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Drafell
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|  Posted: 2011-06-04 14:19
This is something I have been playing about with making for a while. Throughts, feedback, or even models would be useful. A basic playable scenario could be created within a single weekend provided the assets are available.
Project Codename - DarkSpace AirShip Mod
Actual Name – To Be Decided
Design Concept
An MMO featuring tactical ship-to-ship combat in airships. Capture, control and build up islands in a two faction conflict.
This would be built using the Medusa Game Engine and based on the DarkSpace game play. A proof of concept can be built as a customized DarkSpace scenario.
The game would have a slower combat pace than DarkSpace. By using fewer weapons and projectiles with slower comparative velocities we will enable use of the graphics engine to effectively render particle trails and also reduce load on the server in terms of hit detection.
Most airships would make heavy use of broadside armament. There may be a few smaller airships or 'flyers' that feature forward only weaponry.
Airships would not be in scale with the environment. Airships will also not collide with terrain, instead they will bump over terrain. Features such as aerial nets could be used in an attempt to restrict avenues of movement.
Story
The planet is a lost colony from DarkSpace. Due to a drive malfunction they ended up up stranded way outside of the Human Quadrant. I might throw a wormhole into it that sent them back through time. It's a stretch but anything to make it workable.
The ship was damaged, its terraforming equipment barely functional. The only planet they could get to was a mountainous "Venus" type. Anything below the cloud level is highly corrosive and deadly; there is a only a narrow layer above this in which airships can operate.
The colonists have been stranded for about 120 years, and have had to work hard to survive. There are now two factions:
The Free Cities - Freedom of the individual, believe in minimal government. Loosely co-operative and probably the most inventive due to the encouragement of free thought and the circumstances under which they have to survive. Airships tend to be more thrown together as no real centralized construction, but still well built.
The Organization - A derivative of the UGTO. Governed by a senate but very authoritarian. Personal freedoms are restricted in the name of survival. Centralized construction gives a similar design and style to most of their vessels.
Regardless, they have only got back to primitive AG tech within the last 25 years, and conflict has only broken out within the last few. Before this there had been no developed weapons technology or conflict for the colony.
Immediate requirements:
Ship model – 3ds MAX – Similar style to http://wrathofzombie.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/airship.jpg – maybe a little bit earlier, 1000 polygons max
Weapon model – 3ds MAX – Pre-ww1 style, 100 polygons
Sky box texture – png format, 256*256 gradient from light to dark blue
Ground/Water textures – png format, 256*256 > 512*512 tiles
Island/Mountain model – 3ds max, 2000 polygons max
Island/Mountain textures – png format, 256*256 > 512*512 tiles
Tower Top model - 3ds max, 2000 polygons max
Tower Top textures - png fomat, 256*256 > 512*512 tiles
Long term requirements:
Multiple airship models
Multiple weapon models
Multiple island/mountain models
Multiple tower models
Realistic water effects with reflection
Realistic cloud effects
Realistic weather effects
[ This Message was edited by: Mr Black on 2011-06-14 12:13 ]
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Talien
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 15:13
Slower paced combat with improved graphics sounds nice and not having to worry about collisions would make it a bit more forgiving.
Did you have any kind of special weaponry in mind? Is it just cannons and such, or will there be options for more specialized things like floating mines or short ranged weapons like grappling hooks or machine guns?
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Koba
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 15:54
i'm surprised nobody is talking about this
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Thernhoghas
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 16:01
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i'm surprised nobody is talking about this
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lets see........... what's there to say.....
well, it sounds interestening to me.
If it would become reality, I'd definitely sign up as a beta tester 
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 16:05
Few Questions:
What do you mean airship? (pictures are just pics I found on google for "airship", and am using them to just visualize concepts)
1. Do you mean like modern looking blimps? Such as this: http://artscum.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/airship3-10.jpg or http://airship-research-lab.com/images/airship,kirov.jpg
2. Or maybe a blimp/balloon like thing with an "Age of Sail" ship underneath? http://www.stillasleep.com/WALLPAPERS/CAT/Fantasy/1/airship800.jpg or http://amberseree.com/steampunk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/steampunk-airship3.jpg
3. Flying-Modern ships? http://wrathofzombie.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/airship.jpg
4. Age of Sail ships with fans? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_3GrBFHo-iE/TaYKMWoSbII/AAAAAAAAAqk/VQY5z5AHbOw/s1600/Airship_04.jpg
5. Weird mix of the above? http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/b/b0/FFIX-Airship.jpg
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 16:10
if you had paid more attention while reading the opening post, you would have noticed that he means type 2
although type 3 would be the most awesome
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 17:07
I'd love to help with this.
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although type 3 would be the most awesome
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And I agree, type 3 would be awesome
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 17:51
would rather see the dev team work on getting this game squared away first.
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Talien
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 18:18
Sounds like this is something he's working on himself, not an official thing.
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Drafell
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 20:50
Either http://airship-research-lab.com/images/airship,kirov.jpg or http://wrathofzombie.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/airship.jpg
The first would be better as it would fit with the universe concept more.
It is a personal project (as a DarkSpace mod), although if enough people were interested then it could well become an independent game hosted via GameCQ.
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Talien
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 22:40
Interested, sure, but I don't know how I could really help with this project. Well, unless you need voice acting, that's definitely something I can do.
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| Posted: 2011-06-04 23:09
Count on me.
I love the Kirov, when I played Red Alert 2 was my favorite ship.
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| Posted: 2011-06-05 01:21
so... you want to make DS back into its intended "battle ISland" (i think) incarnation?
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| Posted: 2011-06-05 07:51
sounds good i would happily sign up for beta testing when the time arises
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| Posted: 2011-06-05 08:20
If it were like http://wrathofzombie.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/airship.jpg then I would play the hell out of it.
While classical blimp style might be appealing to some, I prefer a more..
I dunno, incredibly hardcore look? Seriously look at that picture man, tell me you would not feel like a god in that. That would be like the best trip ever. With guns.
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