© 2003-2025 Ironclad Games Corporation Vancouver, BC. All rights reserved.
© 2006-2025 Stardock Entertainment
Search
Forum Home | Login
Dirigible
Dirigible
Join Date 02/2008
0

Ugly as Sin

January 2, 2011 12:49:36 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Hey i origianlly got this game loved it and all its expansions but forgot about it for awhile, one of the reasons i stopped playing after awhile was the ugly (in my opinion) ship desighns for the factions. while some of them were good an looked professionally done many seemed to be done by substandard talent (yes i know small studio, costs must be saved) just wondering if there are any mods out there that offer different skins for the various faction's ships as though i love pretty much everything about the game many of the ships seem underwhelm from a visual esthetic especially when compared to the likes of those in the homeworld series or EVE or many of the other space gmaes out there. 

In summary i find the ships to be rather ugly such as the TEC brick and missile frigate and many of the capital ships, are there any good mods out there that keep the mechanics the same but have different ship models for the various units?

modding
Locked Post
Search this post
Advanced Search
Subscription Options
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Dirigible
GoaFan77
Join Date 10/2008
+629 moderator
Reply #1 January 2, 2011 2:16:07 AM
from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Not to my knowledge, but if you know of some ship models from the total conversion mods that you like it wouldn't be to hard to switch a couple of ships out. Those are really the only mods that mess with models.

The TEC heavy cruiser is widely considered ugly, though I actually like the LRF and some of the capital ships (keep in mind most were once cargo ships). But anyways, the TEC are the most traditional looking and should be the easiest to find stuff for. The Advent and Vasari will probably be a lot harder to find ships that can fit in with their fleets.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Dirigible
Kitkun
Join Date 06/2008
+175
Reply #2 January 2, 2011 7:50:37 AM
from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Don't be hating on my Kodiak.

 

+1
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Dirigible
a110
Join Date 06/2010
+6
Reply #3 January 2, 2011 2:01:10 PM
from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

most tec ships are boats, trucks, and trains that look hilariously out of place in a space setting. i have also wanted a mod that only replaces models but atm there doesn't appear to be one

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Dirigible
Thoumsin
Join Date 03/2008
+80
Reply #4 January 2, 2011 2:30:02 PM
from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting ,
quoting post
... are there any good mods out there that keep the mechanics the same but have different ship models for the various units?

Well, why not make your own mod... you always can download other mod, rip the ship that you like and create your own mod...

If you keep your own mod private, it is not a problem... if you make it public, be sure to have the right credit and permission for use...

Since you wish keep the basic game mechanic, it will simply be a work of rename some mesh file and a little edit in entity file... not really a big or complex work...

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Dirigible
-Ue_Carbon
Join Date 07/2008
+117
Reply #5 January 2, 2011 3:03:30 PM
from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Don't be hating on my Kodiak.

 

QFT!!!!

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Dirigible
FredLed
Join Date 08/2010
+11
Reply #6 January 2, 2011 4:31:05 PM
from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

i agree fully,the Giant Space Penis (GSP or Kodiak) is very ugly,but it fits in nicely with the GSC (Giant Space Condom or Cielo) and the GSS (Hoshika or the Giant Space Srcotum).

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Dirigible
Dirigible
Join Date 02/2008
0
Reply #7 January 3, 2011 12:02:11 AM
from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Hmm i was afraid of that, while i have absolutly no clue how to model ships or use any of those programs (though if you know a good begginer program for modeling and or a tutorial that would be awsome) I am fairly decent at drawing and can provide scans of drawings on potential ship models if anyone is interested in doing the modelling. I will endevour to post some tommorow as its fairly late now

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
Dirigible
FredLed
Join Date 08/2010
+11
Reply #8 January 3, 2011 2:32:14 PM
from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

wings3d are the shit,with gimp for textureing and the NVIDIA DDS plugin you are unstopable,unless you are up against mansh00ter,he will rape you (metaphorically and psycholigically).

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
View all recent posts
Mark all posts as read Delete cookies created by the forum Return to Top
Stardock Forums v        Server Load Time:   Page Render Time: