Ship Mods available?

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I was digging around the forums and googling the web for ship mods for Soase and in the end couldn't find what it was I was looking for.

 

I was hoping to find some new ships and ship models to add into the game but couldn't find any stand alone ships downloads , I suppose one could just dissect one of the mods out there with new ship models in them but I'm not keen on that as the mod authors were probably hoping to see people actually use there mods not scavenge bits and pieces of there hard work.

 

So with that all said, would there happen to be anywhere I could find some new ships to add into the game without having to go through the pain of creating my own from scratch....which looks more and more like I'm more than likely going to have to do.

 

Thank you in advance,

 

Snowpeople

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Making a new ship is a lot of work, so no wonder none are readily available. Not just the modelling part but textures as well, somehow making all the hardpoints, then balancing the game stats and abilities... Having just a single ship as a mod would already be a big one.

My experience of modders is that they're pretty open minded when it comes to their IPR. After all they usually recycle plenty of copyrighted stuff. For a good part my old Siege Station Mod for HW2 was a collection of smaller mods, and it was not hard to get permissions to use the stuff. I take modders just love for their stuff to be used, because in the end of the day only a tiny fraction of a player community will play a given mod, and if you give proper credit the original modder will gain some additional fame. Just taking ships and sticking them all together into the same mod does not yet make it great or popular... a good mod requires lots of original development.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Indeed Varis, I've been messing around with some of the mods available, Sins Plus, Epic Mod, Distant Stars, Star Trek: Sacrifice of Angels, ect, and I have enjoyed each and every one of those mods as they all have there own areas of focus that seperate one from the other.

 

While i've not tried my hand at modeling for Sins other than taking a quick look at the various files involved, I was sorta hoping to gain a free ride on someone elses work!  O:)

 

I spent alot of time modeling and converting for other games (SFC II, SFC III, HOI 2, Silent Hunter 2-3, ect.)

Sins has been a great diversion for me while I enjoy another cold Canadian winter and thought it might be fun to spend my time within a game actually playing the game as opposed to tinkering with it, that all said, the fact that there are not alot of ship models to download into ones game is starting to prove to be a tempting challenge that I am unsure I can resist!

 

So with that said I think I just may go ahead and make a few of my own, I'll more than likely just change the ship models and leave various stock stats intact as I'm not all that keen on doing the whole re-balancing thing >_>

 

After I shovel the snow today I'll get started on this little project I think...

 

Snowpeople

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