The neo-standard thread- Standardising additional hull sizes.

[dogscoff]

OK... I'm currently putting together a few web pages for the Neo-Standard. It's not finished yet though, I'll need some more info.

I'll try to upload the files in about 4 or 5 hours time to this URL

Andres, Geo, S_J , please could you look it over and inform me of any glaring errors / incorrect assumptions. Things to look at:
-The descriptions and URLs of your mods on the mods and shipsets page.
-The secondary images and descriptions in the main table. Do you agree?
-S_J, will battlemoons be WorldShipLarge? Do you plan to use the inantry pic for your biofanatics?
-The download page: We still haven't agreed on a distribution method. I'm worried that if we include a copy in each compliant mod, ppl will end up downloading older Versions and messing up their files, as well as the duplication of data.
-On the "What is this?" link, at the bottom is a section on how to participate. Is this all OK?
-Typos, stupid mistakes (my speciality)
-Generally, is it OK? What would you add / remove?

This doesn't have to be the official or the only site. I just had some files left over from Last time.

Also, are there any more compliant shipsets I could link to? I seem to remember one with it's own battlemoon...


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[chewy027]

well if andres doesn't mind nocking the number of worldships down to 1 then i guess that makes it official right? Cause his is the only mod that uses 3. So at least thats 2 less. So instead of having the three worldship classes i guess the obvious thing would be to just call it portrait/mini_wordlship

I think i'll work on the vandron first. I already have a massive base ship in there anyway for SJ

[This message has been edited by chewy027 (edited 21 November 2001).]

[Suicide Junkie]

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Andres, Geo, S_J , please could you look it over and ...

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As of this post, the page is not up, and I won't be back all day. When I do, I'll be sure to post something.

For right now;

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S_J, will battlemoons be WorldShipLarge? Do you plan to use the inantry pic for your biofanatics?

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-I figure battlemoons would be on the small side of "world" (which goes from moons to gas giants).
-Definately infantry pic.

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The download page: We still haven't agreed on a distribution method. I'm worried that if we include a copy in each compliant mod, ppl will end up downloading older Versions and messing up their files, as well as the duplication of data.

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We should have a set of neoshipsizes.txt available for various mods, alongside the imagecopy utility. That way, players can make full use with a tiny download.

Expanded shipsets in a separate Category, maybe two Versions, Full and Only New images.

[Andrés]

So, after removing the extra worldships, the list looks something like this:

1>Scout - smaller than escort
2>Corvette - between escort and frigate (or rename the frigate corvette and make a new frigate)
3>DestroyerHeavy - between destroyer and light cruiser
4>CruiserHeavy - between cruiser and battlecruiser
5>DreadnoughtHeavy - between dreadnough and baseship
6>Baseship - very big base sized ship
7>BaseshipHeavy - even bigger ship
8>WorldShip - planet sized ship
9>ResourceShip - resource miner ship
10>ResourceStation - resource miner station
11>CarrierTiny - smaller carrier
12>CarrierMassive - bigger carrier
13>Warstation - base between battlestation and starbase
14>ColonyShipLarge
15>TransportTiny - smaller and probably faster transport
16>FighterHuge - bigger fighter
17>FighterMassive - even bigger fighter
18>TroopInfantry - Human sized troop
19>TroopHuge - very big troop
20>StellarManipBarge - big weaponless ship

[This message has been edited by Andrés Lescano (edited 21 November 2001).]

[zen.]

Hi guys. I'd have to agree with Chewy about the worldships. 3 might be a little overkill (no pun intended).

Out of curiosity...won't AI design files need to be appended/overhauled to include designs for the larger and in-between ships? Do enlighten me...I'm a graphic designer, not a programmer.

zen

[Andrés]

This is a general set of pictures that should work with many mods, AI may need to be updated to work with most of the mods (not only because of new ship sizes).
Many sizes (eg in-between)should not be a problem. Default AI uses the same entry in the text files to define all sizes between escort and dreadnought, some custom AI have different desings for the smallest and for the biggest ones.

[This message has been edited by Andrés Lescano (edited 21 November 2001).]

[zen.]

Ah...so if the race-specific AI wants something that isn't in its race files, it will default to the DefaultAI files? That would definitely make things easier!

zen