<t> my (limited) understanding is that Active cross section DOES work <br/>
tests with ACS ranging between 0.5 and 2 show marked detection differences <br/>
but it does not seem a linear progression, 0.5 making detection very short ranged and numbers above that giving much longer detection ...

<r> Weelllll<br/>
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Of course there “should” be no difference between ships of differing masses top “speed” (given the same propulsion type, accel is a different matter)<br/>
But I guess the BSG/Starwars et al crowd expect their dinky fighters to be faster than their basestars…(TV)[;)] <br ...

<r> its pretty easy to mod in a ship.def file<br/>
check out the vlimit: parameter (as opposed to the thrust: parameter under drives)<br/>
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from <LINK link="http://www.starshatter.com/modsdk2.htm"><s>[link=http://www.starshatter.com/modsdk2.htm]</s>the starshatter site<e>[/link]</e></LINK ...

Actually not only is magic 2 still not availible (whats it been? 18 months since we first heard of its existance)[:(]
You could not repaint/mod stock ships anyway iirc
they are in a encrpyted dat file to protect IP

<r> Not many tuts left im afraid (and the stuff that is is pretty old)<br/>
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Pheagey,s is here <br/>
<URL url="http://ssd.servehttp.com/ssd/magic101.php">http://ssd.servehttp.com/ssd/magic101.php</URL> <br/>
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Mehrunes very useful page on Def's seems to only have survived in the ...

magic 1.5 [:)]

http://www.starshatter.com/downloads.htm

2.0 has never been released i believe[&:]

theres a little bit of stuff (brief tutorial) at whats left of Pheagy's old site

LINK

http://www.adastragames.com/

pictures there

<r> The sensor/detection model is very simplifyed and apart from the "DETET" attribute (which doesnt take into account the opponents sensor strength) was rather hard to balance...<br/>
Theres no bogeys, "real" active/passive radar....etc<br/>
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Fuel is only for the powerplants.(burns at a ...

I would dearly love to see a Hard sci-fi mod but there are a number of problems with SS as it stands

mainly Sensors/detection, Armor, fuel, and the AI cant handle "relistic" ranges

yeap and no way to do it in a weapon mag (i think)

<t> afraid not....<br/>
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In their starting positions the landing gear/legs mag is invisible(not there) <br/>
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and only appears as the start to extend....<br/>
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leaving u with either no legs in the up posisition or 2 sets in the down(one down,one up from the ship mag)[:D]<br ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>In your opinion, is this a comparable level of oomph? Understrength?<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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excuse me for butting in [;)]<br/>
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If you are trying to even remotely approximate RL[:D]<br/>
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Your accelleration is way over the odds (yours is 17500ms)<br ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Dragonlead<br/>
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I think you can already "close off" a launch bay. If you don't delete the poly that makes up the opening and make it transparent, I think that would have the same effect. Maybe.<br/>
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However, I do like the idea of moving parts on ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>My favourite is the McKenzie class BB<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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McKenna[:D] and it is indeed a sweet looking ship [:)]<br/>
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<IMG src="http://members.iinet.net.au/~charlotted/ss/all.jpg"><s>[img]</s><URL url="http://members.iinet.net.au/~charlotted/ss/all.jpg ...

<t> Pretty sure u can not<br/>
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turret_base: "laser/lasturx2.mag",<br/>
turret: "laser/lasturx2b.mag",<br/>
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not if you want to use a mag file anyway (all the other stuff AZ/EL etc can go in the ship def)<br/>
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I suspose you could make a turret weapon with no grunt but a mag ...

<r> [:D] Am trying [;)]<br/>
I did start on this about a year ago for SS (but not reverse engineering Milos ships to match[&:])<br/>
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check out <LINK link="http://home.earthlink.net/~ngc5139/HG/Book5.html"><s>[link=http://home.earthlink.net/~ngc5139/HG/Book5.html]</s>HG linky<e>[/link]</e ...

<r> [:D]Diabolico we are NOT talking about Star Dreck[;)]<br/>
Google Traveller<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Realistically speaking, all components on the stock ships already have a size, and the vessel itself has a total mass.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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I think u will find size is just for hit ...

<r> Intresting[:)]<br/>
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I <I><s>[i]</s>believe<e>[/i]</e></I> that Milo has said he will not release his ship defs (not my place to speak for him tho)<br/>
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I'm not familiar with GURPS Traveller, is it like CT,MT,TTNE or BL[;)]?<br/>
giggle<br/>
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And I still think reverse ...

<r> <IMG src="http://members.iinet.net.au/~charlotted/ss/n1%20copy.jpg"><s>[img]</s><URL url="http://members.iinet.net.au/~charlotted/ss/n1">http://members.iinet.net.au/~charlotted/ss/n1</URL> copy.jpg<e>[/img]</e></IMG><br/>
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Might be a little while before i can do the texture map and LODs ...