Ship Design Ideas for the Devs

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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?

P.S.
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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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Actually what would have been neat was to allow for the intigration of custom ships from gal Civ II into Sins.
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

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


3D StudioMax
Cinema 4D
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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.)
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
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.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
so will we be able to make our own custom ships?
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
so will we be able to make our own custom ships?
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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.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
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?
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
That sort of thing isn't really within Sins's scope, no.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
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.
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
I don't think GC2 and SotSE have similar enough visual styles to import ships from one to the other.