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Post Serengeti Base
Origianally had this in the custom ships misc thread, but I figured that if anyone needs a UZ-style base, I've got one sitting on a flash drive.


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Wish bases were actually, and graphically, larger than the ships that docked in them.

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In C2, most ships are smaller than the bases.(Normal Ai bases)

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(Normal Ai bases)


Which is the point: Your ada kits aren't ai bases.

To new people, which Jeff is hoping to attract with C2, appearance will be a big thing. Stations, whether AI and dockable ones, or structures that are "called" a station, have to be bigger than the ship trying to use them, graphically.

If any mass produced ship is larger than a station, it just looks wrong. While die hard players, or determined ones will not mind the difference, it does make the Finished C2 look Unfinished to new people, or in an advertisement.

I know it'd be hard, or annoying to have a size change for all stations, perma drones, and astronomical bodies, but it does make SS look finished, and looking finished is very good. Looking finished brings in more people than not looking finished.

Then, there is tons of open spaces in galaxies. Enlarging everything but the ships and to a lessor extent, suns, would fill in the space better, while still keeping the same travel times.

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Bullshit, no one is going to care.

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I was actually planning on doing some experiments with scale at some point. In the C2 version of Sol, we have some very small AI bases orbiting the planets and I think those look really good. I want to experiment with also making the ships smaller relative to planets and see what it looks like.

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JeffL wrote:
I was actually planning on doing some experiments with scale at some point. In the C2 version of Sol, we have some very small AI bases orbiting the planets and I think those look really good. I want to experiment with also making the ships smaller relative to planets and see what it looks like.


It'd be interesting to see indeed, especially since we have zoom options now. Also, it could tie into having bigger stations and certain ships. LIke capitals being much much larger than heavy fighters.

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JeffL wrote:
I was actually planning on doing some experiments with scale at some point. In the C2 version of Sol, we have some very small AI bases orbiting the planets and I think those look really good. I want to experiment with also making the ships smaller relative to planets and see what it looks like.

If u do the experiments will u post a vid? I'd really like to see the scope of everything. :)

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This... reminds me of the Stellvia.
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Bad picture, but yes. The Stellvia.

I approve.

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Looks like sumthin off Star Wars :P


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Post Re: Serengeti Base
On the ship sizes, which were being discussed earlier, I would not worry about it too much, especially since the new players will be piloting smaller ships anyway. Having them smaller than stations is still a very good idea, that always got to me a bit, but I can't really imagine having it much different. Just my 2 cents...


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erict8 wrote:
On the ship sizes, which were being discussed earlier, I would not worry about it too much, especially since the new players will be piloting smaller ships anyway. Having them smaller than stations is still a very good idea, that always got to me a bit, but I can't really imagine having it much different. Just my 2 cents...


and then the ships and stations smaller than the planets.

Can't use the old "The ship is way above the planet" trick when you sit on the same plane as them!

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Battlecruiser23 wrote:
erict8 wrote:
On the ship sizes, which were being discussed earlier, I would not worry about it too much, especially since the new players will be piloting smaller ships anyway. Having them smaller than stations is still a very good idea, that always got to me a bit, but I can't really imagine having it much different. Just my 2 cents...


and then the ships and stations smaller than the planets.

Can't use the old "The ship is way above the planet" trick when you sit on the same plane as them!


and since when is SS realistic?

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Any completely unrealistic space mmo's that aren't on the shitter out there?

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Battlecruiser23 wrote:
Any completely unrealistic space mmo's that aren't on the shitter out there?

I cannot comprehend how this comment relates to the topic at hand...

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