DJ Galaxy Class Now Available @ BCFiles

[NanoByte]

Yay! I guess today is going to be a great day! lol

Question, did you by chance implement any of the features Excalibur Team has talked about for they way the model needs to be setup for Sub-Systems?

And don't worry we understand it's a WIP... so is the Engine.  Hopefully Mark and DT and NanoFX BETA testers will get an update by the end of the weekend or early next week.  An updated Model Viewer with the new Rendering Features should be available to the public by the end of the month.

Now, just so I'm not hijacking your thread here, let's stay on Topic people!  If you have questions about what I've said, please go to www.nanofx.org

[DJ Curtis]

Nano, I've not yet implemented any of the changed for sub-systems.  I'll do all that stuff after the BC release so that I've got two clearly different versions.  I also intend to have some enhancements for the excalibur version.

I'm really excited to see what it will look like!

[Aeries]

Wooow! I LOVE this refit! And, I have a couple ideas for you!

1. Lengthen the Nacelle pylons back a bit at the point nearest to the connection with the warp nacelles. That way, it could look a little sleeker and more balanced, imo, than having simply larger nacelles mounted on the original pylons.

2. Torpedo launcher, similar to your Century, mounted right below the deflector dish.

3. MAYBE, just a thought, forgo the impulse engine at the base of the neck entirely, replacing it with an impulse engine on both nacelle pylons, similar to the Intrepid and Vivance.

Just some ideas I thought I'd throw into the mix. Looking really awesome, dude. Good luck with this project.

-Aeries.

Edit: Thought I'd post some pics, in case you weren't sure of what I meant...

[Mark]

DJ: the deflector came out quite well, and I also managed something on the bussards (see below).

Nano: I have it exported that way, yes... only thing I didnt know is what to call the objects. PM me with some naming conventions if you want (although we really need to make a new MPE )

Everyone Else: Heres is a version of the model which DJ kindly allowed me to test some lighting ideas on, basically I imported it to nfxGE to see how it would look and its come up trumps - remember that it currently has improvised Specular maps.

[eclipse74569]

Great scott.........Mark, you are a genius ;)

And so is DJ for creating such a beatuful piece of work .  Cookies to both of you!

[DJ Curtis]

it certainly looks promising.  GE just looks so much better than BC.

[Aeries]

All I can say is....... wow. O_O;

[Rat Boy]

Incredible.

[Mark]

Great scott.........Mark, you are a genius ;)

All credit to DJ, I just did some very small tasks

[DJ Curtis]

Mark, I'll keep an eye out for you on msn to get you those specs.

*edit*

oh yeah.  You should all know i just got the 4 disc Best of April Wine compilation.  I am rocking!

Why should you know that?  I'll tell you why... because April Wine is awesome.

[mayhemuk]

DJ how about making the new defector even smaller to fit in the middle of the existing galaxy defector and colour it to match.
You could make small changes to the bridge module, and add two new torpedo launchers, the forward facing one under the front deflector, and the rear facing one on the underside curve on the stardrive just above the rear tractor beam emitter.

[intrepid90]

dj your work is more and more amazing...
but I never like the Galaxy in Nano GE...
the proportion seem to be sooo wrong between saucer and stardrive.
I dont know why.. but the saucer looks way too big and massive then

[DJ Curtis]

it's just the perspective that the camera is set to.

[lint]

Hey DJ,
I thought it might be kinda cool for your Custom Galaxy to maybe have retractable nacelles imbeded into the saucer, similar to the USS Prometheus,
So upon Seperation The Saucer could Deploy Nacelles (perhaps one on top and one below in the gap where the stardrive sits) so it could have warp capability incase the stardrive was destroyed?, And give it a max warp speed of like warp 5 or something?

[Picard_1]

OK DJ, since you keep teasing us with these beautiful screenshots and leave
us screaming for more, can we please please get a DJ CURTIS GALAXY-X CLASS?

[Darkthunder]

OK DJ, since you keep teasing us with these beautiful screenshots and leave
us screaming for more, can we please please get a DJ CURTIS GALAXY-X CLASS?

A: Doubt it, and B: Why would you want a bucket of bolts such as that? Sorry to say this, but next to the Enterprise-J, the Galaxy-X is one of the ugliest official designs (exceptions being most of the Frankenstein Fleet).

[Nebula]

DJ also said many many many many times that he ain't touching the Galaxy X disaster.

[Picard_1]

A: Doubt it, and B: Why would you want a bucket of bolts such as that? Sorry to say this, but next to the Enterprise-J, the Galaxy-X is one of the ugliest official designs (exceptions being most of the Frankenstein Fleet).

Well that's your own opinion, but IMO I think it was a very good model except for the
unusual antenna located atop the saucer. Deep six those and you'd have a great ship.

Although I have to agree with you about the Enterprise-J being ugly, but I think the
NX-01 is the God awful abomination of StarFleet. I don't even think a Ferengi would
pilfer such a ship.

You have to admit, nothing can tear up Negh'Var cruisers quite like the future Enterprise
D in "All Good Things."

Maybe the current models haven't done it any justice, however, making a new one for BC and Excalibur
could redeem it among critics not only for its own sake, but also among the sake of critics such as Nebula
and yourself. Plus, there wouldn't be any harm in having an additional model around. Lord knows we've
got plenty of those "other" ships on BC Files.

[Nebula]

Did you even read my post? This isn't up to you or anyone else other than DJ and he already stated that....

yeah, as I said before, there won't be a galaxy-X of this ship, that I will make.  I will be doing a USS Venture, however.

[Mark]

Lets just let DJ reply for himself, okay?