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Dec 07, 2005 LordofBlades link
This is mainly for graphics artists, but anyone else can make any contributions you may wish to.

I have created this topic because I think it would be simply AWESOME if we could, perhaps, graphically create and render ships/station/weapons to be added to the game. The developers would be under no obligation to add them of corse, but as long as their of VO quality, then I can't see any reason why it shouldn't be done.
Not only would this save the dev's a lot of money (don't have to pay freelancers, heh) but we'd also have the have the satisfaction of seeing a lot of new and interesting weapons, ships, and perhaps even stations added to the game by players.

This topic's objective is simply to submit designs, suggestions, and graphics for the dev's approval or dismissal. Of corse, the dev's may not be open to this at all, but we can always hope. Here's a sample of the kind of contributions that could be made.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/FlamingSorrow/JanahnGunship.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/FlamingSorrow/Starflight.jpg

Once more, I sincerely hope the devs will be open to this.
Also, this is posted in community projects because the idea was already posted in the suggestions board, but received no responce. I'm posting here now to hopefully get the ball rolling.
Dec 08, 2005 Dark Knight link
/me laughs hysterically

Sorry, man, but we beat you to it by about seven months:

http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/1/10209

EDIT: Nice designs though. I like the textures, even though they're incongruous with the current VO textures.
Dec 08, 2005 LordofBlades link
Well, I was un-aware of that, but I'd still like to be able to submit models on a continual basis, rather than waiting for another contest to roll around, by which time I'll likely be in college and won't have time to model or perhaps even play VO.
Dec 08, 2005 Dark Knight link
Ummm... It's not really a contest. It's been going solid for the past seven months. Originally it was going to be a contest, but then the devs said that putting a player-made ship into the game would be hard, because they'd have to track down any and all mistakes, balance it (mass-wise), and do a whole bunch of stuff.
Dec 08, 2005 LordofBlades link
Ah, so in other words it'll never happen. To bad.
Dec 08, 2005 Dark Knight link
Actually, if I'm remembering right, the devs *want* to do something like this, it's just reaaaallly low on their proverbial To Do list, since A) it would be so hard to do and B) They've got a bajillion more things to worry about.
Dec 09, 2005 LeberMac link
Plus they're kinda picky about what they want their ships to look like, as is their right as the developers.
Submitting pre-formed, pre-skinned ships to them for review is an exercise in futility.
Dec 09, 2005 LordofBlades link
I wasn't planning on having those particular ships added, I'm well aware of the difficulty of doing so. I wouldn't submit any ship skinned to them, just the models. I suck at texturing anyways.