Comments - CrazyVulcan

Hello new desktop image *yoink

You think in such 3-dimensional terms.

So here is some great tinder to toss a match, what does everyone think of the ship design of the new USS Discovery NCC-1030? Startrek.com

It looks like a CGI redesign of this ship that was originally the design of the TOS Enterprise designed by no other then Ralf McQuarrie. So I guess this confirms the new series as being Star Trek Phase 2 -2016. And I was hoping for something post DS9 and Voyager.

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They look great, one question though is I see how this works with the Federation, covering the different eras. But how will a series spanning time line effect the design of the other races? That works well with the Federation, Klingon and maybe the Romulans. But what about races like the Cardassians or the Gorn?

"Wherever there is injustice, you will find us. Wherever there is suffering, we'll be there. Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find...The Three Amigos!"

The current art style feels lacking, it really could use a bodacious boost of radical 90's whimsy. Don't be afraid to go over the top and even a little toward the wacky. The original summed up what the who 90's were about Attitude. Right now it feels flat and well boring. I would definitely push the art style straight into cartoony.

It looks great but given it is shackled by its console brother the strategy won't go beyond. 1)Make blob of units 2)Tell blob to take objective point 3)Attack enemy blob and see if you win the Rock>Paper>Scissors game.

Also, while I am here I cant wait to see what you do with all the other races. Starfleet Command 1 & 2 have a special place in my heart in the Trek game lineup and cant wait to see races like the Lyrians in game. And the Orginans from EAW would make a great fallen empire that hates warmongering.

I know this may sound heretical to most Trekkies, but I would really love if each race in STI were able to be played in Starlaris in conjuncture with other mods. I want to play a game on a random map with Star Trek, Star Wars, B5, BSG etc races in the game. As a big SciFi mixed nuts mod. It's been a dream of mine for YEARS but no game till Starlaris looked like it potentially would hold up to this idea.

I have been entertaining the idea of launching my own mod with this idea. I am working quietly on my own atm and maybe in a few months when I have something to show for my work I will put it out there.

But surely I am not the only one with this dream? But I fully support a Total convert to Star Trek all I ask is that individual factions can be ported. I also have great faith in your team to deliver a solid experience.

So she is a BBW? (Big Beautiful Wessel) ;)

Well, that is now my new desktop.

Will this mod will allow the Ai to use the new ships? And will they have customized tech trees? I look forward to seeing more

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@Thrandy,

A lot of your assets seem to be high poly. Have you considered moving your work to MnB2? If you focus solely on art for models and UI when the new game comes out you could probably have your mod out within a few months.

I would truly hate to see such good work scaled down to work on a platform that will be outdated by the time you are finished.

Get well soon, hope to see you well in the new year!

The Spice MUST flow!

You have heard of their next project for sins "Axinar Operations" right? Pretty much exactly what you described. Small ship numbers, TOS, each ship balanced to be more independent.

Also I would highly recommend Star Trek Starfleet Command, you can pick it up on GOG and its really good despite its age. The depth of controlling the ship systems is really quite good which other trek games kind of gloss over or don't do right.

I was really hoping that Legacy would be SFC with better graphics but instead we got a pretty but basic flight sim. With a slapdash story that is ashamedly bad for being a Bethesda title.

Agreed, gamers these days are so impatient. Keep up the amazing work and show those dolts at CA and SEGA that this time period deserves a total war game on the grandest of scales!

JJprise was ok, personally I feel the nacelles are wrong but I like the curvs and coloring. But the original TOS Enterprise was perfect. Not just opinion but that ship was a literal expression of the Golden Ratio. The proportions were just so mathematically perfect and had a simple clean look while still being cooly futuristic. Its not just ascetics, its math and psychology.

I know its much harder to draw and animate but have you considered 2d isometric styles? Like in AoE2 and Warcraft 2?

Trek FX Shop;

1-"We need a new ship for a few shots any ideas?"
2-"What about using the NX design we're using in Enterprise"
1-"I was trying to go for something new"
2-Flips prop model on its back
1"Brilliant!"

Oh Hello new desktop background.

This is very nice, cant wait to try the full mod :D

Keep up the excelent work.

Agree, take advantage of that vertical space that UE4 allows. It should still have much the same layout, though seeing as I have not played Doom since '98 I would not remember how to speed run it anyway.

Cant wait to see what you do with the deamon models

Well....In latest news....modding is compleatly out of the option.
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Why is this here on moddb agian

I swear that is a phaser prop someone glued to this ship. Granted that can be said for many of 359 and background ships. The FX team for TNG probably saw the script for Best of Both Worlds and were like. "Oh crap we need a half dozen new ships for the shot" and then proceeded to raid the storage room for bits and bobs.

PS what is this ships roal, other than Klingon gunner traing ;)

Oh please Nintendo, let this happen!

I love the look so far. All the loading though makes it a little choppy. Have you tried letting the player store cookies so those could be reduced. Something like nodejs would be great for this. Then they only need to load a area once and then they will not need to pull all the files for the room every time they enter or leave.

As many have said, the menu is not great. Having the menu tailored to be accessible to consuls may be a bad direction to focus at this time. Make a great system for PC users and find a way to make it essayer for the xbon and PS4 later.

My suggestion to improve what is there. Instead of all your possessions listed in a long vertical list. Have them sorted by item type and listed by alphabetical order. This list as shown is not alphabetical and sense all you own is there it is impractical to find something specific. If the list is also ordered by item type like Food, Weapons, Clothing, Tools, and Titles. You simple need to have a menu selector at the top to cycle though those and you can even have a all items as well. It will also make finding what the seller has to offer. That will cut down the space needed for the menu by half. And a search option will go far as well.

The layout dose indeed look like civ and I am fine with that as it works but the boxes could use some polish. Maybe some graphical tricks to make it look like parchment paper and instead of the generic box with my offer / my request. Have a scale system. I assume that you already have a weight value system for bartering in place for the Ai do decide if the offer is fair. Why not let the player see a representation of that? Have a scale that tips to one side or the other and then the player will focus on balancing the offer and know why or why not the Ai is thinking about the deal. Having a open system just makes the experience that more enjoyable.

There are more things I would change about this but what I have listed is a good start. Keep up the great work and please keep showing even the works in progress. Sure sometimes you get a negative reaction like here. But to improve you have to take that risk.

Thanks

Nice doom ark ;)

Relatively speaking at its heart it has the potential to be a timeless classic.

Or a Read Me txt in the zip folder detailing using LAA, you could even have a hyperlink to that video