Proposal for ship submissions.

[Seth Karlo]

At the moment ships are submitted randomly, and unless people know what they're doing or talk to a designated 'dev' it's difficult to get your work into the mod from what I can see. Along with that, peoples opinions on models and textures vary, so trying to get a clear picture as to whether a ship should go in or not is difficult at best, and the decision can be made quickly by someone and then regretted later.

So here is my proposal:

1. Someone posts a topic in THIS forum (Ship Submissions) with a ship they want to submit to the public for feedback. They must have a render of the ship model PLUS it textured. At this time no hitbox is required. This thread must have a poll with the following options:

1. I like it, put it in the mod.
2. With a few changes, I would like it in the mod.
3. No, I don't like it, keep it out.

This thread remains open for 3 weeks. During that time, the community votes, discusses it, and at any time the modeller can either remove their model or change it and create a new thread and thus poll options for the changed model. The old thread get's either closed or deleted.

2. Once three weeks has passed, and the modeller still wishes it to be submitted, the votes are checked. If there is 50% or more for option 1, see point 3. If it has 50% or more on number 2, the modeller has the option to change it or ask Igiss for a 'get in free' pass. You'd need to beg to him, I have no idea if he would or would not grant this. Option 3 is pretty much the same.

3. The model, textured, must now be sent to a designated 'checker'. At the moment this could be Frozen or me, I don't know who else might be willing to/suitable to do this. This person would check the model for symmetry, stretched textures, or any other faults in the model. If a hitbox can be made by the original modeller good, if not, beg to Frozen.

4. The model get's either a yes or a no from the designated checker. This person MUST provide reasons as to why he (or she) denied it if indeed they do. The original modeller is free to resubmit at any time, I don't know whether they would need to go through the three week voting system again or not, something to be discussed.

5. If the model is accepted, the 'checker' moves it to the developers forum, where it is placed into the next update for the mod.

Please vote, discuss, provide feedback and otherwise argue:)

-Seth

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