Battlestar Galactica Mod V0.0.1

gregebowman · #1 January 16th, 2004, 04:43 PM

The only problem about making a BSG mod is that there is a lack of material. Depending on which series you're basing this on, the only thing we've seen is a Battlestar and a bunch of fighters and shuttles. And a whole variety of freighters and starliners. And there weren't too many starfaring races that the original crew ran into. So unless you're going to do a two race mod, with a bunch of neutrals, I don't see how you can do a dedicated BSG mod. Don't get me wrong; I'm all for a BSG mod. I'll play with whatever you come up with. I'm just putting in my 2 cents in.

Drake113 · #2 January 17th, 2004, 12:40 AM

Well, for Galactica-like fan designs, check out Steve Wilson's fantastic CGI gallery here-- that should give you some ideas about what Colonial cruisers, destroyers, etc. might look like. There may be models of his stuff available at battlestargalactica.com or battlestarpegasus.com (although I think their mesh section is down), so you might be able to render some top-down views if you have the appropriate modeler.
Also, Rollo mentioned back on the Starfury forum that the Colonials and the Cylon are part of the TDM-Modpack, so there's some of your work done right there.

PvK · #3 January 17th, 2004, 12:53 AM

It'd could be mainly a two-player, or team mod, and/or player versus all AI's. Of course, you could also simply use any SE4 shipset, with the BG technologies.

But ya, there aren't many ship classes in the series. Almost all of the special effects were made for the pilot, and then re-used ad nauseam in all the later episodes, which only had the budget to do things like make a tinfoil cowboy hat to put on a Cylon while they borrowed the Bonanza set for the old west episode

. A couple of warship classes were added on the

fan-site that tries to consider the physics of BG (link on thread for SF BG mod). That site would be a good resource for a starting point to see what there is and what some numbers might be.

Remember, Colonial pilot heroes get a +500 defense bonus, and 1000 structure points, but their Vipers include a hit-first component that lets them get stranded and in need of rescue. And, Vipers gotta have a "turbo boost" component. The "Boxy's Daggit" unit increases Happiness...

There are already a Colonial and maybe a Cylon shipset somewhere. I remember annihilating a player who was using the Colonial set once.

PvK

[ January 16, 2004, 22:54: Message edited by: PvK ]

TNZ · #4 January 17th, 2004, 04:55 AM

Thanks Drake113. It was your Starfury mod that gave me the idea. Is it possible resize your portraits or landscapes images to 128x128 or 426x341? This way I could use your images for events or finale images. My attempts to resize failed miserably.

New shipsets would be great, but making shipsets is not a talent I have. I am at the moment using the Colonial and Cylon shipsets from the TDM-Modpack. If anyone is interested in making new shipsets for the Colonials and Cylons, I would be really pleased.

Drake113 · #5 January 17th, 2004, 06:25 PM

I can probably do you one better and make my source material available, if you're interested. Most, if not all, of it is of much higher resolution than the stuff in the mod. It'll be a pretty huge zip file, though. Otherwise, let me know what images you want resized and to what sizes, and I'll do what I can to help you out.

userx · #6 January 21st, 2004, 04:39 AM

FYI. For those of you interested in Battlestar Galactica, they are beginning to shoot the new series here in Vancouver in March.. should see it on TV next fall.

TNZ · #7 January 21st, 2004, 06:01 AM

Drake113. Any images that look good with dimensions at 128x128 would help. The idea is to replace the events images the game currently use with images that reflect the Battlestar Galactica universe. I also can use images with the dimensions of 128x128 to replace some of the shipsets images the Colonials and Cylons are using. There no rush though: I won�t need the images for a long time.