So, I guess that LSF prototype is not in the game? If it is I want one!
So I made this little experiment. I asked a guy which is the best looking model. First, he pointed the Nomad BS but I wanted him to chose a human design and after a short time he pointed the Legate. While it's not the best quality model, that ship has a charm of its own. I hope it will get a few upgrades in a future update. The model is ancient.
I saw the name in the distance while i was cruising through Elesmere, I'm assuming its a fixed model in a shipyard right now, like the bretonian carrier was.
it is not meant to be a playership .. NPC only. it is meant to pack the ability of the original spyglass and the order resephthingy in one tiny ship - displaying the superior liberty ingenuity in terms of efficiency and miniaturization. ( you know - liberty does not get mad when their ships get stolen, they just make the best of it - and make a new and better one .. except for the osiris, they seemed to realize that it sucks and that you can cloak any other ship that has more firepower )
and yea - LSF cannot fly caps...
the smaller bretonian carrier is the so called prototype - which the bretonians finally based their final carrier on ( the big one )
Looking at the size of Rheinland BS and Liberty Dread.... Something went horribly wrong I mean look at the Rheinland Carrier, that looks like a real Battleship it's size and model, while the actual Rheinland BS looks like a whole Dreadnought. The same with Liberty Dread, the Liberty Carrier looks like a big ass Dreadnought while the original Liberty Dread stays like a Battleship in size. I kinda feel like those are the only 2 Factions that have their Ship Size a little screwed If the Rheinland BS would be declared as a Rheinland Dread and the Rheinland Carrier would be the Rheinland Battleship (of course guns and turrets would need a change) while Liberty Carrier would be named as the Liberty Dread and the original Liberty Dread to Liberty Battleship. Add 2 new Carrier types if necessary since those are Capital Factions / House Factions it'd make sense for them to have more different types of Capital Ships as their Field of Battle and Tactics is way more superior.
Also can we move this thread to General Mod Discussion maybe please? I'm sure this would concern Discovery Community directly and could be further discussed.
(06-17-2014, 10:21 AM)Scumbag Wrote: Ok, i have estimated the size of the liberty dreadnought using the following calculations and assumptions. We have in the game files a model for the pilot. Importing that into sketch up and measuring it with the measure tape tool there gave me a head and torso length of 0.02 m. The liberty dread measured in the same way gave a length of approximately 12.5 m from the tip to the engine.
Assuming the pilot in the game files is Edison Trent who was played in this game by Ian Ziering who has a height of 1.81 m or 5 feet 11'25" and a head+torso / body length of 0.4 then:
#The height of the pilot in Freelancer is 0.05 m measured in sketch up, meaning 0.05 m corresponds to 1.81 m in real life, then:
#The length of the liberty dread is 452.5 m or 494.86 yd or 0.28 miles.