Questions about Bridge creation or adaption

[hobbs]

Hi guys, could any one give me som info on how the tactical display on some bridges works.

I mean on the ambassador bridge on km1.0 there is a console which shows hull damage and shield strength. how is it done.

also is it "simple" to move something like that to for example the msd at the aft station.

what id like to try and do is have a bridge where when on the bridge you can look at the msd and see the status of your ships shields and hull.

[Worf359Alpha]

Hey Hobbs, While im certaily no expert on Bridges, i dont think that is possible, but if it issome1 will chimm in. Far as i know the Tactical icon the Tactical veiw is the only source of the info, i would love to be wrong though, that would be very cool!

[ACES_HIGH]

indeed, hobbs is right, some of the newer bridges including the Ambassador and the Constitution refit have this feature on the front console.  it shouldn't be too difficult to set up a working MSD, assuming you know how to model a new panel and you can find the code necessary to enable the plugin, it is a built in feature in Bridge Plugin Gold.

[Bones]

That is possible but with limitations to hull strenght status and shields, no ship systems included, you would need to remap whole panel and scipt some anims I guess then using BPCore tactical display set everything up... well if such displays are already on both Ambassador and Constitution models then it's possible to move this feature to msd I think ;)

[hobbs]

cool:) positive answers to some degree:)

I judt think the msd should do more lol in the design for my uss griffin class i have the msd to the side of the bridge and on it would be the shield status and the hull strength. then on the opposite side would be the old style msd.
 ill see if i can do a bridge design and show you guys

i'm gonna see if i can find the code(?) for the bridge tac display

[Sean]

the TSD is made up of different layered faces in the model in order for it to work. this would need to be moved in the max file to the required location, then re-niffed

[hobbs]

the TSD is made up of different layered faces in the model in order for it to work. this would need to be moved in the max file to the required location, then re-niffed

oh my god. that makes perfect sense.... why didnt i think of that?!?

lol thank you sean  i will atempt that when i manage to get max.... hmmm would i be able to use Gmax to do it?

[Kirk]

As far as I know, the only bridges that were ever completed were exported from Max 3.

[MLeo]

There are more systems you can patch in, phasers, torpedoes, warp engines. Then there are the (de)cloaking and warping, and I believe MVAM support as well.
But it's the model that will be the problem to adapt.