This update to In The Admiral's Service will feature the following;

- Completed revamped AI to dramatically increase their aggression, stability, and end-game power. The AI is built on a combination of new code, code from ZONS 4.2, and old (unused) stuff.
- Complete revamp of the Xenon Project graphics.
- Introduction of the third race, the Confederacy's Kaloth Industries.

Although the mod is currently greatly unstable for unknown reasons I plan to at least get one of these features done and release it. I am now able to use 3ds max to introduce new graphics and I have a few unused ones lying around. Examples of the new graphics;

Old Xenon Spectre;


New Xenon Spectre;



I offer no promises on the completion or timely production of this upgrade. Only that the lord of all fleet-based total conversions will see some new tricks before the end of days takes me.

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Old quantum corvette;



New quantum corvette;






Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Sep 13 2008, 9:12 am by IskatuMesk.

nice

Here's my efforts to recreate the DyiithJhinn texture Wargiant made for HK which I subsequently used for the Undead in ITAS. Many hours of work have gone into this.

They're all shiny and nice =) I like them a lot.

'Nother Undead ship.

WooT again epic...
are you bored or a freak?

just a question... can you make a warpray? would look epic!

Nope... Just making Undead ships. Warp ray has elements I can't model.

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the Fear Megaship

Make note this will probably be a 500x500 unit at some point.



Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Sep 13 2008, 3:06 pm by IskatuMesk.

wow again awesome... can we download them as GRP files later??

No, no one can use these in their projects. They are here for display purposes only.

ohh.... ok

Gygias

wow!! that one is best of all!!
make a ingame pic pls xD

Whenever I get around to making the units I'll get a shot. For now I'm just putting together the graphics awaiting DoA to come online so I can send him a stripped-down version of the mod to hopefully find the cause of the crash in...

ok....
between at the first post is a graphic bug.. at the half cyculation there are some spikes at the cockpit...

my english sucks.. ^.^

Yeah, that's retrogrp breaking one of the old bitmaps. It does that quite a bit.

Current Undead ship compliment;

* = Have graphic, but isn't implimented yet.
^ = Ship is ingame, but will see major changes or additions.
$ = Graphic is not made.

All ships will be reduced in cost and many stats will be changed.

Strike Craft

Plankton, Swarmer
Thunderer, Light Fighter
Tiger, Medium Fighter
Gryphon*, Heavy Bomber
Blood Raven$, SSF
Scythe^, Super Spellcaster

Corvettes
Dragon^, Artillery
Shadow Dancer^, Support ship
Hydra*, Aggression Ship
Gorgon*, AoE Artillery

Frigates
Gygias*, Medium Frigate
Hemogan^, AoE spellcaster
Hatred$, Close combat warfare vessel

Destroyers
Blood Gorge, Medium Destroyer

Battlecruisers
Artemes*, Light Artillery Battlecruiser
Alrashann^, Ranged Battlecruiser
Zeral`Motakk*, Supreme Close Combat Battlecruiser

Superships
Blood Moon^, Special Artillery
Spirestorm, Heavy Close Combat Warship
Crusader, Crusader
Sorrow^, Ark of Sorrow

Megaships
Blight$, End of Days
Fear*, Ultimate Battleship


And this is the Zeral`Motakk



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Gorgon



Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Sep 14 2008, 12:19 pm by IskatuMesk.

Kaloth Industries


The Kaloth Command ship bombards enemies from afar with nuclear torpedoes and provides detection, LOS, and Deep Scan capabilities.

The old but still kicking Confederate military, known as Kaloth Industries (Production title "KA") was the front line of defense and pornographic material distribution throughout the industrial worlds. With a vast, if somewhat dated, armada at their disposal, they have fought the Undead for several days before eventually succumbing and losing ground.

The old Kaloth fleet is slowly being nibbled to death, but meanwhile, while MSD and KTA work on the new fleet - the Xenon Project - Kaloth Industries is about to usher in their third-generation armada with what little resources they have left. In a ploy to keep their industrial worlds free of the grimy ones, they have introduced the next line of Kaloth designs and began upgrading existing ones.

Kaloth ships are the longest ranged race. They do not employ fast-action weapons like the Xenon Project but have more area of effect, and heavier hitting single-shot weapons. Their ships are slower than other races but tend to be more durable, as they are much larger than Xenon ships and field much more standardized armor plating, which is cheaper, and easier to produce, but considerably heavier. Kaloth Industries has a highly varied range of designs, both new and old, at their disposal, granting players multiple options. To delve into these options, KA has three separate tech trees - XR, or X-Rated, code-name of the next-gen designs, B-R, which is Beastiality-Rated, which contains existing upgraded designs, and S-R, which is Skirmish-Rated, which is what you start off as. You must ascend the tech trees one by one to reach the new designs, such as the Command Ship.

The differences between these trees is fairly simple. S-R designs only cost Junk, B-R cost Junk and Coffee, and X-R cost only Coffee.

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Headhunter


Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Sep 14 2008, 3:52 pm by IskatuMesk.

Looking really really good Iskatu, keep it up!

sex

These ships are simply amazing, and the descriptions that go with them are very nice. I want to know more!