Practice makes decent.

erdrik · Post by **erdrik** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:30 am

I hope. lol

Anywho, I made this just to get some practice and let my imagination roam.
(I forgot to add engine glows before taking the screenshot :x Doh!)

The orange/red glowing ring in the center houses 8 slightly customized Mega Beams.
They are attached to Turretsections that allow them to track along the ring. They will also independantly aquire targets.
(but I think the turn rate for the independant tracking may be a tad high lol)
The arcs are such that no more than 4 beams(from the ring) can focus on any one target.
The front glowie also houses 1 slightly customized Mega Beam.

The 2 side wings/pylons have a single Pulsar Gun each.
Customized to fire 5 shots with little to no delay and almost immidiate acceleration.

EDIT: Oop! I forgot, there are 2 point beams.
1 dead center(the very center glow), and 1 sharing the forward glowie section.

ReIncarnate · Post by **ReIncarnate** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:36 am

oooh, that looks cool

what did you use for the glows? custom glow sprites or the fake aegis glow?

pretty nice overall

erdrik · Post by **erdrik** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:40 am

Fake Aegis.
I dislike custom sprites for glow on account of collision issues, and my current issues with doodads.
I can't seem to get doodads to appear in the sandbox at all.

Chiiro · Post by **Chiiro** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:04 pm

erdrik wrote:Fake Aegis.
I dislike custom sprites for glow on account of collision issues, and my current issues with doodads.
I can't seem to get doodads to appear in the sandbox at all.

If I were you I'd go check my options to see if doodads are enabled. :3

VictimOfPepperoni · Post by **VictimOfPepperoni** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:24 am

How do i make those sections glow using the "fake aegis"? I can't figure it out by myself, and searching the forums didn't help me either.

Invasion captain · Post by **Invasion captain** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:00 am

Click on a section that you whant to hava aegis effect and then under the EDIT and ED2 ther is an EFF icon click it you will see effect type.Then just choose.

VictimOfPepperoni · Post by **VictimOfPepperoni** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:06 pm

Invasion captain wrote:Click on a section that you whant to hava aegis effect and then under the EDIT and ED2 ther is an EFF icon click it you will see effect type.Then just choose.

I tried it, and indeed got a Aegis effect. However, glows of ships i've seen are smooth and the one i've got isn't. Changing parameters didn't help, anyone knows?

Cycerin · Post by **Cycerin** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:09 pm

VictimOfPepperoni wrote:
Invasion captain wrote:Click on a section that you whant to hava aegis effect and then under the EDIT and ED2 ther is an EFF icon click it you will see effect type.Then just choose.
I tried it, and indeed got a Aegis effect. However, glows of ships i've seen are smooth and the one i've got isn't. Changing parameters didn't help, anyone knows?

No idea why figuring out what blur and alpha does is so hard, since I stumbled upon it the very first time I used 4.0. http://www.wyrdysm.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4089

erdrik · Post by **erdrik** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:49 am

More experimentation. New to me, but probly old hat to you all.
Opening weapons platforms/Armor sections.
The Dagger

1x Super Mega Cutter Laser (10 damage 200 duration x 2)
2x Triple Missile Pack (75 damage 125 reload x 3)
Speed 4.5
Acceleration 0.1
Turning 1.5

Blue sections are armor with 500 health.
Grey sections are hull with default health.(~250)

I added animation and triggers so that its weapons will only fire when certain sections are in the appropriate position.
Basicly, a small Targeting laser(mining laser) triggers the section to move into position.
A 300 frame delay in that position allows the weapons to fire.
Once the sections are back in their original position the weapons are inactive again.

bl3d4 · Post by **bl3d4** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:19 pm

Fantastic job you have there. I particularly like the core (power plant?) you have, for reasons that elude me.

However, I think you can further improve on this ship by changing the shade of colours to simulate depth.

Good job

erdrik · Post by **erdrik** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:24 am

More practice.

3x electron cannons.
The side cannon's sections recoil when they fire.

Im thinking about adding an array of short range electron guns along the hull so as to make an "electron field" that would eat anything that gets too close.
But its pretty overpowered as is and FPS suffers as well...

Kiltric · Post by **Kiltric** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:37 am

Very nice. I think the glows could use a little work. However I like that you made an unusually shaped ship work well.

erdrik · Post by **erdrik** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:30 am

Any suggestions for armament? Include placement if you wish.
I decided Im going to remove the electron weaponry, as it is a bit to laggy and I just don't feel it matches the ship very well.
Ive already done lasers and missiles and want something different.
I will look into the weapons myself, but any suggestion/tips are welcome.

Vincent Von Wolfe II · Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:58 pm

erdik, try something that explodes, I think it more matches the ship's battlecruiser potential.

dyoano · Post by **dyoano** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:22 am

If it really is a battleship / battlecruiser, you can add souped-up demeter drone "fighter escorts" that have extended lifetime and increased damage. I also find slow moving torpedos with really large damage, bad tracking, and slow speed work well for capital ships.

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