Topic: Azel's TMP Alseides Class General Release!

[atheorhaven]

Well, this is a little bigger than I thought..

I got all the tools together finally to do a release with some oomph this time..

Here's what I did.  Both low res and hi res textures are included in the archive. I've included 256s and higher res textures (mostly 1024s) for those with varying system requirements, but the model itself is sitting around 10k polies.. so it's going to need a system with a bit of oomph no matter what.

For this ship, I've gone to a Clickteam install process because it looks damn pretty this way and I want people to really realize that this ship is a release for SFCer's, and is not something released for SFC to be ported into other games like Bridge Commander.  There is at *least* five different areas during the install process where it says that if the ship is going to be ported, they need to contact Azel and myself for permission to port.  Because I'm getting pretty tired of seeing stuff that I work on getting ripped screaming and fighting out of SFC into BC without anyone even thinking of a "By Your Leave" to those involved with the ship's creation over here.

So if you see this ship suddenly materialize over in BC next week, please ask me if anyone has asked for permission to port and if noone has, you can be damn certain that I'm going to be choked about it.

I'm doing this ship because noone thought that the initial design was plausible and it looked ungainly and ugly.  But when I saw Azel's sketch, this ship that I've released is what I saw.  This ship is a testbed for a lot of new techniques for me as well, and I think it's one of the prettiest ships that I've released texture-wise.

I'm happy with it, and I think you will be too.  That being said.. this is a *big* file, 12MBs for a download.. so if you're on 56k, you're probably going to need a download manager of some form that'll resume downloads if you're bumped off.  Even at maximum compression on RAR, the hires textures are still 9MB by *themselves* let alone meshes which come in around 1MB or so a piece.  So some time tomorrow evening, I'll do up an archive split into 3 parts for seperate download for the 56kers..

But at any rate, here's the download link..

http://www.the-tcs.net/_hosted/atheorhaven/html/userfiles/ships/trek/sfc2/alseides_SFC2.exe

And for those that may have missed it.. here's what it looks like:



Hope that you enjoy the ship, and I want this to be totally clear.. this ship is released for all SFCers to enjoy and to play.  I'll be converting the ship to SFC 1 and will probably expect that this will make it into SFC 3 as well.  But I want this to stay here, for us, to enjoy.  

And if someone is going to port it, I want them to ask to do so.  Because if/when they do, I'll ask for screenies that I can post over here for everyone to enjoy.  Because I don't have (believe it or not) that much of a problem with seeing the stuff that I work on it BC or other games.. but I do like to be told first so that I can swing by where it's getting ported to to see the WIP and final release shots of that work in a new game.

It's like Christmas for me to see a starship I've worked on flying ingame.. even after 200 ships now.    And when it's done without someone asking, it's like getting a lump of coal instead.  

[ModelsPlease]

This is one beautiful ship Sir.Thank you for sharing it with us.I am D/L'ing it as I write this.
 
 ModelsPlease@aol.com  

[Klingon Fanatic]

Nice movie quality pic Atheorhaven!

Azel you are a lucky man to get this made for you

Whats up next?  

[Azel]

Thanks Man!!!
 
But sorry to say I cannot DL her for some reason
 

[Anthony_Scott]

YAY!!! On to CD it goes!

Semper Fi, Carry On

[atheorhaven]

For me?  Have some projects that have been sitting on the HD I want to complete, as well as doing the same sort of treatment that I did to the Reyes that I'm going to do to p81's Larson.  (Yes, one of yours).  

So am going to release a planet and weapons textures next, then complete some of Mackie's stuff and release those with the same interface as I did for this one as those seem to run out the door over to BC.  And I have some B5 stuff to release in the works.

I also want to go over my Red Dwarf mesh and remove a lot of internal polies as that is what is causing a lot of jagging along its surface.. and need to finish off the scaling, texturing and finalize Starbug.  Those two should be released simultaneously.

Then, it's go through my HD and see if there's any other started projects to complete.. and after that, is all done, I take my month off.  

 

[atheorhaven]

Okay C.. I'll see what I can do about getting another d/l link for you..

[Azel]

You can Email, IM, or PM  the mod to me Alec  

[Crimmy]

Beauty

[don420]

look's really good in game. is there going to be a tng versionof it  

[Khalee]

 the texture work looks top notch, but other than that I really dont like the design itself. Ill get it for the textures tho just to study on how you put them toghter.  

[Rod O'neal]

Beautifull model, man. The DL is a biggy, though. I'll have to get it on my day off. She's really sweet looking.  

[Strafer]

ACK! I found an oops!

Tail end of the ship, under the shuttlebay doors, still reads ENTERPRISE.
This is on both the normal and HiRez skin.

[atheorhaven]

You're right.. looks like I forgot to transfer the new texture over from the texture machine and left the original in place.  

Okay.. will fix that, and replace the ship in the big install, and in the split install I'm working on for 56kers..

[atheorhaven]

Quote:
look's really good in game. is there going to be a tng versionof it    

There's one now... worked on by Tus and Azel, along with SV33 (I believe)..

http://forums.taldren.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB11&Number=253100&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=2

No need to create a new one.  

[Tenchu]

Great looking ship!

I do need to ask a question regarding the high rez textures. I am prompted for a password to get the high rez, what is that password?  

[atheorhaven]

Simple really..

Because you're agreeing not to port the textures out of SFC into another game, the password is "i agree".

It's an agreement not to use the textures outside of SFC more than it is a password..

[atheorhaven]

Alright, I've created a patch for the ship that replaces the one texture.. Patchmaker is really a nice program.  

Here's the link to the patch..
http://www.the-tcs.net/_hosted/atheorhaven/html/userfiles/ships/trek/sfc2/alseides_SFC2_update1.exe

This'll download the correct texture and apply it to the ship.

The way you use this is to copy it to the directory where you've installed the ship, and then run it.  It'll take you through the steps to install the new textures.  Both 256 and hires textures are included.

Now the same conditions apply with this new texture.. this is for SFC play only, and the patch instructions reflect that.  If you want to port this ship to another game, you have to get permission from Azel and myself before you do that.

For any SFC players, feel free to play around with this in your game.. should be a fun (and pretty) ship.  

Azel, I'm sending you links in a PM to get these...

 

[don420]

sorry man i didn't find that tng alseides in the link above [personally i think a tng would be bad as all hell]
i hope i'm not causeing any trouble with this request

[Dizzy]

the updater wont install to the hires textures.

the password is case sensitive I THINK. heh.

clickteam instal hassle is a good way to hammer home the agreement agreement not to port the hires textures to other games. I saw no restriction on using them for other SFC2 models as long as credits given. Correct me if i am wrong.

Anyway, I counted 22 photon torpedo tubes. That correct? Thats a lot. I feel sorry for the battleship that crosses this bad boys path... hehe.

 

[atheorhaven]

Okay, here's the link to the picture and info..

http://forums.taldren.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=257642&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&vc=1

[atheorhaven]

Here's my hope with these textures..

They stay in SFC, and don't walk over to BC.

I have no problems with these textures being used on other ships or projects as long as those projects don't get converted over.  But here's the thing as well.  Anytime that these textures get used on something, I'd just like to be asked, and wouldn't mind seeing a screenie of the finished project.  That also goes for porting the ship into other games.  I have *no* problems (as long as I and Azel are asked first) with the ship going to BC or any other game.  Same with textures.  The point here is that, to date, I've not been asked about anything I've worked on going over to Bridge Commander.  Stuff has been released, sometimes retextured, (sometimes not), and ported over without proper permission being sought from all that worked on it previously.  So, that's why I went this way on these new releases.

Maybe now I'll actually be asked first before the port... I've certainly tried to make the point that they *should* do so...