The neo-standard thread- Standardising additional hull sizes.

[Timstone]

Good idea, but I hope you can see what hulls are being used in which mod.
Damn, 70 pics! I have a lot of work to do.
I realy hate it when the same pic is being used for two or more shipsizes. So I started work on my Ipsha shipset. It's my first, but I wanted to make it right in one go (as far as the different pics concerned). That goal will surely be a longhaul. I thought I was well on my way with almost half the pics they use in the standard game and in the B5Mod. But now it seems I'll have to make more and more different shippics. A daunting task indeed.

[mlmbd]

OK! For my two cents. As an artist, not a modder (and some will say not much of an artist, either), I would prefer more images. The more the better. All artist like showing off their work. That said, the modder's should say what images (if any) they want added to the Neo set. It is after all up to them to assign images in their mods.

I like the; troopinfantryheavy name as well. But since PvK is already using Elite Infantry in his mod why not adopt that as the Troop Infantry Heavy. Or make the Elite Infantry and Troop Infantry Heavy additions to the Neo set. I like the ladder idea.

I also like SJ's idea of "Civilian type Images". Like the cargo station (civilianstation, or both), "civilianship" or "civiliantransport". Like Ferries (Ferryboats) or Starliners with special Quarter's for VIP travel! If you make them Starliners then
Pvk will get his images for his mod and the Neo set will get 2 or 3 additions.

Alright, I got more than two cents worth!

mlmbd

[mlmbd]

Timstone, 70 images! Daunting indeed! But, I did not hear form you that it was not something you absolutely relish the thought of! More of my work for people to see!

mlmbd

[dogscoff]

That said, the modder's should say what images (if any) they want added to the Neo set.

The idea of the neo-standard was to minimise the amount of additional images needed by using a common naming convention and so increase the likelihood that each image is used in multpile mods.

I'm like you, I like to do loads of extra images for a shipset, but not all shipset artists are the same:-(

[Timstone]

I don't like to make too much extra images. Not because I don't like it or because I can't. But it's the time that's involved. Now it takes me a full two days to make one completly new reasonably detailed model. I don't work every day on a new model, so I would take me aproxemately 200 days to make acomplete shipset. That's a long time to wait on an exelent shipset, isn't it?!

[Gryphin]

Perhaps instead of
Sub Set 1
Sub Set 2
Perhaps "Themantic Sets"
Pirates
Rock Paper Sissors
or by Catagory
Fighters, Troops, etc...

[mlmbd]

Timstone, just release the stock shipset first! Then make updates to that set. Like dogscoff is doing with Neo set!

Just a thought!

dogscoff, tis true not all ship artist are the same. But real artist (no offence meant) are the same. They want more of their worked shown all over!

mlmbd