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This page is devoted to Simon's Neolite ships. He also created the [[Re2dux Ships]]et.
 
== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
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This is a collection of Simon Bridge's models and textures from the following OXP's:<br>
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This is a 2014 collection of Simon Bridge's models and textures from the following OXP's:
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1) Fer-de-Lance and Escape Pod from his Neolite Ships OXP.<br>
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2) Bushmaster Miner, Chameleon, Ghavial, Iguana, Monitor, Mussurana, Ophidan Yacht, Python Class Cruiser, and Salamander from Neolite Companion OXP.<br>
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# Fer-de-Lance and Escape Pod from the 24 ships in his <b>Neolite Ships</b> OXP.
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3) Asp Explorer, Cobra Courier, Cobra Rapier, Drake Mk I, and Wolf Mk I from Neolite Wolfies OXP.<br>
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# Bushmaster Miner, Chameleon, Ghavial, Iguana, Monitor, Mussurana, Ophidan Yacht, Python Class Cruiser, and Salamander from <b>Neolite Companion</b> OXP (over half of them).
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# Asp Explorer, Cobra Courier, Cobra Rapier, Drake Mk I, and Wolf Mk I from <b>Neolite Wolfies</b> OXP (almost all of them).
  
 
== So What? ==
 
== So What? ==
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My goal was to add some visual flash by rendering the ships with new shaders. Well, they aren't exactly new. This OXP uses 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.<br>
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I've always been a fan of Simon Bridge's modeling and texturing skills. My aim with this OXP was to add some visual effects 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 ===  
 
=== New Textures ===  
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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:<br>
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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. I used the diffuse texture as a base and created from them the following:
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1) Specular Map in the alpha channel of the diffuse texture.<br>
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2) Effects Map for glowing effects.<br>
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# Greyscale specular map in the alpha channel of the diffuse texture.
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3) Normal Map with a random paint color texture in the alpha channel.
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# Effects Map for glowing effects.
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# Normal Map with a greyscale hull tint map in the alpha channel.
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== Configuration Changes ==
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I thoroughly tested each ship for validation of all hard points for the shipdata.plist. I adjusted the weapons and view positions as needed. Aft views were edited so the exhaust plume would not obscure the HUD or interfere with targeting. I amended the shipyard.plist and created a shiplibrary.plist.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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Click on thumbnails to view full sized images.<br>
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Click on thumbnails to view full sized images.
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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Image:Sbs asp-explorer.png |[[Asp Explorer (Oolite) |Asp Explorer]]
 
Image:Sbs bushmaster-miner.png |[[Bushmaster Miner |Bushmaster Miner]]
 
Image:Sbs bushmaster-miner.png |[[Bushmaster Miner |Bushmaster Miner]]
 
Image:Sbs chameleon.png |[[Chameleon (Oolite) |Chameleon]]
 
Image:Sbs chameleon.png |[[Chameleon (Oolite) |Chameleon]]
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Image:Sbs cobra rapier.png |[[Cobra Rapier |Cobra Rapier]]
 
Image:Sbs cobra rapier.png |[[Cobra Rapier |Cobra Rapier]]
 
Image:Sbs drake mk1.png |[[Drake |Drake Mk I]]
 
Image:Sbs drake mk1.png |[[Drake |Drake Mk I]]
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Image:Sbs fer-de-lance-ss.png |[[Fer-de-Lance (Oolite) |Fer-de-Lance SS]]
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Image:Sbs fer-de-lance-ss.png |[[Fer de Lance SS |Fer-de-Lance SS]]
 
Image:Sbs ghavial.png |[[Ghavial (Oolite) |Ghavial]]
 
Image:Sbs ghavial.png |[[Ghavial (Oolite) |Ghavial]]
 
Image:Sbs iguana.png |[[Iguana (Oolite) |Iguana]]
 
Image:Sbs iguana.png |[[Iguana (Oolite) |Iguana]]
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Image:Sbs wolf mk1.png |[[Wolf Mk I |Wolf Mk I]]   
 
Image:Sbs wolf mk1.png |[[Wolf Mk I |Wolf Mk I]]   
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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== Shipyard ==
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{| style="background:#90A0A0;"
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| Ship || Max Cargo || Max Velocity || Energy || Weapon Facings || Pylons || Shields || Base Price
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|- style="background:#E0E0E0;"
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| Asp Explorer || 5 || 380 || 350/4.25 || 2 || 1 || Both || 300,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
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| Chameleon || 40 || 300|| 280/3.0 || 2 || 4 || Both || 200,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#E0E0E0;"
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| Cobra Courier || 30|| 350|| 256/4.5 || 4 || 2 || Both || 250,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
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| Cobra Rapier || 25|| 360 || 320/4.5 || 2 || 2 || Both || 175,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#E0E0E0;"
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| Drake Mk. I || 10|| 300|| 256/2.5 || 2 || 2 || Both || 125,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
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| Fer-de-Lance SS || 12 || 350 || 256/4.5 || 2 || 2|| Both || 450,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#E0E0E0;"
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| Ghavial || 25 || 250 || 300/4.0 || 4 || 4 || Boosters || 300,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
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| Iguana || 15 || 370 || 320/4.0 || 2 || 4 || Both || 280,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#E0E0E0;"
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| Monitor || 50 || 180 || 420/4.0 || 4 || 5 || Both || 320,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
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| Mussurana || 15 || 375 || 256/4.75 || 2 || 4 || Both || 500,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#E0E0E0;"
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| Ophidian Yacht || 20 || 360 || 220/3.0 || 2 || 2 || Both || 175,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
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| Python Class Cruiser || 75 || 350 || 450/3.5 || 2 || 4 || Boosters || 350,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#E0E0E0;"
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| Salamander || 25 || 370 || 280/4.0 || 4 || 3 || Both || 250,000 Cr.
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|-
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|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
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| Wolf Mk. I || 15 || 400 || 320/4.25 || 2 || 2 || Both || 250,000 Cr.
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|}
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== Manual Installation ==
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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.
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== Requirements ==
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Minimum requirement is Oolite 1.80. No dependencies.
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== Download ==
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[[Media:SimonB's_Ships1.0.oxz | SimonB's_Ships OXZ]] (downloaded {{#downloads:SimonB's_Ships1.0.oxz}} times) v.1.0 <br>
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[[MEdia:Sb-faves 1.1.3.oxz | SimonB's_Ships OXZ]] (downloaded {{#downloads:Sb-faves 1.1.3.oxz}} times) v.1.1.3 <br>
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== Lore ==
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See [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=221864#p221864 Mossfoot's Tales of Woe...] (2014)
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== Links ==
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*[https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2248 Simon B on BB]
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*[[Simon B's Favorites]]
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*[[Neolite Ships]]
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*[[Re2dux Ships]]
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*[[User:Simon B|Simon B]]
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=== From [[Guide to Unlisted OXPs]] ===
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==== Simon B (2011-13) ====
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*Simon Bridges' neolites ships collection in [https://app.box.com/v/neolites Box]
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::neotextures - collection of textures, including those for an alien coriolis and alien ships
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::neolite - retextures for the vanilla game ships
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::wakatoro - (Maori - to extend/stretch/thrust) - suite of 8 new ships (one with designer HUD) also escape capsules, drones & missiles
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::wakapiko - (Maori - to bend/to turn; murder/slaughter/massacre) - suite of 9 new ships
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::typhoon - suite of 4 new ships: appaloosa, cougar, coyote & typhoon
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::galcop - viper retextures, and adds in military & renegade vipers
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::blade - variant of the asp
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::arachnid - suite of 3 ships: avondale, katipo & wolf, each with their own HUD
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::neolite-concepts (anaconda cruiser with subentities
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::neolite-companion (different models for Murgh's [[Old Ships OXP]] - over a dozen ships
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::neolite-wolfies (based on [[Wolfwood Interstellar Technologies|Wolfwood's Variants (2006)]] - 7 ships, each with their own HUD
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*Simon Bridges' re2dux ships collection in [https://app.box.com/s/kcvfxbsqh6 Box]
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::taniwha
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::oolific.oxp
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::re2dux.oxp
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::sb-navy
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::wakapiko-redux
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::sb-faves (cobra variants)
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::re2dux-vipers
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::constrictor
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::sbdestroyer-pre2
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::ubertharg-pre1
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::katipo
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*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5164 SB's notes on typhoon, ''etc''.] (2008)
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{{Retextures-OXP}}
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{{Ship-OXP}}

Latest revision as of 16:37, 13 August 2024

Simon's Python retexture

This page is devoted to Simon's Neolite ships. He also created the Re2dux Shipset.

Overview

This is a 2014 collection of Simon Bridge's models and textures from the following OXP's:

  1. Fer-de-Lance and Escape Pod from the 24 ships in his Neolite Ships OXP.
  2. Bushmaster Miner, Chameleon, Ghavial, Iguana, Monitor, Mussurana, Ophidan Yacht, Python Class Cruiser, and Salamander from Neolite Companion OXP (over half of them).
  3. Asp Explorer, Cobra Courier, Cobra Rapier, Drake Mk I, and Wolf Mk I from Neolite Wolfies OXP (almost all of them).

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 effects 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. I used the diffuse texture as a base and created from them the following:

  1. Greyscale specular map in the alpha channel of the diffuse texture.
  2. Effects Map for glowing effects.
  3. Normal Map with a greyscale hull tint map in the alpha channel.

Configuration Changes

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

Gallery

Click on thumbnails to view full sized images.

Shipyard

Ship Max Cargo Max Velocity Energy Weapon Facings Pylons Shields Base Price
Asp Explorer 5 380 350/4.25 2 1 Both 300,000 Cr.
Chameleon 40 300 280/3.0 2 4 Both 200,000 Cr.
Cobra Courier 30 350 256/4.5 4 2 Both 250,000 Cr.
Cobra Rapier 25 360 320/4.5 2 2 Both 175,000 Cr.
Drake Mk. I 10 300 256/2.5 2 2 Both 125,000 Cr.
Fer-de-Lance SS 12 350 256/4.5 2 2 Both 450,000 Cr.
Ghavial 25 250 300/4.0 4 4 Boosters 300,000 Cr.
Iguana 15 370 320/4.0 2 4 Both 280,000 Cr.
Monitor 50 180 420/4.0 4 5 Both 320,000 Cr.
Mussurana 15 375 256/4.75 2 4 Both 500,000 Cr.
Ophidian Yacht 20 360 220/3.0 2 2 Both 175,000 Cr.
Python Class Cruiser 75 350 450/3.5 2 4 Boosters 350,000 Cr.
Salamander 25 370 280/4.0 4 3 Both 250,000 Cr.
Wolf Mk. I 15 400 320/4.25 2 2 Both 250,000 Cr.

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.

Requirements

Minimum requirement is Oolite 1.80. No dependencies.

Download

SimonB's_Ships OXZ (downloaded 2590 times) v.1.0
SimonB's_Ships OXZ (downloaded 1300 times) v.1.1.3

Lore

See Mossfoot's Tales of Woe... (2014)

Links

From Guide to Unlisted OXPs

Simon B (2011-13)

  • Simon Bridges' neolites ships collection in Box
neotextures - collection of textures, including those for an alien coriolis and alien ships
neolite - retextures for the vanilla game ships
wakatoro - (Maori - to extend/stretch/thrust) - suite of 8 new ships (one with designer HUD) also escape capsules, drones & missiles
wakapiko - (Maori - to bend/to turn; murder/slaughter/massacre) - suite of 9 new ships
typhoon - suite of 4 new ships: appaloosa, cougar, coyote & typhoon
galcop - viper retextures, and adds in military & renegade vipers
blade - variant of the asp
arachnid - suite of 3 ships: avondale, katipo & wolf, each with their own HUD
neolite-concepts (anaconda cruiser with subentities
neolite-companion (different models for Murgh's Old Ships OXP - over a dozen ships
neolite-wolfies (based on Wolfwood's Variants (2006) - 7 ships, each with their own HUD


  • Simon Bridges' re2dux ships collection in Box
taniwha
oolific.oxp
re2dux.oxp
sb-navy
wakapiko-redux
sb-faves (cobra variants)
re2dux-vipers
constrictor
sbdestroyer-pre2
ubertharg-pre1
katipo
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