ORIGINAL: smaff
And this definately *needs* doing :>
I agree, and I'm not even a B5 fan.
ORIGINAL: smaff
Those are, by the way, beautiful models.
However to make a B5 mod functional, we need the .def's which as I recall were something of a sticking point due to issues regarding balance (that most fleeting thing).
How to do "Point Defense Grids" as opposed to shields could be interesting. I know that the NPC ships can shoot down torpedos (But not fighter launched missiles?), though I don't recall ever seeing my turrets do so (though my attention could have been elsewhere ;>) and they're usually on "def" setting. If that does work appropriately, you could configure the main weapons to be unguided torps with a high launch cost (and lots and lots of ammo).
There may have been more cunning methods previously discussed though.
And how do you do hyperspace? :>
Ok, about the 'Point Defense Grids', do they end up functioning like shields, or are they arrays of guns that shot down incoming projectiles? If the latter, i believe it would be possible (not sure though) to just plop a bunch of PD weapons all over the ship that are designed to only take out incoming missiles. Fighter missiles
can be shot down, depending on how they are defined. Since Damo will be making all his own fighter missiles, he could make them all PD-shootable. And if the main weapons need to be shootable, what you suggest is possible, and there needn't be any ammo included either, i believe any weapons could be coded to have unlimited ammo. I can't remember, but it might even be possible to have the 'Point Defense Grid' be locked on defense and uncontrollable by the player. I know this is the case if there are more than 4 weapon groups, the fifth and higher weapon groups are locked on 'def' (or perhaps that setting can be defined in the ship .def file?)
Milo did say something once about how to do a B5 hyperspace (now I might not be understanding this correctly as I dont understand how it works in the show). You would have a farcaster set up to drop you in a new sector that had a background that looked like hyperspace and then you could fly to another farcaster to enter the system you are headed to.
[edit] Damo, wait...you're
not currently working in the 3D modeling business?? Man, when this gets out there, people are going to start fearing for their jobs!
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