Dachplatte's Shipyard - Sixth Behemoth Update - 26 July

Dachplatte · Post by **Dachplatte** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:42 am

Newbie ships <- My first ships, not part of any fleet

Other Ships

Taurellian 'Spike' Fleet

Googolian 'Agressor' Fleet

Taurellian 'Experimental' Ships <- Currently working on this.

Available downloads
- Banana Ship

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Edit - Changed the thread name to "Dachplatte's Shipyard"
Edit - Cleaned the thread somewhat up, it began to look like a garbage bin

DoubleThink · Post by **DoubleThink** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:49 am

Ok, here are a few tips that you can apply to almost any ship, especially these ones.

Aegis is easily abused. Use it sparingly. It doesn't look good, and it easily makes a ship far too powerful.

Ships tend to look better when they're 'fleshed out,' if that makes sense. When I see your ships, I get the impression that they're very spindly and frail. The sections aren't placed particularly well, either. Use some variety and don't forget to build width as you build length.

Kanosint · Post by **Kanosint** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:33 am

Hmmm, the Aegis abuse isn't through the roof on these, though, except the station... The colour is still gag-inducing, but they're not exactly overpowered in this case.

As for fleshing them out, agreed. These things are just a few sections glued together with nary a drop of superglue... I've had paper airplanes that looked more solid than these. Give 'em some food, even I think these are skinny, and I weigh but a hundred pounds. Also... No holes please, holes in a ship never looks good like this...

dyoano · Post by **dyoano** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:31 am

you need to change the alien piece on the back of your corvette. when you mirrored the ship, the two pieces create an overlap, making your ship look uneven and crappy. either cover the overlap with another section, or move the two pieces - NEVER create overlapping sections by due to mirroring.

BlackMetalZivon · Post by **BlackMetalZivon** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:34 pm

The aegis would look better with a darker color; most likely a darker version of the color of the target section.

And the 'improvement' of the fighter seems to be over gunned. It looks like it could be a destroyer.

I also second dyoano's suggestion to fix all the overlapping parts.

Dachplatte · Post by **Dachplatte** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:28 pm

ok, i looked trough your tips and made a new ship, i tried to flesh it out a little bit more. it's only the "skeleton", i still need to add weapons

Kanosint · Post by **Kanosint** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:25 pm

Sorry for the one-line post, but there's nothing to say except... 3!

Nutcase · Post by **Nutcase** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:41 pm

The center's kind of...open.
I'd put some more sections between the wings.

Dachplatte · Post by **Dachplatte** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:13 pm

oops

. I really didn't see it looked like the number three. I'm almost ready with fixing the look, i'll post the updated ship in a few minutes

*EDIT* Here it is

*EDIT* changed it a little bit, with some fake aegis and added some weapons

Dachplatte · Post by **Dachplatte** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:58 pm

more ships!

a moving "shipyard" it doesn't have any weapons, except the demeters

some kind of battleship

Corporal Jomn · Post by **Corporal Jomn** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:43 pm

You do know you can turn off glows, it'll make the colors the same as the ones you see in shipmaker. Otherwise these are pretty good ships.

Dachplatte · Post by **Dachplatte** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:48 pm

Corporal Jomn wrote:You do know you can turn off glows, it'll make the colors the same as the ones you see in shipmaker. Otherwise these are pretty good ships.

Thanks! I always wondered why the colors weren't the same in the game.

Dachplatte · Post by **Dachplatte** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:33 pm

Taurellian 'Spike' Fleet

So, i built a fleet

. I called it the 'spike' fleet because they have *cough* spikes (Sorry, I didn't have any inspiration

).

Stalagmite: (Dreadnaught Class)

Stalactite: (Battleship Class)

Metalclaw: (Destroyer Class)

Agitator: (Cruiser Class)

Bat: (Cruiser Class)

Bee: (Corvette Class)

Wasp: (Corvette Class)

Backstory: Tau Ceti Imperium/Taurellian Imperia

- 2149. Earth is taken over by robots, lead by Google - an Artificial Intelligence that
accidentally became self-aware. A group of rebels that survived the Second Inquisition
fleed to the Tau Ceti solar system and found the Tau Ceti Imperium.
- 4563. For Hundreds of years the Taurellians grew stronger, expanding their territory
and their fleet. In the Tau Mira solar system, near Tau Ceti, multiple hostile ships were
seen . Googlian forces established a wormhole between the earth & the Tau Mira
solar system. Now it's only a matter of time until the First Intergalactic War begins...

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*edit* changed the engines
*edit* added the dreadnaught
*edit* added the backstory

Post by **Arcalane** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:45 pm

Those glows are a little on the obnoxious side. Actually, a lot on the obnoxious side. If you want fancy engine effects, use the ThrusterEX module.

Dachplatte · Post by **Dachplatte** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:20 pm

Another ship for the Taurellian fleet!

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Another one

(but not for the fleet)