Hey all, Just wanted to touch base so you'd know I hadn't died or anything. Not much to update yet. I have been testing and playing around with the Mod as it is now, trying to fix some issues. diresaint, That work you're doing on the meshes is excellent. Any idea when you'll have the texture for the Diamond completed? Or are you, like me, waiting for Ezraeil's texture tutorial? -Draven
Great info. Thanks! -Draven
Can't wait for part 2 of this! :D
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You can open a .mesh file with notepad to view or make changes. If you have you original model in XSI ModTools, you need to create a "rootpoint" under the Scene. Then, under the rootpoint, create a "null" primitive for each of the Weapon/Ability/Centre/Top/Exhuast, etc. Change the name of each null to match each point. For example... P001-Weapon-0 This is your first weapon. P001-Exhaust-0 This is where you ship's exahust port will be. and so on. Make
diresaint, Awesome work! I tested the diamond in-game and believe it or not it is the exact perfect size already. So all it needs now is the texture work. Which ability from HammerSun's mod were you thinking of using? What does it do? -Draven
So a lot of work is being done on the mod currently, and things are moving right along. 1. I have created a bunch of assimilated versions of various ships, and I'm working on more. The biggest issue we have currently is how the Borg get these ships. -Obviously, the ideal way is to create some way for the Borg to assimilate them from other players, but this is proving problematic. I have [link="https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/312068"]another thread[/link] discussing v
I don't think there is a way to make a new ship spawn in the place of debris. (I could be mistaken about this.) -Draven
Annatar, That is an acceptable work-around. How would I code it so a new entity spawns in place of a destroyed ship? -Draven
If you cannot change the entity file for the captured ship, is there a way to have the captured ship vanish and have a new ship spawn in its place that uses a different entity file? (Or spawn at the shipyard?) Or.... Can there be a prerequisite for an item in the research tree that says you have to capture a particular ship? Thanks, -Draven
Hi all, There is a function I want to make, but I'm not sure if Sins can be modded to do this. When I capture a ship from another player, I would like to use an alternate entity file for the ship once it is captured. Does anyone know if this is even possible, or how I might go about this? Thanks for your help, -Draven
Yes, what I want to do is make the Cube and Tactical Cube the only "original" Cap Ships that the Borg have. These ships will be [I]mean beasts[/I], and will be quite expensive to build. The heavy frig will probably be the Sphere. The Cruiser will probably be the Diamond (This ship [I]is[/I] used to carry the Queen, but is not all that tough on it's own as far a raw firepower. Rather it relies on the protection of the other ships. This ship's strength will be in Abilities). Scou
Ezraeil, In regards to assimilation... Right now, I just have assimilated versions of other races ships as buildable for the Borg. Your description sounds much more ideal: Like if we could make it so that when the Borg attack a ship of another race, instead of it exploding, it would be converted from "player x" over to the Borg player, meanwhile switching which entity file is used for the ship that has been assimilated. The problem is, as far as I know, there
POLL: Regarding balancing... How do you think that an Assimilated ship would compare to its non-assimilated counterpart? Would it be... 1. Tougher over all 2. Weaker over all 3. Exactly the same as the original 4. Tougher weapons but weaker shields or hulls 5. Tougher shields or hulls but weaker weapons 6. Any other ideas Obviously, the Borg would try to improve on any design, but as the Borg's own ships are already more powerful t
POLL: Is there any interest in keeping the vanilla races playable? Or would you peeps prefer to restrict the races to the ST galaxy? (The reason I ask, is that if we keep the vanilla races, I will create some assimilated versions of their ships.) -Draven
xxx_diresaint_xxx, No problem, I welcome the help. I have added you to the official team-list for this mod at the top of the thread. Keep up the good work, it looks great. -Draven
The Cubes will have to be limited, because they are so powerful. As far as the frigates, I have changed those a bit. Most of the frigates will now be assimilated versions of other race's ships. (See earlier in the thread for a screenshot of the Assimilated Miranda.) -Draven
An Assimliated Miranda does battle with Starfleet... [img]http://www.geocities.com/dravenskywalker/new1.jpg[/img]
xxx_diresaint_xxx, That Diamond you are working on is excellent!!! Great work, very awesome. -Draven
hoags, If you want Borg, go here... [link="https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/311645"]SoaSE: BORG INVASION[/link] -Draven
For those who were wondering, this is what a Borg Diamond looks like. If anyone can model and texture and would like to work on this for me, please let me know. -Draven [img]http://www.geocities.com/dravenskywalker/BorgDiamond.jpg[/img]
You can see what we are currently doing for the Borg here. [link="https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/311645"]SoaSE: BORG INVASION[/link]
Eraeil, Thank you! I will be posting an initial release soon, and of course if there is anything in my mod that you'd like to use for yours, such as weapons effects or what not, please feel free. All, As stated above, a 1st release Beta of the mod will be released soon. Just have to add Ezraeil's excellent Starfleet ships in now that I have permission, and then do some more tweaks to the Borg. I am still in need of a better Borg Diamond, as that is one ship that this mo
Ezraeil, I think that person thought the Sabre was missing because there was no button for it, but it is indeed there, and looks great. Can't wait to see what you've done for the Galaxy... I've been waiting for that one, it's one of my favs. I'm also really looking forward to the texturing tut because I am defiantly doing textures all wrong, and your textures look perfect. Thanks for the permission to use your ships in my SoaSE: BORG INVASION mod! bt
Yeah, it's my understanding that the Trek Mod that MajorStress' group is working on will not be including the Borg at all. That is why I'm doing this Mod. I have also asked Ezraiel to see if he will contribute some of his excellent Starfleet work for this Mod as well. xxx_diresaint_xxx, Can't wait to see what you come up with. Also, just to note, the Diamond was actually shown in the Voyager series. It is smaller than both the Cubes and the Spheres, but a little bigger than
