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Capturing a symbol online shouldn’t be too hard Marcase. I find GIMP is challenging. It does a lot of cool stuff but it is tough to learn. I used it a few years back and actually managed to make some really cool stuff; Unfortunately it isn’t intuitive and isn’t very easy to retain unless you are using it a lot so I forgot everything 🙁 . Paint.net is a really solid free program. It isn’t quite as robust as GIMP but it is really easy to learn and get into. I do all my stuff on it.
For KDF the Tri symbol of the Empire would work nicely. Translating a slogan into Klingon would probably help for mood. Another way to differentiate it from Fed ones would be to choose a copper (reddish) metal rather than the brassy sheen the Fed plaques all have. Rather than using a Stardate you would probably want to note time in years of Kahless. Thanks for sharing the plaque texture. I made mine by playing with the noise filter and applying clouds on a layer beneath my lettering. Always work in layers so you don’t screw up the whole thing. It’s easier only to flatten when you are certain. This really helps for troubleshooting where problems are if you have texture, border, lettering etc. layers.
On to the start of the modelling project. The first thing I have to do is find a scale. There are no miniatures released until September so I am SoL on that front. Looking at the models I can see they are on 25mm round bases (pretty much a standard wargaming convention). Figures listed as 32mm are a bit nebulous but I’m a terrible mathematician and tend to eyeball things if I can. The primary guiding principal is trying to make it look cool but still playable. I’m starting with a transporter because I can set the size of each pad as the footprint of a 25mm base. The full circle transporter enclosure mock up I drew is just eyeballed from it’s size in still relative to the individual 6 pads. I will go back and measure then redraw at a standard number because when I must be mathing I prefer round figures 😛 . Here is my crappy looking pad mockup and some of the cool looking figures they plan to release!
That TOS pic is sweet! PW bribed me with the TOS holographic crew so I had to come back and collect them. Most of my crews are very much, “space barbied” but my favorite and horrifying money pit is Volkra and her TOS Klingon crew. I want a fancy light cruiser so I can make a WoK (2280s) era captain. I will try and get a posed shot next time I go in. Glamming it up goes better than pew pew 😀 . I can even pimp my graphic settings to the high end if all I have to do is stand around and look pretty!
Poo pants! Same 😀 . I love playing fleet games where everyone’s ships are as anti-tricked out as mine and I really like that sweet new skin on the Miranda.
Best quick transfer would probably be to buy a stable commodity off of the exchange (a key) with the captain who has the EC then transfer it to the captain who needs money. Then sell the key on the exchange with the receiver collecting the payout. Depending on how long you are willing to wait you could make a little EC doing this but for instant gratification you should make your purchase to sale with minimal loss/gain. If you don’t have millions to spend on keys upgrades of all sorts are also quite stable and probably don’t cost much more than 150k/VR unit. Like keys they should be stable to buy then sell.
The FB might give you grief Orion. Your permissions in it are limited by your rank. Since you are just getting started if you put something in (or worse, multiple items) you might not be allowed to withdraw them because your rank is too low to make the withdrawal or multiple withdrawals. I have a lot of alts and they often slip under the promotion radar so I do this to myself every now and then 🙂 .
Some of the voice actors probably were but I don’t think Tony Todd falls into that category. They may not use his dialogue well but he has a great voice and I look forward to hearing it in game. His Archer Gymnasium speech from a
project struck me as one of his most stirring but in addition to Kurn he played the elderly Jake Sisko in, “The Visitor” which is tied with “Duet” for the “Horrid’s Favorite DS9 Episodes”. I haven’t really thought about big picture but at least one of those would easily make my top 10 of all time. I can attest to that. I bought my temporal D7 for 1.3b in a mix of ec and trade goods. Great ship but all that material still makes me shudder.
I doubt this is related as the problem detailed on the thread seems to be a temporary issue and absolute. On my end the computer is still keeping up since the overhaul but the connection to the server has been making the game a real pain in the ass. I haven’t been on much and this is a nail in the coffin for a bit. I’ve been a little bored for a while but that’s not enough to really ruin the game for me.
The server not responding red message flashing 4 or 5 times every minute is. Combat is unplayable and even doffing and is a hassle because I’ll click a button and nothing happens; Then do the same thing again. I haven’t been full on disconnecting (CTD) but the constant interruptions are infuriating.
My presence has been severely reduced as a result. I’ll be keeping in touch on the forums and seeing what everyone is up to but until the connection is better I’m not going to be playing that often. I’ll probably be on weekly to check the quality of the connection.
I’ve been getting a little Star Trek fix playing ST:Timelines. It’s a pretty simple little beast; Kind of doffing on steroids or what I hoped the doff missions might evolve into. It’s kind of fun and not a bad substitute. The only complaint is that you guys aren’t there 🙂 .
That is a massive list of new fleeties. A warm welcome to all of the new members and I hope to see you in game if I can just find an activity within that doesn’t seem too grindy (I don’t actually mind the ice race though and the holiday stuff is usually good for a laugh).
That phoenix box looks pretty sharp. It’s great to see them drop the “exclusivity” barrier for a bit and offer up a fair trade for dilithium (I’m looking at you crap vest and mangey MACO suit 😛 ).
Neat! I hadn’t considered a panel by panel interpretation of an episode. Is, “Yesterday’s Enterprise” your favorite or one of the one you remember first watching? I meant to create a scene involving “The Gamemasters of Triskelion” but I hate Risa and they won’t let me dress my captain in her gladiator outfit anywhere but there. Risa doesn’t have a cool arena either although the beach sand might have worked if I kept the camera angle carefully controlled. I would have put it together for sure if I could have played, “Coliseum” in the outfit. Creepy old Slamek would have loved that 😛 .
My BOffs didn’t put me out the airlock but they were quite mutinous just the same. Unwilling to follow their fearless leader I ended up doing at lot of unintentional soloing and ate more than a fair share of Nausicaan lances. Being “netted” and ganked all by your lonesome sucks ass; I can still hear that douchebag Ferengi laughing 🙂 .
The other option is to start the game in safe mode from the launcher. Doing this should give you a readable UI then you should be able to tweak options at the captain selection screen to get STO playing nice with your graphics card again. I prefer this option because I still use a lot of programs that play better with dx9 and wouldn’t want to remove it for the sake of a single game. Once you “explain” things to STO it the options it should cooperate with any external programs it utilizes.
It doesn’t sound like such a bad deal considering you end up with a T6 ship in game. The majority of attack wing ships are quite inexpensive; Ships of comparable size shouldn’t break $20cdn (possibly as low as $15. Not up my alley the last thing the game needs is more Fed cruisers but for the fans of the Sovereign it sounds like a better deal than a model made out of sand and printer spunk with no in game ship at a much lower price point.
