Just finishing the flow chart for periods 1-4 so far 37 different upgrades. Right now I am just focusing on getting the general upgrades to fit into their respective times. In this I mean matching upgrades with the sorts of changes that should be going on in that given period. The chart it a bit of a mess with lines going all over the place but I will post the first version as soon as I am done. Then I will post a revised version that is easier to read.

I do have a few questions for some of the tech though:

Is the current restrection of jump gate at level 3 and portable engines at 6 set in stone? I really think that these should be low tech items and that the speed is what should be changed though upgrades. For now I am not putting anything involving hyperspace into the chart until I know for sure how everyone wants to handle it.

So is the current restrection set or can we start a debate about when hyperspace tech should be allowed?

Small update. One more ship from EA, monitor "Orestes" [on top]. Soon all EA fleet has been made

They wait ... all ship in scale. Tobiwahn, i found "non-canonical" image fighter "Falcon" http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f252/CanisD/Shipyard/Drawings/Earth/Falcon.png - maybe add this craft in mod like bomber or high-speed interceptor ? As i see this strike craft low-maneuverable. I may make this craft.

Looks awesome. How many triangles? We should stay within a limit of 10-15k triangles (not polygons - as that could be quads as well). If you can keep to this limit (even better 10-12k) this model is gorgeous!! Thanks alot.

@ZEROibis
No, the tech is definitely not set in stone. Fit it in as you deem correct!! Thanks!

Hey guys!! great looking MOD. One problem though. I've updated to Entrenchment V1.04 and as soon as I start a game, I'm hit with a minidump. How do I get around this...please help! I've really been looking forward to getting into this MOD.

Ok will do. Also as for the bonehead manuever. I wanted to know if it was possible to triggere and event that required two ships using an ability at the same time. For example ship 1 uses ability and so does ship 2 and because they are within x distance of eachother an event is triggered. This would allow for the bonehead ability to work as followes.

As we know in a last ditched effort to win the EA developed the bonehead manuever to try to take out as many minbari as possible toward the end of the war. I think it would be intresting to have this ability in game and make it a powerful scrafice. It requires the tech along with two capital ships, they open two jump points inside eachother and then everything in range including them is destroyed. Logically this would be a very ricky weapon but I think it really fits with the EA overall stratagy of win at any cost. Especally durring the EA minbari war.

Sounds interesting, but may be a bit too powerful if even a Hyperion could do this. Maybe the more costly ships. As for the Info on how it's donw, just contact EvilTesla-RG and ask him if this is possible. He's the person in-the-know!

Good news for you, just updated to 1.04 myself and now have to get the mod working for it ASAP! Seems to be just a few lines to add and I have to restructure a little. Will release a patch soon. Probably tomorrow or tuesday.

Ahh, yes. Faces could also mean more than 4 sided polygons, which are not supported at all. Better you use triangulation on the model to see how much they are. And check the normals of you model, just in case

Other than that, love it!

tobi at present the mod updater does update the entity files, but the entity.manifest is ALSO NEEDED to be updated for the new entities otherwise minidump hell

harpo

@Zvezdochets
I don't know what good the interceptor would be for, as it would be (I suppose) older and therefore weaker than the Tiger, which is already incredibly weak. There would also be the problem whoch ship to attach to, as a ship can only have a max of 4 different fighter types, and they are already used up.

@ Harpo99999
No, updating the entity.manifest is not necessary for the mod. There seem to be no files added, but I do not know if it still will behave correct, as a new line was added to the Starbases - CreationSourceAbility - which is linked to the Ability that creates the Starbase. As I have some Starbase entities in the entity folder which are as of yet not linked to any Ability, I don't know how the mod converter handles that (well, I don't know how it handles them when the ability exists either).

But, the manifest needs no updating, though I still can't say if the mod converter functions correctly.

@Timmaigh
Thanks. As for testing, just create basic textures and send the triangulated file as an obj to me if you wish, I can test it for you. or get in touch with Fileosoft but read this forum thread beforehand (very useful)
http://sri-corp.com/Forum/index.php?topic=2436.0

Here you'll find a kinda walk-through for modelling, segmenting, and soon to come, UV-mesh optimisation.

Thanks again to y'all 

Thanks for the link, i will check it later, when i return home.

If the model is without segmenting and UV, you will not be able to import it... begin segmenting and UV on a model who have maybe some error is something crazy...

Last week-end, i was buzy segment a ship made by a good B5 modeler... he and i have check the model, have found some error and correct them but during the segmenting, we have found a few more... none was critical error but it have made the segmenting somehow more difficult...

It is always a good idea to have someone to check your model... better if more that one check it...

About Fileosoft being busy like hell, it is true but i can certify you that if you ask him to check your model, he will accept... He will not correct it since it is your model and your job but it will make a report of what he have found, maybe give you one or two advice along... How i can certify it ? Very simple, i am Fileosoft

A sample of the advices that i can give... first, take a look at your model below... specialy the edge of your horizontal wing...

The green dots show vertice who have no use in your model... moving then a little to the "outside" ( blue arrow ) will soften your curve... better, select all the vertices who have no real use ( like these in orange, along with the green ) and move them a little along the normal ( not to much else you will have a wave effect )... this will make all your curve more soft without adding any polygones...

Usually it's best to get textures off of a site that can provide them. I think I saw one but I'm not sure... on the forum you were given the link to I think Fileosoft gave a link in one of the threads of the forum. I'm not positive though as I haven't found the thread ever since I first saw it

When the model is triangulate, the job will be made in a automatic way...

and then attach all the objects into one,

What to you mean by "attach"... combine object is ok but bridging object is not ok... by the way, segmenting is more easy when made with separated object... just combine for the UV...

Or is there anything else i should do before the texturing?

Without segmenting and UV map, you will not be able to texture the model... to much people relay on the auto-tools for these stage but it is a mistake... texture map used by game are small, manual work allow to increase the size of the piece around 200%, it mean 4 time more surface for paint details...

BTW where do you get textures from?  Do you create on your own?

Your best friend is http://images.google.com/ ... by example, make a search with "spaceship texture", "metal texture", "titanium texture", "sc-fi texture", etc... in some case, i use "merchant resource" texture pack... for details, since i am very bad at drawing but good at modeling, i make some tech piece with high poly, render it and use the result for texturing... in fact, everything can be used... and with the years, i have collect/buy a huge amount of material that i use for texture...