Is it possible to have FO expand further than the stock engi

posted on July 17th, 2009, 5:37 pm

*Warning Personal Opinion Approaching*

That cloak looks pretty darn ugly in my opinion, compared to the AII cloak 

posted on July 17th, 2009, 7:20 pm

Like I said, the picture is bad.  In the game it makes the ship look like glass.  It is actually very cool.

posted on July 17th, 2009, 7:29 pm

I'll go searching for some pics in the hopes I see it then 

posted on July 17th, 2009, 7:32 pm

It took me a while to find that one, but I hope you find one better.  If not you may just have to take my word for it, because It is never as cool as it is ingame.

posted on July 17th, 2009, 8:03 pm

how about switching to a new game engine?  Off the top of my head i cannot think of a good one but a more modern RTS ... Then again with all the evolution that has occured within Armada 2 with the mod... i think it stopped being a2 a while ago... last time i asked they said that what remained was the game engine. the graphics sure as shit are not A2 quality... i play at 1920 by 1080! try to pick that ress in stock a2. Come to think of it... how about the conquest frontier wars engine?

posted on July 17th, 2009, 8:07 pm

They'd have to completely redo everything--not to mention learning how to do everything. Plus, the Devs have said numerous times that they are quite happy using the engine here and that they will be breathing new life into the graphics etc soon enough.

posted on July 17th, 2009, 8:42 pm

If you ask me if this engine works and if i'm amazed by the effects that are going to be coming out in 4.0 then I don't think that we need a new engine, sure a new engine might be nice, but considering the work the dev team has put into this engine it's not worth it, at least not till the engine is taxed by new models features and other things... but I personally doubt that will happen.

In my personal opinion, I like the idea ( the game could be totally independent of a2 ) but this engine works now, and the next version isn't far away. )

posted on July 17th, 2009, 9:43 pm

I'll go searching for some pics in the hopes I see it then 

YouTube - Star Trek Legacy Cloaking Enterprise E
there you can watch it in action (in HD) - sure the ship isnt the best example, but the cloaking indeed looks pretty good compared to the shows n movies.

posted on July 17th, 2009, 9:46 pm

Hmm, I like the cloaking animation, but honestly, I like the shimmering effects that AII has when the ship is cloaked. Maybe a hybrid? 

posted on July 17th, 2009, 10:02 pm

I just like the glassy detail, and yet still haveing it completely see through.