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AJC
March 25th, 2003, 07:42 AM
Well I just kind of felt a flash of creativity for a few weeks...so much to my wifes dismay I went downstairs...and vanished.. So its been awhile since I made a ship set - the Dominion Imperium amazons was the Last time..

Anyway this is the latest . feedback is welcome!
(its in the mod forum)

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=50;t=000001

[ March 25, 2003, 05:43: Message edited by: AJC ]

AJC
March 26th, 2003, 04:16 AM
bump

Ragnarok
March 26th, 2003, 05:57 AM
Nice set. I really like it. Keep up the good work.

trooper
March 26th, 2003, 06:17 AM
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif Very well inspired shipset indeed, how good is the AI ?

Planning to add neostandard pictures ? (love modded game compliant shipsets).

If you want a demo page, I'll can make you one.

Ed Kolis
March 26th, 2003, 07:20 AM
Darn, wish I'd had this shipset when P&N on PBW started... I'm playing a race called the Orion Republic in that game, modelled after my speculation at the time on the Ancient Orions of MOO http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Atrocities
March 26th, 2003, 08:38 AM
Damn nice set. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif I really like the look of the ships. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

oleg
March 26th, 2003, 12:52 PM
Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Darn, wish I'd had this shipset when P&N on PBW started... I'm playing a race called the Orion Republic in that game, modelled after my speculation at the time on the Ancient Orions of MOO http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmm, just copy all ships picture to the race folder you are using for that game ! (don't forgrt to backup original content)

[ March 26, 2003, 10:52: Message edited by: oleg ]

Ward
March 26th, 2003, 05:47 PM
Nice set. I have to test the AI.

AJC
March 26th, 2003, 09:15 PM
thank you for the feedback!

I did make a slight correction to the Light cruiser mini - it was slightly off center in the mini portrait , it needs to be shifted to the right slightly...so I will post that fix today.

Out of curiosity - did you like the race portrait or should I make the race portrait a single image of the woman or the man?

My original thought was to try to represent the Male and Female aspect of the race.

Neostandard? is that the other ship classes some of the other sets have? like corvetts, and other size classes? I hadnt really considered it. Although I could if I had the information as to whats needed to complete a neo standard set..

IF you want to create a page for it - sure! thats fine. The set is posted on the PBW also.

The AI .. I am still running it through its paces and it will probably get tweeked over the next few weeks.. however it should be at least a competent as the standard AIs in Gold 1.84.

[ March 26, 2003, 19:21: Message edited by: AJC ]

Fyron
March 26th, 2003, 09:16 PM
Originally posted by oleg:
Hmm, just copy all ships picture to the race folder you are using for that game ! (don't forgrt to backup original content)<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That doesn't change how the ships appear to other players though.

Suicide Junkie
March 26th, 2003, 09:32 PM
You can read all about the neostandard on Dogscoff's website.

http://www.sandman43.fsnet.co.uk/neostand.htm

Ed Kolis
March 26th, 2003, 09:35 PM
Well, I could ask them to do the same thing... sure, it is the Terrans I'd be overwriting, but this is a pre-Gold game so I doubt most people would care - once this game ends, I'll probably delete the original SE4 from my computer and give the CD to a friend, and I imagine not too many other SE4 players plan to start any new pre-Gold games soon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Fyron
March 26th, 2003, 09:40 PM
I imagine not too many other SE4 players plan to start any new pre-Gold games soon <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Except those that only have Pre-Gold (there is at least 1 person in that game that doesn't have Gold).

AJC
March 26th, 2003, 10:06 PM
Okay - I posted the fix in the mod forum at the same link as below in the original post.
its now Version 2 (Orion-v2)

.. the light cruiser mini is now in correct aligment and I changed the kamakazi attack ship's strategy. (btw-its not a true kamakazi- it just goes for point blank range.)

Atrocities
March 26th, 2003, 10:40 PM
I wonder if it would be a good idea to push all of the ship set developers to go ahead and add additioanl NeoStandard ships. I have been working on some new ships for the sets I have out, but I am not really motivated at the moment to get it done.

Fyron
March 27th, 2003, 01:46 AM
I don't think that pushing them to do so would be good. A simple request is fine, but if they don't want to make extra ship pics, don't force them to.

PvK
March 27th, 2003, 09:04 AM
Very nice ship set! I like that it has two sexes in the population image, and mini_ size images that get relatively larger.

Spiffy!

PvK

Taera
March 27th, 2003, 11:18 AM
nice set! looks very well done, for whatever program you're using. The ships look awesome together, no boring repetitious similarity. Great.

AJC
April 3rd, 2003, 02:20 AM
latest update 4/2/2003 - Modified the cruiser mini and portrait because it was hard to distinguish a difference between BC and CA ships during game play..

See mod forum or PBW

trooper
April 16th, 2003, 02:25 PM
Originally posted by AJC:
[QB]thank you for the feedback!

(...)
IF you want to create a page for it - sure! thats fine. The set is posted on the PBW also.
QB]<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Done. Added the design file in the zip, as it seems not to be a standard SEIV design file.

Warn me if any new Version occurs. If that is the case, it would be great to ban all capital letters from your file names (easier to manage when put on a web site).

[ April 16, 2003, 15:13: Message edited by: trooper ]

AJC
April 16th, 2003, 08:31 PM
The design file, construction files and the research file - in fact Almost all of the AI files are not standard.

I have been working with the AI files and they are pretty much done - I just didnt bother to post the new ones. I Didnt think anyone would be interested. I will post the latest update if you are interested in getting the final copies of the AI files.

[ April 16, 2003, 19:33: Message edited by: AJC ]