How are the limits for space going to be defined? I remember GC having that odd grid looking thing, and the invisible space water... lol

 
Seems like the space maps will be easy, with some photoshop work to make skyboxes you can make them take place in all the famous locales. A nice dense nebula or cosmic storm skybox would allow the mapper to actually set a colored fog level in space rather than just plain clean space.

FSDev| Bandu wrote:

Safe-Keeper wrote:

They are on a hiking trip, experiencing the wonders of the Death Star's landscape.

lol yea

As for the transports I think we decided on the YT-2400 series transport , atleast where applicable. The YT1300 is just too iconic to see more than 1 flying about or respawning on a map. The Millenium Falcon will be a kind of "special ship" that would come into play at certain times,dependant on the map scenario. Atleast atm.

Isn't the 2400 a more combat design than other models? I think the YT-2000 would do better, as it's more of a cargo craft.

shouldnt a troop transport have some weaponry? either way the YT2400 only has 1 cannon (unmodified)

Safe-Keeper wrote:

Normal stormtroopers with ,what looks like, jetpacks or oxygen packs.

They are on a hiking trip, experiencing the wonders of the Death Star's landscape.

lol yea

As for the transports I think we decided on the YT-2400 series transport , atleast where applicable. The YT1300 is just too iconic to see more than 1 flying about or respawning on a map. The Millenium Falcon will be a kind of "special ship" that would come into play at certain times,dependant on the map scenario. Atleast atm.

Isn't the 2400 a more combat design than other models? I think the YT-2000 would do better, as it's more of a cargo craft.

The Millenium Falcon will be a kind of "special ship" that would come into play at certain times,dependant on the map scenario. Atleast atm.

Sounds good to me.

Normal stormtroopers with ,what looks like, jetpacks or oxygen packs.

They are on a hiking trip, experiencing the wonders of the Death Star's landscape.

lol yea

As for the transports I think we decided on the YT-2400 series transport , atleast where applicable. The YT1300 is just too iconic to see more than 1 flying about or respawning on a map. The Millenium Falcon will be a kind of "special ship" that would come into play at certain times,dependant on the map scenario. Atleast atm.

I'm not necessarily suggesting YT-1300 ships, but I'd love to see modified vessels - the more creativity the better.

They are on a hiking trip, experiencing the wonders of the Death Star's landscape.

and the fighters/transports are spawned into.

I hope by "spawned into" you atleast mean inside the hanger of the capital ships. If there is a hanger present to take off from, it is always better to do it that way, rather than just spawning in space, unless it is some map like the DS where the rebels dont have a place to take off from (floating platform lol). It is just more immersive.

2 YT-1300s (8 seater)

(Sorry to bring up an older thread, but you referenced it in a thread so I had to post ^^)

YT series ships were actually transport ships, not intended for combat.  The Millenium Falcon and Outrider were specially modified, and were one-of-a-kinds.  You would never really see YT series ships in a battle, considering how much money and effort would have to be spent on every single ship to modify it to combat standards- it just doesn't make sense.

What I think is that you could give the Imps 4 Sentinel Transports and give the Rebels a single Corellian Corvette.  I think that could work well and keep it fairly balanced, depending on how strong ships like that end up being in the game.

I think it's oh so plausible that the Rebels may have had a freighter or two modified for combat.  Hell, it's very possible considering the peacemeal nature of their forces in the beginning.

2 YT-1300s (8 seater)

(Sorry to bring up an older thread, but you referenced it in a thread so I had to post ^^)

YT series ships were actually transport ships, not intended for combat.  The Millenium Falcon and Outrider were specially modified, and were one-of-a-kinds.  You would never really see YT series ships in a battle, considering how much money and effort would have to be spent on every single ship to modify it to combat standards- it just doesn't make sense.

What I think is that you could give the Imps 4 Sentinel Transports and give the Rebels a single Corellian Corvette.  I think that could work well and keep it fairly balanced, depending on how strong ships like that end up being in the game.

I remember these, too. They were more than deadly. In fact, I dare say they were overpowered (their guns should be lighter). Other than that, they were really cool.

I'd like to have Zero-G Utility troopers, too. 'Space engineers' who repair ships from the outside (I think it'd make for a nice scene, troops hovering by, or sitting on, the hull of starships with wielding tools, and enemy fighters trying to strafe them. It'd make for an interesting challenge, having to leave the safety of your ship to repair it. Perhaps they could have other uses, too.

Details aside, I love this idea and I think it should be implemented as early as possible !