Which Ships?

[kjc733]

One of my long term tasks I've set for myself is to produce a structured custom install. I've been planning it, making lists of ships etc, and over the last few weeks i've made a bit of headway with the Reman Rebellian and Dans Cardassians going in, and last night I replaced most of the federation ships (mostly with Aad Moermans work). And then I encountered a problem I've run into before - the Intrepid class. Now I tend to use the Intrepids a lot, I think they're a good all round filler ship, so when I've searched for replacements for the stock model I shy away from the words "High Poly", which doesnt seem to leave a lot of options.
So my question is, what does everyone else use for a day-to-day use Intrepid?

 

[thunderfoot]

I use Dan's. Nearly a perfect match.

 

[Majestic]

I use Aad's model, he send it to me to use as long as I don't release it. It's also under 1500 poly's.

MSFC Album

 

[kjc733]

I use Aad's model, he send it to me to use as long as I don't release it. It's also under 1500 poly's.

MSFC Album

Nice. In fact the whole fleet is nice. Do you know if Aad intends to release it to go alongside the rest of the released ships?

TF, do you mean the retexture for P81s Intrepid, which is around 4k polys if I recal correctly (which isnt a certainty)?

 

[thunderfoot]

I wasn't paying close enough attention. I thought Dan did a complete model, not a retexture.

 

[Starfox1701]

Heres my rendition. the P81 mesh with 5 LODs, bump, and spec maps. Right now it is NOT compatible with Dan's retexture but I could rework Dans stuff if there is enough interest.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3697428/intrepid.zip

 

[Dan1025]

I wasn't paying close enough attention. I thought Dan did a complete model, not a retexture.

Yeah I did a texture pack for p81s model, rather than a poly reduction/rebuild (I don't think I knew how to poly reduce or do anything with models back then ).

Heres my rendition. the P81 mesh with 5 LODs, bump, and spec maps. Right now it is NOT compatible with Dan's retexture but I could rework Dans stuff if there is enough interest.

You're more than welcome to use my Intrepid textures if you want them mate

 

[Majestic]

Nice. In fact the whole fleet is nice. Do you know if Aad intends to release it to go alongside the rest of the released ships?

Like his Romulan Warbird he can't as Ash/Tycoon or whatever he calls himself these days is basically holding them hostage until he releases Zero Hour. Which I can't see happening.

You can however always ask him about them, he has an account here "Moerman" or you can PM him on the Filefront Forums. He has the same username over there as well. It's a real good quality model and texture set.

 

[Jetfreak]

If anyone's still interested with a low poly intrepid for uber mass production, I recall having a copy of 9 of 9's model some time ago. I think I revamped and lightmapped it as well and it was under 1000 polys. Give me some time to search my files and I'll post some pics.

 

[Jetfreak]

Okay here we go, I used this model in my personal mod for quite some time before I replaced it with P81's.

This is one of 9 of 9's older meshes but still looks pretty decent. Avon did the mesh edits a few years back and I recently redid the glows to resemble the P81 model. I've attached the model and some pics if anyone wants to have a look. She's under 1000 polys and has one 512x512 texture.

 

[Majestic]

Not bad, you should see about releasing it here in the downloads section, I am sure there will be more than a few takers.

 

[kjc733]

Agreed, given the apparant lack of low poly Intrepids about it would be good if the community had at least one available.

 

[Avon]

he can't as Ash/Tycoon or whatever he calls himself these days is basically holding them hostage until he releases Zero Hour. Which I can't see happening.

I know that feeling well, lol

 

[Jetfreak]

Ok gents, if its all good, consider it added to my release list then. ^_^

 

[Majestic]

I know that feeling well, lol

I'm sorry to hear this, I have my issues with him (having released a YY model after editing it when he knew he wasn't allowed to and didn't even ask), but I feel it's wrong when you're not even working on the project anymore. Syf and I have many models held up in Yesteryears, but we are working on the mod together and do make regular effort on getting stuff done on the mod. With two races almost ready to go, just needing coding and balancing with a bit GUI work.

But yeah, anyway I think a low poly Intrepid is needed for people, as we have our fair share of Akira's, Steamrunner's and even a couple of Norway's.