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Federation and Empire

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This had begun as a collection of starships based upon the Star Fleet Universe and other sources and has now evolved into the development of a full complete mod.

What you can expect to see:
9 custom major races to choose:
United Federation of Planets; Klingon Empire; Romulan Star Empire; Kzinti Hegemony; Lyran Star Empire; Hydran Kingdom; Gorn Confederation; Tholian Holdfast; and the Interstellar Concordium.

8 Custom minor races.

Custom technology trees and weapons set up for each race.
Custom player useable shipstyles for every race.

2 Custom Immense Maps: "Federation and Empire" and "The General War"

Custom Campaign: "ISC Invasion"

Starship sets are being developed now and available for use here:

http://library.galciv2.com/index.aspx?a=2985422

I gladly accept ideas for this mod and collect ships that you make to add to the ship sets. Feel free to share your ideas. I'd love to see your screenshots as well.

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Reply #351 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok just checked it. I got it.
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I'll send the templates now.
Reply #352 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Lyran Preview:Lion Class Dreadnought --Basic look of the ship:

This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 800x640 and weighs 40k.And now what I put together using the parts available:

This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 800x600 and weighs 97k.I think I did it justice. How about you guys?
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What's the difference between the Kzinti and Lyrans?
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Reply #353 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What's the difference between the Kzinti and Lyrans?
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didn't you are ready ask that.
Reply #354 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What's the difference between the Kzinti and Lyrans?didn't you are ready ask that.
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no. But I guess that the Kzin are more tigger like and the Lyra are more lion like.
Reply #355 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What's the difference between the Kzinti and Lyrans?didn't you are ready ask that.no. But I guess that the Kzin are more tigger like and the Lyra are more lion like.
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good you looked it up
Reply #356 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What's the difference between the Kzinti and Lyrans?didn't you are ready ask that.no. But I guess that the Kzin are more tigger like and the Lyra are more lion like.good you looked it up
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i guessed
Reply #357 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Seems like this is really rolling now and from what Ive seen and read WOW!!!! Awesome job all!!
Reply #358 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Lyrans are more lynx like actually.
Reply #359 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Lyrans are more lynx like actually.
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uh what?
Reply #360 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Lyran physical charateristics are more lynx like:



Lynx
Reply #361 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok Lyran Dreadnought preview TAKE 2:

This was the old Lion class Dreadnought I had you guys evaluate:

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Taking what feedback I got I reworked it and came out with this one:

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What do you guys think?

The new one is 141 parts. Don't know why I counted it
Reply #362 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Wow..how long does it usually take to make up a ship with that many parts?
Reply #363 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i like the first one better
Reply #364 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Its hard to say both have aspects I like, I think I like the center better in the first one but the second one's secondary side hulls are a little better. I would release both maybe refer to it as a variant.
Reply #365 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Now that I look at it again, the first one looks a bit like the original Battlestar Galactica. I might mess around with the second one some more. Right now working on the Cave Lion class which is bigger then the Lion one.

Wow..how long does it usually take to make up a ship with that many parts?
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A little bit over an hour to do that one.
Reply #366 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Now that I look at it again, the first one looks a bit like the original Battlestar Galactica.
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no wonder i liked it so much
Reply #367 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ok here was the first one:
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Then this one:
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And this is the third one I'm sticking with:
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Here also is the Cave Lion class Battleship:
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Reply #369 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Looks great, I am really looking forward to seeing them in action.
Reply #370 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Trying to adhere to reference pics is never easy and what matters most is that the "feeling" of relevant design and shapes is close enough to be appealing.

The whole point in building up ships is just that; we either stick to principles and precision or use some creative license (both ways are alright, btw) - results being a coherent style where specific items relate as a whole.

Take the Paravians for example - they *should* somehow have a half-moon appearance for their wings.
In some cases, two "Nacelles" for Federation like the good'ol NCC-1701.
Etc...

PS; I'd have a suggestion if you don't mind, AF -- when you package your fleets, you normally insert a whole bunch of JPGs of all these which, in fact, makes up for about 90%+/- of the zip itself. Effectively, the essential working valid ships DO get loaded in our games where we can always inspect them for ourselves. So, to reduce d/l bandwidth for us & you (or if you would choose to)... a quick summary of lower-res thumbnails (snapshot of the usual Intelligence report boxes should do the trick!) might cut your zip files distribution 'overload' or even a simple global sheet (of many items) to represent whatever content is included -- might be something to consider.

;)
Reply #371 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
But I really like the screen shots. :(

I saw a ship mod here that included screen shots of all the ships in the set. I thought it was cool. I don't expect anyone to keep the pics they are just to give you a preview without playing the game.

Does it really bother you?

Trying to adhere to reference pics is never easy and what matters most is that the "feeling" of relevant design and shapes is close enough to be appealing.
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Like yours. :)
Reply #372 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Does it really bother you?
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Naaahh... just keep 'hem in if you want! I just figured there had to be a 'lowest-bytes-count-kinda' way to obtain similar results for a teaser-like supplement which we MUST grab off the library since they're into the zips.
Blame my obsession with efficiency from fitting tiny lines of c (Not c++, not Pascal, not even Basic) codes into a gimmicky 16Kbs (only!) available slow RAM of the early 80's! Even SRL masmying a pop jmp couldn't help anybody either. ;)

Ask any "oldy" programmers, they'll crap talk your biggy habits to shame!

Just buying the new 500Gigs drive this weekend gives me the creep if i remember how pleased i was when i got to have the unbelievably high 25MBs (yup, twenty-five and counting, baby) along with the 386DX40 lightning fast cpu at a cost i won't even dare bothering anyone here about!
;)

Retaliator? Next?
Reply #373 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yeah I am going to complete everyone's ship request and do up a ship expansion pack which will include a couple Federation, Klingon, Romulan ships. I'll do this once the Lyran ship package is done.
Reply #374 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
hay when is the full mod going to come out with the races tech and ships
Reply #375 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I can not give a release date yet as I am not sure how long it will take to finally finish all the ships. 3 major races left to do after the Lyrans which I plan to post on the weekend.

A few minor races need their ships but that won't require so many hulls to make.

The rest of the stuff is easy and lot of it I can do on my laptop at work.