I-Novae: Engine Screenshot Thread!

And I’ll point out that neither do you. If your entire argument is going to be “we don’t know, therefore you’re wrong” then a brick wall would make a much better debate opponent.

I’m making inferences and extraploations based on what’s been presented so far and what we know of the MMO’s intended gameplay.

Unless the devs have changed their minds since the old forums went down, we’re not capsuleer equivalents. Ergo, we must be private individuals.

All spacecraft, as far as we know, are capable of interplanetary and interstellar travel, down to the smallest one-man shuttles. Such craft appear to be as much a part of daily life in the Infinity universe as aircraft are today. Thus, drawing parallels between the two is not unfair.

A single-engine Cessna is about the price of a really nice car. I believe it reasonable to assume that a small spacecraft, say 50 meters, plays the same role. Thousands of people make such purchases every year.

It’s not unreasonable to assume it to be the same for a Deltan, Centauran, or Star Fold citizen.

You know what, in the interest in civil discussion, I’m going to ignore the blatant ad homs.

Define “good”. And then explain to me why that rules out private individuals, such as ourselves, from purchasing smaller/lesser/whatever than that.

Pot, kettle. You’ve already decided that capital ships in atmosphere is stupid and refuse to entertain any possibility otherwise. JB has done a better job of arguing against it, and I’m not ashamed to admit that there have been several times that I have considered xir arguments.

What does that even mean?

Orbits are for vehicles that have a reason to be in an orbit. Who says they’re leaving the planet?

Maybe they’re doing a topographic scan of the entire planet, which is most swiftly done from a low polar orbit. Maybe they’re going to another location on the planet, for which straight line travel is less than optimal. Maybe one of their crew has a rare heart condition that can only be fixed with a free-fall operation. Maybe the captain just likes being weightless, or is planning some Ender’s Game-like wargame in one of the shuttle bays. Maybe, and I know this is a crazy idea, the place they’re going to isn’t straight above them and they don’t feel like waiting for the planet to turn around before leaving.

We don’t know this. We do know, by Word of God™, that Low Orbit is where the ships are going. Reason can be whatever.

5 Likes

Never said I did.

Let me see. This game is just to get some money, there name out, then experience, some work on what might make it into the MMO.

Being an old gamer that has been to many gaming conventions. That refers to games that are just giving away things in the game with little effort. So please tell me what the joke is so I can use it properly.

It has to do with value when compared to the other ships. As it is a sliding scale any answer would be useless.

Try reading what one of the developers, if not two, have said on the subject.
I find it takes me out of the game as much as a giant taco that craps ice cream. (South Park. Both funny and in space but not what I want to see in a game trying to look realistic.)

As in “seeing the picture” then “Seeing the big picture”

This picture is simply awesome. :smile:


On another note, we might need to rename this thread to “I-Novae: Engine Screenshot Thread and Discussion”, and make a new thread, with the current title, and use that as a mod-only thread where to post all the pretty pictures, so newcomers won’t have to dig through 780 posts to see them.

Just a thought…

7 Likes

@Hutchings has been adding the new screenshots to his original post (although this last batch is missing), so they’ll see them all right at the top.

4 Likes

I’ve almost become so numb to seeing beautiful screenshots from the i-novae engine that I didn’t pay much attention to this one, but you’re right, it really is a spectacularly evocative image. Think this might be my desktop wallpaper for a while.

1 Like

Boom! Planetary bombardment initiated! :smile:

I had a boring night. Don’t hate me… :open_mouth:

17 Likes

How could we hate that :blush:

1 Like

Oh goodie! I have myself a cover story!

Now, I just need to find the time to write it…

6 Likes

Perhaps an art challenge after the current one :wink:

For tinkering with an already awesome screenshot and perhaps for my ever lasting obsession with clouds :slight_smile:

3 Likes

I wonder what is store for this week…

A sunset?

An eclipse?

A gas giant?

#CLOSE UP OF SPACESHIP?

A star?

All of the above?

:wink:

You didn’t say how close.

9 Likes

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A86.J7uMJGFVkBkANMQnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByZDNzZTI1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Leonard+Nimoy&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001

I hope this star is big enough.

4 Likes

Funny. Ha. Ha. Ha.

The people have spoken…

As usual, keep in mind that these screenshots are using the current engine, which is a WIP development :wink: beautiful, but not perfect yet.

Any ideas for a caption?

14 Likes

:open_mouth:

YEEEEEEEEE…hrm…*clears throat* … Yes, very cool. I like the directional thrusters! :smiley:

Caption: An evening drive.

This picture is probably 100% controversy proof. :laughing:

EDIT: Is the ship’s name Macaw? It’s either the name or some sort of filing system, based off the title.

EDIT 2: Looking at the structure on the top, I’d say definitely SFC.


Oh, and @Bentware and @JB47394, feel the burn.


1 Like

Yes.

(’ v ')

3 Likes

AFAIK Battlescape is set to use only SFC ships so that would make sense right? :wink:

Very nice silhouette, can’t wait to see the rest of the Battlescape fleet!

1 Like

Did I leave the stove on?

2 Likes

My closeup is better, but here’s a suggestion for a caption on yours:

The Long Haul - Coming Home

2 Likes