Run and Hydra (March 29, 2007)

Bandit LOAF · 03-28-2007, 17:00

There's more Pioneer material from Howard Day. First up are five screenshots of the Hydra -- one of the fan game's flyable ships, not a radical redesign of the Nephilim cruiser. He has also released 'fly around' .MOV files of the new Hydra (41 mb) and classic Tarsus (23 mb) ships.

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Original update published on March 29, 2007

Alexco · 03-30-2007, 00:38

The Hydra looks quite nice. What kind of interface can we see in the movie and which software is used?

Howard Day · 03-30-2007, 02:45

That's XNormal's interface.
http://santy.xnormal.net/
it's a free download, so it's perfect for anyone who'd like to take a look at a 3d model of your choice real-time. I believe it accepts most 3d formats.
Anyhow - Each ship is using a combination of 5 different maps, all at a resolution of 1024x1024. These are palletized and compressed as much as possible, to keep the memory required low. For example, the Phalanx only uses 3MB of texture space. if these textures we not compressed and palletized, it would take closer to 12MB on the video card. This might not seem like much of a savings, but when we take into account that some players might only have a 64MB video card we see that we need to be as frugal as possible. This is especially important when the texture of the Camel come into play - they're 2048x2048. Uncompressed that's 64MB by itself! Compressed, they're only 6MB, so you can see why we're doing it.
Also, there are two more videos up for grabs:
http://www.hedfiles.net/wcpioneer/Phalanx3d.mov
http://www.hedfiles.net/wcpioneer/Camel3d.mov
Both are compressed with Sorensen 3, and are 17 and 23 MB respectively.
Enjoy!

Grey_Ghost · 03-30-2007, 11:05

The thing about Pioneer I am most looking forward to would have to be the status of the Tarsus.

Howard Day · 03-30-2007, 17:17

Status? How exactly do you mean? It's not the low-end ship, if that's what you're alluding to. It preforms the Long-range explorer role in the game. As far as we're able, it will have the identical stats as the one in the original Privateer.

Vinman · 03-30-2007, 20:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howard Day

Status? How exactly do you mean? It's not the low-end ship, if that's what you're alluding to. It preforms the Long-range explorer role in the game. As far as we're able, it will have the identical stats as the one in the original Privateer.

That's got to be one of the things that I am most interested in, seeing the Tarsus in its prime.

Bandit LOAF · 03-30-2007, 20:46

Ditto. You're a great artist and all, but I just don't have a reason to *care* about the new ships (yet)... the Tarsus is the treat.

Howard Day · 03-30-2007, 22:02

I know where you guys are coming from. Whenever we release the playable demo, the flyable ship will be the Tarsus. Just doesn't seem right to do it otherwise.

Grey_Ghost · 03-31-2007, 09:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howard Day

Status? How exactly do you mean?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vinman

That's got to be one of the things that I am most interested in, seeing the Tarsus in its prime.

Same as what Vinman said. I just really like the Tarsus in general. Hell, it was the only ship I used in Rightrous Fire (thank god for those extra upgrade levels).

Howard Day · 03-31-2007, 13:04

One more!
http://www.hedfiles.net/wcpioneer/Jalthi3d.mov (22MB)
As requested by Plasteel Skull.
Anyone else have a request?

Vinman · 03-31-2007, 18:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howard Day

One more!
http://www.hedfiles.net/wcpioneer/Jalthi3d.mov (22MB)
As requested by Plasteel Skull.
Anyone else have a request?

Is it possible to make a 3d video thingy (not sure what to call it, but it's really cool!) of the base, showing off some different modules?

Howard Day · 04-01-2007, 22:36

Heh, done!
http://www.hedfiles.net/wcpioneer/Station3d.mov

03-28-2007, 17:00	#1
Bandit LOAF It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly. Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Ashton, MD, USA Posts: 23,934	Run and Hydra (March 29, 2007) There's more Pioneer material from Howard Day. First up are five screenshots of the Hydra -- one of the fan game's flyable ships, not a radical redesign of the Nephilim cruiser. He has also released 'fly around' .MOV files of the new Hydra (41 mb) and classic Tarsus (23 mb) ships. -- Original update published on March 29, 2007

03-30-2007, 20:46	#7
Bandit LOAF It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly. Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Ashton, MD, USA Posts: 23,934	Ditto. You're a great artist and all, but I just don't have a reason to care about the new ships (yet)... the Tarsus is the treat. __________________ Long live the Confederation, Ben "Bandit" Lesnick, LMG. "You go, Loaf! Get some!" -JPG

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03-30-2007, 00:38	#2
Alexco Cadet Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outer Rim Posts: 24	The Hydra looks quite nice. What kind of interface can we see in the movie and which software is used?

03-30-2007, 02:45	#3
Howard Day Pioneer Art Monkey Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Eugene, OR, USA Posts: 714	That's XNormal's interface. http://santy.xnormal.net/ it's a free download, so it's perfect for anyone who'd like to take a look at a 3d model of your choice real-time. I believe it accepts most 3d formats. Anyhow - Each ship is using a combination of 5 different maps, all at a resolution of 1024x1024. These are palletized and compressed as much as possible, to keep the memory required low. For example, the Phalanx only uses 3MB of texture space. if these textures we not compressed and palletized, it would take closer to 12MB on the video card. This might not seem like much of a savings, but when we take into account that some players might only have a 64MB video card we see that we need to be as frugal as possible. This is especially important when the texture of the Camel come into play - they're 2048x2048. Uncompressed that's 64MB by itself! Compressed, they're only 6MB, so you can see why we're doing it. Also, there are two more videos up for grabs: http://www.hedfiles.net/wcpioneer/Phalanx3d.mov http://www.hedfiles.net/wcpioneer/Camel3d.mov Both are compressed with Sorensen 3, and are 17 and 23 MB respectively. Enjoy!

03-30-2007, 11:05	#4
Grey_Ghost Cadet Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 25	The thing about Pioneer I am most looking forward to would have to be the status of the Tarsus.

03-30-2007, 17:17	#5
Howard Day Pioneer Art Monkey Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Eugene, OR, USA Posts: 714	Status? How exactly do you mean? It's not the low-end ship, if that's what you're alluding to. It preforms the Long-range explorer role in the game. As far as we're able, it will have the identical stats as the one in the original Privateer.

03-30-2007, 22:02	#8
Howard Day Pioneer Art Monkey Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Eugene, OR, USA Posts: 714	I know where you guys are coming from. Whenever we release the playable demo, the flyable ship will be the Tarsus. Just doesn't seem right to do it otherwise.

03-31-2007, 13:04	#10
Howard Day Pioneer Art Monkey Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Eugene, OR, USA Posts: 714	One more! http://www.hedfiles.net/wcpioneer/Jalthi3d.mov (22MB) As requested by Plasteel Skull. Anyone else have a request?

04-01-2007, 22:36	#12
Howard Day Pioneer Art Monkey Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Eugene, OR, USA Posts: 714	Heh, done! http://www.hedfiles.net/wcpioneer/Station3d.mov