Post your own ship designs here, no matter how pretty or ugly they are!

I was fooling around in the ship builder and this is what i came with:

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/8546/bug6yf.png (http://imageshack.us)

Front:
http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/838/bug27hw.png (http://imageshack.us)

Back:
http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/9415/bug31ab.png (http://imageshack.us)

I call it the "Bug" and by that i mean the insect :D

Ouch you beat me to posting a thread like this:blush: .

Based on huge Terran hull.
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1426/stardestroyer013pq.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6043/stardestroyer026pq.jpg

You guys have already seen most of mine.

Lance:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5646/lancefront4xk.jpg

Explorer:
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5624/explorerfront0ph.jpg

Pioneer:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1241/pioneerfront1pe.jpg

Worker:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7986/workerfront0mm.jpg

Battleship:
http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/3567/hblfront1qj.jpg

Dreadnaught:
http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/7034/hdh1wi.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1850/galaxyclass011tc.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8837/titanmissile5wz.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5782/missileboatformation016vu.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6859/normandytrans014vl.jpg

Looks very flexible... Is it possible to make ships that resemble those in Star Trek (ex. Bird of Prey, Voyager)?

Looks very flexible... Is it possible to make ships that resemble those in Star Trek (ex. Bird of Prey, Voyager)?

I would assume so. I think i even saw those in the GalCiv2 forums.
I'll try to find them.

I don't have a ship worthy enough to be posted (yet), but check out "Jeff Russell's STARSHIP DIMENISIONS". It can be found here: http://www.merzo.net/
The website let's you compare starships from various SFtype (Star Trek, Star Wars, etc) and is a fantastic reference (IMHO).

You might find some inspiration. :-)

:eek: four of alanteans look almost duplicate of star wars and trek ships:eek:

:eek: four of alanteans look almost duplicate of star wars and trek ships:eek:

The game engine is designed specifically for that. The parts and hull components for several major sci fi universes are mixed into the game's library.

One of my more recent designs, the F-1 Wasp fighter. Also one of my more favorite. Human-style, built while playing the Dominion of Korx.

Front View:
http://www.geocities.com/gennenalyserueben13/f1wasp.png

Side View:
http://www.geocities.com/gennenalyserueben13/f1waspside.png

Overhead View:
http://www.geocities.com/gennenalyserueben13/f1wasptop.png

I would assume so. I think i even saw those in the GalCiv2 forums.
I'll try to find them.

No luck. I could have sworn i saw them...

I would assume so. I think i even saw those in the GalCiv2 forums.
I'll try to find them.

I saw it too. Will also attempt to find it...

EDIT: Found it...

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/birdofprey.jpg

author: Winterlight
http://forums.galciv2.com/index.aspx?ForumID=162&AID=102652

Yeah. I'm waiting for them to figure out how to put hardpoints on imported hulls. I've got a stack of B5 models that are looking for a home. If I can find them, I'd also love to see some Wing Commander models imported in.

Yeap, thats it!:goodjob:

I began designing ships with no weapons, engines etc to replace each of the game's basic ships (colony ships, constructors etc). I plan to use those as platforms so that i can equip them accordingly with engines and modules that meet my needs in a particular game.

Here is my Prototype Colony Ship (P-Colony Ship):

http://img313.imageshack.us/img313/8447/pcolony12uv.png (http://imageshack.us)

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/822/pcolony27zg.png (http://imageshack.us)

http://img313.imageshack.us/img313/3737/pcolony30ak.png (http://imageshack.us)

More to come soon...

Has anyone been able to make a Goul'd pyramid ship from stargate SG-1?

Donronron's battleship is my new desktop background... incredible.

how do u get the skin darker i mean when ever i make a ship its alway the same color white never grey or anything

Donronron's battleship is my new desktop background... incredible.

Maybe there should be some sort of contest, it could be lots of fun.

My vote would be for Atlantean's Star Destroyer. That thing is ominous. I can hear the Darth Vader theme music when I look at it. :goodjob:

how do u get the skin darker i mean when ever i make a ship its alway the same color white never grey or anything

You choose the colour of your ships at the start of a game.

An upgraded version of a scout.

http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/8166/ship012wd.th.jpg (http://img324.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ship012wd.jpg)

http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/1880/ship020ig.th.jpg (http://img324.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ship020ig.jpg)

http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/9425/ship030or.th.jpg (http://img324.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ship030or.jpg)

http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/8015/ship040uj.th.jpg (http://img324.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ship040uj.jpg)

My first attempt at proper design. I got a bit frustrated the game kept crashing as I tried to save my design, so I did get lazier and lazier on each iteration.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/p.calay/frigateship.jpg

The Drath Green Dragon class battleship

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1369/dragon01jpg3yr.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/9237/dragon04jpg3vv.jpg

Wow! That's one hell of a Ship! :goodjob:
How much time did you spend creating it btw?

It took me awhile! :p Probably around 90 minutes.

i'm still too early in the game to be able to have those big battle ships (just got large hull size a few turns ago)
there's something about the customization that throws me off - my ships usually end up looking retarded because i cant get the custom parts to go in at the right place or angles lol
but the ones i've seen on here look awesome!

It takes a while to get used to it...

Ya know, it would be nice is if the ship design area was a lot larger than a dinky corner in the upper right-hand side. I spend more time putzing with ship design than playing the game (LOL). Heck, a full-screen design area would be super. Maybe Stardock can address this in a future patch.

Awesome Atlantean, that is indeed one hell of a ship.
I'm asking myself if I will have the skills and the patience to come up with that kind of ship designs. That is when I will get the game [mumble] ...stupid delay... [\mumble] :sad:

That Drath ship is pretty sweet Atlantean!

What do the individual ship parts and jewelry look like?

Can we get the design file for the Star Destoryer Atlantean?PLEEEEEASE!!!

I'd love to give the file up Cleric...but there are two problems.

1) Not sure if we're able to share ship designs yet, I've been inquiring at the official forums about how to do this...no one seems to have an answer yet.

2) I'm not sure the file for the "star destroyer" still exists. In the latest update notes it said that previous ship designs would be lost after installing the patch (I made that design the 2nd or 3rd day I was playing). Post-patch ships will be saved from now on. However if/when we can share designs you can be assured I'll try to get that one out.

Until then I can tell you that the base was a huge Terran hull (the diamond shaped one), primary color was silver/grey, trim color was black. Some of the major pieces like the shield generators (grid-like spheres on the bridge) were from the collector's edition parts. There are more images of it on the official GCII forums, including one on the main page in the latest "News" update!

Right now Drororon's battle ship and Atlantean Dragon ship are my two favourites.
I will have to upgrade my computer if I want to see these nice textures, though :(

I think they are located C:\Documents and Settings\USER\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv2

There are several folders here including ships,thats where my designs are stored.Of course I have yet to fix my graphic problem which makes my game very hard to play,but ithanks for sharing the design with us.

Here's my pride and joy (Terran civ, Terran hull design). I call it the Talon Cruiser, cuz all those spire-thingies kinda look almost claw- or talon- ish.
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6431/taloncruiser5nu.png
It's not perfect in terms of looks - I couldn't get the symmetry right in some places but it's the best-looking I've been able to produce after a few days of playing and tinkering w/ the ship designer. It's by far the strongest ship, though I didn't have room after adding all those Beam weapons to add a Point-Defense device, which I probably shoulda done. Unfortunately, during my second war w/ the Altarian Republic, I tested the first Talon Cruiser to go up against an Altarian fleet of two Frigates and it didn't go so well - it was overwhelmed, though it did manage to destroy one of the Frigates before it, too exploded. So now I'm back in the 100s in terms of money because i rush-built two more Cruisers and I'm building a third one so that I can put them together into one Fleet and kick some Altarian butt!

Wow, this is pretty cool stuff. I'm amazed you can make such varried designs. I might pick this game up.

:bump: Anyone got anymore? I'll post mine once I figure out how to, did you guys just use the Printscreen key?

:bump: Anyone got anymore? I'll post mine once I figure out how to, did you guys just use the Printscreen key?

I'm currently too busy to play so i haven't any new ships. Once i create a ship that i like i will definitely post it! And yes we used the PrtScn key.

Fear the might of the Yor Collective!Their large ship Terminator is in the sector!

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2842/terminator1dc.jpg

A fleet of medium Vanquisher starships.

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/6707/vanquisher8tb.jpg

And finally the capital ship of the Yor Collective!The YC Carnage Class!Crushing meatbags since March 2254!

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/6057/carnage23is.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7203/carnage12pb.jpg

Copperhead Class Battleship (Huge)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3673/gc2copperhead9ig.jpg


Razor Class Cruiser (Large)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/926/gc2razor9on.jpg


Osprey Class Destroyer (Medium)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/8796/gc2osprey6dl.jpg

Copperhead-Razor-Osprey Fleet


http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/5256/gc2copperheadrazorospreyfleet2.jpg

Common i need more of these to hold me over until i can offord to buy the game this summer!

I'm waiting until V1.1 to come out before really getting into the designing part myself. I'm just too confused with the "change hardpoint direction" :)

Some basic stuff I made before (didn't have that much time)

F-100 Laser Jet (first 4 strength beam fighter)

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8725/f1007dt.jpg

SC-1 Runner (early scout)

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/4644/sc10tq.jpg

SC-512 Astrolens (sensor unit)

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2610/sc589ls.jpg

ST-A Blitz Krieger (high volume transport)

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5386/sta6xp.jpg

So, nothing too fancy yet, though I do like them for now...

Some early Designs for the Terran Fleet:

Sprite Tiny Scout Class
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/tommymac/Games/SpriteTinyScout.jpg

Liberty Fast Freighter Class
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/tommymac/Games/Liberty.jpg

Gator Fast Transport Class
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/tommymac/Games/GatorFastTransport.jpg

Dredgenaught Fast Constructor Class
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/tommymac/Games/ConstructorMKII.jpg

Some More Terran Ships.

Vulture MkII Missile Fighter
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/tommymac/Games/VultureLaserFighterMkII.jpg

Pincer MkI Laser Fighter
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/tommymac/Games/pincermki.jpg

Napoleon MkIII Gunship
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/tommymac/Games/NapoleonGunShipMKIII.jpg

Tonight's new additions to my Terran Fleet. (BTW, I am going for a Larry Niven Known Space/2001/Star Trek hybrid theme in my designs this particular game.)

Sentry Class Long Range Spy Ship
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/tommymac/Games/Sentry.jpg

Sprite MKII Long Range Scout
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/tommymac/Games/SpriteTinyScoutMkII3.jpg

Nice nice nice- :)

has anyone ever seen that guy Lohengram again? He had really pretty Human Fleet designs :(

I tried to copy some designs (I know- there r times when I lack drive :D) but always come to a point where identifying every single structure part used becomes very difficult- nigh to impossible...

Creta: Armed Assault Troop Transport
http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/8948/cretabewaffnetertruppentranspo.jpg

Hector Class Patrol Corvette
http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/4921/hectorhypocrateswachbootspiona.jpg

Troja Class: Fast Star Cruiser [Large Hull]
(again based on one of Lohengram's designs, made it bulkier and "armor" plated along the underbelly)
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4452/troja2dy.jpg

Dang I just got the game a few days ago and started to play around with ship creator. The things you guys are just amazing, it makes me want to go play around with the ship designer more. Winter what is the piece you used on the top of your Fast Star Crusier that makes the top look curved.

Along the hull? That's just a simple panel structure, 3 of them around the front gives it this curved look. I used the same panels for the underbelly, just that here I mounted these on top of some semi-circular bracket structures I built from bow to stern.

The only upsetting thing with this one is that while I used the cool no-hull mod by Darth Kryo, this very mod also shrinks this larger unit on the actual game map.

The maximal frame size isn't observed in that mod and all newly made ships will (!) be maxed out at about Cargo Ship size. Shrinking those oversized ones manualy in their respective text files ain't a problem, but up-sizing the "large" and "huge" type hulls-to-be is yet impossible with this mod. All blank files are the same maximum frame size (and I have no idea where one can change that).

Since I don't seem to be able to register at galcivII's homepage (I never seem to get my activation email :() I'm hereby making a request to be forwarded to Darth Kryo to develop his excellent mod insofar as to add the max frame coordinate size cap for ingame unit display, for each particular hull size accordingly. This way, the units will automaticaly recieve the correct sizes :) I would do it myself, but it all seems like chinese backwards to me at this point :(

WOW!!! those are cool looking ships, I can't wait to try out the demo.

One question about the ships as I can see you can custom design them, but does that also mean you can custom build the weapons and Shields and thing of that nature that make a difference on combat? for example if you placed most of your guns front of your ship and left back exposed could a ship come up behind you and destroy you easily? Sorry about this if its dumb Question I a Noob to GalCiv!!!

Cordoba Class (Destroyer) [Medium Hull]
http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/9076/cordobadestroyer6sb.jpg

Ferrol Class (Heavy Cruiser) [Large Hull]
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/7312/ferrolheavycruiser9uo.jpg

Atlantis Class Cargo Freight Liner
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9749/atlantisfrachter0hk.jpg

Columbia Class Heavy Construction Hauler
-Goliath Industries: We deliver your new starbase to your door within 2 parsecs, guaranteed. We put our name on it!-
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/7734/columbiaconstructor5gp.jpg

Mantis Class Fighter (I didn't like the old plane-like look so I made something new)
Note the X-variant: A Spy-and Special Usage Fighter Hull, and homage to doronron's Lance
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9131/mantisjger4yc.jpg

WOW!!! those are cool looking ships, I can't wait to try out the demo.

One question about the ships as I can see you can custom design them, but does that also mean you can custom build the weapons and Shields and thing of that nature that make a difference on combat? for example if you placed most of your guns front of your ship and left back exposed could a ship come up behind you and destroy you easily? Sorry about this if its dumb Question I a Noob to GalCiv!!!

I too, would like an answer to this question so I could find out whether or not I have to rearrange the weapons on my bigger ships.

I too, would like an answer to this question so I could find out whether or not I have to rearrange the weapons on my bigger ships.
Every single component of your ships is customizable from turn 1. Shields, Armor, Engines, weapons, sensors - everything. In fact the early turns I'll beeline an engine tech so I can make colony and constructor ships that are twice as fast as the stock models.

Customize customize customize - the stock ships suck. By the time you can build a stock ship you can design a better one yourself that costs the same or only slightly more.

You can place the weapons you wish, in the numbers and combinations as seen fit. Of course a weapon will take away space (which is limited on each type of hull) and you will want to add defence systems or additional engines, etc.

There are 3 basic weapon (and corresponding defensive system) categories: Missiles, Beam, and Mass drivers.

Missiles = Self explanatory
Beam = Everything from Lasers, over Plasma, Phasors, etc
Mass drivers = Basicaly what we have today- bullets

Defensive systems protect against particular weapons only: I.e. Against Mass driver weapons you will need to armor your ship, while against missiles only anti-missile chaff systems will be effective. Against beam weapons Force field Shields are the defence.

Engines= There exist a number of engines, all in the same linear branch of the tech tree. You start with bulky and slow stuff and the more you ressearch the smaller and faster they become.

Its not always useful to upgrade a ship design straight away, i.e. with every little new technology researched. Often new technology frees a few space limit points but thats merely it. The higher up the research tree you get, the greater the benefits per new technology.

Note: There exists a different tech tree branch called "miniaturization". Sticking to this one won't make your ship engines faster, weapons better or your defence more effective, but you'll may be able to fit more of a certain type of system on your ship.

Tarasque Class Vanquard Battleship [Huge Hull]
- None have to chase me, let he who will face me - kill me or die by the sword-
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8624/tarasqueclassbattleship8gd.jpg

Thanks for the information guys!! I just started playing the Demo and I love it, I can't believe how you can customize your ships.....:eek: The shipbuilder is a game in itself I have a lot to learn....:crazyeye:

the stock ships suck.

Yeah, I learned that the hard way in my first game:blush: . When I finally started customizing I had all my weapons facing forward, so I just wanted to know if the direction the weapon faces makes a difference in combat.

Mh, interesting question- I doubt it matters where they are facing. After all each battle sequence is a matter of number crunching. In the battle view each unit will have its shot(s) until destroyed, and that happens in turns. I.e. only after all units have fired all their weapons the second turn commences.

Thanks W.i.n.t.e.r. I think I'll still have some of my weapons facing to the rear, just because it looks kinda cool.:D

EDIT: BTW, those are some top-notch ships you've made. I especially like that last one you posted.

When I finally started customizing I had all my weapons facing forward, so I just wanted to know if the direction the weapon faces makes a difference in combat.
Like W.i.n.t.e.r. said, it doesn't make any difference. The combat systems is just values against values and a tiny bit of luck.
But it doesn't hurt to show a little muscle... It can give you the edge in combat... maybe ;)

Idolator Light Attack Vessel
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/29/idolator6to.jpg

Maybe a stupid question, but:

Where can I download your amazing ships?

My first-ever design: the Sak'Kor class scout ship.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/SakKor.JPG

And, several designs later, the Msh'Rak class heavy beam cruiser:

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/MshRak.JPG

W.i.n.t.e.r, how is it you're using that Small hull as a bridge? Text editing the files, or some sort of mod? I'm kind of wanting to do something like that myself (might post up what I've been working on soon), so I'm rather curious. Thanks!

W.i.n.t.e.r, how is it you're using that Small hull as a bridge? Text editing the files, or some sort of mod? I'm kind of wanting to do something like that myself (might post up what I've been working on soon), so I'm rather curious. Thanks!
Hiya, glad you guys like them :)

I am using Kryo's System mod (http://library.galciv2.com/index.aspx?m=22). It allows one to use all sorts of ship hulls and jewelry staring from scratch. That also explains the small hull used as bridge (Lohengram's idea). The only issue with the mod this far is that the blank hull files will not depict large and huge ships according to their size on the map (for the Tarasque Class, for instance, I started of with a huge hull and virtualy built the rest of ship around and on top of it until it dissapeared within the new design- this way the ship will show up HUGE, as it should ;))

Still gotta finish and fiddle with some ships on my wishlist b4 I post them.

@BasketCase: that Msh'Rak looks pure evil :)

Man, you guys make some fine-looking ships! I'm too embarassed to show you my ugly ships!

Avalon Class Merchantman
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http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/901/avalonclasssuperfreighter2gr.jpg

Wow W.i.n.t.e.r, that Tarasque Class Vanquard Battleship looks really really cool. Its amazing. What race did you use to make it (or do you use Kryo's mod)?

OK, my first "serious" attempt to make a ship (nameless, of course :)).
http://files.tagworld.com/9ffecb7dd15cc5fe41be9cb5ecf378b8114e.jpeg

This time it took some time before being able to get more ships done. I got
ES IV: Oblivion last week and modding it consumed my free time over easter ;)
-------------------------------------

Several times I already mistook my constructors for freighters or troop ships- dangerous when one just clicks the units away and sends them into dangerous zones and then realizes that instead of the urgently needed invasion army the only thing that arrived at the enemy system is merely a construction hauler or colony ship :| (ok- maybe I am the only one that managed to mess up like that- LOL).


Having made a constructor out of the human cargo no.# I decided I had made enough ships using that particular hull. My first attempt) resulted in the rather plain Columbia/Goliath class (see post 60) and I may modify this ship class to become the standard fast constructor. This particular hull type will however now be reserved for freighters and troop transports.

That means that I still need to make a differently looking slow and inexpensive constructor and also a new type of basic colony ship for those nearby systems. So, back to the galactic shipyard drawing board...

Phoenix Class Colonisation Hauler & Roc Class Construction Hauler
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3618/phoenixroc8rp.jpg

Some more pics of war ships (this time on the game map proper)

http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/4474/rivals4cp.jpg

I previously posted the Fighter I am using (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3889700&postcount=61) but I thought that the alternate one I made in paralel deserved being posted here as well for inspirational purpose. On the screenshot of this one the difference between light, medium and heavy fighter is better visible than in those of the other unit (though both share the exact same elements, of course). Note: This is not a Drengin Fighter but is really based on a Terran hull, the Drangin Cockpit has been wrapped around the Terren one ;) Bless Kryo and his great mod)

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/8601/manticorajger6jy.jpg

cool, are there alot more extras than in the demo? I think there are, but just wondering.

Here's my First Attempt at a large hulled Ship:

cool, are there alot more extras than in the demo? I think there are, but just wondering.
Haven't played the demo yet- you mean extras such as new ship parts?

Here's my First Attempt at a large hulled Ship:
interesting look- what are those spiked turrets on the upper wings?

Haven't played the demo yet- you mean extras such as new ship parts?

I mean extras as in those structural parts that dont take up space.

The extra structure parts and such are referred to as jewelry. I don't know if there's more jewelry in the release as there is in the demo, but the Collector's Edition of the game has extra hulls and extra jewelry as well.

probably too late now to get the collectors edition though. but if there is one, I might get it, depends on what else it has and if its worth it.

probably too late now to get the collectors edition though. but if there is one, I might get it, depends on what else it has and if its worth it.
I bought the Collectors Edition last week from Best Buy, they had 2 copies left and it was the same price as the reg. game $40.00....:mischief: You might still get lucky if you look around.

interesting look- what are those spiked turrets on the upper wings?
Yeah it's interesting, it's amazing what kind of things you come up with at 2:00 AM. Those spikes turrets are the bend wings (Human style) that are paired up next to each other in the menu, there scaled down and are attached to their larger counterparts. I wish they would name the parts or something its hard to describe each part.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Symphony D.
W.i.n.t.e.r, how is it you're using that Small hull as a bridge? Text editing the files, or some sort of mod? I'm kind of wanting to do something like that myself (might post up what I've been working on soon), so I'm rather curious. Thanks!

Hiya, glad you guys like them

I am using Kryo's System mod. It allows one to use all sorts of ship hulls and jewelry staring from scratch. That also explains the small hull used as bridge (Lohengram's idea). The only issue with the mod this far is that the blank hull files will not depict large and huge ships according to their size on the map (for the Tarasque Class, for instance, I started of with a huge hull and virtualy built the rest of ship around and on top of it until it dissapeared within the new design- this way the ship will show up HUGE, as it should )

Still gotta finish and fiddle with some ships on my wishlist b4 I post them.

*bleh, I hate the way you quote stuff on these boards because I can't do a quote within a quote by pressing the quote button*

anyway, so I guess that explains why some of the designs, such as yours Winter, which have a hull as a bridgepiece, also there seems to be some pieces and jewlery unavailable (or unreachable) in the demo. I can't wait to get the game for my B-Day :)

also, how do I take screenshots with the demo or does the demo not have that capability? because when I press printscreen, it should save a screenshot or something but doesn't seem to have that capability.

edit: I just looked at the info for Kryos hull mod and it sounds VERY cool! :) it should allow me to be as creative as I want to be. only thing is, not sure how to make parts count as jewlery such as weapons and other stuff, but still, that should allow me to do cool stuff with it.

To capture a screen shot you first hit you're print screen button then open a program like paint and under edit select paste. I was confused about this at first also, I looked all through my GC2 files for a screen shot folder, but there is none. I wish Stardock would address this in one of their patches because a game like this is one that people will taking screen shots often!

Get yourselves a stand-alone Screenshot program that U can use in the background. This way once you are done playing you can then save all the screenies you made during your game session. I recommend Hyper-Snap (http://www.download.com/HyperSnap/3000-2192_4-10478121.html) (don't register or anything as DL should start within around 10 seconds)...

After having to look at my Avalon class (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3911825&postcount=78) for too long I realized its actualy pretty dull. So I made some esthetic enhancements which have resulted in the Asgard class; same concept: A huge hulled Freighter- perfect for trading in Pirate infested Space ;)
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8052/asgardmerchantman1et.jpg

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4885/asgardmerchantman28gj.jpg



Also, finaly got to remake Lohengram's 2nd destroyer (with all those added details that all my designs carry)- I dubbed it the "Cerberos Class" after that cute little 3-headed Hellhound of ancient Greek mythology. It sure looks small after those other things on display- but that's just the way its meant to be, small and lean- perfect for a medium warship.
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1305/cerberosfrigate1cw.jpg

cool, they look sorta 'Starship Troopers'ish in style. although you are mostly using the terran hull.

ah man, I can't wait to get this cool game! :) but my B-Day is slightly less than a month from now. Since I have the college finals on the first monday of June and my B-Day is the friday before that (my B-Day is on the 2nd and the finals are on the 5th if you haven't figured it out already), I may have to hold off on doing it because I KNOW I will need to cram for the math finals :P :P

ah heck, this is offtopic now lol! I'm sure you can tell I'm excited about this :)

also, Winter, what are those 'pods' on the sides of the Asgard class ship? I haven't seen that part before in the demo.

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/other/18ryfull.jpg http://www.space.com/images/h_starship_troopers_03.jpg

You mean this thing?? The "Rodger Young". Yes, it bares some similarities, a similar, yet les rounded front part and the bridge... well, they are "Terrans" after all ;)

Would be nice if someone went that direction with his/her shipbuilding :)

I find the terran cargo hull very practical. It just screams fast lifter, thus has come to serve as freighter, military transport and also as this heavy type of freighter. Making it more bulky this actualy appears on-map larger as my Dreadnought vessels- A pirate would think twice before attacking one of these.... I also made a revamp of it as fast constructor (the other terran cargo hull I use for the slow, more basic versions) but haven't gotten round to making screenies (after all its just another terran hull and I fear people may get bored with too much of the same).

also, Winter, what are those 'pods' on the sides of the Asgard class ship? I haven't seen that part before in the demo.

Those with the blue-ish lights? Those are Warp (3? or so) engines. Am still torn between making such things visible or built into the ship hull...

Good luck with your revision :)

revision? you mean the finals I guess? thanks :)

and yea the one with the blueish lights is what I'm asking about.

and that ship does look heavily armoured and having good weapons :) the thing on the top at the front looks like it could be some kind of laser cannon.

Not so many weapons- at least not in the Merchantman variant. It has merely got one sole more advanced Nano Ripper gun up front since the trade and support modules take away quite some space on a large hull, but its quite well protected due to the defensive systems. The two engines give it a top speed of 9 parsecs/wk...

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1200/detail8mc.jpg

Edit: If one'd take away the cargo module and replace it with some weapons you'd get a nice Dreadnought ;)

I don't bother to arm my freighters. I did once, but it's almost pointless since they won't be running in fleets and the AI usually attacks them with fleets. It might be enough to hold off a solo raider, but the benefit of that is debatable given that the ships run solo deep in enemy turf with little hope of near-by support.

They do look flashy tho :p

Uhm, you probably didn't read into this ship's description- it is not a Freighter... did I mention it's got 50 hitpoints by default ;) ?

cool :)

anyway, I'll try to get a few screenshots of some ships I made in the demo. I have at least one I'd like to show, which is a fighter prototype. I know I probably can't move designs from the demo to the full game, but I may want to do something different anyway :)

also, winter, did you take your screenshots like the previous page from the ship designer? just wondering where exactly you did them.

edit: erm, how much does it cost to buy a licence for HyperSnap? because when I started it, it said I have a 15 day trial, but if I buy a licence for it, I can use it however long I want

cool :)

anyway, I'll try to get a few screenshots of some ships I made in the demo. I have at least one I'd like to show, which is a fighter prototype. I know I probably can't move designs from the demo to the full game, but I may want to do something different anyway :)

also, winter, did you take your screenshots like the previous page from the ship designer? just wondering where exactly you did them.

edit: erm, how much does it cost to buy a licence for HyperSnap? because when I started it, it said I have a 15 day trial, but if I buy a licence for it, I can use it however long I want
Judging from the way the files work I'm pretty sure you'll be able to retain your designs for the retail version :) The screenies I made in the ship designer main window using Hypersnap (see post 95 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4005325&postcount=95)). The only anoying thing about this is that one cannot stop the darn things from turning while on display :(:(:( But at least this way one can even picture them from angles that one'd normaly not see (like from below or from the side, etc)

actually you can stop the rotation, in the demo anyway because there is a button for the autorotation.

what about paying for the Hypersnap? how much does it cost?

anyway, here is the prototype fighter, I wanted to put a weapon on each of those prongs making 8 weapons in total, but didn't have room so I ended up putting the weapons on the nose of the craft.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/smjjames/GalCivII%20pics/shipfront.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/smjjames/GalCivII%20pics/shipside.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/smjjames/GalCivII%20pics/shiprear.jpg

edit: agh, sorry for the different pic sizes making them look a little strange, I'm not as good as Winter is at editing/cropping pics.

eek- now that's a BIG fighter :)

@off-topic: No idea what it would cost these days...

its actually a tiny hull, I wanted it to look scary and put lots of weapons on it. I actually zoomed in with the ship editor so its bigger than it really looks. but up close it could certainly be intimidating.

something is really buggy with the demo because its completely messing up the other fighter prototype I did on the shipbuilder. I origionally did it using the terran style hull, but here I'm using the drengin hull and believe me, this is NOT how I origionally designed it

this is what it showed when I viewed it
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/smjjames/GalCivII%20pics/cca0dc00.jpg

and this is what it did when I tried to upgrade it
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/smjjames/GalCivII%20pics/reallywierd.jpg

I tried to get it again in another game, but something is REALLY buggy with the demo because the custom made ships don't appear in the shipyard when I finish the needed research, sometimes they do, but not usually.

Just a quickie preview of my newest design: The Unicorn Class, realizing the need for a large ship for plenty of sensors and range (in my latest game I was so busy colonizing faster than the opponents and fending them off during the start-up phase that I didn't manage to build scouts or anything much apart from colony ships and small planetary defence vessels). So now I need somethin of minimum Cargo Hull proportions to undertake the screening of the surrounding space: The Unicorn was born: Lean, fast, with plenty of storage and pretty to look at. More to come...

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/6528/unicorn1jp.jpg

Its been a while... but now finally Ihave gotten to dismatle the ugly Ferrol (http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/7312/ferrolheavycruiser9uo.jpg) Class. I scrapped the entire front half and that left me with several possibilities for new ship types. So it was decided to maintain the basic rear build and to make several new fronts (apart from overhauling some overall proportion issues)- here is the result this far:

-Walhalla Shipyards has released hands-on data on their newest cruiser designs. Customers are asked about their esthetic preferences for near future release-
Showcase: Heavy Cruisers of the A-Class (aka. "Demon" Class)
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/1959/aclassdemoncruisershowcase2ll.jpg

In detail:
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/2229/asmodeusclass9wo.th.jpg (http://img477.imageshack.us/my.php?image=asmodeusclass9wo.jpg) http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1609/astarothclass8sz.th.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=astarothclass8sz.jpg) http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7791/amduscias6no.th.jpg (http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=amduscias6no.jpg) http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/7152/amonclass0np.th.jpg (http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=amonclass0np.jpg) http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3933/abaddonclass4ra.th.jpg (http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=abaddonclass4ra.jpg)
Asmodeus Class, ------- Astaroth Class, ------- Amduscias Class, ------- Amon Class, ------- Abaddon Class

Nice ones! :goodjob:

... decided to redesign the Tarasque- be prepared ;)...

Hey W.i.n.t.e.r, I am trying to reproduce the ships you made for my own use, but I can't seem to find some of the jewelery you used. It is mostly the "armor plating" you used. I can't seem to find anything that even remotely looks like it. I am using Kryo's mod, so any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Uhm, could you post a screenshot with an indicator to the particular jewelry pieces?

The pieces I am talking about are the ones that are circled in this picture:

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2511/neubitmap5go.jpg

There u go- hope that helps...

EDIT: Note the small red circle on the left (not very visible I'm afraid)

Thanks a million! Can't wait to see the redesigned Tarasque (my personal favorite of all your designs).

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/7236/tarasque22oa.jpg

What say you now?

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/9225/typhaonbattlecruiser2em.jpg

... and a sleeker design as Battlecruiser

What say you now?

Beautiful, simply beautiful.

Winter you have got to upload those designs. One large file and then some updates for your continual design upgrades. When I say "have got" I don't really mean you are required, but so many people want them. You just can't let down all these wimpering fans. With all the inspiration you have caused, it would be great if we could just edit your designs. Please upload these soon.

W.I.N.T.E.R.

My God.

Your designs are Awesome.
Incredible.
Genius.
Beautiful.
Inspiring.
And Sophisticated.
And you are the :king: of all ship designs that I've seen so far.

Could you please post your designs so we can play with 'em? I don't even wanna redo them in the editor, they're an UNTOUCHABLE for me.

P.S. If I were to post feed-back on your ships in terms of which I like best, I'd say you're original designs for the ships (especially the Troja and the ORIGINAL Tarasque class, they're absolutely INCREDIBLE, if you just released those two classes I would be happy :D ) were better, but that's just my opinion.

P.S.S. Looking around at the other ship designs in here, many of you look like you have good potential. Keep it up. You're all doing very good.

Uploaded some of my older designs over here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=175563) for download...

OMG!!!

TY very much!!!

:D :D :D :D :D

Here is my Gal Civ interpretation of Slave I

http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/539/small0032bc.jpg

Here are some Rebel Alliance fighters: A-Wing, B-Wing, X-Wing, and Y-Wing

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5908/tiny0026nx.jpg

The fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3348/small0051wl.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1231/small0044rf.jpg

Imperial Shuttle

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/4333/small0019aj.jpg

The USS Enterprise-D

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/511/huge0024fs.jpg

whoa sweet

Couple of mine (I feel compelled to point out I did the Texas below before I found this forum. Coming here, I got a kick out of the fact that Winter and I seem to share the same aesthetic taste for overall ship shape. Winter, your stuff is clean and sharp. Very nice.):

The Texas Battleship, done a few weeks ago:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944597/Texas.JPG

I just did this one last night. Heavy cruiser escort for the Texas, but large enough to lead its own battlegroup in less intense sectors. (As you can see I prefer round bulging to convey power/armoring):
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944597/NewYorkHeavyCruiser.JPG


I realize I need to spend some time working up smaller ships such as destroyers, frigates, and corvettes and quit concentrating on such massive vessels. But I tend to play with fleets of one or two giant capital ships mixed with scores of fighters, so to date I've not had the need for duty craft.

First of the smaller ships.

The Portland class frigate:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944597/PortlandFrigate.JPG

The Suffolk class Light Cruiser

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944597/SuffolkClassLtCruiser1.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/944597/SuffolkClassLtCruiser2.JPG

CA427 was the first ship of her class, seen here. She was photographed, as fitted with weaponry, on her shakedown cruise.

Very nice work Hillslam- I'm gonna go over to your release thread to get these ;)

@IronMan2055: What's with your sig?

Hey, I'm new here and just got the game. I'm really impressed with everything I've seen here. Do you guys have any tips and tricks for modding? Thus far I've had trouble creating anything worthwhile. Does it just take time to figure out or is there some methodology you guys use to produce this stuff? Also are you guys using some sort of mod to gain extra pieces or are you doing all this with just the stuff that came with the box?

Thanks

No real tricks to my designs...just a lot of trial and error, patience, tweaking, and time. The new tools (like being able to resize and adjust angles after attaching the parts) helped a LOT. I could never tell you how to remake my designs (I'd have a hard time redoing them myself), especially the more complex ones like that Enterprise and that Millennium Falcon. My methodology is to picture the ship I want (either in my head or looking at an actual picture) then play with the various hulls and parts to see how close I can come to that vision with what's available.

All my designs were made without mods, just with what came with the collector's edition.

Not looking to reproduce your work, just make stuff of similar quality :)

One last question though, how do you turn off the red dots to take screen shots or do you do it somewhere other than the creation screen?

You can toggle the hardpoints (red dots) on and off in the shipyards. It's the small button in the corner of the creation screeen with the model rotation buttons. However I don't usually take my screen shots there. The screen shots I have here were taken either on the main map or in the battle viewer.

I haven't taken the time to create the really good multi-angle pictures like Hillslam. After spending sometimes more than an hour on a design and then actually building and launching one, I'm too lazy to take the time to create the really good looking screen shots.

Have fun with it, can't wait to see what you come up with!

-Vampyr Class- Planetary Strike Fighter [Tiny]
(had this on my hard drive for some time, and finaly got five minutes to post it. I always found the basic tiny hulls to show up as too large on the map, compared to the small hull (especialy the relative cockpit size bothered me)- so I made this- looks great in formation)

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4280/vampyrclassuk8.jpg

Note: I don't normaly use this colour in my games; but this model and the screenshots were made while using the "Advanced Shipyard Scenario". For best results use medium and dark grey as seen below.

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9386/vampyraa0.jpg

Design Studies: The development of the Tarasque

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/999/battleshipclassesbg0.jpg

Note: Also in Human colours so as to make the variations better visible (for better looking images in the actual colours in use, see Post 119 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4154742&postcount=119). Suggestions welcomed- spot any particular favorite or obsolete designs?

Always a pleasure to pep-up old designs to new brilliance :) = Enhancing the Amon Class...

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4081/amonamonenhancedbd2.jpg

ps. @Altantean: Can you post your cool Constructor sometime? (Seen it on the Galciv II site)

Praetorian Orbital Defense Station: The name says it all, this thing is supposed to defend your planets from attack. It has no engines or life support and has balanced weapons and defenses. However, due to its high cost, it will most likely be used to defend only th most important planets of your empire. I have included a size comparison wit hmy largest and smallest ships to give a perspective as to the size of this awesome battlestation.

@W.i.n.t.e.r
Here are the constructor pics from the GCII page.
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/3972/cargo0017he.jpg

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/570/cargo0022re.jpg

very nice, thank you :) where can one download it?

@W.i.n.t.e.r

Glad you like the design! I have a bunch I'd like to upload to the Internet somewhere. I noticed you have a ship-pack available in the GCII Library. Could you perhaps explain to me (or point me to a FAQ or post) how you go about uploading designs to the GCII Library?

I've been digging around for directions but I haven't found any clear instructions about how to do it. I gather I have to combine and compress the ship files I want to upload...however my knowledge concerning these processes is in a nutshell "lacking". :)

Any help you can offer is appreciated.

Aww, yeap- posting at GalcivII is somewhat tricky. Well, you first have to register and afterwards you need to open an additional metaverse sub-account in the metaverse section and set it to default (since you can use your metaverse account for more than one user account).

Only now is one able to post one's mods in the library section. I hope that helps a little- it sure gave me a hard time back when I was trying it. That's also the reason I use my brother's account (michimex.) over there- I was never able to register for some strange reason... :rolleyes:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9392/electraqi5.jpg

This is, by the way, what I used for inspiration when making the Vampyr Class - Stargazers' Electra Class Fighter-Bomber

Anyone has a sufficiently megalomaniactic, mythical name to suggest for this one?
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/338/dreadnoughtfy8.jpg

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6977/sizemattersnj3.jpg

Anyone has a sufficiently megalomaniactic, mythical name to suggest for this one?

How about Gantrithor (sounds mythological enough to me)?

Thank you- I got one close enough: Triton !

Atlas? Titan? Friggin-huge-spaceship?

Golaith?
Behemoth?
Cerebus?

Edit:-
More : Dominator, Dyson sphere class, Kraken

Terran Alliance News broadcast:-

People of the Terran Alliance, this has been a dark time for our people. Our attempts to defend our Altarian brothers from the Korx aggression have failed due to the Torian surprise assault. The battle between our main fleet and the Torian main fleet resulted in a costly victory for our fleet. Although the Torian battleships were destroyed by our powerful frigates, the bulk of them were lost.

However, do not despair! The navy has been rebuilding, and the newest weapon against the Xeno aggressors has arrived, the Titan class battleship. Using the latest Terran research, the Titan out performs all known xeno vessels, and the first ship has already scored 5 kills in combat in the second week of service.

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8803/titanshipyard2za8.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/392/titanshipyard1cw3.png

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1445/titancombatss4.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=titancombatss4.jpg)
(Taken from the latest battle in Torian space, showing the TAS Vlaana mopping up the remained transports after destroying the escorts, with the TAS Angelus in support)

Rejoice! The march on Korx and Toria begins today!

Enlist in the navy or marines today for your piece of the glory! Battle the evil xeno’s. Help liberate our Altarian brothers!

Here is my starter colony ship I made. Also, a light fighter that I am trying to lower its unlock time. I need to change my main color. :p As you can tell I like using those baubles as globe cockpits. Makes me think of Urza from Magic the gathering.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/64645/Crab.JPG

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http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/64645/WhalerXSL.JPG

Here are a couple of other designs as well. I am missing one somehow but I may have deleted it. >< These two will end up recieving some modifications. The hornet is getting cosmetic surgery. The Angelfish need some work on her setup.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/64645/Round2.JPG

A lil Bump for fresh Dark Avatar creations :)

I have a few questions: If I build a colony ship with more than one colony module, does it make a diference?

And if I build a constructor with multiple construction modules?

I suppose that if I build weapons into colony or construction ships, they disapear after they are used, I mean i dont become an armed ship which is unable to colonize or build anymore?

1) You would be able to transport more colonistst on one ship
2) No difference, ship gets lost after construction
3) Yes

So a construction ship with multiple modules wouldn´t build spacestations with multiple modules.

Thanks