hmm, that d be really amazing to have ship hulls illuminated only by the light of their guns. by the way, are freelancer cannons really all energy? - i thought that particle cannons were ... well, throwing particles, isn t that a mass driver = slug cannon in a way?
( i saw the new BSG show last week ... first time i watched it ... and there was an attack on the galactica. several bombers (?) were flying towards it, and quite close around the battleship, there were the flak cannons ( or so they looked ) - made me think of how flak should/could look in space ( pretty lightshow )... a "shield" of shrapnell and explosions.... however, if its really shrapnells, i guess the hundreds of explosions would have damaged the galactica more than any attacker - but still - a neat effect. ) <--- just a sidenote:)
Well, apparently yes - FL weapons are all energy (at least from wht I see) Proof - They simply drain your powerplant every time they "fire"(?) and it doesn't seem like they are ammo-fed. Now - I know it s possible to make a mesh (look at a few videos abt BSG mod on YouTube) Mine explosion pon shot and hit, enlarged and darkened projctile model of either a Skyblast B, Fury5 or Order cruiser/GB turret + a new gun sound (BIG bang).
A combination f thse gives really cute effects.
Flak in space...
Well, it would ook pretty much the same as normal flak. Loads of shrapnels going in every direction (in space tey wouldn't even slow down, making yhem evn more devastating)
Thing is - Galactica and Pegasus have really heavy armor. That armor alone makes them largely invulnerable to their own flak (Different ammo is used when engaging a basestar) That elment - armor thickness is th decisive factor.
And those "bombers" were our disco marauders - old, 1st cylon war-era raiders.
ah, there are twin turrets in the game allready, btw. i just checked out the liberty dreadnaughts and they do have twin barrel turrets that are very similar to the one you posted, vape.
i m not sure if there is a player turret sharing that look, but then, ....... turrets are so small, its a waste of polygones to give them a more detailed look than a tube on a box, i think. ( yes, i know there are ships that are small enough so you can see the turrets very clearly, but most capships are too big )
ps.: i wanted to post the screenshot, but it appears that i forgot to fraps it. so you either look yourself ( any liberty dreadnaught base ) or you believe me:)
I would actually like to see an FLish implented railgun model as well, though I do have the OCD compulsion to statte that raiilguns and gauss cannons are actually two separate types of weapons.