One Must Phalanx (September 25, 2007)

[Bandit LOAF]

Howard Day has posted a status update and three new ship images from the WC Pioneer fan game. The ship is the 'Phalanx', an original ship created for the project. Looks nice - I like the external missiles! These Phalanx shots show how the model has changed with the addition of a visible cockpit... you can find an earlier rendering here.

I'm currently going through the models and adding in visible internal cockpits to them. this is not as complex as it sounds, and does add a lot to the finished visual quality. While I'm at it, I'm also placing all the hardpoints, guns, afterburners, thrusters, missiles, and radar (if applicable) on these things so the game can just read the locator info in and display everything correctly from the get-go. This will come in handy as tests for the asset viewer and compiler continue. Only minor changes to report besides that - I've created the torpedo launchers, made the missile and torpedo mount more solid and streamlined, and updated some of the missiles and equipment. I'm going to continue working on interior cockpits and locator placement for the foreseeable future (I have upwards of 20 ships to go through)...

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Original update published on September 25, 2007

 

[Edfilho]

That design is extremely impressive, because it does look quite WC-ish without being a copycat. Faithful, yet original. Congratulations!

 

[Aunfox]

That ship looks great, it reminds me of both the Talon from Privateer and it still has alot of the Wing Commander 1 feel, like the hornet. I think the external missle mounts really give it that early Wing Commander Universe feel.

 

[Howard Day]

Glad you guys like it. Credit for the design should go to Brad Mick - he's the one who came up with this awesome ship.... I should have some Tarsus images here this evening.

 

[Dyret]

Nice, I like it!

 

[Edx]

Why do your models always look so damn awesome?! Do you have special programs other dont or are you just really good at modelling and texturing stuff?