ok i was sent a vulcan d`kyr class ship, and while it`s a nice model it also
weighs in at 2700 odd polys, i remade it and while still untextured it is onlr 450 odd polys.

the point being that you can make a nice ship without going mad on the poly count

I'd love to see a 2700 poly ship on my computer...namely coz I wouldn't...

That'll be a great ship once it has textures though!

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For the planets, we decided that Terran, (M class) and Oceanic planets would provide you with a Deuterium bonus, but an Oceanic planet would have a higher bonus.

A Gas Giant would provide a much higher bonus than an Oceanic planet, and we decided the Demon class would provide you with the most Deuterium (Around double or triple that of a Gas Giant I think) but there would only be 1 or 2 per Quadrant.

To tell you the truth, I think this is a really pathetic amount - there's almost no point in having them since they are so few - but we know they are extremely rare since Voyager is the first time they are even mentioned.

One thing I can't remember though Jig, is will we need to build some sort of 'harvesting' structure before the Deuterium is collected? Like you need a Dilithium refinery before you collect Dilithium from a system.

If it hasn't been thought of, then I think it should be something that is at least considered.

there will be a refianry for it ya, yet another structure to make

Are you serious? I never can tell when people are laughing...

no you dingos kidney, not the ever lovely NX-01, the intrepid ship which was in enterprise now i`m laughing

Oh right, here you are then...




Ok, the best one I could find with colour was this - it might only be a diagram, but it's a start:


Try copying this into your browser as well:

http://mrshadow.hotmail.ru/nv-01_.jpg

(Don't bother clicking it - it links to somewhere else for some reason. Just copy and paste it)

Google in it's infinite wisdom has failed me on this one.

Yeah. I have a butt load of images of the Intrepid.... Well, eleven, anyway. It's another two meg zip file... I guess I'll send it to you via email. (No. I don't have a site to host it. Sorry.)

ZDarby

There are a couple of pictures at memory alpha here,

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Intrepid_%28Earth%29

seem quite good.

Jig, check out http://www.ditl.org. Click on "other ships" along the top of the screen, (not Federation ships as it's pre-federation). Under H for Human, there are some big, clear pics of the Intrepid, as well as just about every ship you'll ever need pics of.

nearly finished the conostoga class, i realize this is a colony ship but the feds need 3 minimum for the enterprise era, their colony ship will be the dx-100.

just need to add some more detail to the hull so i can get some nice textures for her once finished she weighs in at 750 odd polys, i got carried away

If you would like a generic hull paneling texture to blend into your ships let me know, as im good with generic hull plating textures that u can add to textures.

i never say no to free textures send em over, thanks

the andorian imperial gaurd is nearly ready to kick some vulcan ass
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Wow, that is an unusual ship! I've never seen anything like that before...

Although i'm wondering if it gave a little inspiration to the Andor class...?



Both ships are unusually long afterall, and they are both in existance because of the same race...

lol nice jig
though carried away for me is like 2000 :p

No more new screens, guys?

You know me, I'll take whatever you got to show.

What is the average polycount for the ships?

I advise to stay around 1500 polys, as even BOTF with it's old grapships and low-poly ships have problems with many ship and torps and all...

Remember, that botf only had software-rendering. (I know about the hades-patch, but since it doesn't work with new models I can't use it.)

I agree in not using more than 2k polys since the game should run on relatively old hardware as well. (Besides I don't care unless I won't have problems with high-res models, but of course this game is dedicated to everyone and not only doom3-capable machines )

the average poly count for my ships is between 500 and 900, i usually make a high poly model render it and use that as a texture map for a low poly model.