scenario. I've actually never D/Ld a script before, but if this one is ever made, I think I'll start with the one with your Tholian Web in it.
BTW: Did Sctupp make that Camoflage Connie? Or did you do those textures? If you're not aware of it now, I'm a through-and-through Connie junkie!

No he didn't make it.. or at least not directly. I reworked the textures to make it the 1764 Defiant, and also it's now self-illuminated entirely in that green.. so it'll actually glow that color. If you see the show, it does that in there as well. This is also one instance that the SFC 3 version of this'll be better though, because it'll do the same green glow around the ship. So I'll probably try to do this one for SFC 3 as well.. grabbing the various string files and such that I need from elsewhere (and modified to fit the TOS era). And it's not camo btw, those are cloudy and clear areas in another layer to simulate the blobby effect of the interphase effect in the show. It looks a lot better closer up.

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I'd Luuuuuuv to have one for my collection.

Very shortly.. have a little more work to do, and then it'll be ready. I want to convert this one to SFC 1 and SFC 3 before I do the release though..

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Oh yeah, one more thing: where did you get your idea that TOS space station? It's a cool shape that that I find quite neat.

Thanks.. the basic spline was done with the saucer tutorial with a couple of obvious modifications because this was a station. Then I added the rest of the details. Next'll come the texturing..

starforce2 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 24, 2003, 01:50:30 am »

www.nightsoftware.com/starforce/SOVNEB.zip

atheorhaven · « **Reply #13 on:** October 26, 2003, 01:47:16 am »

Okay, got it and converted it.. just tell me where to upload it now.

And do you and Mackie mind if I convert 'er into a SFC ship as well? More for the masses that way.

And got farther along on the TOS Starbase tonight.. have the upper and lower surfaces mapped and textured. Now I need to map and texture the spheres, the rim, the upper complex, the lower complex, and the dish and its support.

More soon..

atheorhaven · « **Reply #14 on:** October 27, 2003, 01:17:29 am »

Okay, finally figured out what was bugging me about the spheres... they were in the wrong place. So I moved them tonight.

Also, textured them with the basic texture (minus shuttle hangers, viewports, bigger docking ports for starships, and standard windows)... so those are farther along.

As well, got the dish done and rim textured with the windows to scale, so now I have the size nailed down.. and it's big.

So we're getting a lot closer. I'm really liking this design a lot, and think it'll look awesome ingame when complete. Just really have to do the upper and lower vertical complexes now and it'll be about complete.

sandman69247 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 27, 2003, 12:46:03 pm »

Looking good Alec! Looks like it's late pre-TOS...say 20 yrs before TOS. They would still be around for TOS, and still providing valuable service.

I like it!

atheorhaven · « **Reply #16 on:** October 28, 2003, 10:00:09 am »

It should be roughly about that era.. 20 years pre to maybe 1 to 2 years before ST:TMP. It might even be kicking around TMP with a refit.

Got the basic textures laid down last night on it... now it's just tweaking them and getting them how I want. Btw, looking at those spheres last night gave me an idea.. drydock facilities.

So I might have one of the spheres open and have a ship inside it. Think that that would be fun, be practical for all that space in a sphere, and give a neat view and nice offices for a drydock engineer.

So now it's the finishing touches on the spheres, finishing the big upper and lower lights for the upper and lower hulls, maybe making one of the spheres open, adding a ship, and it should be ready to go..

atheorhaven · « **Reply #17 on:** October 28, 2003, 09:23:14 pm »

Oh btw.. two things are now almost ready to go off my list:

10) TOS Amoeba - converted over to SFC 2 already, tomorrow should see them off to SFC 1 and SFC 3.

16) LWO conversion for Starforce2

Just a note for those keeping score.

NannerSlug · « **Reply #18 on:** October 28, 2003, 10:52:35 pm »

ill be looking forward to that starforce2 model.. and the ameba ownzers.

atheorhaven · « **Reply #19 on:** October 29, 2003, 02:45:48 pm »

Still have to get permission from starforce2 to release it for SFC.. but if he's okay with it, np.. it's ready to go other than that.

I do have permission from Terradyhne to release the Amoeba for SFC though.. and it's all ready to go for SFC 2 and SFC 1. And I've created modified damage textures for it as well so it should look pretty good ingame as it gets damaged now.. (kinda bubbly and organic like). And this is one of the ones that is going to get converted to SFC 3.. I think that some more monsters in that game would be fun.. so the Doomsday Machine of spacecadetglowuk's, Mackie's Ajattara worm, the Amoeba of Terradyhne's, and one of my own creations are going to be heading over to SFC 3 shortly.

And all of them will be going into SFC 1 as well..

Oh yeah, and bump..

Kaenyne · « **Reply #20 on:** October 29, 2003, 03:10:50 pm »

WOW!

I was talking to Azel a few days ago about the shortage of new starbases coming out. I stand corrected!

That is a beautiful model that will make a more than worthy replacement for the stock starbase. I can't wait to have one for my game!

Awesome job, sir!

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