The neo-standard thread- Standardising additional hull sizes.

[Andrés]

I think that more than twice the stock number of normal ships is ovekill.
But if we're going to add so many maybe it's a good idea to add one in between each pair of stock pics, to have a better gradient (you can then name pics however you like).

We cannot worry aobut every detail in every mod. Do you need one or two more fighters in the 5 fighters scale (the smallers can have one role and the bigger other), or need another familily of special fighters.

And pictures for almost all SE3 troops, why not up to the apocalypse tanks?

About the name of the larger infantry, I think we should keep the same naming convention we're using now.
Remember I had suggested it to use just "Infantry" Last time, and I was already using that name in my mods, but you insisted that it should start with "troop" to be easier to find when ordering names alphabetically.

I never liked the use of the name "Civilian" meaning a hull that cannot be used as a warship.
All ships in SE4 are part of a military force commanded by the emperor/player.
A civilian ship should be something else used by civilan members of the population an empire's population and not under direct control of the player, something that cannot be modded into the game, unless you turn its ministers on and pretend that it's controled by civilans.

That said I like the idea of adding a series of small/med/large "NonCombat" ships and stations.
Those pics can be used for the starliners in proportions, but
Perhaps even the Barge can be changed to the massive noncombat ship.

Another detail I think we should emphasize more in the site is that that we like variety in hull sizes and names. If for example we refuse to add a picture called "cutter" that does not mean that we don't like the idea of mods adding a hull named cutter, perhaps it should use the "scout" pic.

Timstone
The even if we minimize the new inclusions NS pictures will be nearly as many as the stock ones. Perhaps it'd be better to start a 2nd shipset instead of making twice as many pictures for one.