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The Whitestar

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that the new whitestar doesn't look any better than the one in the unofficial ship pack? I mean, I can't see any difference between the 2, except for that one texture bug.

So as some member of the team(was it CptWhite?) posted on HLO, are you pushing perfection too far?

Don't get mad, just a question.

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So far I haven't seen the ship pack, but I think the Whitestar will always be a great ship. I mean, its just such a cool thing to model!

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It looks like this, sorry but couldn't find a better pic:

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Have you checked the screenshots section lately?

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This one is from the unofficial ship pack.

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This is our beta Whitestar, it is not final.

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Pics:
1-10: Me flying WS. I didn't control any of the weapons, they were all turrets. (Flag=bomber)
11-14: Four Whitestars against renegade Sharlin. (Flag=corvette)
15-16: New view, in front. (Flag=bomber)

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Ok, now I can see a small difference in the textures, but I don't say it looks automatically better. The TBP:s model looks, umm.... organic?

I know the WS is supposed to, but it still looks a bit strange.

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Pera, pera... I said that WS is beta.
Model and textures will be better... soon.

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Last edited by pera on 12-17-2001 at 05:09 PM

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quote:

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Originally posted by pera
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Wow, thats a new synonym for "constructive criticism"

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More like a synonym for "oops, please ignore me"

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how about it's speed?

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quote:

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Originally posted by mobvekhar
how about it's speed?

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Oh, shuddup. We have told it already.

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As everyone has been saying from the team, this WhiteStar varient is unoptomized, and is going to be used for beta testing purposes only.

We showed you pictures because we thought you'd appreciate seeing some work in progress (WIP)....but as usual, WIP gets translated into FINAL and everyone goes on a rant about this that and the other.

So, that is for testing purposes only. The textures will be better, the model will improve, and it will be better than the one from the unofficial pack because it will be very highly detailed at the lowest possible poly count.

Compair this WhiteStar with the first Aurora model we had.

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eh, how can we compare them, they don't look like each other....... :P

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people like pera really piss me off with comments like that

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quote:

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Originally posted by CptWhite
people like pera really piss me off with comments like that

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Hey, I think I have the right to think that most of the work and time you spend on a model is barely noticeable, and therefore useless.

But then again, your mod, do whatever you like

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This is not only our mod.
No fans, no mod.
We are making this mod for you! For everyone!
Your opinion matters, but stupid and ignorant comments will be ignored.

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To get this thread cheerful again may I say that I think your current Whitestar looks great and I'm sure that you'll come up with some good compromises that retain playability and looks, whilst making the ship low poly and realistic

p.s. May I say thanks CptWhite for using screenshots from my Civil War mission in the Screenshots page.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
This is not only our mod.
No fans, no mod.
We are making this mod for you! For everyone!
Your opinion matters, but stupid and ignorant comments will be ignored.

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