StarTrek Unit: Borg Tacticle Cube

[Tzar Sasha]

EDIT: Image removed. No longer represents unit animation

 

[Tzar Sasha]

EDIT: Image removed. No longer represents unit animation

 

[Tzar Sasha]

EDIT: Image removed. No longer represents unit animation

 

[TheMorpheus]

Looks good, great work

 

[Tzar Sasha]

EDIT: Only the newest version is now available.
Here is the link to get the updatedversion 3.
The zip file includes

• Attack.flc - not changed since 1st v3
• Death.flc - updated since 1st v3
• Default.flc - updated since 1st v3
• INI file
• Readme.txt

 

[Neomega]

I'm posting a newer version of this unit. Version 2 will still be available for use if that version is prefered over this one. I have been learning how to use OpenFX to create units and this is my first "test" unit with that program. I will provide some animation samples sometime tomorrow.

Here is the link to get version 3.
The zip file includes

• Attack.flc
• Death.flc
• Default.flc
• INI file
• Readme.txt

Ive seen your new attack and such (in the OPen FX thread) and it is sweet, (even though I dislike Star Trek). I would suggest ditching the old models and previews, and posting new ones via the uploads file.

 

[Kenta'arka]

I took a look in Flicster, and I really like the new attack anim.
But the death anim looks weird, and the default needs a little movement, maybe the cube could rotate 1-2° and move back?

 

[Tzar Sasha]

I took a look in Flicster, and I really like the new attack anim.
But the death anim looks weird, and the default needs a little movement, maybe the cube could rotate 1-2° and move back?

I know the death is a little weird. I ran out of room in my palette for non-civ colors and was forced to put some of the green of the plasma explosions into the civ color area. I'm still working on a better palette.... As far as the default I wasn't sure what to do so I left it as a single frame flc.

EDIT: I took your suggestion and made a new default with some movement. Also redid the death animation. It think it is much better now. A little civ color made it into the plasma explosion, but that must be survivable (not as much as the previous death sequence).
Here is the new zip file BorgTAC3.zip

 

[Tzar Sasha]

Here are the promised animation previews. They are self created in alpha-blend mode. You can see all the detail and colors that will be in game. However the speed is not what it is in game. To see the correct speed I suggest you download the zip file and view it in Flicster or in game.

Previews are Default, Attack, and Death.

 

[unscratchedfoot]

That's kinduv cool. I like all those Star Trek ships just can't use them. I used to play the star trek PC games and they really fun and well designed.

 

[Goldflash]

The death kinda looks like a Stoplight gone wrong. Otherwise it is nice

 

[Kenta'arka]

I agree with Goldflash, the Death is a bit too colorful. But the default is good, unfortunately a few hours too late for the new Star Trek Mod version

 

[Tzar Sasha]

The death kinda looks like a Stoplight gone wrong. Otherwise it is nice

Now that you mention it. I guess it does. The green is a plasma explosion. The large explosion should be standard fireball (OpenFX term) colors. The smaller one had been a plasma explosion, but I thought it needed to be different. Too bad the ship is so big that I have to use more than two explosions to cover it up.


I can always do it again. Give me some more ideas and I'll try it to do it...

 

[Vadus]

there could be some little explosions on the hull, until the hole cube brokes into several pieces