[newman]

Some of you have recently asked us for a list of ships which will be included in R1, which we were unable to give. Well, you're still not getting the list, but here's one recently completed (well, almost) ship that will make it into our first release: the colonial mark 1 shuttle. For those of you who don't remember, it's actually the first BSG ship you ever see - it's the shuttle that delivers the armistice officer to the Armistice Station in the first scenes of the mini-series. The pictures below are renders, as it needs a few tweaks before I can make in-game screenshots of it. The renders are using the exact same model and textures that you will see in the game, though. Anyway, enough talk, on to the pictures:

[Colonol Dekker]

Sweet galloping ****flakes!

That is nearly the most detailed model i've seen for FS2.......ever!

[YIIMM]

Those texture maps (bump or normal...I'm not sure of the difference) work really well. Great job

[Zex Marquise]

I agree, the textures have a nice brushed metal look to them. Excellent model, and liking the transparent viewport . I need MOAR BSG.

Makes me wish someone would make a FPS for BSG. *sniff* it will never happen. *Goes to play Elite Force*

[Locutus of Borg]

That looks awesome

in game, will we actually be able to look through the windows there and actually feel like we're looking into the ship?

[karajorma]

Yes. It's no different to seeing the pilot in the cockpit of another Viper in that respect.

[FraktuRe]

i want to marry diaspora <3

[Locutus of Borg]

i want to marry diaspora <3

[Sidestep]

That's awesome, looks so real I feel like I could reach out and touch it.

Great work Newman, better than anything I've seen for a commercial game.

Thanks for all your hard work Devs and can't wait to see everything in game when you get R1 finished

[Narvi]

Nice.

Though those are some stubby-ass legs. Can they withdraw into the ship?

[Colonol Dekker]

More cable on the winch please

[newman]

Nice.

Though those are some stubby-ass legs. Can they withdraw into the ship?

You should probably ask the original ship's designers
Seriously tho, I think they're not meant to retract all the way, just retract into those spheres so the undercarriage gets out of the way and has less of a chance of getting damaged while in flight. Reduce the already considerable drag in atmo flight, too.

[Bilal18]

Ah yes i remember..that looks amazing..great work man..

[Richard]

Good job 

[Angreifer]

Who would have thought a basic shuttle could look so good! Outstanding work as always, it's this kind of quality that makes the wait for R1 completely worth it.

[Felix 039]

i want to marry diaspora <3

[Master_Drow]

I was starting to get annoyed of waiting, now I can see that it will be totally worth waiting.

(I think i'll need to upgrade my graphics card...)

[Thaeris]

That's glorious, Newman!

Despite its limited appearances in the new BSG, TOS carry-overs like the Mk I Shuttle may eventually do well for a dedicated TOS campaign... Though the original was rather cheesy, to say the least.

...Albeit still a classic...

-Thaeris

[newman]

I doubt we'll be making a dedicated TOS campaign with daggit, pew-pew lasers, and hairdos that look like shampoo commercials There is a much better chance that we'll do a campaign that is set in the 1st Cylon War canon to the new BSG series, though (think Razor flashbacks, etc).
At any rate, this shuttle can still be used by older, 1st war era ships and stations, the idea being that due to the large number of units built over the course of the war, the Colonial fleet hasn't been able to fully replace it with the more expensive 4-engine mark 2 shuttle yet. The original design was kinda cheesy, believe it or not some of the cheese was actually gone with the zoic variant - it's not identical to the TOS shuttle. At any rate I always put it in the "so cheesy it's cool" category.

[peterv]

Excellent job.     
May i ask what's the size of the diffuse map?