RZ-1 A-wing interceptor image - Yuuzhan Vong at War mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
Behold the Yuuzhan Vong Army! This mod adds the Yuuzhan Vong Race as a playable faction and all units of this era. We are a community of modders working for the greater goal, so anyone who wants to help or support us is welcome!
Oh so fast... Oh so deadly......
The Infamous A-wing
The A-wing was the fastest fighter in production. It was armed with twin forward firing concussion missiles, a sensor jamming unit and dual laser cannons with targeting lasers for increased accuracy. The fighter was only lightly shielded, and had very thin armor however.
Special Note:
- 2 special abilities: Sensor Jamming and Lure Fighters
- wing mounted lasers swivel 360 degrees to engage enemies above, below and behind
Model/Texture by DICE Battlefront, heavily polyreduced and edited with completely new engines by Burntstrobe
Targeting Laser texture by Megabalta/Burntstrobe
Special thanks to Jedi_Clone_X2 for the model
So, something new we are trying: Targeting Lasers
Many of the newer New Repbulic star fighters feature targeting lasers and enhanced tracking computers. To help show this in the game, we will be periodicly having ships equipped with Tracking Lasers fire off tracking shots while their lasers fire. So, when the A-wing is shooting at a target, every so often you will notice these 2 thin beams flash out, and flash off. These thin beams do not do any damage, it is just an aesthetic enhancement. It can be imagined that they are similar to a laser scope on a modern day fire arm, such as this picture:
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can the A-wing rotate his guns?
i wrote it in the description:
"- wing mounted lasers swivel 360 degrees to engage enemies above, below and behind"
whoops. my mistake. sorry it is morning here.
pew pew pew.
So will fighters have the hunt ability? Makes making them engage enemies a lot easier.
EaW is limited to two independent abilities if weyou want the user to be able to activate them. So the A-Wing as it already has two won't.
Other fighters? Probably. Don't know for sure.
I would hope so. I hate hunting down the remnants of my crushed enemy's fleet by hand.
X-wing has hunt, and so does TIE/LN
*hides executor ssds*
*accidently flies into the bridge of one of them with my A-Wing* opps
I have to say, that is one nice ******* A-Wing model and skin/texture. Well done.
Note: I never saw "Sensor Jamming" as a useful ability or one I ever used to be honest. Would rather each fighter wing(apart from hero squadrons) came with "Hunt". It just makes managing larger battles hell of a lot easier.
A-wings and B-wing were rare, due to their complicated nature to pilot. X-wings, XJ-wings, and E-wings were the dominant fighters of the NR fleet, and they all have the Hunt ability. TIE/LN and TIE/IN also have the Hunt ability, so there will be plenty to help in large battles. The A-wing and Defender starfighters were the unique fighters with unique abilities, while B-wings, Y-wings and K-wings were dedicated bombers and not intended to hunt enemies.
"Oh so deadly" you rang?
Looks like the UVs are mirrored down the middle? Its a small thing but the scratches/wear around the cockpit looks mirrored on both sides, which just looks odd to me. Otherwise a good port from BF and cool idea with the tracers.
you are correct, it is a mirror down the middle. the DICE texture had a large blaster mark on the opposite side, due to the small size of the fighter, i just didn't feel it was worth photoshoping out, so took the easy way and used symmetry. It's small ya know, and fast, so in the game, the mirrored paint scratches on the cockpit won't be noticed easily (hopefully :)
Fair enough. :)