Descent Class / Explosions Graphic
posted on February 24th, 2009, 11:58 pm
My first suggestion/question is about the Descent class - why was the model changed? Maybe i'm weird, but i liked the old model, with the four nacells and two rear decks... To me, it looked like Starfleet's massive "floating fortress." A slow, hulking power-house that you either went blow-to-blow with, or got out of the way.
The Incredible Hulk, if you will, of Starfleet vessels
The newer model looks like a simple extension of the same design used by Intrepids, Sovereigns, and Phalanxes... Isn't three ships using the same shape enough?
I dunno... I just liked the old visual. If other people thought it was ugly, i can't really argue with simple opinions - but i do suggest that, if you have the time, maybe keep searching for a new design. In my opinion (however little it is of course worth ) the current shape is unimaginative.
My next request is probably more foolish. This feature may already be included in a future release - but when i go into graphics-settings, i just see four buttons that say either "Enabled" or "Disabled." Is one of them for explosions...?
Currently, whenever a big explosion goes off on my screen, my ancient computer slows down incredibly... I've started dreading Borg Cubes, not just because of how powerful they are, but because a battle with them lasts only 1/3 of the time their explosion takes to go by.
Is it possible to add an option for keeping high-quality graphics, with the exception of the explosions? I have a fine video-card, but a slow computer that can't keep up. Or is this feature already in...? If so, can it be more clearly labled, then?
Thank you
The Incredible Hulk, if you will, of Starfleet vessels
The newer model looks like a simple extension of the same design used by Intrepids, Sovereigns, and Phalanxes... Isn't three ships using the same shape enough?
I dunno... I just liked the old visual. If other people thought it was ugly, i can't really argue with simple opinions - but i do suggest that, if you have the time, maybe keep searching for a new design. In my opinion (however little it is of course worth
) the current shape is unimaginative.My next request is probably more foolish. This feature may already be included in a future release - but when i go into graphics-settings, i just see four buttons that say either "Enabled" or "Disabled." Is one of them for explosions...?
Currently, whenever a big explosion goes off on my screen, my ancient computer slows down incredibly... I've started dreading Borg Cubes, not just because of how powerful they are, but because a battle with them lasts only 1/3 of the time their explosion takes to go by.
Is it possible to add an option for keeping high-quality graphics, with the exception of the explosions? I have a fine video-card, but a slow computer that can't keep up. Or is this feature already in...? If so, can it be more clearly labled, then?
Thank you
posted on February 25th, 2009, 12:29 am
Last edited by Dominus_Noctis on February 25th, 2009, 3:27 am, edited 1 time in total.
Personally I like the new heavily armored support fortress: the old descent was just a really ugly kitbash to me. Also, the Feds do not have a Hulk: they have support ships that work well with the rest of the fleet. No more Tavaras. >:(
If you look at the new model, you will see that allthough the overall design is the same... the similarity ends there: look at the armor plating as well as the lines of the hull
How low have you set your graphics settings? You may be part of the unfortunate few that has a glitch so that they cannot see the rest of the settings... perhaps uninstall/reinstall should do it (there are a couple threads on this around)
Also, if you change your settings BEFORE installing the patch, the graphics settings will stay.
If you look at the new model, you will see that allthough the overall design is the same... the similarity ends there: look at the armor plating as well as the lines of the hull
How low have you set your graphics settings? You may be part of the unfortunate few that has a glitch so that they cannot see the rest of the settings... perhaps uninstall/reinstall should do it (there are a couple threads on this around)
Also, if you change your settings BEFORE installing the patch, the graphics settings will stay.
posted on February 25th, 2009, 12:47 am
posted on February 25th, 2009, 2:53 am
^^ above poster is probably a supporter of the Galaxy X. 
posted on February 25th, 2009, 2:55 am
Rhaz wrote:^^ above poster is probably a supporter of the Galaxy X.
And proud of it.
posted on February 25th, 2009, 3:38 am
posted on February 25th, 2009, 4:54 am
Oh, i don't want to see the stats of the Descent class become Hulk-like; i think the features and stats are perfectly good now. It's fully just the design of it i shake my head at.
Eh, yeah, i've seen the details. Sure, they're different - but why not have that armour plating and those hull-lines on some original design?
Like i said, i don't think it needs to go back to the way it was (though i wouldn't hate that; even if it was a "kit-bash," the old Descent was still a shape that had never been seen before in Star Trek, and that was cool).
I just think it would be better if it had a different shape than the Intrepid, the Sovereign, and the Phalanx. Or, maybe the Phalanx could be redrawn. Whichever; it would just be nice to going back to having an advanced Federation ship that looked like nothing anyone had ever built before.
Dominus_Noctis wrote:If you look at the new model, you will see that allthough the overall design is the same... the similarity ends there: look at the armor plating as well as the lines of the hull
Eh, yeah, i've seen the details. Sure, they're different - but why not have that armour plating and those hull-lines on some original design?
Like i said, i don't think it needs to go back to the way it was (though i wouldn't hate that; even if it was a "kit-bash," the old Descent was still a shape that had never been seen before in Star Trek, and that was cool).
I just think it would be better if it had a different shape than the Intrepid, the Sovereign, and the Phalanx. Or, maybe the Phalanx could be redrawn. Whichever; it would just be nice to going back to having an advanced Federation ship that looked like nothing anyone had ever built before.
posted on February 25th, 2009, 5:29 am
posted on February 25th, 2009, 6:16 am
That's not even a ship designed by the Federation . Also...
Ever play SFC 2 or Klingon Academy?
Yamato class! Infact...that ship used Excelsior secondary hulls too if I am not mistaken.
. Also...the old Descent was still a shape that had never been seen before in Star Trek, and that was cool).
Ever play SFC 2 or Klingon Academy?
Yamato class! Infact...that ship used Excelsior secondary hulls too if I am not mistaken.
posted on February 25th, 2009, 9:30 am
posted on February 25th, 2009, 3:23 pm
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