Ship Design Ideas for the Devs

I completely agree with the Devs on excluding the ship designer feature from this game. It would have no place in a fast-paced RTS.
However, why not have an out-of-game designer application? Players could use the feature to create their own designs (a la GC2) and save them for use in the game itself. I think it could add quite the extra dimension to the core strategy. Perhaps this idea could be realized in a future update?

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Cheers to the team for making such a great game, I've always had great respect for your involvement with the community and excellent support that you provide post-launch.

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However, why not have an out-of-game designer application?

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Actually what would have been neat was to allow for the intigration of custom ships from gal Civ II into Sins.

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However, why not have an out-of-game designer application?

3D StudioMax
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Any options you don't have to be rich to afford?

(3D Studio MAX I was able to find only one mention of a price anywhere, and that was second-hand claiming $3000, and Cinema 4D is $1795. Not to mention the books or training in 3D modeling required for either.)

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There are several open source apps for free downloading

Dont be a lazy head, read between the lines

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I was mainly trying to point out that asking for a ship editor is not the same thing as asking for a 3d modelling program, most of which cost money to buy and training to use. Otherwise, GalCiv2 would only be playable by 3D artists.

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so will we be able to make our own custom ships?

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so will we be able to make our own custom ships?

Via modding and 3d modelling, yes. It's not a lego-like affair like in GC2, though--no in-game customization aside from choosing levelup abilities on capital ships.

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Stardock has always been excellent at updating a game after its release. There's a good chance that if demand is high enough, we may see a ship design feature in future add-ons.

A 3D modeling program is not what I'm talking about at all. What I'm referring to is the sort of mechanic that was in Galactic Civilizations 2 (another excellent stardock game), albeit outside of the actual RTS game experience. The only problem I can see in integrating a thing like this is the possible advantage it may grant to players who choose to utilize it versus players who do not. Perhaps make it only cosmetic?

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That sort of thing isn't really within Sins's scope, no.

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I think it'd be nice just to be able to import GC2 models created with GC2's in-game ship designer into Sins. That'd be nice in a patch or expansion, or even a little $2 downloadable content like another company does.

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I don't think GC2 and SotSE have similar enough visual styles to import ships from one to the other.

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