New HQ model

[Mysteryem]

I have redone the HQ model, please tell me what you think.
260 points and 177 polygons.
And yes, I got some inspiration from Grim's HQ.

[winsrp]

6/10, don't like it very much, would love to see a new HQ instead of a remake of the old one.

[wari]

looks good, but it doesn't fit well with other buildings..

[Mysteryem]

looks good, but it doesn't fit well with other buildings..

Perhaps due to the bottom parts? If you'd like to tell me what kind you'd prefer out of the below image instead then please do so.

[winsrp]

well, here is an example... of something different... think outside the box.

[Zarel]

It's too... not-HQ-like. Take a look at the other new HQ. (Not Elio's, the more recent one)

[whippersnapper]

It's too... not-HQ-like. Take a look at the other new HQ. (Not Elio's, the more recent one)

Could you be referring to this one by XANAX ? (Also inspired by the same source, btw.)



@ Mysteryem: As art I like it. I simply question the practical, engineering, aspect of building the HQ super structure (between the base plate & the saucer) out of mortared concrete blocks. Tetrahedron girder struts utilizing tensegrity geometry (a la Buckminster Fuller) would be more practical engineering-wise all the way around (especially in the field deployments of velocity warfare) and very interesting to boot but perhaps too intricate for WZ and besides, let's be honest, this is me just being merely nit-picky obtuse.

@ Zarel: WZ's concept of an HQ is actually archaic (Medieval even) and does not at all represent the future of Military Command Centers. First of all they would NOT present themselves as fixed obvious surface targets. They would be mostly below ground with a full battery of external world sensors or, if above ground, mobile (like HERE). But to achieve or portray that more accurate military verisimilitude in GPMs would require multiple in-game cameras / windows, a new UI, and LOD - none of which will be happening anytime soon, if ever... so we are left with a hodgepodge of Futuristic, WW 2 and Medieval notions. Though in WS 2112 I have pretty much obsolesced the standard HQ to mere window-dressing as part of my modified FoW scheme.

Regards, whip

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[No_256]

WZ's concept of an HQ is actually archaic (Medieval even) and does not at all represent the future of Military Command Centers. First of all they would NOT present themselves as fixed obvious surface targets. They would be mostly below ground with a full battery of external world sensors or, if above ground, mobile (like HERE). But to achieve or portray that more accurate military verisimilitude in GPMs would require multiple in-game cameras / windows, a new UI, and LOD - none of which will be happening anytime soon, if ever... so we are left with a hodgepodge of Futuristic, WW 2 and Medieval notions.

Hey Rman, How are ya

Back to the oh so familiar "blanket pulling" conversations about realism, appearance and gameplay?

[whippersnapper]

WZ's concept of an HQ is actually archaic (Medieval even) and does not at all represent the future of Military Command Centers. First of all they would NOT present themselves as fixed obvious surface targets. They would be mostly below ground with a full battery of external world sensors or, if above ground, mobile (like HERE). But to achieve or portray that more accurate military verisimilitude in GPMs would require multiple in-game cameras / windows, a new UI, and LOD - none of which will be happening anytime soon, if ever... so we are left with a hodgepodge of Futuristic, WW 2 and Medieval notions.

Hey Rman, How are ya

Back to the oh so familiar "blanket pulling" conversations about realism, appearance and gameplay?

Hey No_256, great to hear ya in the mix again. See you've settled into our Canadian neighbor and Coyote and BLACKSABBATH's native stomping grounds.

"Blanket pulling..." hehe, yea somethings never change. O_O 'Cept I have mastered WZ modding, mapping and scripting to the point where I can do just about anything I can think of to change WZ GPMs (I'm not as proficient as past masters like Troman, HB, Speedy and Stratadrake but close enough me thinks to effect changes with efficacy and appeal...).

Any idea that comes to me that seems worthy I can fairly quickly implement in-game to assess its viability and fun-factor in actual SP & MP modes game play. So these days, besides indulging in these provocative conversations, I spend most of my WZ pastime play-testing modifications and additions to the game I've made and then dealing with my biggest boogaboo, most recalcitrant obstacle of all - unbalancing the game and then trying to figure-out implementations that reinstate balance with the expanded fun, re-play value that is the main goal of all my changes.

Any hoot - welcome back !

Regards, whip, aka Rman
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[Zarel]

Could you be referring to this one by XANAX ? (Also inspired by the same source, btw.)

Yeah, that one.

It doesn't have the weird part at the bottom half that really doesn't make sense in any context.