low poly is always the way to go the textures are going to get more detail. you`ve made a nice start on the klingon ship, but should`nt there be a larger instep at the top of the bridge? i`m not to sure but the pics i`ve seen always has the top smaller than the bottom? finish it up and send it over mate. whats the fed ship btw?

Its one of them FASA ships Mcquarrie or somit like that, saw someone doing one once and thought id have a go. Have to build the nacels but shouldnt be too long. The klingon ship its bridge appears in the render that the top looks bigger but its not. I think i was trying to make the k-vort version but not sure i havent touched the model in a long time.

I was also working on a highish poly constitution class enterprise. If u need one for animating. Need to texture it your self though. I doubt i have time. As i like making the models more than texturing them lol.

gturfrey i love your avatar

ffj rule... my dad is in an unfortunate situation with my sister and is being stopped from even talking to her on the phone.

Its amazing the progress they made in such a short amount of time.



The ships look ausome, the game is really tacking shape now

I do hope things work out ok for you Gavin. I was worried when I saw the purple avatar, but then I read it...

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I definitely love the ships so far. I was going to mention that the B'rel should have Disruptors at the end of it's 'wings', but then I noticed that you said they aren't finished yet. Post them when they're done, coz I can't wait to see them!

Are any other Romulan ships done yet by the way? (I rather like the Romulans...as if you didn't know that...)

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Skeeter, I think the planets are still going to be shown at the bottom of the screen. That's what Gavin said a while ago, anyway, and I remember someone put some planets up in a thread - albeit a looong time ago.

That system did work really well, and was graphically very nice. (There could be a bit of a riot if it isn't there by the way)

Gavin; apsolutely kids need BOTH their parents, and those decisions shouldn't be based on court orders and lawyers!
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WOW 8O Great ships

I can't wait to see how marvelous the Galaxy class is going to look... Oh, and those Sovereigns....

Granted, Matress, a nice Norexan or a Scimitar would also look beautifull

the planets better be shown i spent a week makeing them

o i`d love to show you some of the romulan ships but the cowards won`t turn of the bloody cloak

Nice to hear about hte systems being shown with planets and sun gfx, but will they be animated similar or better than the ones form botf? And is there any chance of a preview of just one to see what we can expect? If not fair enough as i know developers like to keep alot of secrets about their games, just wasnt sure about developers for fan based games.

they look a bit crappy as gifs


furball low poly, high res textures ok. to many high poly ships=slow battles

I made this literaly years ago in cybertown, its a fixed tri necell intrepid mutation, it was meant as an anti borg ship that was slipstream capable, it has total hull armor which explains the lack of windows, this is a ship of war as is the defiant, the black pods on either side are detatchable weapon pods each one capable of firing a barrage of 40 multiphasic quantuum torpedoes before becoming spent .... well that was my dream anyways the black nose is meant to imitate the old greek galleys and protect the ship so it can ram an opponent safely ... its a ship that warps in fires everything then runs through anything trying to block its escape ....

The animated planets dont look bad just need more frames to make them smoother.

If u need any planets made im not the best but i can do some if u want in lightwave.

Example 1

Example 2


First exmple planet was following a tutorial, 2nd planet example is what i learned from the tutorial. Oh and u like my little pics with the st ships in

500 poly is low but you should have seen what the startrek mod team could do with that for Homeworld mod they did. In fact they might be willing to let u use there models as long as credits givin an all that. They do some very nice ships for Bridge Commander now, and i think the ships from there Homeworld mod could be used as dont mod homeworld anymore. If you want the link to there site let me know and ill get it for u.

I am guessing but keep all the small ships low poly i.e under 1000 and make the warships and cruisers and bases -2000 poly. Since small ships dont have much detail compared to the larger ships.

Saladin Fininshed

Gavin I have a couple of suggestions (dunno if they have been mentioned before)
A: Can you make neutral zones negotiable?
B: Can you make it so ships can violate the neutral zone (like tng, rommies + feds)
It would only make sense, like if you wanted to make a suprise strike on the romulans and your the federation, you suddenly cross the zone.
OR even for just skirmishes like in TNG.
C: Make a patrol option, so you can set a ship to partrol certain parts of space (eg ships patrolling the neutral zone)

And Jig, im sorry

@ skeeter i`d be pleased for you to make some planets m8
@fireball sorry for what? the really bad torps?
i`m gonna get vengence on that little ship