Galaxy class and variants

[thunderchero]

Hi Everyone,

I was asked where to find a good version of the Galaxy X class model, The only one I found was the old one I created for AAM that the nacells were very blocky.

so I started with the Galaxy class and will build new Galaxy X and Nebula class off of this model.

post updated with ship pack info

Here is ship pack
Galaxy_type.zip

ship info;

Galaxy class

641 meters
3954 Vertex
3- 512 x 512 textures (1 shared palette)
slot data = 01 01 04 04 08 08 02 02

Galaxy X class
download/file.php?id=4672
641 meters
4686 Vertex
3- 512 x 512 textures (1 shared palette)
slot data = 01 01 04 04 08 08 02 02

Nebula class
download/file.php?id=4673
442 meters
4541 Vertex
3- 512 x 512 textures (1 shared palette)
slot data = 01 01 04 04 08 08 02 02

[Flocke]

Great start!
What I'm not so happy with is that the nacelle ends still look a little bulky. To my personal impression, I think they need to be a little more rounded.

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[Flocke]

I wondered how the Galaxy class models of the different mods compare to each other. Therefore I created a little comparison map from ingame tech database:

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( right click -> open in another tab to see full size )

What happened to ECM palettes?

[thunderchero]

What happened to ECM palettes?

Looks good to me, or at least in my latest install.

ECM uses an enhanced texture and palette and might have not been updated in your installed version?

[Flocke]

ECM uses an enhanced texture and palette and might have not been updated in your installed version?

It's same for ECMS of my recent full reinstall of BOTF_Top_10_mods_2.0.3b 1366x768, downloaded 12 Mar 2024.
And in addition to the Galaxy and Galaxy-X class also the Nebula class and the Sovereign are affected.

[Spocks-cuddly-tribble]

What happened to ECM palettes?

Yeah, in your pic it looks like a glitch.

But, same as thunderchero, in my ECM install (2.0.3b 800x600) Galaxy, Galaxy-X, Nebula and Sovereign look good (like your vanilla -> you used the cosmetic texture patch for vanilla -> original is BOP/FMPM).

I like the improved ECM textures by thunderchero/Jeremy, just the Galaxy neck area near the torpedo launcher looks a bit too dark, plus we need windows to admire the carpet....

[thunderchero]

What I'm not so happy with is that the nacelle ends still look a little bulky. To my personal impression, I think they need to be a little more rounded.

not sure if it was image angle but to me nacelles look very round. lol

here is a video of Galaxy X in creator, I still need to add phasers and convert

[Spocks-cuddly-tribble]

I still need to add phasers and convert

The extra 'bridge-wings' pulse phasers or the extra phaser coves on top of the nacelles?

Also the ugly extra wings on the bottom of the pylons are missing - perhaps for the better.

I REALLY love it. The design details and variations of the 'turbo' phaser look great!

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ECM Galaxy texture glitch: Where the Galaxy-X neck torpedo area is a bit too dark the Galaxy lost any dark color in the forward direction (looks strange):

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[thunderchero]

The extra 'bridge-wings' pulse phasers or the extra phaser coves on top of the nacelles?

Also the ugly extra wings on the bottom of the pylons are missing - perhaps for the better.

I REALLY love it. The design details and variations of the 'turbo' phaser look great!

well... lets just call it an alternate reality variant... lol

here is the phaser locations all models will have (same base locations)
default firing arc 120 degree
01 F - Fore
02 A - Aft
04 S - Starboard (right)
08 P - Port (left)

slot data = 01 01 04 04 08 08 02 02

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[thunderchero]

Here is ship pack
Galaxy_type.zip

ship info;

Galaxy class

galaxy.jpg (195.18 KiB) Viewed 206 times

641 meters
3954 Vertex
3- 512 x 512 textures (1 shared palette)
slot data = 01 01 04 04 08 08 02 02

Galaxy X class

galaxyx.jpg (214.16 KiB) Viewed 206 times

641 meters
4686 Vertex
3- 512 x 512 textures (1 shared palette)
slot data = 01 01 04 04 08 08 02 02

Nebula class

nebula.jpg (168.43 KiB) Viewed 206 times

442 meters
4541 Vertex
3- 512 x 512 textures (1 shared palette)
slot data = 01 01 04 04 08 08 02 02

Note; when creating ship pack I could not add/view new preview images with latest dev version.
even after adding preview with 0.7.2 (works on 0.7.2) new dev (branch Lexicon: optionally keep excessive text data) displays preview image of largest ship tga

enjoy
thunderchero

[Martok]

Wow, those look great!

[thunderchero]

ECM Galaxy texture glitch: Where the Galaxy-X neck torpedo area is a bit too dark the Galaxy lost any dark color in the forward direction (looks strange):

here is texture adjustment (hh1_a.gif and palette)

hh1.zip

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if you like it, I will add it for next update

edit; if you find some time could you add some "tags" to the ECM patches?
possible tags are;
TAG: fix
TAG: enhancement
TAG: other (default displays when "other" selected with no tag)

[Flocke]

What I'm not so happy with is that the nacelle ends still look a little bulky. To my personal impression, I think they need to be a little more rounded.

not sure if it was image angle but to me nacelles look very round. lol

It might be my cubic programmer eyes, but to me the TV version look much more streamlined.
And I think that is cause the nacelles have a little bow. Their sides don't look perfectly straight to me.
Your model however increases nacelle width straight from front to end, with only the edges and corners rounded.

Note; when creating ship pack I could not add/view new preview images with latest dev version.

Another fixed issue. I accidentally missed the file extension dot when I refactored some code.

even after adding preview with 0.7.2 (works on 0.7.2) new dev (branch Lexicon: optionally keep excessive text data) displays preview image of largest ship tga

This one I can not reproduce. Note that with UE dev version the preview file names changed.

The old names are still supported, but with the new version you can also select other image formats including .gif and .tga files.
To not conflict with present GIF and TGA files like bio.tga or the many GALM energy structures, I added a '-hob' suffix to newly added preview images.

Therefore old UE versions won't detect the changed preview image. The other way around by my testing however still works.
When no preview image is found or it can't be read, it is defaulted to the largest available TGA image.

P.S.: Awesome progress on the Galaxy X class.

[thunderchero]

Another fixed issue. I accidentally missed the file extension dot when I refactored some code.

even after adding preview with 0.7.2 (works on 0.7.2) new dev (branch Lexicon: optionally keep excessive text data) displays preview image of largest ship tga

This one I can not reproduce. Note that with UE dev version the preview file names changed.

tested without issues, even updated the ship pack with new ship images and larger preview image.

I never noticed this before,

shading is lost as you zoom out

lower hull shaded (close up)

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same position only zoomed out lower hull lost shading

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[Flocke]

shading is lost as you zoom out

Might be one of the HOB model LOD distance values