Need to ID Installation

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Deiz
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Need to ID Installation

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I've looked through most of the installations with models in SVN masters, and didn't find this one, which I'm trying to identify.

Before I go digging through data, converting the .bfxms to a more readable format, are any of you able to quickly identify this installation?
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Re: Need to ID Installation

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Welcome Deiz

It look like the Strangelet's Diplomatic Center without the "city" and the Transparent part
http://vegastrike.svn.sourceforge.net/v ... iew=markup
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IT first time i see your posted pic ? where did you get it is? is not filled into any Files?
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Re: Need to ID Installation

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Ah, very good.

The image is sourced from NAEV, a project I contribute to. As per our artwork license we make use of many VS assets.

When the project began, a substantial amount of content was imported, and much of it hasn't been touched since. In the case of the Diplomatic Center, it hasn't been changed since December 31, 2007.

We're exclusively sprite-based, the contents of the artwork repository are periodically rendered into sprite sheets. We were missing this station, however.

I used Mesher to convert the bfxm to an obj+mtl, but the translucent covering doesn't survive the conversion (or perhaps Blender just doesn't import the material properly), and it ends up being black when imported, hence why it and the innards it covers are missing.

I noticed that quite a few vessels and installations only have textures in masters, but do have bfxms in data. Any particular reason for that?
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I noticed that quite a few vessels and installations only have textures in masters, but do have bfxms in data. Any particular reason for that?
mmh some "art" are into master repo as "saving stock" but not yet into the game they are "source" maybe is the one you speak about
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