Star Wars Imperial Ship set NOW Ready for DL

Hmmm, it looks like the archive is corrupted. I've tried downloading it several times, and it won't open.

I usually use Win.RAR, but I even downloaded Win.ACE and I still get the report for corrupted archive.

Still....I am sure it awesome

DLed it but when I went to unzip it I got a message saying it was corrupt.

WinRAR can handle .ace archives without issue, so that wouldn't be an issue.

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Well, I waited half a year for this. I suppose I can wait another 8 hours

Sorry but I cannot open/extract your file and I tried to use RAR without success. Please post it again in a .rar or .zip or uncompressed file!

Thanks Tak.

Yay, the archive downloads perfectly. I am sure this is going to look awesome. Too bad I can't actually test it out since I won't be home for another 3 weeks...

On thing has me a bit confused. There is only a light fighter. I thought the Tie Interceptor was going to be the medium fighter and the Tie Bomber (or maybe even the Assault Gunboat) was going to be the heavy fighter/bomber. Is there any plan to add the additional 2 strike craft models?

Also, if you wanted to add 2 more transports to the ship set, the Storm Trooper Transport would make a good medium transport and the IPV-1 System Patrol Craft would make a good Heavy Transport.

I guess I'll make a new post at spaceempires.net to let them know that the ship set is now ready.

Damn, it sucks that I can't look at these ships right now. Oh well, good things come to those who wait.

Hehe, sorry about that Tak. I must have edited my post while you were sending the response.

That is a strange problem though. I wonder how the standard game models differentiate properly?

Would you like your set hosted in the SEnet Shipyards?

Sorry if this comes off sounding critical... There is a 330 kb thumbs.db file in the archive that could stand removal, for the next release. Its better to set files up to install directly, rather than adding extraneous levels of folders. It makes it a lot easier to install the shipset/mod/whatever. Just an "Empire" folder in the archive will do nicely.

If you want to avoid savefile hassles in the future, you can email the files to me in the future and I can host them on SEnet.

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for the baseship it doesn't move in combat simulation i haven't tried regular combat

The .zip file worked perfectly for me.
Thank you very much TakAhLah.
Very nice shipset and I look forward the see the other star wars ship sets!

Must've been a bug with the game because i tried it again and they moved

Rebel shipset is being done so soon? Tak, is there somebody there with a gun to your head forcing you to work so hard? Just signal us, and we'll call the cops....after you're done with the rebel ship set.

Um, forgive my ignorance, but, how do you install the files? I want to play as the Emp, but I dont know how to download and instal the files correctly

Help please.

Hmmm, sure. I don't have the game on this computer, but if I'll try to recall as best I can. First, unzip your TheEMPIRE1.1 file. Go into your uzipped TheEMPIRE1.1 folder and find the 'EMPIRE' subfolder. Leave that folder there for the moment.

Next, go to the SEV directory in your Program Files (look for Strategy First, I think). You'll find one subfolder that has all the faction folders (all the races in the basic game). Drop your Empire folder into that subfolder that also contains all those other races. You should be able to start the basic game using the new Empire race and ships.

Oh, if you use a mod, such as the Balance Mod for example, you'll need to drop the Empire folder into the races subfolder within the Balance Mod directory.

Hope that helps

Hehe, drats! You foiled me again Tak.

Ive tried this, am I only supposed to copy the Empire folder, and NOT the "theEmpire1.1" folder?

That is correct.

Now the Rebels and The Empire can fight.
I smell a mod.
*COUGH COUGH HINT HINT HINT COUGH COUGH*!!!!
Sorry about that.
Flu season.

I had problem with SSD. It was flickering in strange colors. So as Blocade Runner in Alliance shipset... (Many ships/units were not tested.) Nebulon B, Imp. frigate, ISD (Imp. Dreadnaught), Mon Calamari (Dreadnaught) was okay.
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One last question: When will you finish your shipsets? I mean the missing units (satellite for example). Some bigger ships' textures look less detailed I think because they are same sized as smaller ones, so the Nebulon B seems sharp, while a Mon Calamari cruiser doesn't.
Keep up the good work!
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Thank you your help! Now it is working. It seems every shipclass has the same problem, now the freigter was weird. But the minimize works.
I have tested Imperial set. I like your SSD. Amazing! It could be bigger, but it is not important. But it hasn't got engine glows.
Another thing I wrote in my previous comment. You use 256x256 textures for bigger ships too, so they are "blurred". Frigate, destroyer, freighter, etc. are sharp.
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Good news! I'm waiting for new sets!
About textures: It seems you have detailed models, so you need more textures which are in one 256x256 file. I saw some other sets. Basic sets are not so detailed as yours, so 256x256 texture is enough. Then there are STrek and Homeworld sets, they use more textures for one ship. Colonial (which is under construction) has got a detailed dreadnaught, but the author doesn't use more textures, so he could make his this big ship sharp with 256x256.
I'm not a modeller, I just write you what I see and I like your work, you made nice textures. (Alliance cruiser looks sharp too inspite of its big size.)
I hope you will do more sets later.
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Hey Deer, just so you know, Tak uses 512X256 textures already for his ships. As is, EvilleJedi's ships and textures push the hardware requirements of SEV. I don't think that Tak wants to take it any further.

Hi! I have a new favorite ship from here. The Alliance cruiser. It is very impressive!
The alliance escort (medium mothership) hasn't got engine glows, eighter.
Yes, you are right, EvilleJedi made detailed ships, but I haven't got any problems with them. I saw the textures but they are in 256x256.
I like TakAhLah job. He made great job with near SW world textures.
But if you see for example a Blocade Runner and a Mon Calamari Cruiser in close range, you will see the difference what I speak about.
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Hi! What's up? Do you have any news?

Good news! What was the problem exactly?

"As for the textures I'll see what can be done...I've had and idea for the bigger ships to improve their zoomed textures...so I'll try it out, but I'm going to fix the other problem 1st."

Do you have an idea about this?

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Can I add your SE V shipsets to my Hungarian translation? I must modify them (I do it for myself) to work with my tranlated SE V. But if you don't allow me I won't make it public.
If you allow I will sign your name in the readme, of course and attach the original txt files too.

Confused. There already WAS an Imperial shipset, now there is two? What is the difference? Looks like your new set has more detailing??

All that is done before the naked stars is remembered

I think you speak about albi_joe's Imperials set, which has unfinished, yet (wrong engine glows) and as he said, that was inspired by Atrocities SE IV set which was based on the SW Empire but he didn't make "real" ships.
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The ships look "real" to me. What is fake about them? Or did you mean not pointlessly 100% canonical?

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Fyron: as albi_joe said in your forums: "Although the shipset is labelled "Imperial" and has a few ships in common with the Empire, Atrocities made quite a number of ships on his own. I believe half the point was to have something "based on", not "true to" " So Tak' Empire shipset is true to, while albi_joe/Atrocities shipsets is based on.

TakAhLah: Yes, there are some "little" errors which makes our life harder.
What is your answer my question about adding you sets to my translation?

Other: While I'm workin on translation I found some errors. For example:if you convert the default script files with Scriptparser and copy these .csf files to Default folder, you will see that race which uses this script won't build carriers/freighters any more. Later I have found that I must use round numbers in lines with Sys_Trunc function.
Later I have found that AI can build carriers/freighter except Carrier. It can (and auto build too) designs with Light/Heavy/Organic/Crystalline carriers, but Carrier. Then I have found the wrong line in Script_AI_Globalsettings.txt. Now everything seems okay. Huh.

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Albi_joe's 'Imperial' models are very low detail and without any textures. Also, they only vaguely resemble official Imperial ships. They do, however, run better on low end computers.

Taks Imperial models are very high detail and are fully textured. The models also conform 100% to official Star Wars ships.

Thank you! I'm waiting.

Nath: Do you give me permission?

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Hi Deer (that sounds wrong!), EvilleJedi gave us permission to use these models with Space Empires V. I don't think he cares which language version of SEV they are run on. So feel free to to use them.

Just be sure to acknowledge EvilleJedi (original creator of models and textures), myself (organizing and conversion work) and TakAhLah's (SEV texturing and final SEV implementation) work on these models. Enjoy.

Nath: Thanks, its a del. I will write your names to txt, of course. Hungarian translation will be used by Hungarians only.

Nath, TakAhLah: What is your future plans? I think first you are finishing Empire and Rebel shipset, but I saw that Tak started to work on Borgs, too.

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Haha, let's be clear that I know little of making 3D models. As for how I got a hold of this Star Wars shipset, here is the story.

I used to do some script modding for Homeworld 2. In the Relic Homeworld 2 forums, the most impressive 3D work was done by a modder named EvilleJedi. He (and some associates) did the Homeworld 2 Warlords Star Wars mod. These models were simply the best models I've ever seen done by a modder.

But this all happened several years ago. When SEV came out, I wondered if those amazing Star Wars models could be made to run with the game. I did some tests, and was surprised to see that they ran quite well without any further work.

I got in touch with Evillejedi and asked him if I could use his models for this game. He agreed and so I got to work. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to attach the included textures so they would appear in the game.

I offered the models (and textures) to several SEV guys who did 3D work for the game, but they really weren't interested. Finally, Tak found out about the models I was offering and got into direct contact with me. He seemed like a straight up guy and I believed him when he said he was serious about doing the texturing. So I sent him the models and some other materials I converted for him.

It didn't take Tak very long to do the work. He was done in a couple of weeks.

As for my plans now? I am a beta tester for Sins of a Solar Empire (Homeworld meets Galactic Civilizations kind of game). I plan on doing a full Star Wars mod for the game (and I STRONGLY suspect EvilleJedi is as well). A game with a graphics engine like Sins of a Solar Empire would allow for the full potential of these Star Wars models. You might think these Star Wars models already look pretty good, but SEV graphics simply can't do them full justice.

Haha, gotta love retro Wing Commander themes.

Just for those of you who want to see what these same models look like when they are used in a game that has a decent graphics engine, here are a few links. These videos are from the Homeworld 2 Warlords Star Wars mod. Look at them and drool.

The funny thing is that Homeworld 2 is a 2000-2001 game. I can hardly wait to see how they look in Sins of a Solar Empire when it comes out next year.

This one is my favorite. It's theme is 'Executor' class Super Star Destroyer versus everybody else combined!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC3OoBSgFYs

Here is a standard Imperial versus Rebel fleet battle that shows us nobody really wins in war.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6Or9Da0Bo&mode=related&search=

Nath: First I saw the SW models, I noticed that they are high detailed. SSD with its many "buildings"...
But if you try the Hiigari shipset, which was taken from Homeworld 2, you will see that SE V engine can use high detailed models with high detailed textures, too. (I don't know how optimized it is.)

Tak: Cool! I like your plans. Wing commander species would be nice.
About borg: I thing baseship is the "big" cube which is 4x bigger than a normal. Dreadnaught is the cube. Diamond is battleship, sphere is cruiser maybe. Pyramid is destroyer. I don't have any idea for more.
About SW freighters - Alliance: Light Fr. could be an YT transport
http://www.starbase1.com/images/MFMODEL.jpg
or
http://swsv.swcombine.com/cec/index.html#yt2400

Heavy: Bulk Transport
http://www.swrebellion.com/cards/rebellion/as%20bulk%20transport_s.jpg

- Empire: Light: Lambda class shuttle
Medium: Galleon
http://www.swrebellion.com/cards/rebellion/is%20galleon_s.jpg
Heavy: Star Galleon
http://www.swrebellion.com/cards/rebellion/is%20star%20galleon_s.jpg

SW Alliance carrier: http://www.swrebellion.com/cards/rebellion/as%20escort%20carrier_s.jpg
In my opinion

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