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BC Forums => BC Bridge Modding => Topic started by: Barihawk on February 09, 2009, 10:17:09 AM
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Instead of doing generic bridges I have decided to provoke more interest by doing specific localized bridges. This will first off remove the hassle of trying to replace identifying objects like the MSD and dedication plaque, which will give me an opportunity to make my own. I haven't made a proper full scale MSD since the Pegasus Project nearly two years ago, and that has gone on to be one of the most popular bridges on BCFiles.
So, here's a list of current projects:
-USS Righteous (Excelsior Class)
This is the bridge from the video game Star Trek: Borg. I will attempt to get it as close as possible, although the LCARS will be definitely different and for the better. You can see a video here: &feature=PlayList&p=EC15E8E30186D5D2&index=6
Progress: 60% Complete. What's left? LCARS for most of the bridge, MSD.
-USS Defiant
I will be redoing the Defiant Bridge with up to date LCARS in high resolution and doing my best to improve the interior. The bridge will take on a darker tone and the only blue will be from the LCARS. No more beige!
-Progress: 5%. Still in the experimentation phase. Relies on LCARS from Righteous bridge.
-USS Saritoga (Nebula Class Bridge)
This will be the Saritoga from DS9 1x1. It will be very difficult to deal with the mapping on the Nebula v3, wish I had access to Nebula v4. Rest assured that when Excalibur is released, I will be modding their bridges. First and foremost, this one. I'll try to do it in BC, though.
Progress: 15%. Needs MSD, textures, LCARS from Righteous, and new TMP isolinear chips. Those will probably be borrowed from the new Defiant.
-Olympic Class Bridge
You guys already know about this one.
Progress: 70%. Bridge textures done. Needs LCARS from Righteous, new MSD (mine got trashed :(). No rush since MarkyD has to rebuild his model.
-Yamaguchi bridge
This will be brought up to current standards. No tactical display, I feel it was poorly implemented on the Ambassador bridge. Gave a cramped feeling. This will recieve a total facelift as well as the Righteous LCARS.
Progress: 5%
-V'orcha bridge (however you spell it)
This will be a simple retex and lightmap overhaul of the Galor class...maybe. I'm really not sure. I'll try, though.
Progress: 0%
-ST6 Enterprise Bridge
Will be retextured to bring it in line with modern standards. Will be tough as hell. I will be creating 100% brand new TMP textures for this based around that style. The tactical display will be fully realized. This will take...a very LONG time.
Progress: 0%
-TMP Era Ship (I need help with which one?)
Late TMP styled bridge. Will replace the former Late TMP Generic, go figure. This will end up being generic, just because there are far too many TMP era ships.
Progress: 95% (needs a new plaque). Ideally going to be the first release.
Some WIP shots:
(http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=righteousqy8.png)
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Good start. I'd like to encourage you to keep going. :)
Oh and by the way: Just incase you have forgotten or never knew about this:
http://www.trekcore.com/ is a good site with many screencaps for reference incase you need it.
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Actually using Trekcore for the Righteous LCARS (technically they are from the Saritoga, but meh :P). Once I saw the look of Amber and Blue in Emissary, I loved it.
Thanks for the support, I hope to get these projects done!
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Ha, that Star Trek Borg thing is funny. Would look good retextured Voy style.
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Ha, that Star Trek Borg thing is funny. Would look good retextured Voy style.
You mean like in the first screenshot? Most of the work is done on that bridge, I just need to finish the LCARS (which you can see the general color palette in the screenshot on Saffi's panel), MSD, and touch up the environment after I get the full visual effect.
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EDIT: Yamaguchi is fixed, teaches me to look at texture paths :P.
Got Yamaguchi and Olympic ingame, the latter of which is very beautiful. Got some good ideas to spice up the Yamaguchi, as well.
Here's a shot of the TMP bridge, since I didn't have on in the first post.
Cookies are also welcome and encouraged, by the way :P.
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I *love* the lighting! :shock:
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Cookies are also welcome and encouraged, by the way :P.
Done.
...and touch up the environment after I get the full visual effect.
Good, cause that set is too dark as it is. On "Borg", it was brighter.
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Yeah, I haven't had a chance to raise the ambient light on the main lightmap since I opened up the ceiling light. I should go do that right now!
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Here is the bridge of the USS Righteous as an example.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/CaptainSerek/Basic%20pix/bridge-excelsior-42451.jpg
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It'll be a 90% match. I can't do the helm panel. Aside from that station, the rest is spot on. The LCARS will probably be different, though.
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Good work. I should get back to bridge retexturing.
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It's all they had with set pieces, the others were being used for other ships as this game was made during the filming of both DS9 and Voyager.
Projects on hold a bit as I am a busy beaver, but I'll get back on them soon.
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It's all they had with set pieces, the others were being used for other ships as this game was made during the filming of both DS9 and Voyager.
And First Contact, if memory serves.
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The corridors and the turbolift for the Righteous are redresses of the ones used for the Voyager in "Star Trek: Voyager." Computer Core Control is in fact a redress of Voyager's engineering section.
The Jefferies Tubes are actually a re-use of the ones seen on the Enterprise-E in "First Contact," strangely enough!
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Computer Core Control is in fact a redress of Voyager's engineering section.
Anyone who missed that is thicker than a Dyson Sphere's diameter.
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Wasn't the Saratoga a Miranda variant? Just thought I'd say :P
All in all, very good! I'm guessing that Yamugachi is more of an early version of it (rather than the one with new LCARS and two command seats)?
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I'm guessing that Yamugachi is more of an early version of it (rather than the one with new LCARS and two command seats)?
ya, that is the original Yamaguchi (Ambassador) Bridge from before 3rd Era redid it...
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Wasn't the Saratoga a Miranda variant? Just thought I'd say :P
It was also a standard Miranda too (like the Reliant)...
Anywho, wow these bridges look amazing! Love that Olympic bridge, the colours and ambiences are perfect!
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The Olympic bridge looks great, When I rebuild the model, it will have a great bridge to match 8)
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I'll be waiting for the new model to rebuild the MSD, as well :).
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Over thirty days already? This forum is deeeeeaaadd.
This is the Late TMP bridge completely retooled colorwise into something more TMPish and their ugly pastels.
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Eww, pastels! :x
Just kidding, lol. Love your work, Barihawk! :D
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very nice work as always 8)
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Bad news. My BIOS crashed massively and I had to reformat the computer. I lost all of the work on what I have started. I will have to rebuild them from scratch, although that is definitely not the end of the world.
Reminder to everyone to BACK UP!
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Bad news. My BIOS crashed massively and I had to reformat the computer. I lost all of the work on what I have started. I will have to rebuild them from scratch, although that is definitely not the end of the world.
Aww. :( I'm sorry to hear that buddy... I'm sure you'll do an even more superb job the second time around though! Never give up! :D
Reminder to everyone to BACK UP!
Primary Data Drive... check.
Separate drive for OS and installed programs... check.
USB Flash Drive... check.
Pizza... check.
There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's preparedness.
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Exactly what I am thinking.
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Sorry to hear about crash too and deepest sympathies. I had a drive die on me back in Jan for no reason and was a major pain as hadn't backed up for a while so lost a few things. As everyone says, always good idea to keep it regular :D if any help, just let me know. PS: did you get the crew files OK?
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Yes, about to reinstall those now. Thank you.
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I feel sorry for you Barihawk. But I think that there's still hope.
Try PC Inspector Data recovery. I'm not sure if it can restore files from fomatted drives but I think it's worth a try:
http://www.pcinspector.de/
Please beware: The site is in german.
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I store all the ship I have the privildge to test on a Flash drive, ghosh I don't remember how many Back-Ups I have of BC now.
But as Barih- says and several others around, BACK-UP
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I don't know if I am going to enter it into the contest or not but I'm working on turning the Miranda bridge into the Pegasus V3. It will be the ultimate Oberth Experience (TM) and will use the Active LCARS helm display.
Just playing around with it I replaced a lot of the textures with the ones from the FC Excelsior Bridge and it looked really awesome so that might be my starting off point.
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(http://img6.imageshack.us/i/55365687.png/)
Extraordinarily early WIP. The lightmaps are completely off, I need to redo the rusted wall textures, and my goal is to have all the lights with that orangish color.
The bridge overall is going to be very dark. With the exception of the displays, of course, which will illuminate the bridge.
Guess what it is? :P
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only one race have rusty ships and bridges ;) Klingons :D so far it looks great, can't wait to see how it will turn out
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(http://img6.imageshack.us/i/55365687.png/)
Extraordinarily early WIP. The lightmaps are completely off, I need to redo the rusted wall textures, and my goal is to have all the lights with that orangish color.
The bridge overall is going to be very dark. With the exception of the displays, of course, which will illuminate the bridge.
Guess what it is? :P
That looks really cool!
Have you thought of using the command chair consoles from the uss sa? paulo in "ds9: the dogs of war".
heres a link to what i mean~ &feature=related
its at 1:34 that you see the bridge. Its a flatter panel and i think it looks alot cooler ^^ the other big change is having a console instead of a table in the back~ it makes more sense to me.... I found a link to the bridge on flicker~ though the command consoles are sorta wrong> it shows you the correct rear console~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fadmvulcan/3056822655/sizes/o/
It reminds me of Staffis post on a nebula class bridge :)
*edit* at 3:07 in the video you can see the rear console well
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I would if I had decent modelling skills, but at this point it's out of the question. I've only started reading blender tutorials in the last week or so, and I imagine most of my early modelling endeavors will be going towards ships at first, although I would like to help New Gen with some bridges in return for helping me get them ingame.
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oh :D so you're in NG too ??? well then we have one helluva team now
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oh :D so you're in NG too ??? well then we have one helluva team now
No, I'm not. I just know nothing about scripting so I'd just pass over the textured model to them to work on. Which is probably how my ship models are going to go down, so expect me to pass them on to Starforce and have them released in 6-7 months :P.
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I see you guys found my Flickr site. Use it in good health. I just updated it with the Sutherland and Jenolan bridges.
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Updated. Still needs some work on the environment before I start working on panels.
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Bloody good retexture ;) the best panels for reference are in ST4 and some DS9 episodes, also Elite Force 2 and Adge's LCARS site could be useful
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I'm baaaaaack!
Finally managed to get BC working in widescreen on my computer and after a year or two of STO I'm thinking about possibly starting some of these projects over. I have none of the files, they were lost in computer crashes a while back. Will be starting from scratch!
I will likely be starting with the Olympic class.
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Welcome back. I'm looking forward to see your projects. :)
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glad to see ya back around!! :D
now get to work lol j/k :P
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hiyas from an old new guy, who's had a piece of the BC pie since 09 (but has yet to actually model). if you're an old bridge hand, you have some competiton in Lurok. and if your a 'roundhead' (since you're starting with an Olympic), then I'm not alone anymore :P
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Oh, look who's back :yay: good to see you back dude !
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if you're an old bridge hand, you have some competiton in Lurok.
Barihawk and his work was what inspired me to get started in this :D And he was very helpful in early days. Welcome back :thumbsup: Looking forward to seeing anything new. If you need any parts, etc, give me a PM.
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I know this is old, but now that a new Olympic Class has been created worthy of a bridge, I should restart the Olympic project in the coming weeks.
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Olympic Bridge has already been done, just not completely finished... ;)
very close tho...