I'm looking around to add another object to my Wing Commander Shockwave tech demo and decided to add a Confed capship to the scene, preferably one that's capable of carrying fighters.
Taking a peek in the ship database revealed that both Southampton class and Tallahassee class are capable of carrying fighters ( both say: "Fighter complement: Light" ). Maybe I'm nitpicking here, or stepping in plotholes , but I don't really remember ever seeing either launching fighters in WC3 or WC4 ( have to admit it's been a while since I played both ).
But what I'm really interested in is where the fighter launch/recovery bays are located. So I looked in the "3D Models in 3D Studio format" file, and imported the Concordia, Southampton and Tallahassee classes into 1 scene. Scaled both the Southampton and the Tallahassee classes relative to the Concordia class, using information provided in the ships database. Looking over the models it seems that the Southampton class doesn't have any ( visible ) fighter bays, and the Tallahassee class has what appears like a small bay at the back which barely is the width of an Arrow.
Where did the "Fighter complement: Light" originate from anyway? Is it from the various novels that are around? And if so, do they also specify where the launch/recovery bays are located?
Taking a peek in the ship database revealed that both Southampton class and Tallahassee class are capable of carrying fighters ( both say: "Fighter complement: Light" ). Maybe I'm nitpicking here, or stepping in plotholes , but I don't really remember ever seeing either launching fighters in WC3 or WC4 ( have to admit it's been a while since I played both ).
But what I'm really interested in is where the fighter launch/recovery bays are located. So I looked in the "3D Models in 3D Studio format" file, and imported the Concordia, Southampton and Tallahassee classes into 1 scene. Scaled both the Southampton and the Tallahassee classes relative to the Concordia class, using information provided in the ships database. Looking over the models it seems that the Southampton class doesn't have any ( visible ) fighter bays, and the Tallahassee class has what appears like a small bay at the back which barely is the width of an Arrow.
Where did the "Fighter complement: Light" originate from anyway? Is it from the various novels that are around? And if so, do they also specify where the launch/recovery bays are located?