[Ship concept][WIP][CE Ready] Space Battleship Yamato

[siuwa]

Guy I finally updated it! Now There is Type A, B, and C. Still lacking graphics though
Changes:
Add type B and C
CE ready!(As far as I try)
Problems:
Three types are not compatible with each other.
Still lacking graphics, including cloaking
I am not grew up watching Space Battleship Yamato, but like it a lot. When I found FTL I think I should defintely try to make this. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Yamato Hassin!
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bz419j ... Yamato_mod
To-do:
All the arts(!)
Including hull, bubbles, and wave motion cannon picture, animation and sound.
Again any help would be greatly appreciated!

[mr_easy_money]

first off, you need power. currently the ship doesn't have any power, so you can't power anything

looks OP thanks to the 3 boss lasers and a 4th weapon that is... blank (?) as well as maxed out engines
this is on purpose right since the ship is pretty powerful, but you could make weapons that correspond with its weapons then stage them down a little

I don't think it will be possible to include all the weapons

I apologize in advance as I don't really know much about this, but from looking at the wiki, I'm throwing some ideas out there how this would work in FTL
(though some of the weapons just don't actually make sense how they would work in FTL)

Shock Cannons
Pulse Lasers burst laser ion kind of thing
Torpedo Tubes
Side Missiles = defense drone possibly
Stack Missiles - swarm missiles?

The Black Tigers/Cosmo Tigers these could be a sort of combat drone. if you look at the star wars conversion mod, it uses x-wings and tie-fighters, so maybe something similar

Rotating Asteroid Defense - Rock plating maybe
Bubble shield - any form of shield
Probe Missile Launcher - sensors?

Wave Motion Gun -- the signature weapon. i guess you could make an artillery that kind of acts as a glaive beam

lastly, when you come out with a download of a prototype, it's easier if you just send the data and img folders to a compressed zipped folder (which you can rename to a .ftl file) rather than a RAR file which you need 7-zip or winrar for to extract the files then re-send them into a .zip then a .ftl file. you can also use 7-zip or the like to add the folders to an archive and finishing the file name with .ftl

those are my thoughts, and get on to designing the hull of the ship
cheers

[siuwa]

I'd say boss laser is the closest thing to Yamato's 3x3 cannon I can find, but I want it to be 2-power, as well as custom text:
Desc:Once the Earth's most powerful cannon, now the galaxy's most powerful laser.
Name: 460mm triple laser
Short:460 tri. laser
The 4th weapon will be a Flak II with only system damage.
Desc:These anti aircraft rounds is good at disabling enemies.
Name:Anti Aircraft Rounds
Short:AA round
Aircrafts will be re-texted combat and defense drone I.
Did you ever see a Wave Motion Gun shot not 1 shot anything? No. Neither will it on my hand. I mean, it 1 shot destroyed a black hole!
Desc:Nothing can withstand the might of the Wave Motion Gun!
Name:Wave Motion Gun
Short:Wave Motion
15 normal damage.

[stylesrj]

Wave Motion Gun? Now that's gotta have the sounds if it's to be legit

Will it be a beam or a projectile? If a beam, what sort of sweep? Pinpoint like a Focus Beam or a wide sweep like the Federation Cruisers?

[siuwa]

Wave Motion Gun? Now that's gotta have the sounds if it's to be legit

Will it be a beam or a projectile? If a beam, what sort of sweep? Pinpoint like a Focus Beam or a wide sweep like the Federation Cruisers?

A beam, long and fast. Like Naginata Beam in CE.

[Yizzzy]

You've probably got this image already, but if you don't here it is.



Gives a good example and feel for the hull.