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[MOD] The Nephil: Tools of the Trade (UPDATE 03-11-2008)

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[MOD] The Nephil: Tools of the Trade (UPDATE 03-11-2008)

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The Nephils

 

Progress:

Ship List: 90% complete

Modding: 70% complete (Ships in .3ds, .max format, just w8ing for a way to convert and I will bring them in)!

Technology: 0%

Statistics and attributes: 65% (Ships general attributes and abilities are on a chart, ready to be brought added to their respective ship whenever he get's inserted into SINS) 

General Comment:

This mod will add a single race to the SoaSE universe, 'The Nephils'.

I will not alter any UI Interface data or add planet types...my sole purpose is to add a new rich and diverse race... Progress is slow as I am new and alone on this project (anyone willing to join should contact me through pm or post).

Though, with the help of Kiedjor and his SuperMiniMod, drastic changes will be made to SINS (ships now more diverse and give away more of that sense of scale (Ie. weak ships will be easily shot down in one shot but will cost 1 supply and be highly spammable! Etc...))

Concept Ideas:

I will...attempt to bring in UTILITY SHIPS..that is vessels which contain low hull points but confer a TREMENDOUS boast to certain of your vessels attributes. For example: Creating a 'tanker' and assigning him with a cap ship would boast your cap ships speed and turn rate by 50-100% (upgradeable through level/research). 

 

Crew/Members:

 ShadowMastiff2468----Leader/Modder

Kiedjor----Independant Modder/Codder

JaggedSparFel----Coder

 

Designs:

The Nephil have no military force of their own. As they are merely broadcasting folks, they never intended to be dragged into a war of any kind! Unfortunately, due to the Human perseverance in bringing them down, they have been forced to build a rag-tag fleet, composed merely of derelict vessels from previous empires.

Furthermore, being broadcasters brings the diversity with having seen so many factions. As such, the schematics of their ships will be a melting pot of all thos eraces combined! So be prepared to face simultanesouly, a Star Trek Dreadnought (if my memory serves me right), The Galactica, A cylon baseship, A mobileship factory or even the HMS Hood rebirthed from his watery grave.

More to come once I manage to convert .3ds and .max into SINS meshes!!!! Help GREATELY appreciated!! PLEASE!

Thank you for your support!

  

 

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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top

Hey Shadow, want me to help with the coding for the Nephils?  If they work out, I think DANMAN might want them in 7DS simply for the LOL factor.

Reply #27 from Sins Forums Top

*SpardaSon21 : I limit myself to getting the ideas from my head into XSI and scribbling down a few notes on the abilities I want my ships to have!

If you want to help with codding, you must address yourself to Kiedjor as he's the codder in this mod :)

BTW what do you mean by LOL factor???...I spent time on this and I love everything I created so I don't want it added simply because of it's 'apparently' pathetic nature. (either that or I completely misunderstood what you meant by lol factor!).

Please clarify,

Best regards,

Justin S.

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Reply #28 from Sins Forums Top

Works on the "Yellow Submarine" of giggles and giggles...........and lols.....

 


Reply #29 from Sins Forums Top

LOL! nice on BTW ... salvage ship/tanker (whichever goes best with the design is complete)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Xsi just died on me!

Reply #30 from Sins Forums Top

Ouf! It saved it before the crash.....*relief*

So can anyone try to put a texture on it please? Even the most basic one..just so that we can see the result in game?

If so, I'll send you the file!!

 

Cheers,

Justin

Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top

Sorry, by LOL factor I meant the fact that the Nephils will be using our own sci-fi ships against us.  Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica may be great shows, but when some evil aliens start blowing your ships up with copies of the Galactica and the Enterprise, it tends to havbe negative effects on one's psyche.

 

That's sorta what I meant.  People will go "LOL" when they see some of the Nephil stuff.  However, it will quickly go from "LOL" to "CRAP!" when the Galactica blows up your fleet.

Reply #32 from Sins Forums Top

 :)! But for that I either must borrow designs or make my own version of galactica! (the later being much more of a drag)

Got 2 ships that just need textures, 2 more in need of tweaking! few more and I'll have the basics to throw the Nephil in the fray :)!!!!

 

Thanks for clerifying!

Justin S.

Reply #33 from Sins Forums Top

Well....time for a little info!

NEPHIL DATA LOG No.1:

1) The salvager ship is now complete (in terms of modding) and out of shipyard! But like everyone else, it needs a texture :( (damn 50 page tutorial. LOL). Nephil engineers have thus started to scour the univers in search of ship debris that could boost their income.

2) Prototype of Tanker crashed while it was released from dock. So sort of weight dispertion error and cabels leading to the wrong sections :( and is thus under full reconstruction. By reconstruction I mean. DELETED and restart from scratch! Found the design to be too 'bulky' to be released! So we are opting for a more sleek and thin design! (my personnal taste !)

3) Important intel: Our ingeniers have managed to hack into an alien societies ship database and have downloaded partial plans of what looks to be a gigantic aircraft-carrier! Were talking about a beast, designed only to host squadrons and capable of holding 10-15 squadrons at one time! Though the database shows a fairly decent cost, we do not possess such funds and will have to resort to building smaller prototypes (holding an average of 8-10 squadrons)!

End of report No.1

Crugeon Hawklight, leader of the Nephil High Council