Galaxy Cockpit

[Hamma]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media.php?view=2097

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20120519_4fb8167f2ede6.jpg

[Zulthus]

GOD DAAAAMN!! It's beautiful.

The detail they're putting into these is incredible. Props to the devs!

[Evil Redrum]

GOD DAAAAMN!! It's beautiful.

The detail they're putting into these is incredible. Props to the devs!

Thanks :D, definitely put some serious work into this guy.

[atone]

am i the only one that thought of this:p

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/27/1069817-dj_hero_turntable_controller___final_super.jpg

looks great, can't wait.:thumbsup:

[Shamrock]

Looks cool ! :)

[Khrusky]

Is this the 3d model or 3d concept art?

Looks probably too detailed for conceptual work, I just thought I'd ask due to the odd angle of the pictures.

Either way, lovely work yet again.

[Levente]

very awesome

[CrystalViolet]

Stunning. I'm also a sucker for all these awesome glow effects. :D

[AlienTwentyFour]

I may just go from HA to a Galaxy pilot... "CREW!!!! PREPARE TO CRASH!!!!"

[MyMeatStick]

Is that the actual seating position? Can't see anything out the windows and I think some of the dashboard is out of place??

[Mechzz]

That is (another) thing of beauty from the team.

[Timealude]

am i the only one that thought of this:p

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/27/1069817-dj_hero_turntable_controller___final_super.jpg

looks great, can't wait.:thumbsup:

Does this mean we get a custom weapon for galaxies that throws out bass wubs at the enemy? :P back to the topic.....I love it. You guys are doing an amazing job with this game.. I cant wait to see what you show us next about the galaxy.

[bjorntju1]

Damn that looks awesome, can't wait to get into one of those things! :groovy:

[Zulthus]

Is that the actual seating position? Can't see anything out the windows and I think some of the dashboard is out of place??

Of course it isn't.

[CruelCow]

Does this mean we get a custom weapon for galaxies that throws out bass wubs at the enemy?.

That's for the inflight entertainment. ;)

[Zekeen]

Thanks :D, definitely put some serious work into this guy.

On behalf of all us dedicated Galaxy pilots....


We thank you.... this is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen....

[Biscuit]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media.php?view=2097

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20120519_4fb8167f2ede6.jpg

Wow....


i wanna work 50 times harder now on my stuff until my eyes bleed out :doh:

[The Admiral]

The glowing instruments are quite impressive.

very nice...very nice indeed.

[Immigrant]

GOD DAAAAMN!! It's beautiful.

The detail they're putting into these is incredible. Props to the devs!

Ditto. :jawdrop:

[RSphil]

that looks gorgeous. id happily sit in that all day or night :P lol

[Red Ketchup]

No control stick yet? That explains the landings we've seen in some screenshots...

[Koenside]

No control stick yet? That explains the landings we've seen in some screenshots...

Yeah how are you supposed to steer that thing?!?

[Toppopia]

With your mind.... :doh:

[Tatwi]

Thanks :D, definitely put some serious work into this guy.

This is exactly what I always wished for in Star Wars Galaxies... you are an artist, my friend. Thank you!

I was showing my wife PS2 earlier today, telling her that it's just the look and feel I have always wanted for a game. She (being totally uninterested in games) thought that the game looks great, realistic yet futuristic, yet familiar.

I have to say that these cockpit designs exceed all of my expectations, Redrum.

[Tatwi]

Hm. that cockpit is just missing an interactive mp3 player on one of the displays.

VS could play this on the ship's intercom:
Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) - Enya (with lyrics) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zkjQVh5KmQ)

uhh... not sure if I should admit that I like that song... lol

[Oryon22]

I'm so happy right now.

[Hmr85]

That cockpit looks amazing. Dam I can't wait.

[Xyntech]

Damn, that's awesome.

Probably not enough to turn me into a Galaxy pilot, but it will certainly make what time I do spend in it that much more enjoyable.

[CrystalViolet]

Hm. that cockpit is just missing an interactive mp3 player on one of the displays.

I'd actually like to see this. Just sink it up with the music library on your harddrive, and you're good to go.

[RedKnights]

OH GOD. I will fly this forever

[SGTalon]

I will be spending a lot of time looking at that.

I just had a thought... will the Galaxy be fully aerobatic? Imagine how badly you can scare your passengers when you take that thing upside down!! Can't wait!

[LZachariah]

This game is looking more and more stunningly beautiful. I believe it was T-Ray who said, "a common statement nowadays is 'the game looks good... for an MMO,' we want to remove that qualifier from the end of their sentence."

You guys are absolutely making good on his promise.

~Zachariah

[Stardouser]

This game is looking more and more stunningly beautiful. I believe it was T-Ray who said, "a common statement nowadays is 'the game looks good... for an MMO,' we want to remove that qualifier from the end of their sentence."

You guys are absolutely making good on his promise.

~Zachariah

Honestly, the only negative about the game's graphics is not HOW things are made in the graphics engine, but WHAT they have chosen to make.

Landscapes look great, but the bases, at least the one we saw, is typical sci-fi fare out in the desert. The base looks like a bunch of huge futuristic cargo containers scattered in the middle of nowhere. Roads would be a great start to making it look right. I mean, surely at some point after they colonized Auraxis but before they started fighting, they must have built roads? Maybe even...not a city, but residential settlements?

[Hamma]

Stunning. I'm also a sucker for all these awesome glow effects. :D
Likewise :lol:

[Toppopia]

Honestly, the only negative about the game's graphics is not HOW things are made in the graphics engine, but WHAT they have chosen to make.

Landscapes look great, but the bases, at least the one we saw, is typical sci-fi fare out in the desert. The base looks like a bunch of huge futuristic cargo containers scattered in the middle of nowhere. Roads would be a great start to making it look right. I mean, surely at some point after they colonized Auraxis but before they started fighting, they must have built roads? Maybe even...not a city, but residential settlements?

I have wondered where all the civilians live and where the infrastructure is, unless the war started before anything major started. And maybe they didn't need roads because everything was teleported or airlifted to places, but i would like to see roads and more civilian style areas. That is what 1 of the continents will hopefully be, all urbanised.

[Baron]

me and your girlfriend are going to have sex in that cockpit.

[Rat]

I will be spending a lot of time looking at that.

I just had a thought... will the Galaxy be fully aerobatic? Imagine how badly you can scare your passengers when you take that thing upside down!! Can't wait!

Pfffttt...Kapt Clegg been doin that for months now:rofl:

[Toppopia]

I will be spending a lot of time looking at that.

I just had a thought... will the Galaxy be fully aerobatic? Imagine how badly you can scare your passengers when you take that thing upside down!! Can't wait!

How will the passengers know they are upside down? Because the inside will look the same to them and the only way you know you are upside down is to feel the inertia, but since its a video game we can't feel that. Unless we all fall out of our seats and rag doll on the roof. That would be hilarious.

[Sentrosi]

This thread is Sentrosi approved :thumbsup:

[Xyntech]

How will the passengers know they are upside down? Because the inside will look the same to them and the only way you know you are upside down is to feel the inertia, but since its a video game we can't feel that. Unless we all fall out of our seats and rag doll on the roof. That would be hilarious.

Presumably passengers will get third person and/or a camera to look outside with.

Staring at the inside of a small dropship bay isn't quite as much fun as it sounds ;)

Although if we were ragdolling around inside it, that would never get old.

[Sifer2]

Looks awesome! I wonder if were riding in it as passengers will we also get an interior? That would be sweet. You could maybe have little goggles you can pull down which gives you a camera view looking out underneath the Galaxy so you could see where you wanted to drop. And let the pilot signal when its time to drop by activating like a red warning light in the passenger area.

[Toppopia]

Presumably passengers will get third person and/or a camera to look outside with.

Staring at the inside of a small dropship bay isn't quite as much fun as it sounds ;)

Although if we were ragdolling around inside it, that would never get old.

Not unless you get a little hologram of a map the commander has and can plan routes of attack and stuff while you approach the battlefield/dropzone. That is probably the best time to plan your assault. And would look awesome looking at a map and seeing your commander putting up waypoints and saying "But sir, this way is better, there is a tree." Then he replies. "Hmm, i do like trees. ok lets go here." That is why we need an inside view of a map. :D

[Aaron]

Too cool!

[Timealude]

I wonder if you will be able to have customizable cockpits like adding things here and there, that dont block your view, or even a different color.

[lolroflroflcake]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but other then the rudder pedals the galaxy seems to have a disturbing lack of any sort of pitch or roll control, is there a side stick tucked away in the corner that is cut off by the camera angle?

[Aractain]

You control it like in Flight of the Navigator. :D

amazing btw.

[Mechzz]

Just realised, it needs wing mirrors for those of us with Clegg-like abilities to land in tight spots. Does the Gal have a reversing sensor/camera?

[Figment]

Thanks :D, definitely put some serious work into this guy.

Now make that radar functional! :3

[JHendy]

Thanks :D, definitely put some serious work into this guy.

You've hit your stride here sir. This is the best cockpit yet. By far!

[JHendy]

Honestly, the only negative about the game's graphics is not HOW things are made in the graphics engine, but WHAT they have chosen to make.

Landscapes look great, but the bases, at least the one we saw, is typical sci-fi fare out in the desert. The base looks like a bunch of huge futuristic cargo containers scattered in the middle of nowhere. Roads would be a great start to making it look right. I mean, surely at some point after they colonized Auraxis but before they started fighting, they must have built roads? Maybe even...not a city, but residential settlements?

Yeah, some gritty worn-out old hab-blocks (urban zones) in the desert would make for a nice setting for some tighter combat.

http://craphound.com/images/r3J3I.jpg

Or perhaps something reminiscent of the outskirts of 1942's Berlin map.

[Mastachief]

Do we know if we are able to look around whilst in the cockpit (to say aid positioning for landing etc)

[IMMentat]

I was a tanker rather than a flying coffin user but, damn, thats impressive.

[NapalmEnima]

Although if we were ragdolling around inside it, that would never get old.


THIS!

Only it'd never fly in release... Soooo... Do it for all passenger vehicles/aircraft for the week of April first, then sell it on a per vehicle basis in the cash shop, to the passengers.

It'd be like printing money!

[Toppopia]

And once all the pilots are rag dolling around, fly straight up and open the back door, imagine all the funny videos.
Pilot. "Ok everyone drop!" *Flies straight up and opens back door"
*Everyone falls into a crumpled heat on the ground in the middle of an enemy base*

Pilot: "Oh, sorry guys, i thought we were low enough for that to work. :confused: "

[cellinaire]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but other then the rudder pedals the galaxy seems to have a disturbing lack of any sort of pitch or roll control, is there a side stick tucked away in the corner that is cut off by the camera angle?

Distant future + sci-fi + technological advancements + radical changes in flight mechanics....etc ? :groovy:

[kertvon]

Looks amazing, I can't help but wish the gal was pilot/copilot capable. It would be slightly gimmicky, but cool none the less.

[Knocky]

I guess most of you forgot about the concept art from a few months ago.


http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm125/Knocky23/GalConcept.jpg

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/album/mp52rz6sp6/20120519_4fb8167f2ede6.jpg[/QUOTE]

[VelRa]

I get fanboi spasms whenever I look at this. Can't wait to get in the cockpit.

[Talek Krell]

Do we know if we are able to look around whilst in the cockpit (to say aid positioning for landing etc)
Just realised, it needs wing mirrors for those of us with Clegg-like abilities to land in tight spots. Does the Gal have a reversing sensor/camera?Unless I'm very much mistaken there's going to be freelook in the cockpit. And there's third person view as well. You won't have a UI, but at least you'll be able to see whether you're about to clip a tree with the tail.

[MrBloodworth]

Looks great!

Know what would make it better?

Enter/Exit animations.

[RovingDeath]

Redrum I want to have your babies

[Sentrosi]

Looks great!

Know what would make it better?

Enter/Exit animations.

And then when an OS hits you square in your tail section you'll wish this was never implemented.

[MrBloodworth]

And then when an OS hits you square in your tail section you'll wish this was never implemented.

Negative.

[Monkey]

Er.. how is this thing steered? There is no control column, unless you don't see it when in first person view.