Big Re-Release Haul!

[Vince T]

How long has it been? 4 years - maybe even more? Pretty much since I closed down the old Blue Phantom website alot of my old original OPTs were no longer available, either due to incompatibility or due to me intending to remake or straight-out reimagine them. Many of those remakes are still a work in progress but I wanted to make the models available to you again. This first wave includes the following models
- Titan-class Battleship: I've modified the model and added a set of lateral launch bays. It also comes with brand new turret meshes
- Patriot-class Frigate: I've merged the Mk1 and Mk2 into one models and made them selectable via object profiles. Also sues new turrets
- Firelance-class Frigate: HD Texture update
- Inferno-class Cruiser: HD Texture update
- Phoenix-class Battlecruiser
- Despot-class Cruiser (aka. Inferno II)

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Of course, just reuploading the old models and call it a day wouldn't do, I had to put in a little extra. So that's what I did:
- All craft have had their normals recalculated to improve shading, make round things rounder and angular things more angular
- All craft, where applicable, have had their tri-faces converted back to quad faces to improve performance
- Most craft have seen an overall HD texture update, some to quite some extent.
- Some craft have seen some more extensive model updates
- All craft now and going forward come with basic ini and mat files, some even including profiles.

A second wave is being worked on and may be (re)released some time later this year. Note tho, that some craft, such as the very old Dragonfly Assault Fighter, will not be included, as they are being completely re-imagined and releasing their old, obsolete versions makes little sense.

Furthermore I have released an updated version of my Predator-class Star Destroyer, which also features in the latest TFTC Update 1.3.3. For this model I have added an additional terrace onto its superstructure to somewhat bridge the gap between the old version and the HD remake, which I'm still working on.

Last but not least I have pretty much remade the entire website. Not only have I gone for a much cleaner design with less visual noise, I have also completely restructured the content sections. Biggest change is that I have dissolved the separateion between XWAU, Blue Phantom and Standalone craft. Instead I have now split them by ship type and status but no longer by theme. Next, all the craft content pulled from a data base, which makes it alot easier to add and update craft info without having to create new pages - which makes changes to layout and design alot easier since I no longer have to touch 50+ pages to change a background color.

As usual you can find all this at your local X-Wing HQ.

That's all, now get out there and have fun!

[technomage]

These are really great but when I click any of the download links I get:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Error><Code>AccessDenied</Code><Message>Access denied</Message></Error>

Tried from a few different computers. Thanks!

[Ace Antilles]

Really cool work @Vince T

The links to the ship pages on the News page aren't working though.
This page
https://www.vince-t.com/website-update- ... lease-haul

[Vince T]

Damn I thought it would automatically carry the changes to the blog.

OK Fixed. Thanks for pointing out!

[technomage]

Thanks but some are still not working for me (here's a few I tried on the download page):
Tie Revenant - no
Tie Archer - no
Viper - no
Piranha - no
CS-600 - no
Principle Freighter - no
Normandy - no
Vanguard - YES
Predator - YES
Patriot - no
Inferno - no
Titan - YES
Raptor - no
...
Asgard Campaign - yes

I also tried a few from the content pages but none I tried worked. Hope it's not just me.

[Vince T]

GODDAMNIT! Why does it not keep the file links? I didn't change any of those.

Alright I have temporarily restored the old downloadpage. It's not as flashy as the new one but you should have direct access to all the files.
https://www.vince-t.com/download

The links from the Profile pages are still broken, I'll look into it.

[Vince T]

OK Think I found the problem. Apparently the system adds an expiry date and some hash values as parameters to the file link, which is automatically updated after that expiry date is reached.

I have now removed those parameters from the link, so it should now work again and stay that way.