Topic: Website back online - Saladin DD and variants released (SFC2) (Read 10254 times)

Lord Schtupp · « **Reply #20 on:** February 18, 2003, 12:59:40 pm »

Parislord - thanks for the eyeball on that texture thingy on the Pontiac, I looked and it is textured there. Thx bro...

I really appreciate all the great comments, I really liked the "offer me a job" comment- that made my day! I'll have the 512x512 and the alternate textures available tonite.

Thanx everyone

Lord Schtupp

USS Liberty class battlecruiser design by Atolm. Early WIP....

Marauth · « **Reply #21 on:** February 18, 2003, 01:01:25 pm »

Schtupp, I normally avoid TOS stuff as I'm a TMP fanboy

but I now have all of the stuff on your site, one question - would it be possible to get a Connie with all the details you put on your other ships - glowing warp and impulse exhausts, aztec hull panels, erm, that's it actually, I tried making the engines glow, but that texture also maps on to the 'fins' on the tops of the nacelles and makes them blue...

Loved the Star League model though, really gives the impression of scale...

Lord Schtupp · « **Reply #22 on:** February 18, 2003, 01:09:10 pm »

Yes vamp. I have already made a half-hearted start on an alternate set of 14 textures for the Connie. The version available now is what I call the "Scotty Edition" that is to say straight off the series. My intention is to bring the Connie up to SFC standards: Phasers, Torp tubes, more hull detail, glowey warps and impulse, more cleavage showing on the yeoman, and so on. 14 alt registaries plus blanks. This is what I would call the SFB version. Also need to fix a couple minor doodads u kno

Thanks for asking VL

Marauth · « **Reply #23 on:** February 18, 2003, 01:21:55 pm »

Sounds great, Also I should say I tried to kitbash an F-CD out of your Saladin and Connie, but to no avail, M6 saved the file but the modviewer refuses to open it and so does SFCII

Oh well back to the drawing board, I'm gonna try doing something less impressive - an Australia F-BC, probably using the pylons from the Federation but thinned out a little...

Maybe that wont crash the game

Oh and when I starteed on that last post you hadn't posted that WIP - it looks supoib! Caio tutti.

Lord Schtupp · « **Reply #24 on:** February 18, 2003, 02:03:49 pm »

What exactly is an F-CD? Drone cruiser i imagine....

Well I could send you the 3ds files or max if you could open those VL - All you'll have to do is take the drone weapons deck and the drone1.bmp, drone1i.bmp files from the Pontiac and add to Connie, if that is your intention.

I really encourage kitbashing and I intentionally made it ezier to do so, but i would like an opprotunity to make final tweaks to the model before it gets released. Is that cool?

Marauth · « **Reply #25 on:** February 18, 2003, 02:18:49 pm »

'Fraid I can't open those as I don't have 3DS or Max and I'm, shall we say, not in the possesion of the required monetary funds - I'm not gettin a few grand any time soon... What I tried to do with the CD - drone cruiser yes, is put the Connie and Alexander (DDG) meshes into the Federation class file - which has 32 textures - sufficient to support both the 10 connie textures and the necessary drone rack and antennae textures, then I just see where everything maps, and paste the connie and DDG textures over the Federation ones, this worked in the past with *some* P81 meshes, mainly the advanced cruiser he did, but with most meshes it doesn't but it was worth a try.

Maybe I'll get max eventually and learn how to make my own models but for now it's impossible. Looking forward to the Hermes aswell, looks great with the sensor pod thingyon the top, reminds me of the Nebula

Lord Schtupp · « **Reply #26 on:** February 18, 2003, 02:34:23 pm »

Hmm yes thats because the Eprise has LODs and the DDs do not. In order to retain the Connie's LODs you would have to make three copys of the imported mesh and attach one to each LOD model.

The current Eprise's hull plating doesnt match the DD anyway, so I guess I really need to update the Connie to SFB Standards first anyways.. I really been wanting to do that; its been like a splinter in my mind, driving me mad....

Lord Schtupp · « **Reply #27 on:** February 18, 2003, 02:39:52 pm »

Yea Star League definately is my best model so far and is also my favorite. At lot of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer was used in its construction

Marauth · « **Reply #28 on:** February 18, 2003, 03:01:59 pm »

Emerson, Lake & Palmer?

But I had no trouble making the CD in M6, LODs gave it a heart attack - as meshes don't go 'between' meshes - they seem to have to stay on the LOD they were originally on

but it's SFC that doesn't like the new mesh mainly. Oh well I'm sure someone else will bug you about it enough so you do one

Rod O'neal · « **Reply #29 on:** February 18, 2003, 03:12:53 pm »

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer?

But I had no trouble making the CD in M6, LODs gave it a heart attack - as meshes don't go 'between' meshes - they seem to have to stay on the LOD they were originally on but it's SFC that doesn't like the new mesh mainly. Oh well I'm sure someone else will bug you about it enough so you do one

You really don't know who ELP is? What is this world coming too

Marauth · « **Reply #30 on:** February 18, 2003, 03:25:52 pm »

Seriously, spill, what'd'I miss?

Lord Schtupp · « **Reply #31 on:** February 18, 2003, 04:16:07 pm »

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Speaker for the Dead · « **Reply #32 on:** February 19, 2003, 02:07:07 am »

HEHE, can't believe this fell to page two, just color me TOS all the way LOL.

Mackie · « **Reply #33 on:** February 19, 2003, 04:45:27 am »

everytime i look at that atolms design i see a fifties De Soto , one if those "winged cars", pops up in my mind.... *shakes head*
nope, its still there *runs away*

atheorhaven · « **Reply #35 on:** February 20, 2003, 01:29:59 am »

Hey Mr Lord Schtuppy-type person... I still have a very damaged ship waiting in my drydock that has been waiting paitently for its berth to open back up again. Some guy named Decker nearly wrecked it, and it had a run-in with a flying Butterhorn, but it's here waiting for you if you still want 'er..

Just let me know.. been waiting for ya to get back going again before I mentioned it..

Lord Schtupp · « **Reply #36 on:** February 20, 2003, 02:05:38 am »

lol Yes definately - email it to me: lschtupp@aol.com

Speaker for the Dead · « **Reply #37 on:** February 20, 2003, 02:28:49 am »

Hey LS, your models are looking great as always. Looking forward to more.

Got a question for you, did you ever get any of these ported over to BC? If so, point me to a place I could get them..PLEASE>>>>

Game play is OK, but I love the screenshots I can grab LOL.

Ducttapewonder · « **Reply #38 on:** February 20, 2003, 02:39:05 am »

You're on a roll Schtupp. Glad to see you bustin out ships left and right again.

Lord Schtupp · « **Reply #39 on:** February 20, 2003, 03:33:36 am »

DarkDrone did some BC conversions, check his site. Some of Andurils work has me interested in BC modding, mainly due to the animated bitmaps.

Speaker to Dead is responsible for me building the Star Empire, the longest running WIP in SFC history (14 months now)

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