I'm starting a thread to summarize all pending ship submissions ready (or being prepared) for the next version of Discovery. In addition to that, this thread will be used to sum up requests for additional ships that were not yet made. I will edit this post as the information on necessary ships will be collected.
It's preferable that all ship modellers post once in this thread with the list of ships they are making, possibly a few screenshots, and descriptions for each ship. The posts should be edited later as the information is updated, or new ships are added.
So, it's one post per one member, regarding the ships he or she is making. All other posts will be deleted on spot, you can post in other threads or make separate threads to discuss what was posted here. Will be made sticky after some time.
[color=#33FFFF]Edit: I want to reinforce Igiss' statement above. Do not question, comment, or pontificate on ships in this thread. This is not the place for it. Your post will be deleted and I will rap your knuckles. -Dusty Lens
Outcast Dreadnought: Model textured, awaiting fix to transfer to Milkshape and complete Hardpointing/Scaling/Coding.
Outcast Carrier: Model needs a few more details, awaiting texturing pending analysis of the Outcast Dreadnought's problems.
Bretonian Royal Liner Mucho Rich Variant: Complete model, partially textured. Awaiting further texturing pending analysis of the Outcast Dreadnought's problems.
Hacker Spyglass II: Rebuild Pending; project will probably be assumed by Dude42.
Bretonian Dreadnought: Plans, no model yet pending the completion of other assorted projects.
Updated as of 11/25/2009.
Quote:Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen
Hacker Light Fighter (Foil). Modeled, not presented. Will need texturer, seeing as my copy of GMax decided not to do anything UVMapping-wise for some reason.
Hacker Heavy Fighter (Epee). Modeled, not presented. Textures; see above.
Hacker Very Heavy Fighter (Shashka). Modeled, not presented. Textures; See above.
Hacker Bomber (Schiavona). Modeling 10% completed. Textures; See above.
Coalition
-Soviet Class Very Heavy Fighter
completed, textured hardpointed
-Partisan Class Light Fighter
completed, textured not hardpointed
-Revolution Class Bomber
completed, textured, not hardpointed
-Kremlin Class Destroyer
completed, textured, not hardpointed
I am not able to hardpoint anymore since my milkshape has been permanently disabled on both my computers. Hence, I need someone else to finish the final few coalition ships.
Denelo handed me over his Hacker shipline, but unfortunately I lost the models together with the file which had the inforcards and stats for the ships while reformatting my hard drive.
First i plan to improve models that i made so far (Percheron needs better texture, IMG GB could use that too)...
I will also try (and surely succeed) to make custom cockpits for some of new ships.
Also i am developing few new models...
1. Replacement for Albatross Bcruiser...current model doesn't look good and doesn't even seem as "exploration vessel 2 like description says. So i will try to improve that.
2. ALG waste disposal/very heavy lifter ship...in few words garbage ship..toxic waste and plutonium must be carried in special ships, not in liners:P
3. Civilian explorer ship...probably ship in freighter class but well armored...
4. Large miner ship...more of installation then ship...large, slow moving ship used for mining purposes...
5. Maybe one or two smaller freighters or transports for smaller factions...
6. I will try to continue my idea of new liners with Rheinland and Kusari ones...
Other ideas:
1. i tried and succeeded in making new texture for homeworld ships, so maybe we can improve how they look without tampering with the model it self
2. i am ready to make icons for new ships if needed
3. also, by editing MAT file of current cargo pods maybe add more variety to them.
Also my personal wish is that Xenos get Starblazer like ship in HF class...but that just me being selfish :P
2Jinx: It's better to drop the new Raider idea, no one wants anymore ships from shows, especially as familiar as this one.
2Xing: Ships with Soviet-themed names (and Soviet-looking) won't be included into the mod. It's something that I'd like to avoid. If you wish something Coalition-specific, use other trends that can possibly be connected with the Coalition.
2Doom: Your services on creating icons for new ships will probably be necessary.
I would ask to submit ships with hardpoints created in Milkshape. During previous versions' development, there were lots of situations when hardpoints had to be re-created from scratch many times only because bugs were found in older model revisions. This practice should come to an end. If you cannot setup hardpoints in Milkshape, you have two options: 1) ask someone else, and 2) carefully setup hardpoints in HardCMP before submitting each version of your ship.
Release date: It's hard to estimate, but in theory you can already start submitting your models. This thread: will now become pinned.