Domed City Competition

[arvg]

Hi,

This is a competition for that oft neglected side of Freelancer, the stations.

What this competition is for is to design a Domed city station piece. It needs to accomplish the following:

A. Fit in with Freelancer
B. Be of a size scale compatible with current stations.
C. Be adaptable to fit into many different locations.

Here is a link to a similar project, non Disco:

link

Good luck.

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[Geeky]

Are the any limits on poly count? Does it need to be textured? Does it need to be hitboxed? Do you have any more specifics regarding size?

[Madvillain]

i would love to see more realistic stations , the ones we have now ... well...

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[arvg]

I would like to see it at a reasonable poly size. So keep it to say, the same as a battleship currently.

Textured is important as well.

no you don't need to hitbox, as there is already a hitbox for a domed station piece (biodomes) that can easily be re-sized to fit this.

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[r3vange]

[color=#FFFFFF]Hmm I think it's possible to be done using freelancer components only. I am not aware of how things work but if you can rescale the FP's biodomes and fill them with habitation modules of different sized should look like a fairly realistic city + it will totally blend with the rest of the stations

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[Linkus]

Might look a little odd R3v, it would look less and less like a circular shape due to it's increased size and the non-increasing number of sides.
I'd suggest making a new one.

All said and done, I be assuming such a venture is for the orbital colony above JiangXi?
Not entirely sure if such a station would look good next to a planet. We make a point of avoiding large stations next to planets simply because they look silly.

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[RAL]

gonna definetly give it a shot. Sounds really interesting

[r3vange]

[color=#FFFFFF]If I had any modeling skills with 3D Modeling programs I would have given it a shot, the best I could do at the moment is produce a sort of concept for it.

That said, I know this is your idea and ultimately your money but wouldn't a Stanford torus be better? It is much more scientifically plausible i.e. gravity power generation and distribution. And you can still have buildings on the inside if you want

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[arvg]

no not for JiangXi, actually my intention is for deep space freeports.

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[Linkus]

Deep space freeports sound tasty.
Instantly a domed city made of a Jinkusu springs to mind. Literally the entire ship taken apart to make the spaceport. Engines sticking out, hull plating etc. That's just my mind wandering though xD


Give the dome a go folks, it's certainly something that Discovery could be proud of and use to showcase the mod.

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