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Starsector => Mods => Modding => Topic started by: Yunru on October 14, 2019, 06:39:56 AM

Title: Cruiser or Capital?
Post by: Yunru on October 14, 2019, 06:39:56 AM

So I was kitbashing together a high tech tanker and this is the result:

(EDIT: Changed to a comparison picture, on the left is a Destroyer (which Cruisers are larger than), and on the right is a Capital.)
(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/9d676854-ca16-4cea-9099-fd954e997e6d/ddi9zq2-fddce23f-9d5f-40c7-a275-50b97c99f932.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzlkNjc2ODU0LWNhMTYtNGNlYS05MDk5LWZkOTU0ZTk5N2U2ZFwvZGRpOXpxMi1mZGRjZTIzZi05ZDVmLTQwYzctYTI3NS01MGI5N2M5OWY5MzIucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.rW7Ls1mwMALlPvBe8bP85to_Aw_K-_4NxCfcwwddSmk)


Now, my problem is I was aiming for a cruiser, which this seems to be bigger than by a head and wider too.
However it's also smaller than a capital ship, leaving it in this nebulous space.

Title: Re: Cruiser or Capital?
Post by: Tartiflette on October 14, 2019, 06:47:55 AM

Civilian ships are a fair bit larger than their combat counterparts so just slimming it a bit would do the trick for a cruiser.

Title: Re: Cruiser or Capital?
Post by: Yunru on October 14, 2019, 07:09:08 AM

Quote from: Tartiflette on October 14, 2019, 06:47:55 AM

Civilian ships are a fair bit larger than their combat counterparts so just slimming it a bit would do the trick for a cruiser.

I may have also been confusing a Destroyer for a Cruiser, so... XD

Title: Re: Cruiser or Capital?
Post by: Wyvern on October 14, 2019, 01:13:18 PM

Hm, yeah, I'd say that looks to be in that annoying inbetween space - a little bit big for a cruiser, but a little bit small for a capital.  Kindof like the Shrike and the Falcon, for being inbetween sizes.

As such, I'd say it ought to be classified as a capital ship, but given stats that are closer to cruiser-level.  (I'd also suggest making it a functional combat freighter, but then, I suggest that about anything civilian; I'm not much a fan of ships that are just stat-sticks you'd never want to deploy.)

Title: Re: Cruiser or Capital?
Post by: prav on October 14, 2019, 01:45:37 PM

If you want it to have cruiser gameplay, just leave it as a cruiser. As a capital ship it'd get huge range and high-impact hullmods.

Blunting the nose a little might do a fair bit to make it feel smaller.

Title: Re: Cruiser or Capital?
Post by: Yunru on October 14, 2019, 02:05:59 PM

Quote from: prav on October 14, 2019, 01:45:37 PM

Blunting the nose a little might do a fair bit to make it feel smaller.

That did it. It's a shame because I worked quite hard to get the nose to fit, but in the end it not only fits better, but looks better without it.