SimonB's Ships OXP for Oolite 1.80+ by Captain Solo

I've always been a fanThis is a collection of Simon Bridge's models and textures from the following OXP's:
1) Fer-de-Lance and Escape Pod from his Neolite Ships OXP.
2) Bushmaster Miner, Chameleon, Ghavial, Iguana, Monitor, Mussurana, Ophidan Yacht, Python Class Cruiser, and Salamander from Neolite Companion OXP.
3) Asp Explorer, Cobra Courier, Cobra Rapier, Drake Mk I, and Wolf Mk I from Neolite Wolfies OXP.

So What?
I've always been a fan of Simon Bridge's modeling and texturing skills. My aim with this OXP was to add some visual flash by rendering the ships with new shaders and textures. Well, the shaders aren't exactly new. I used Oolite's built in vertex shader and Keeper's fragment shader. Another goal was to bring these ships up to speed for Oolite 1.80, which offers new AI's and ship roles.

New Textures:
I left Simon's diffuse textures untouched but I tweaked the models in Wings3D to give each ship a streamlined appearance rather than all hard edges. Then I used the diffuse texture as source and created from them the following:
1) Specular Map in the alpha channel of the diffuse texture.
2) Effects Map for glowing effects.
3) Normal Map with a random paint color texture in the alpha channel. 

Credits: 
Models and diffuse textures by Simon Bridge.

Configuration Changes:
I thoroughly tested each ship for validation of all hard points for the shipdata.plist. I adjusted the weapon and view positions as needed. Aft views were edited so the exhaust plume would not obscure the HUD or interfere with targeting. I also amended the shipyard.plist and created a shiplibrary.plist.

Requirements:
Minimum requirement is Oolite 1.80. No dependencies.

Manual Installation:
Move or copy the file, "SimonB's_Ships1.0.oxz" into your AddOns folder. Where that resides depends on the location of your Oolite installation. 

License:
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License version 3.0.

Version 1.0 changes:
October 2014



