replacement BHG battleship

[Jinx]

maybe all you need is a comparing shot to the destroyer to make you see the greater mass and size...

so here is an image with the destroyer to compare with ( size of the destroyer is already balanced for 4.85 ) and another image with the battleship skinned...

below you can see it directly compared to the new BHG destroyer...

edit: i have not modified the fins in the final version... it looked bad to have the vertical fin exceed the main shape - besides... when the ship is kept that way, i had a much easier time slapping a fitting hitbox over it that covered every important part.

the feeling that its somewhat cruisersized comes from the compactness of the ship. - it looks smallish and somewhat dumpy. it lacks distinct separate parts that some other ships have. - the bretonian battleship for example has a clearly visible bridge section and an engine section. - the liberty dreadnaught is very long compared to its hight / length. the osiris - well, the osiris itself does not look very large - but we know its a battleship.. so it feels like one.

one thing for sure - when you re a fighterpilot and happen to fly past this BHG battleship very closely - there won t be any feeling of aweness. the BHG battleship does not look majectic like a zoner juggernaut ( new one ) nor as intimidating as a bretonian battleship. - it will simply look like a beefed up version of the other BHG capships... rather "simple" and not too innovative ( in a positive sense ) - the BHG mass produces those ships - they don t have stationary ones or "important" ones... they are all "just ships".

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[Etaphreven]

Hawt. o.o

[Eppy]

I'd try to sleeken up the bow and expand the stern outwards a bit, but otherwise, good show.

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.

[Jinx]

i can figure out what the "bow" is - but whats the stern? anyway - i cannot do very much anymore to the ship - cause it always means to re-hardpoint it all, and the original ship has 20 turrets that need to be placed along with all the other crap. - takes quite some time to hardpoint it.

besides - right now, it has exactly the size of the current BHG battleship. ( the current BHG BB uses a stretched kusari destroyer hitbox, i think ... i have given this one a tube. - it leaves parts of the horizontal wings out, but covery like 95% of the ship )

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[AdamantineFist]

As it is, it looks amazing. Doesn't need anything changed at all, I say. Well... wait, why does it have a huge hole in the top?

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[Tic]

I'v just tested it, perfect ship.

Only 2 complaints:

1. Lower front fin is textured differently from each side, right side is not textured like other fins and details.

2. Please put engins in oposite direction, so that longest one is on top, and shortest one at bottom. Like on original BH ships.

Also the HPs are mostly placed excelent, but when you finish the model send it to me to HP it accordingly to the size of new BH BB turrets i made.

Also ill put it to have firing arcs like this:

Direction: Current BB/ New BB

Forward: 14/14
Backward: 14/12
Left/Right: 13/9
Up: ~10/11
Down: ~10/13or12

I think it's fair.

Also commparrision with Osiris:

Current:



I suggest it gets scaled to 1.2 of it current size, then it will be like this. Also resize the hitbox.

Then it will be like this:

[Jinx]

.... - yay, well, maybe YOU wanne do the hardpointing?:)pleeeeaaase... i m really tired of hardpointing, i had to hardpoint 20 ships in the past 2 days to fix them - and i m really sick of it now....

increasing the whole ship by 20% is no prob.. i can do that with the FL tool.

the lower front fin....

all i can say is "oopsi" - happens... must have messed up a slice when i was cutting the model. - i ll fix the mat file and then send you ( Tic ) the model, you might hardpoint it if you are so nice.... - gonne scale it up by 20% already then.

about the arcs..... believe it or not. the current BHG BB has 20 turret hardpoints - and all of them are 360 degrees ...

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[Dopamino]

I love it.

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[AdamantineFist]

about the arcs..... believe it or not. the current BHG BB has 20 turret hardpoints - and all of them are 360 degrees ...

Is it possible to change the arcs when replacing a ship?

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[Tic]

@Jinx

I'd be honored to do the HPing. Ill enjoy it.:D

Also Jinx it has 20 turret HPs only in CMP model, but only 14 can be used in game.

@Adamantine Fist

Yes it is possible and i will do it.

But still 2 or 3 of turrets will have to shoot a bit(some detail parts) thru hull when they fire backwards.
2 are so bad that i will limit them to be unable to shoot at about 45 degrees to back. Otherwise they would shoot thru entire hull.