Topic: Babylon 5 and Star Craft mod in the works!!! + info on Future War

[RipperMan]

I have been talking to a few people in frost-works and the general feel was that the community is long over due for a Babylong 5 mod. So we have decided to start one :-D Details of whos on the team coming soon - website also coming soon. We have alot of ships archived already, we will be going through our lists and pepping up and recreating others!

In true Frost-Works style, this mod will be for SFC 3 and BC

Also coming is a small but nun the less special project - the Star Craft mod. Star Craft always had an amazing few ships and we will be bringing them all to you over the next few weeks ;-) Site coming soon!

Meanwhile work on the Future War mod as made progress - we are well on our way to creating quite a fair few models.

Enjoy people - i look forward to getting some websites up so you can follow the progress online, meanwhile feel free to post your thoughts.  

[Praxis]

If you want you can combine it with some parts of the Sci-fi Bashfest mod...I could send you Star Wars ships and specs when the mod is done.  Then you can have Star Craft, B5, and Star Wars

Do you think that when this mod is done i could use the B5 part?  Sci-fi Bashfest originally was going to have Star Wars, Star Trek, BattleStar Galactica, and Babylon 5, but there wasn't enough B5 models around, and only a few BG models.  When we went to SFC3 we had to cut out B5 and BG completely since having only 4 or 5 models doesn't warrant putting aside one of the four races.  If i could use the B5 stuff you have...
 

[atheorhaven]

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I have been talking to a few people in frost-works and the general feel was that the community is long over due for a Babylong 5 mod. So we have decided to start one :-D Details of whos on the team coming soon - website also coming soon. We have alot of ships archived already, we will be going through our lists and pepping up and recreating others!

In true Frost-Works style, this mod will be for SFC 3 and BC  

Thanks for checking and finding out if anyone has anything in the works... is *really* nice to know that people remember your work... and the modellers that have been doing stuff have been pretty public.

DamoclesX has been working on Bridge Commander stuff for well over a year, and Kane Anuenue and I have been working on a Babylon 5 mod for several months for SFC 2: OP and released (probably) in excess of 30+ ships.

Kane has been flooded with issues in RL, as of I.. but we have been releasing ships as they were done and Kane has been able to hp/dp them(and still have some to go).  Or should we just not bother now?

[C.Colley22]

You know how it is Alec, someone comes along thinking they can change or influence a comminity and nothing is heard of them thereafter. I for one am waiting in anticipation for u and Kane to get back to things. Lets also hope that this new endeavor  gets somwhere aswell.

[TheSkinMan]

hears a Bs model you can have..  








SkinMan  

[RipperMan]

Hi -

I am sorry Alec - i havnt overlooked you though ;-) I belive some of my co-organises have talked to you and others.

I was just announcing my intend - the teams are still being assembled :-)

Skinman - thats a very interesting ship! we may well haev to use that ;-)
 

[Praxis]

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If you want you can combine it with some parts of the Sci-fi Bashfest mod...I could send you Star Wars ships and specs when the mod is done.  Then you can have Star Craft, B5, and Star Wars

Do you think that when this mod is done i could use the B5 part?  Sci-fi Bashfest originally was going to have Star Wars, Star Trek, BattleStar Galactica, and Babylon 5, but there wasn't enough B5 models around, and only a few BG models.  When we went to SFC3 we had to cut out B5 and BG completely since having only 4 or 5 models doesn't warrant putting aside one of the four races.  If i could use the B5 stuff you have...
   

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[atheorhaven]

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Hi -

I am sorry Alec - i havnt overlooked you though ;-) I belive some of my co-organises have talked to you and others.

I was just announcing my intend - the teams are still being assembled :-)

Skinman - thats a very interesting ship! we may well haev to use that ;-)

Nope, noone that I'm aware of has approached me as of yet on this project.  I've had questions about if the B5FC TC project is still running, (and it is), and the status of it.  It is still going, I am still working on ships as I have time.  For instance, I've been going through some of the models and creating SFC 1 versions of the ships that have been already released.  As well, I've been working on SFC 3 versions of some of the ships (B5 itself is a good example).  But I have three issues I'm dealing with here:

a) RL issues.  I'm now at work almost 12 hours a day.  My family wants time with me.  So I get maybe one or two hours a day to work on projects.. and sometimes those get shelved because I just need time to get some extra sleep.  (I get home around 1am, my son gets up around 6am and I'm the one who has to take him to school).

b) A lot of projects.  There are a *lot* of ships out there that a lot of people want done, and everyone that has the ability to do the work has a huge workload.  I've personally found that I can (if I'm lucky) get a Feddy ship out the door in roughly a day or so of on and off work if it's not too complex.  Many multiple textures means that a project takes longer.  And on average, the B5 ships that we've been working on have been more complex for texturing than the Trek ships.  With little to no time, and little activity with B5FC (because everyone has had RL issues), I've been concentrating on Trek ships.  But I've not given up on the project, and if it winds up being released for SFC 2: OP by the time that SFC 5 comes out... it's still going to get done one way or another.  My two main problems with modelling are that I haven't yet got the ability to do really complex meshes from scratch, and that doing hp/dping is a chore.  So Kane and I have been working together in that fashion.. he's been securing the meshes and hp/dping, and I've been primarily converting and adjusting/updating/fixing textures.  With Kane being so busy with his RL issues, he's not been able to do either...so with no new meshes coming in, and no hp/dping.. things have been at a standstill.

c) Webspace.  I have had no stable webspace or image hosting for a while now (except my personal 10MB ISP account) .  That means nowhere to upload finished ships to, and  no way to post pictures of the finished project without bumping something off my personal webspace.


With all that, I'm not as actively working on B5 ships as I'd like to be.  Given the choice between Trek and Babylon 5 ships and which I'd rather do.. I'd drop the Trek stuff in a heartbeat to work on a SFC B5 universe.  

[RipperMan]

I am sorry that you wernt contacted - i will invetsigate this.

In the mean time i can offer you stable webspace e.t.c I was goign to make a B5 website but i tseems you have a damn good looking one there - HOWEVER - if u want one i shall make u on my friend...I have massive amount of BW a month and i can easily support ur website.

Will chat to u on MSN reguarding detail ;-)  

You can reach me at rippermanuk@hotmail.com

[Praxis]

fine, ignore my post :P

[RipperMan]

ooh i am not doing very well am I.. .*laugh* i appologise again!

Praxis send me the details of what you are proposing - its hard to keep track of all these posts - and we would probably have to discuss it anyway ;-)