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Show off your ship designs 2007!

Ship designs from around the world!

from GalCiv2 Forums

Last year, we had a thread in which people showed off some of the great ship designs they created with Galactic Civilizations II.

With the expansion pack adding so many new components and so much free form support, we'd love to see the cool things players create.

The cool thing in the expansion pack is now you can save your creations as templates and then assign the computer players to make use of those ships in various roles. Combined with the capability of creating your own custom opponents, now you can create your own sci-fi universe within GalCiv without modding.

 

 

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Reply #426 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Care to make that a economic/influance base? i would love to use it


Been a while since i posted an image or two

Trying this out in my latest game: -




Reply #427 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I guess i could deconstruct it and come up with the basic layers for a starbase. Let me try it out and i'll come back to you
Elemental: Reforged
Reply #428 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
drengin i will have to fine you a $1000 per viewer for building such a good city
Reply #429 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I guess i could deconstruct it and come up with the basic layers for a starbase. Let me try it out and i'll come back to you



Reply #430 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok the mod is complete



I have uploaded it to the library here and it will be in the Cybertron Shipyards as well, however you can view the mods images and download the mod from my filefront account page HERE

Enjoy
Reply #431 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
thanks Drengin
Reply #432 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Next i think i might redo the cultural starbases
Reply #433 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok here is a replacement mod for the Cultural Starbase.



I have uploaded it to the library, however the mod can be downloaded via the link below which also shows the full range of bases tha make up the above base.

As per normal comments are welcome!


Download Here - Drengin's Filefront Page
Reply #434 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
sorry boss but this one is a 2000 dollar fine
Reply #435 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
A fine i will happily pay

Next up is the Military starbase!
Reply #436 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok and finally here is a replacement mod for the Military Starbase.



I have uploaded it to the library, however the mod can be downloaded via the link below which also shows the full range of bases that make up the above base.

As per normal comments are welcome!


Download Here - Drengin's Filefront Page

Not sure yet if i will do any more in this set..
Reply #437 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ok this one is a 4000 dollar fine to every viewer
Reply #438 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
we need the money to get art leasons to learn how to do such nice ships
Reply #439 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
hmmmmmmmmmmm...................how can i put the image of my ship on here...........lol

Reply #440 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sushistrip please read This Thread for image posting instructions.

Dan all you gotta do is play with the pieces
Reply #441 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
pieces what pieces all i see is images lol
Reply #442 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok and finally here is a replacement mod for the Military Starbase.


i really like the mini- attack ships docked to the shuttle bays: very nice touch. i did something similar in one of my own designs, but the 1.6 graphics engine didn't like the design (too many pieces) and it doesn't work anymore... that's why i haven't posted my city-ship design on the library   
Reply #443 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The max piece level can be a bit of a pain when you design something of that magnitude as you end up sacrificing something to get another thing to work. That said without it the game would slow to a crawl!
Reply #444 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I think kenweb did a Korath troops ship where he had tanks and mechs lined up on deck

he is king of knocking out ship set

shame he's off getting more edumicated
Reply #445 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sorry about the pictures quality, I kinda fumbled the screenshots.

MEDUSA class Freighter
This ship was developped to answer a simple need: to establish trade routes to distant worlds FAST. Standard freighters are sluggish, taking months, sometimes even a year, to travel to the most lucrative and distant worlds. The MEDUSA intend to at least divide that time by two.
To accomplish this, a special inertia dampener field is generated around the cargo, allowing higher acceleration without risking freight damage. Coupled with powerfull engines, it allow the MEDUSA a speed more than two times higher than the basic freigther is used to.
The inertia dampener field is generated by the petal-like wings surrounding the freight. The wings can be rised to allow easy access to the freight by one of the two crane (on top and bottom).

Classic View:


Top View:


Side View:


In action:


Close up on the freight:


Random View:

Reply #446 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The max piece level can be a bit of a pain when you design something of that magnitude as you end up sacrificing something to get another thing to work. That said without it the game would slow to a crawl!


Is that why some of my designs now look all funky. That huge container ship of mine doesn't look right anymore. And I know that it had ALOT of pieces
Reply #447 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes there does appear to be a top limit on the jewelry now.
Reply #448 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes there does appear to be a top limit on the jewelry now.


i haven't been able to figure out if it's jewelry per ship, polys per ship, polys per game-in-progress, if it's a hard-set limit or based on available memory, if it's by design, etc. i'm sure it's not jewelry specifically, though, but any 3D ship components. i first noticed the problem while playing a test mod to see how messing with miniaturization might change the game dynamics. i hit the limit after putting about 50 basic mass drivers on a large hull with relatively little jewelry.

Is that why some of my designs now look all funky. That huge container ship of mine doesn't look right anymore. And I know that it had ALOT of pieces


yes, and further the 'funk' grows exponentially worse as you add more pieces. what's bad about that IMO is that sometimes when there's only minor graphical funk, i don't notice it until i've built 250 of the ship and can't afford to upgrade them to something that looks good.
Reply #450 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
yup it will help there. Pity as loads of jewelry do make for a pretty ship