1.1 Looks Sweet

posted on August 16th, 2003, 6:36 pm

only problem i seem to run into is the ai stinks at going around the sweet new asteroids. good job on the 1.1 guys.

One dumb question when do i get to kill people with romulans :guns: :2guns:

posted on August 16th, 2003, 6:57 pm

the path finding has been enhanced for beta2, ships will find their way arround ateroid fields much more intelligent

you will be able to play the romulans in beta2... i can not state a release date.. but as you can see in the screenshot section the romulans make greate progress

posted on August 17th, 2003, 2:43 am

May I ask a question about the Romulans? Why does the one ship have such a small neck? It looks out of place. Also, are their any other "double-hulled" ships in the game besides the D'Deridex? I'm asking because it annoys me to no end that only one Romulan ship besides the D'Deridex (Shrike) has the double-hull configuration, a feature that IMO, should be a commom characteristic on Romulan vessels...

Then again, that's my thoughts.

posted on August 17th, 2003, 7:58 am

some of the romulan vessels we include are orientated on the valdore type warbird which has a less distinct double wing. actually it's wing has two layers which hold the impulse drive (or whatever - the big white glows coming out from the back)
also, could you specify in which screenshot the romulan ship 'with the short neck' is shown?
Here attached, a screencap from nemensis shows the valdore type warbird 'double wing' design

DOCa Cola

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posted on August 17th, 2003, 10:35 am

cool

posted on August 17th, 2003, 11:06 am

another thing (i will set up forum rules soon)
pls avoid one-word-posts. i appreciate your acceptance but it is also good to know for what exactly
Thx

DOCa Cola

posted on August 17th, 2003, 5:36 pm

o ok i see u don't like my lol's my lmao's my rofl's and my one post words is it coz u jealous of my good looks???

posted on August 17th, 2003, 8:46 pm

sorry, i was to specific, see it as a demand not as a ban-warning i like to see that you make many posts, but i also like to read a sentence about what you think (in this example) is cool or whatever. that makes it a discussion forum not an opinion vote. Hope you understand what is my point. i don't wanted to offend you with my request.

DOCa Cola

posted on August 17th, 2003, 10:25 pm

no don't worry i was only jokeing but if i say you did offend me can i have beta 2 earley???

posted on August 17th, 2003, 11:06 pm

of course but now it's too late

posted on August 18th, 2003, 10:21 am

oh well it was worth a try

posted on August 19th, 2003, 12:04 am

*cough* inexperiancedforumgoer *cough*

J/k Euf

posted on August 19th, 2003, 12:06 am

I thought most romulan war birds used the double hull design; incorporated into there designs, ie there enormouse size versus a galaxie class ship. in TNG the warbirds where on avereage almost 2 times the D's height. just a thought.

[USS Mariner]

posted on August 19th, 2003, 12:42 am

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That's what I thought too, but I guess the Fleet Ops Team doesn't think so...

BTW, the "short necked" ship was the Romulan destroyer. The neck and head are little detailed IMO, and the neck is about a milimeter thick. Perhaps adding detail to the head and adding a second neck in a configuration like the old Griffin-Class would work? Not using the long necks but having the short necks attached at that angle?

[Optec]

posted on August 19th, 2003, 8:20 am

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Romulan Rhienn Class Destroyer


This is the ship we are talking about
well, i think the neck is ok.. you can see at the norexan (also known as valdore) warbird, that the romulans like these thinn elements.. the warp drives of the norexan seem to fly away every second

most large vessels have the double hull design. We think that small romulan vessels don't have them (revering to the scour, the only small romulan vessel known) and only giant warbirds have them, to demonstrate the glory of the empire in size..
by the way, the norexan, d'deridex, tavara warbirds and the romulan serkas class have double hull designes
only the rhienn, generix, leavhal and talon class vessels don't have.. so it is 50:50