I design shipsets

[Raging Deadstar]

Referring to the Swarm Shipset, have you completed the AI? If not i think i might shamelessly beg the TDM Modpack to create one and include it in the Mod, that shipset deserves greatness and i think with a good AI will make a great challenge!

[Hugh Manatee]

Regarding swarm AI, I will probably just edit the Xi Chung AI to suit my needs, but I still haven't started learning how the AI works, so if you can get them to do an AI please be my guest. I think I like making shipsets more than playing the game(am I wierd? ).

And Fyron, yes I'd love try a magician shipset, but please don't count on me for AI. I already got an Idea going, but what kind of magician were you leaning twoards.

And I'm putting the Spacemoths on hold for awhile until I finish the necrospiders and magicians.

[ April 14, 2003, 01:46: Message edited by: Hugh Manatee ]

[Fyron]

Have you ever seen a spell jammer?

If your idea is in image file form, go ahead and post it.

[Hugh Manatee]

Ok here goes, the Azlokians(aka the necro spiders) are going extremely well, I figured out the perfect way to do "web and I'm extremely satisfied with the results. I made the "base" classes big monoliths (insired by the ones in Sid Miers Alpha Centauri) with giant claws that hold "weapon orbs". Also there are heavy mounts at the tips of the monoliths. The ships are based of the Star controll spider guys(I forget heir name now) with swept forward wings, but with rounded bridges instead of arrowhead ones. I made the "battle damadge" texture myself, I'll make it available if anyone wants it. NOW HERE'S THE PICS:



Ok that's the Space station on top, then below, the Battle cruiser, destroyer and Escort, in that order.

Now, Fyron, I haven't quite heard of "Starjammer", I did a search and turned up This, I've not had a chane to go very deep into it yet but my Idea was something like this:


^That's a ship not a race pic. My Idea was to make all the ships like that, wizards in little bubbles, they use magic to manifest themselves as the ships, the more wizards in a bubble the bigger the class, the components in the design window their equivalent powers in "spells" and what not, the fighters were to be dragons "summoned" by the "carrier wizards". The bases to look like castles. What do you think, to harry potter? I can go more traditional deffinitely if you want it.

[Fyron]

Hugh, that's not what I was thinking at all. Try looking at some ships in these links:
http://www.darkwood.org/sj/ships/index.html
http://www.darkwood.org/sj/tales/art...s_of_Aster.jpg
http://www.darkwood.org/sj/tales/art...en_Warbird.jpg
http://www.darkwood.org/sj/tales/art...nautiloids.jpg
http://www.darkwood.org/sj/tales/art...ton/index.html
http://www.darkwood.org/sj/ships/aa/Warbird.html

I'll try to find some more Spelljammer sites. There aren't many out there...

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Hugh, that's not what I was thinking at all. (SNIP)
I'll try to find some more Spelljammer sites. There aren't many out there...

Hmmm... get a couple of Spelljammer shipsets, tweak the data files a bit, make elven, dwarven, orc race pics...

I'd say there's the makings of a fine "sci-fantasy in space" mod...

Any thoughts?

[Xaren Hypr]

I have a decent set of Spelljammer ship images, mostly the deckplans...PDF scans from boxed sets (I used to run a Spelljammer game ). Would you interested in some of them for source material?

A beholder fleet would be an interesting encounter in a sci-fantasy mod...

[Fyron]

Woundwort:
Have you seen Adamant Mod? Also, look for the Fantasy Mod by Spoon. But I think Adamant is closer to what you are describing, cause the Fantasy Mod is meant just to be fantasy, without sci-fi.

Xaren:
Those would indeed be useful.

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Woundwort:
Have you seen Adamant Mod? Also, look for the Fantasy Mod by Spoon. But I think Adamant is closer to what you are describing, cause the Fantasy Mod is meant just to be fantasy, without sci-fi.

I took a look at the Adamant home page. It looks interesting, but I got the impression that only the Physical stuff is done. I'd have to see more of the Magical races' data to know if it's what I had in mind - something like a Spelljammer campaign (i.e. everybody's magical). I'll have to take a closer look at the Fantasy Mod and see what he did with facilities - that's probably close to how I'd envisionage it...

Not that I want to do this all by myself. If enough interest in this thing is generated, perhaps this could be moved to a new message thread...

Originally posted by Xaren Hypr:
I have a decent set of Spelljammer ship images, mostly the deckplans...PDF scans from boxed sets (I used to run a Spelljammer game ). Would you interested in some of them for source material?

A qualified "yes", as I don't have 3D modelling software and have zero experience at that sort of thing. That's why I first came here, to download shipsets...

Some good starting shipsets for a background like this (pending orginal authors' approval) might be the Space Vikings/Valkyries ala Dogscoff, and the SaltyDogs from PBW.

[Hugh Manatee]

^How's this?