Unit preview: Romulan Warbird

[TheMorpheus]

Here the first scaled preview of the Romulan Warbird. The default animation shows the size and the Civ color.

 

[Daniel Khan]

Looks nice. How are you going to implement the concept of "cloaking" if at all?

 

[Louis XXIV]

I would just make it invisible.

Maybe make it cloak in attack or run animations?

 

[Kenta'arka]

In run, if it cloakes. Romulan Ships can't fire cloaked (thank god )

 

[Dom Pedro II]

Maybe the cloak should be the default... and it can just have this sort of wavy, translucent surface. Or the run animation too.

 

[Ottooo]

why not Fidget (that's what it's called right?)

when a warbird is waiting for it's orders let i cloak for a moment

 

[TheMorpheus]

Nice idea the cloak effect. I think the fidget animation could be used to cloak the warbird. But I can decloak the ship if it's attacked or activated, because I don't know if the ship was cloaked in the animation before.
So I could support the cloak effect only.

Cloaking Warbird


Should the ship cloak completely?

 

[Dom Pedro II]

The effect looks good... what program are you using btw?

 

[TheMorpheus]

I'm using OpenFX for the design and animation part.

 

[Ottooo]

do you create all these units from scratch? If so: you're f*cking briljant

if not, you still are

 

[Daniel Khan]

Originally posted by TheMorpheus


Should the ship cloak completely?

Well, as it is it will be almost impossible to see it against the black terrain. But you have to account for the little hitpoints meter still being visible.

 

[Colonel Kraken]

Wow, that's really cool. I would have the cloak be the fortify animation. Once it is activated or is attacked, it de-cloaks for run and attack animation. Cool.

 

[TheMorpheus]

No Ottooo, I convert 3D models to create the units, but
the animations and special effect are from scratch

 

[Ankka]

I was just gonna say what CK said.

 

[TheMorpheus]

Here the final version of the fortify animation

 

[Tzar Sasha]

I wish my borg units could assimilate your technology in creating CivIII units. They have tried and it is like dealing with Species 8427.
Innermost thoughts
Where is Janeway when you need her to make a deal?
Trading is irrelevant!!! Except that I assimilated a Ferengi by mistake....

Anywho, back to reality. Cool!

 

[Tepez2447]

nice

 

[Ottooo]

that last cloak-animation is really great!

 

[Daniel Khan]

Beautiful cloaking animation.

 

[TheMorpheus]

The Romulan Warbird (D'deridex class) is finished