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[Silverware]

Very nice ship, the beamers remind me of EVE. So help me god if you make me renew my subscription to EVE you can pay for it! Rofl.
Great little ship, can't wait to see what else you do with it, or its siblings.

[jwa8402]

Unquestionably better! Only problem with the larger arms was that they didn't seem to serve a purpose and so looked plain next to the articulated arms, which has been solved. Blooper videos are always fun!

[wingstorm]

I love the ship. The ship really looks like its "mining"

Just an ideal that hit me the moment I saw the Workbee mining:
A while back I dled a ship that have a "reload" animation, where a empty bullet case would appear to be discharged after it fires.
I was wondering if it is possible to do a reverse of such an animation. As in make it appears that the Workbee is "harvesting" pieces of ore/rock from the main rock, via a tractor beam?
To make the "mining" appears even more real?

[Anna]

I love the ship. The ship really looks like its "mining"

Just an ideal that hit me the moment I saw the Workbee mining:
A while back I dled a ship that have a "reload" animation, where a empty bullet case would appear to be discharged after it fires.
I was wondering if it is possible to do a reverse of such an animation. As in make it appears that the Workbee is "harvesting" pieces of ore/rock from the main rock, via a tractor beam?
To make the "mining" appears even more real?

Quite entirely possible. But I'm not going to do it, because it would require adding more shit onto a ship which several people whose opinions I quite respect have called "almost flawless". You can't really expand upon perfection, and I'm not willing to try in this instance. I don't want to risk fucking it up.

[Anna]

Hey guys.

Guess what.

Fucking Download. Available now. Check that shit. Grab it while it's hot.

Workbee-01.zip

The .shp and all the custom sprites are included. And I threw in the .sb4 as well, because I love you guys. :D

(38.47 KiB) Downloaded 107 times

I may put together and post a blooper video sometime later.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, this does require the beta MIRV version, as it uses the fusion beams for the larger mining lasers. It will bug out if you try using it in regular BSF 0.90d

And seriously guys, is it really that hard to just post a little comment either here or on YouTube? Even a bit of helpful constructive criticism inspires me and gives me the urge to build. The general lack of activity in this thread and on YouTube is rather off-putting, however. At least I have the guys on IRC to keep me chill, though.

EDIT #2: I need to get better at this patience thing. Doesn't help that I've been awake 27 hours now. Ah well! Gonna give making a militarised version of the Workbee a shot now!

[Anna]

Another bump...


"Sir, do you think they suspect us?"

"Absolutely not, Private! I learnt all about stealth in the academy! We completely blend in with our environment."

"If you say so sir..."
"Of course I say so! Now just fire our weapons on those asteroids, Private! Look busy!"

*sigh* "Yes, sir..."

[jwa8402]

And seriously guys, is it really that hard to just post a little comment either here or on YouTube? Even a bit of helpful constructive criticism inspires me and gives me the urge to build. The general lack of activity in this thread and on YouTube is rather off-putting, however.

Your just depressed because you don't get to kill anyone. Replace those pesky asteroids with colony stations stuffed with innocent noobs and you'll feel better.
"err, sir, the asteroid has been completely obliterated..."
"well, maybe they won't notice"

[Anna]

And seriously guys, is it really that hard to just post a little comment either here or on YouTube? Even a bit of helpful constructive criticism inspires me and gives me the urge to build. The general lack of activity in this thread and on YouTube is rather off-putting, however.

Your just depressed because you don't get to kill anyone. Replace those pesky asteroids with colony stations stuffed with innocent noobs and you'll feel better.
"err, sir, the asteroid has been completely obliterated..."
"well, maybe they won't notice"

Perhaps you're right. Know of any good space stations made with SWA sections that I can include in my next video?

Also, I think I'm taking this way too far:

[Anna]

Bumping with content.

Again.



Direct Link: Warbee Vs. The Druna Skas.

[vidboi]

stock green... erm yeah, can't say i like it that much. perhaps an olive green or olive drab would look better, and would definately fit the military look.

also because of the high saturation of the green it contrasts too much with the grey bits, and makes parts like the weapons on the end of the arms look stuck on rather than properly attached, especially with the outer arms. the missile pods at the back also stick out like a sore thumb, and definately look like they need some sort of mounting, and i really don't like the heavy vulcan sprite at the front; the perspective just messes it up for me

on the other hand the contrast does allow me to see the actual detail that's been put into the functionality of the ship, which is nice. the joints are really well built

p.s, i feel like messing around with the workbee ship and trying to make the outer arms into functioning clamps, is that ok?

[Anna]

stock green... erm yeah, can't say i like it that much. perhaps an olive green or olive drab would look better, and would definately fit the military look.

also because of the high saturation of the green it contrasts too much with the grey bits, and makes parts like the weapons on the end of the arms look stuck on rather than properly attached, especially with the outer arms. the missile pods at the back also stick out like a sore thumb, and definately look like they need some sort of mounting, and i really don't like the heavy vulcan sprite at the front; the perspective just messes it up for me

It's actually very, very far from stock green, and is rather low saturation except for in a handful of places. It could be that the Grunge doodads up the brightness too much, though. I was worried about that. I'm still tweaking and adjusting the colour scheme. The missile pods are meant to stick out like a sore thumb, and they do have a mounting. Those little ovals that have been on the ship from the very start. Sorry you don't like the Heavy Vulcan, but... eh, I do.

on the other hand the contrast does allow me to see the actual detail that's been put into the functionality of the ship, which is nice. the joints are really well built

p.s, i feel like messing around with the workbee ship and trying to make the outer arms into functioning clamps, is that ok?

Why thank you. And yeah, sure. I include the .sb4 for a reason. Feel free to mess around with it and do whatever you like.

[Anna]

This is the stage I got the Warbee up to. This is the stage it was at.

I say was, because I mistakenly opened the wrong Shipmaker. And did all the updates using regular shipmaker. And then tried to save over the old file using regular shipmaker. The .sb4 was corrupted, it was all lost. I'm gonna have to restart from the Warbee from scratch, basically. I have this screenshot and the colour palette, so it will be fairly easy to aim for, but... well, yeah, I'm pretty fucking bummed out about it.

[21:58:43] <Anna> http://i25.tinypic.com/jt2ixx.png
[21:58:49] <Anna> I am quite pleased.
[21:58:57] <AureusSila> I like that alot more than the other green, yeah
[22:00:17] <Anna> Me too.
[22:00:20] <Anna> That's a keeper.
[22:00:32] <AureusSila> sweet :3
[22:01:02] <Anna> ... Something very bad is happening.
[22:01:25] <Anna> Oh shit.
[22:01:32] <Anna> I did all that in ShipMaker.
[22:01:38] <Anna> Standard.
[22:01:50] <Anna> ABORT ABORT
[22:02:10] <Anna> Abort and pray to god that all is not lost.
[22:02:12] <AureusSila> :X
[22:02:38] <Anna> I found this out after I tried saving it and got spammed with error messages.
[22:02:45] <Anna> Let us hope it has not corrupted my save.
[22:03:01] <Anna> ...
[22:03:03] <Anna> It has.
[22:03:06] <Anna> fghdfghfggdghdjhgj
[22:03:08] <Anna> SDFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFffjklmfhdkfgs
[22:03:09] <AureusSila> oh nooooooooooo ;.;
[22:03:11] <Anna> ASRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrr
[22:03:15] * Anna punches something.
[22:05:00] <Anna> It's really a very simple matter to rebuild the whole thing and I'm not bothered at all.
[22:05:02] <Anna> Honest.
[22:05:08] * Anna fucking dies.
[22:07:16] * Cynsye|Sleep is now known as Cynsye
[22:11:02] <Anna> I want to take a break from BSF now.
[22:11:09] <Anna> But I have no fucking idea what else to do.
[22:11:52] <Anna> I lose the laptop in... 9 hours or so, and won't have access to it again for a day or two at least after that.
[22:12:09] <Anna> I've been awake for... waaaaay too many hours. 34.

[Imaillusion]

Maybe with the Workbee you could change the laser doodad that the outer arms fires to, like a lightnig arc/weiding sprite. Then colour the whole ship white and put a red cross doodad on it somewhere. Then you have a Medicbee

[Anna]

Maybe with the Workbee you could change the laser doodad that the outer arms fires to, like a lightnig arc/weiding sprite. Then colour the whole ship white and put a red cross doodad on it somewhere. Then you have a Medicbee

Okay. I realise I've been complaining about the lack of responses and comments, but y'know what? Fuck you. Get out of my fucking thread until you have something to say that isn't fucking mind-numbingly stupid.

EDIT: Adding Comparison pick of the Workbee, the Warbee (before it was lost), and the original concept art shrunk to scale and colour inverted.

[Anna]

I have successfully rebuilt the Warbee. As I lack the laptop at the moment, I can't record a video of it in action (I want to do another one with the Druna Skas after I've rebalanced it and made its AI not be retarded), but I should be able to do so in a day or two.

CrimsonFlame has suggested that I beef up the "biceps" on the larger pair of arms for the Warbee. What do you guys think? I'm uncertain.