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Old November 11th, 2003, 06:48 PM
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Default Re: ** RELIANT model available for download **

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Originally posted by PvK:
It does look really nice. I'd have done the weapon arcs differently, though. The saucer mounts (following SFB, anyway) would be 180 degrees or less, with the front ones foward 180, sides as 180 at most, but probably from directly forward to about 120 degrees back from the front due to the hull obstruction from the built-up rear saucer. I don't know if the torpedo launcher can be modded in SF, but as we know from Wrath of Khan, the torpedoes could fire both fore and aft, coming from the center part of the top arch protrusion thingie.

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All weapons hardpoints can have modded firing arcs, however, it would seem that Starfury is hardcoded with 45 degree multiples (i.e., 45, 90, 135, etc.) and a single contiguous arc per hardpoint. It would be nice to give a single hardpoint both forward and rearward firing capabilities.
I can also say that I was kinda going for coolness rather than realism. I think I will change the arcs of the lasers. I seem to remember many battle scenes where phasers fired from a ring, either above or below the saucer, with a 270 degree arc. If you play with this ship, you will also notice the inconsistancy of the firing points. I need to change that and have not yet figured out how.
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