The Snake Army - Update: The Anaconda

ArcaneDude · Post by **ArcaneDude** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:27 pm

Not very funny...

Anyhow; the ship isn't bad for a first try, but I'm not enthousiastic about the entire snake idea. It is quite repetitive as well. Just a thought, if you wan't to continue making animal shaped ships, or at least things vaguely representing animal ships, look here for some inspiration.

xphoenix87 · Post by **xphoenix87** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:20 am

"You can resize weapons with the Q and A keys."

ah, much thanks, sir. I knew you could do it, but I couldn't find the right hotkey. (wouldn't it make more sense to have Q and A change the firing arcs and I and K to stay as the resize keys? This makes no sense to me.)

On that note, is there a thread or a readme file or something that lists all the shipbuilder hotkeys? That'd be nice to know about if it exists.

"It is quite repetitive as well."

Yeah, I'm aware of that. I just couldn't think of any other way to do the main body of the snake. It seems to me that it's almost got to be repetitive by default. I don't know, maybe I'm not being inventive enough.

Looks like most people aren't big fans of the snake idea, so I'll probably scrap that (though I do enjoy the idea of a Boa Constrictor-themed ship that gravbeams people into the middle of it's coils and pounds on them

).

Thanks for the help guys, I appreciate it.

Commodore111 · Post by **Commodore111** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:32 am

though I do enjoy the idea of a Boa Constrictor-themed ship that gravbeams people into the middle of it's coils and pounds on them

Do it!

Joss · Post by **Joss** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:03 am

I have a pet cornsnake called fred, would you make him as a run off the mill cruiser?

Hes six foot long.

And has to be a green tree python.

ArcaneDude · Post by **ArcaneDude** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:18 am

Just a quick advice; instead of placing other people's sentences between "'s, just copy them, the press "quote" when you want to make a post. Paste the sentencs, and then press "quote" again. That way, you'll get the it as...watch how surprising this is...a quote. That'll be more organized.

Strideo · Post by **Strideo** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:50 am

Joss wrote:I have a pet cornsnake called fred, would you make him as a run off the mill cruiser?

Hes six foot long.

And has to be a green tree python.

You have a pet to compare with every ship don't you?

Bad Boy · Post by **Bad Boy** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:06 am

Strideo wrote:You have a pet to compare with every ship don't you?

lol its true.
Anyway, I like the snake idea and, for that matter, the snake. To see a key list ingame and in shipmaker, press F1. Anyway, keep making ships, I hope to see a Boa Constrictor soon.

Oh yes, welcome to the forums.

Joss · Post by **Joss** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:11 am

No, i don't yet have a hyeena or a monkey.

But yeah my pets basicly fill all the animal kingdoms exept insects, unless i count my hunting spider which lised on my shelves.

Commodore111 · Post by **Commodore111** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:25 am

So... you're saying you have a pet blue whale in your backyard?

Joss · Post by **Joss** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:27 am

A whales a mammal mate.

Does the dog fill that catergory, or even the cat?

I have a tank of fish.

xphoenix87 · Post by **xphoenix87** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:13 am

Just a quick advice; instead of placing other people's sentences between "'s, just copy them, the press "quote" when you want to make a post. Paste the sentencs, and then press "quote" again. That way, you'll get the it as...watch how surprising this is...a quote. That'll be more organized.

Like so? Hehe. It's been too long since I posted consistently in a forum.

To see a key list ingame and in shipmaker, press F1.

Thanks, that's a big help

bl3d4 · Post by **bl3d4** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:06 pm

The ship shocks me...cause you put to many Pointbeams...
If you want to generate that returning effect for projectiles, replace it with a beamer and use this.
module|Impeder|-1|-1|-1|-1|-1||2.30|1|-1|-1|-1|-1|-1|-1

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:36 pm

I'm going to make a super thin Ageis spamming line of doom with ultra short range lucky 9 weapons so I can chase that ship all around the sandbox lol. Snakes FTW. Now if only I could get it to grow as it moves, or turn for that matter.

Also, repetition is not evil as some might have you believe. If you want to make a continuous body interesting, build out widthwise. Use one block consistently for the center row, then build a row on either side of something different, and etc. You can shrink the blocks and add quite a few layers if you want an interesting pattern like most snakes have because then the layers can be varied in position and coloring to produce patterns.

xphoenix87 · Post by **xphoenix87** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:05 pm

*Updated*

I just added the Anaconda to the original post, and I'd like some feedback on it.

Here's the basic hull

It's 256 sections, and was an absolute pain in the butt to do, but it's done, and I'm relatively happy with how it turned out. Getting the curve to look right was hell, but I think it ended up being pretty smooth. Here are some closer shots if you want to see more detail.

My big question is which weapons load-out to use. I originally did it like this

Then I cut it down to just one big, modded weapon on each platform (as seen on the first page). I'm not sure which looks better for this ship. Thoughts?

Anyway, hope you enjoy it.

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:26 pm

wow I really like the way this looks! The pattern is good looking, the weapons spaced, and the overall appearance more snake like instead of 'snake' the game lol. Excellent job!