Remember the old Y-Wing???

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Remember the old Y-Wing???

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Post by Darksaber » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:06 pm

Remember this old thing, with the slightly psychedelic textures,
(no disrespect to Decoy who made the original textures for the Y-Wing :D )
ywingold01.jpg
ywingold02.jpg
ywingold03.jpg
ywingold04.jpg
So what should we do about it???

Well how about this??

ywingnew01.jpg
ywingnew02.jpg
ywingnew03.jpg
ywingnew04.jpg
So what do you think?

You want it??
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Post by Ace Antilles » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:09 pm

Hmmm. Can we think about it? ;)
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Post by Darksaber » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:14 pm

Think about it all you like mate :)
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Post by Vince T » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:28 pm

@Force, can you add a LIKE button or something to this board?

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Post by Leofus » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:25 pm

I really really want it!
ps an option to have yellow as default flight group colors would be super awesome

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Post by Ace Antilles » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:34 pm

Darksaber wrote:Think about it all you like mate :)
Looks really great buddy. Really cleans it up and improves upon an already good job by Decoy. :)
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Post by Darksaber » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:11 pm

I personally really like the yellow, my first intention was to have the default as yellow but I changed it to red before opting, but it could be possible if everyone agrees
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Post by n8weigel » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:01 pm

I LOVE IT!!! Definitely leave yellow as the default color. Looks awesome.
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Post by Rich C » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:34 pm

Wow that is excellent. 8O

I must admit I kinda like the idea of the yellow being default. Mission discrepancies are easily fixed and it'll add some variety in skirmishes so I'll put a vote in for the yellow. :)
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Post by Marco Antonio » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:42 pm

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! :D

I like it very much!!!


Definitely the yelow default!
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Post by ANDREW L » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:24 am

Excellent job!

I kind of like the more screens in the old cockpit but the new one is more true to the movie.

I am liking it a lot, can't wait to see it in blue ;)
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Post by Darksaber » Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:28 am

Here you go as requested

In Blue
ywingnewblue.jpg
And the Green
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Post by Bman » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:42 am

Excellent! Keep all flight group colors. :D One of the actual movie models (or replicas ? ) I took a pic of at the traveling exhibit shows it as gold/yellow flight color :
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Post by rogue518 » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:52 am

I really like the newer Y-wing ( the original xwaupgrade one was cool for it's day...) I agree it looks more like the movies!! And I really love the cockpit... it gives you that inclosed feeling. And I like the yellow default better too!.... Well done Darksaber!!! ;)

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Post by Forceflow » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:00 am

Wonderful job! Absolutely stunning work on those textures! I also agree, do yellow as the standard color.
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Post by Will T » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:15 am

You're a hero, DS, those new textures are beautiful. You've also fixed the one gripe I had with the whole XWAU.

I do agree that yellow definitely looks better, and it would be great to have a bit of variety in skirmish, as well as have it look more like the films. But as the only time I fire up XWA these days is to play the odd mission I'm fond of, I'd actually vote for keeping the FG colours as they are (unless the installer can rewrite all the missions so that the Y-wings are the right colour... Yeah I didn't think that was likely either :-)), but as it looks like my opinion is massively outnumbered, I guess my vote doesn't count for much anyway.
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Post by Darksaber » Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:52 pm

It looks as though the majority would like Yellow as default, but what I could do with the installer, instead of editing all the mission, (which would be a little tedious)

I could add options to install the default Red,Yellow, blue & green and then another option with a different set of opts to install the Yellow, Red, Blue & Green

This way it would make everyone happy :)

Plus since I've already made both options, it would seem logical :)
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Post by Vince T » Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:59 pm

You've been planning this all along, haven't you?

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Post by Rich C » Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:35 pm

Darksaber wrote:instead of editing all the mission, (which would be a little tedious)
I've edited all the missions (only 9) featuring Rebel Y-Wings, changing FG colours to "Gold" for squads named "Red" and vice versa. I can upload these somewhere if you want to include them in the installer for the gold default option. :)
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Post by Darksaber » Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:31 pm

GT my original intention was to have the yellow as the default FG, but I changed my mind before saving them as opts

It was Leofus who suggested it again, since everyone mention having the Yellow as default I've made 2 sets of opts :)

Yeah cheers Rich, sounds good to me, you could email them, let me know and I'll pm you my email address :)
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Post by Vince T » Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:03 pm

No offense intended! I like evil schemers ya know :)

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Post by Rich C » Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:27 pm

No worries, they're all zipped up and ready to go. Will send as soon as I get your PM. ;)
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Post by BaldFett » Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:19 pm

Hi there,

As a long time player of XWA I've been checking up on this forum for a very long time. I really appreciate all the great work you are all still doing. Also in the detailing in correct sizes, like the Executor and the 6,2m A-wing.

There is one thing though that made me sign up just now. Seeing the Y-wing is being updated (again) I wanted to mention something that has always bothered me. You see, I have strong suspicion that the 3d-model is based on the schematics found in the Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessel. And to be frank, that one is faulty. Main problem is that the engines are both too narrow, which make the ship look "skinny".

compare

http://www.xwaupgrade.com/phpBB3008/dow ... php?id=277

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Ywing.jpg

( I wanted to use the img tag, but it asked for dimensions or something)


Fixing this would make the Y-wing more accurate and beefier as well. And needless to say, the new textures look great. ;)


I know, "if you don't like it, do it yourself" applies here, but I am not a modeler or texture maker. And have no interest to become one to just correct this issue. Just something I noticed and wanted to share. :^^:

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Post by Darksaber » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:48 pm

BAZINGA!!!!

Ahhh! you mean something like this???

The Craft on the left or top is the version you'll be getting soon, the other model is one I made a few years ago but never got around to finishing

Sorry about the large size images :(
Ywingcompare1.jpg
Ywingcompare2.jpg
Ywingcompare5.jpg
Ywingcompare3.jpg
Ywingcompare4.jpg
You'll notice the larger BEEFIER Engines and remodelled body compared to the picture of the you posted from Wookiepedia :)

One Day I might get around to finishing and opting it (when I have a bit more time)

The Craft I'm going to release soon is basically a quick fix for the textures :)
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Post by Dragon » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:55 pm

Wow, great work Darksaber, on both the new Textures and the more accurate Model. :applaus:
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