[WIP] Simian Endeavors v0.3.2, May-23

[CaptainKipard]

I don't see any fuel in the configs.

[capran]

Forgive me if this has already been answered, but is this mod working under 0.25? I loved it under 0.23.5, but had issues on 0.24.

[TK421d]

Forgive me if this has already been answered, but is this mod working under 0.25? I loved it under 0.23.5, but had issues on 0.24.

i never had issues with .24x, i'd be happy to try and fix any issues you might be having.

~also, in .25 i'm experimenting with adding tweakables to add an earlier requested larger set without inflating VAB part count.

[CaptainKipard]

BobsYerUncle are you still working on this?

[TK421d]

I have not made any changes or new additions, was working in .25. Have not actually used them in .90 (have not played a lot the last few months) but they should still be working as far as i can tell.

[TK421d]

Am thinking i will make one more pass at the textures myself, because I feel like i should rework the configs to remove the hotrockets dependancy, and include some optional MM patches to change the particles if you want the current look (since hotrockets is a bit of a mess to get working correctly itself ATM using secondary MM configs).

So, now is the time if anyone has any suggestions/requests before I get too far into it.

(as earlier mentioned i will take a stab at making them tweakable, as larger versions have been requested)

[CaptainKipard]

Could you start with unwrapping everything first. I'm sorry I had no idea how big a task this would be when I offered to help. It's difficult to get motivated to do it.

edit.

And optimise all the meshes.

Edited January 25, 2015 by Cpt. Kipard

[avghunter]

Great Job mate. I have a T-70 X wing built. Can you make the engine for it?

[TK421d]

Great Job mate. I have a T-70 X wing built. Can you make the engine for it?

Hi, i really havnt had a chance to even PLAY since 1.0 or update the mod for DDS etc. but you just bit me in the posterior region of my t-70 obsession... you have no idea...

here's an older WIP pic:

i'm probably well over 1000 hours on my various x-wing models not only that, but i have almost every ilm shelf model used for SW building modeled for 3d printing... yeah, its an obsession. thats not an x-wing model above, its the actual kit parts modeled and arranged in x-wing fashion.

i DO actually have a basic engine made for the mod, just never got around to texturing it and throwing it into unity. if you PM me your craft file i'll try to get it done and sized to match

for you.

here's another pic from an old post, you can see it and the cockpit on the left:

i still need to finish the rest of this mod for 1.0 too, will try to find time.

Edited September 25, 2015 by BobsYerUncle

[CommanderSpock]

Any update yet?

[TK421d]

ok, have the time to do it, so no more excuses, i'm finishing this.

started finalizing the models and doing textures last week, not happy with it: the different engines just dont look right with all of them textured to match their respective ships. going to do a universal hull type (maybe a couple different versions, oh yeah tweakables :)" for uniformity.

currently all the major Star Trek ship engines are represented, with a Buck Rogers Thunderfighter & Star Wars X-Wing thrown in to serve as air breathing engines.

my plans:

One of my biggest pet-peeves about all the mods i use is part-spam in the editors, i'm always pruning out parts i dont use so i can fill up that precious ram space with more mods! so there will only be 1 of each engine type, with tweakable mesh switcher so all can serve as both rockets and ion engines.

more realistic balancing, original version was just too over the top, especially the ion engines. i rarely used them myself because of it.

right now I am only focusing on the engines, if i do manage to come back to it again in the future (maybe after 1.1) I will re-visit and finish the Cockpits i was working on, as of now i have no time to do the IVAs.

Oh, also.

keep the registry numbers on the pennants or no?