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oh well the hour to kill explaines it sorry no offence would have done the same and yes the nials gun is not good but hey

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Well, here are the relevent table entries I modified on the Nial gun... It's not quite as pretty, but it looks more like the series' effect. Not that you guys haven't done the most kickass thing to happen to vidgaming since those little TV screen stickies that came with the Oddesy.

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@Laser Length: 120
@Laser Head Radius: 1.00
@Laser Tail Radius: 1.00

$Mass: 0.01
$Velocity: 3000
$Fire Wait: 0.12
$Damage: 32

$Lifetime: 0.1
$Energy Consumed: 0.45

+Weapon Range: 1200
$Trail:
+Start Width: 1.0
+End Width: 1.0
+Start Alpha: 1.0
+End Alpha: 1.0
+Max Life: 0.1
+Bitmap: minbaringg
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I actually had the laser length substantially longer, but my refresh rate is so low there were problems with that. I moved the weapons hardpoints to a few meters in front of the ship, so that under full burn, they don't come poking out the back of the ship. I also SERIOUSLY unbalanced the weapon's power, but I like the hopeless fights against the Minbari. Gives Londo something to ramble on about. =)

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Well, here are the relevent table entries I modified on the Nial gun... It's not quite as pretty, but it looks more like the series' effect. Not that you guys haven't done the most kickass thing to happen to vidgaming since those little TV screen stickies that came with the Oddesy.

<*snip*>
@Laser Length: 120
@Laser Head Radius: 1.00
@Laser Tail Radius: 1.00

$Mass: 0.01
$Velocity: 3000
$Fire Wait: 0.12
$Damage: 32

$Lifetime: 0.1
$Energy Consumed: 0.45

+Weapon Range: 1200
$Trail:
+Start Width: 1.0
+End Width: 1.0
+Start Alpha: 1.0
+End Alpha: 1.0
+Max Life: 0.1
+Bitmap: minbaringg
<*snip*>

I actually had the laser length substantially longer, but my refresh rate is so low there were problems with that. I moved the weapons hardpoints to a few meters in front of the ship, so that under full burn, they don't come poking out the back of the ship. I also SERIOUSLY unbalanced the weapon's power, but I like the hopeless fights against the Minbari. Gives Londo something to ramble on about. =)

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Already made similar changes to that weapon.

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Already made similar changes to that weapon.

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You da man. =)

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Thats excellent work there patch.

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Why thanky... but that's nothing... you should see my scratch -built Starfury composed entirely of macaroni noodles! <snicker>

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Why thanky... but that's nothing... you should see my scratch -built Starfury composed entirely of macaroni noodles! <snicker>

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I have to say, I'm impressed at the effort you've put into this one, Patchwerk.

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I have to say, I'm impressed at the effort you've put into this one, Patchwerk.

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recruit him then

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recruit him then

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Well, I've been wating for years to acutally fly the Fury, and Babylon 5 has been the most consistent, and convincing universe in the history of Sci-Fi. (The latter Bab5 TV movies notwithstanding) It's just nice to be able to be a part of that. That, and the fact that I've not done any game development since I was 19. =)

Oh, and if the team does need any grunt work done, I am available.

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Well, I've been wating for years to acutally fly the Fury, and Babylon 5 has been the most consistent, and convincing universe in the history of Sci-Fi. (The latter Bab5 TV movies notwithstanding) It's just nice to be able to be a part of that. That, and the fact that I've not done any game development since I was 19. =)

Oh, and if the team does need any grunt work done, I am available.

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quote:

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We're planning to use the nebula effects to do hyperspace. The subspace tunnel is not particularly appropriate, at least not in what I can see us doing with it.

Hyperspace sort of works in R1....but we'll improve the effect for R2.

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quote:

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We're planning to use the nebula effects to do hyperspace. The subspace tunnel is not particularly appropriate, at least not in what I can see us doing with it.

Hyperspace sort of works in R1....but we'll improve the effect for R2.

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Well, I _would_ imagine that the tunnel is done by simply mapping an ANI file to an infinitely distant cylinder model (If you use POV-Ray, think sky_sphere{}). If this is the case, you'd just need to create a plasma-type fractal ANI (This is akin to how it was done in the series), and replace the original.

However, I'm browsing through the VP files, and can't seem to find any relevent ANI's. Then again, I just woke up. A few pints of Earl Grey, and I'll be up to spec. =)

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Well, I _would_ imagine that the tunnel is done by simply mapping an ANI file to an infinitely distant cylinder model (If you use POV-Ray, think sky_sphere{}). If this is the case, you'd just need to create a plasma-type fractal ANI (This is akin to how it was done in the series), and replace the original.

However, I'm browsing through the VP files, and can't seem to find any relevent ANI's. Then again, I just woke up. A few pints of Earl Grey, and I'll be up to spec. =)

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well... it's not possible..

1: the ani file is called warpmapxx.ani we replaced it with a B5 like one.

2: the geometry that this is mapped onto cannot be altered

3: "infinitely distant cylinder models" are impossible in FS2

a dummy object (one that looks like the warp tunnel) is also impossible, because 1 anis cannot be applied as normal textures, 2 it wouldn't open and close, and 3 it would be "lit" - IE wouldn't self-illuminate.

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