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Reply to Babylon 5 Mod Ideas in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Its funny you should say that Overthrow but I was thinking along the same lines, if you muse through the earlier posts you'll see as much. If anyone is interested in joining the mod team for B5 & SoaSE come register at [link="http://babylon5mod4soase.myfreeforum.org/"]WWW Link[/link] Introduce yourself and feel free to speak openly about your ideas or better still examples... I am a firm believer in actions speak louder than words :HOT: it adds a lot of weight to your op

Reply to ship Skin MOD in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I like the organic look nice work, reminds me of the X3 Boron textures which were also very good. Can yolu explain a little more about the process used to make the changes?

Reply to Babylon 5 Mod Ideas in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I am pleased to announce that the 'gathering' of foundation members of the B5 mod team for SoaSE is now complete. I tend to check this thread every other day for peoples views and opinions so please continue to throw your thoughts into the mix we are listening.

Reply to Babylon 5 Mod Ideas in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote]When do you think we could test the v.0 of this mod?[/quote] Hard to say, we are forming the team atm. Release date is dependent on far too many variables for me to even suggest a date that would be meaningful.

Reply to X3 universe in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I imported an X3 model straight into SoaSE beta4 last year as a test for hi-poly models in game. It worked pretty well.. I'm not sure how SoaSE will handle a model for model swap with the X3 races, thats quite a lot of processing power you're playing with there I hope you have a fast PC ;p You are probably going to have to scale things down somewhat.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire: Collector's Edition vs. Standard in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I just got my copy of the CE today thanks guys.... Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.

Reply to PC Gamer reviews Sins of a Solar Empire! in Sins News Sins Forums

You've got to be pleased with that result

Reply to Can we be honorable warriors in Sins....... in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]Though I'd prefer Mass Drivers like in Babylon 5.[/quote] I like ur thinking....

Reply to Why the Hell do I have to be PC geek to be able to play MP? in Technical Sins Forums

Two words... Microsoft Windows. It pretends to make a desktop operating system user friendly and for the most part does an ok job so long as you are running Microsoft applications.

Reply to [INDEX] - Conversion Projects (consolidated) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I will try to progress the Babylon5 mod team/foundations over the next few days, I am doing some 3dsMax tutorials atm to give me the skills to take the mod forward.

Reply to Babylon 5 Mod Ideas in Sins Modding Sins Forums

That and I guess we can always use older models as place holders for future updates, need to be realistic given the pool of skills at our disposal.

Reply to Babylon 5 Mod Ideas in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Both Bridge Commander and ST:Armada2 use visual models whilst good for their time are looking a little dated. Now it might well be that the Mesh is good and that the textures need updating I'm afraid I'm not experienced enough to say one way or the other. @ Darthriddick & Trenthowell : What is the typical polygon count of the models you have?

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I have had 20 Babylon5 Shadow Battlecrabs and 5 Minbari Sharin Warcruisers in game at once in Beta 4. If ur looking for 1st prize that probably has to go to Major Stress for his published pics of USS Enterprise in game, followed by Battlefield Gothic then Babylon 5. I'm afraid Star Wars was a little further down the timeline but has put in a good show recently.

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I agree too

Reply to Babylon 5 Mod Ideas in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Anyone who is interested in contributing to SoaSE mods would do well to check out SoftImage XSI, in particular: - Mesh Imports - UV Mapping - Texturing - Lighting + using Adobe Photoshop with the Nvidia DDS plugin. With a little research it seems as though there are many scifi-meshes out there so you shouldn't have to build everything from scratch if you get permission or follow the authors conditions for it use. Players that have spent many hours

Reply to CAn you impoirt Maya PLE/Softimage XSI models into this game? in Sins Modding Sins Forums

personally I would be grateful for an end2end ship model build tutorial for a SoaSE ship, even if it is a frigate.

Reply to Scripting questions, for mod feasibility in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote]There is no in-game scripting. [/quote] I was hoping there would be something in the mod tools about this, is there really no way to script any kind of game event or cut scene?

Reply to ITS OUT!! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I'm getting about 1Mbps in the UK thats not far off my DSL bandwidth limit so I'm happy with that.

Reply to On Quad Core processors in Technical Sins Forums

[quote]Most of us don't in fact succeed the first time. [/quote] I'd would love to see the CEO say that at the share holders meeting :LOL: followed by group hug and some doughnuts :HOT:

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Intel tried that approach with the Itanium and lost a LOT of money.

Reply to Babylon 5 Mod Ideas in Sins Modding Sins Forums

'B5: The Lost Tales' talks about the future Centauri giving Earth force a bit of a pasting, I think in the case of the Centauri they lacked the political will for a large war machine capacity rather than technology.

Reply to Turrets don't move in Beta 4.. in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

It can be done and they cannot afford to devote the resources to it at this time (possibly never)... I think they have been very clear. In defence of Ron 'the wall' Lugge, he is trying to put the view forward that it can't be done in the immeadiate future, he's not saying it can't be done at all. Once the game has passed the release date, day one patch and any unforseen problems we might be able to make a wish list for things like this. Personally I would like to see t

Reply to Babylon 5 Mod Ideas in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I never played Star Trek Armada 2, but I know the B5 mod is spoken highly of amoung B5 video game fans. What the SoaSE B5 mod is lacking most is an experienced modder(s) to lead a less experienced team/community, we still need a champion. Talking to people and gethering info is the answer and your offer to contribute Trentbowell is most welcome, and for others too use the SoaSE & my B5 demo vid as PR. Here is the link to the B5 demo vid again as its got a bit burried i

Reply to Maxkmum # of ships? in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote]It's not really the game engine either. It's the fact that every single ship has an AI script running, and is rendered in one way, shape, or form by the GPU[/quote] That doesn't ring true either cos when I tested it my GPU wasn't overly stressed. In my opinion the game engine can't handle it, but in the same breath (before any one starts posting 'over dramatic bullsh*t'), its not designed to either... The game engine runs very well thank you very much within the toleranc

Reply to Maxkmum # of ships? in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote]Depends... how much memory you got?[/quote] Its not dependent on system memory [U]based on my beta4 tests[/U], its the game engine thats the limiting factor. I have 8GB RAM btw and SoaSE has never used more than 1.2GB even with 25,000 ships. Its probably more accurate to say that the game engine scales to 400 ships per player, it can display a hell of a load more but as my 3yr old daughter would say 'tiz not workin?'