This is the story of the last of the Babylon 5 mod-efforts. It's goal, to prevent another failure, by creating a place to solve our problems collaboratively. Its a port of call, home away from home, for modelers, texturers, programmers and sound engineers.
Babylon 5 - Sins of the Younger Races
Disclaimer:The authors are not responsible for any damage that may arise from using this mod. This mod may not be sold under any circumstances. It may be downloaded, as long as it does not violate the laws of the state/country you live in. This disclaimer must always be distributed with the mod. For other used please contact me personally.
Thanks to the TEAM:2D Artist: Tobias Liebhart (TobiWahn_Kenobi), SteinerXBughunters: Rob Cummings, cybertx, Darvroth, Peter1x9, ZombiesRus5Coders: Ronie Albesa (zRazor), Rob Cummings (NewHorizons), Davroth, EvilTesla-RG, Rodney Jenkings (HotRod), Tobias Liebhart, ZvezdochetsModel Templates: Amras-Arfeiniel, James Newman (Firehawk)Modelers: Ronie Albesa, Amras-Arfeiniel, Fileosoft, Johan Klaver, Koobalt, Tobias Liebhart, Stefan May, Timmaigh, Pauli Valkeejärvi (Hawkwall), ZvezdochetsMusician: Pauli ValkeejärviResearch: Rob Cummings, Darvroth, Rodney JenkinsPR: Darvroth, SteinerXSounds: Rob Cummings, Pauli Valkeejärvi, ZvezdochetsTexturers: Tobias Liebhart, SteinerX, TFL_BigBangTheory, Timmaigh, Pauli Valkeejärvi, ZombiesRus5Moderation: Blake00
Additional support: boshimi336, Lavo_2, myfist0, Gürol Salk (Geopard)And toMysticAngel for the Automated Fighter docking abilityThe Babylon 5 X3TC team
And thanks to all those modelers whose work is a inspiration and a template for creating ingame assetsIf I forgot anyone, please contact me so I can give proper credit. (There seem to be so many decent people involved at the moment)
Release 0.54.1 Full Download for Rebellion 1.95+& Patch 0.54.2
NEW - Balvarin Carrier and Minor Factions fix!
Installation Guide:
Sometimes the in-game mod loader can be a bit funky so if you can't see the mods you've installed or something isn't working then enabling the mods via the 'EnabledMods.txt' file in your 'Mods-Rebellion v1.85' folder where you installed the mods to is the other alternative. It should look like this to work:
TXT2SinsArchiveVersion 194Version 0enabledModNameCount 2enabledModName "SotyrRemastered"enabledModName "SinsRemastered-v0.95b"
DISCORD:
https://discord.gg/9AwgByEEKn
Old Blog with screenshots and infos maintained by SteinerX can be found here (*OUT OF DATE*)http://babylon5ins.blogspot.com/
Yours TobiWahn_Kenobi
@Thanks alot. Looking forward to the first civilian EA ship!
How the project coming along?
Slow but steady
Having purchased all five seasons of Babylon 5 (currently half way through Season 4) and working my way towards all of the movies afterwards, I have to say that this mod project has definately caught my attention!
Is there a list of all available ship classes for a certain time period (say, 5 years previous and post of the series, over a 15 year span) that you can put up that you have models, textured models, no models etc for?
If it would help I could do some digging and not only get a list from various cannon and non-cannon sources but I could also grab any media concerning those if possible. Please let me know. I would like to help out where I can.
Please note that I am not a texture artist and I am only an industrial modeler (i.e. SolidWorks, Catia, AuoCAD, Pro Engineer etc ...)
@boshimi336
Every information is of use to us.
As for a list of ships, I orient myself using the mongoose publishing shiplist from the tabletop game A Call To Arms. This list is sanctioned by JMS, so it's the most canon list we've got. I have EA, Minbari and Narn ship dates here for you. As for being an industrial modeler, well, you could always try to do some planet module designs which we could use as a basis for the ingame models.
Earth AllianceCap Ships:Explorer 2225Hyperion - 3rd Age 2240Nova Dreadnought 2241Omega 2255Poseidon 2255Warlock Destroyer 2261Marathon 2266Victory 2266Frigates:Hermes 2168Artemis 2190Olympus 2202Oracle 2216Orestes 2228Sagittarius 2230Tethys 2230Avenger 2238Myrmidon 2264Apollo 2267Chronos 2268Delphi 2268Fighters:Tiger 2205Nova 2229Aurora 2237Badger 2240Thunderbolt 2259Firebolt 2268Minbari FederationCap Ships:Sharlin 1958Sharoos 2008Sharkaan 2261Troligan 2266Neroon 2271Frigates:Tinashi 1920Neshatan 1977Tigara 1990Leshath 1995Morshin 1995Torotha 2006Fighters:Flyer Flight 2004Tishat Flight 2031Nial Flight 2050NarnCap Ships:Rothan 2211T'Loth 223xRongoth 2241G'Quan 2244Bin'Tak 2245G'Vrahn 2266Ka'Bin'Tak 2268Frigates:T'Rakk 2215Sho'Kos 2234Sho'Kar 2238Dag'Kar 2240Ka'Toc 2241Thentus 2242Var'Nic 2243G'Karith 2253G'Sten 2260Fighters:Gorith Flight 2223Frazi Flight 2249
Narn BinTak by Koobalt
Alright now that we have a list, can the OP be updated (and have the list color coded) with what we have, what we're working on, and what we need? I can then search out reference material for any item that is currently in need and does not have visual references.
Looks wonderful, when you have another adjusted narn UV post it on DMG.
@boshimi336If I do it, it will be on origo and I will post the link here. It's just that I have little time for administrative things at the moment
@koobaltWill do! How about the drazi fighter? That should be fairly easy to optimise so I can give it to you in the next days.
@SteinerXIf possible, please give me the heightmap (grayscale map) so I can calculate the normalmap myself (and bake AO into the Texture from the heightmap like in the Hyperion or Artemis 2.0) and please make parts of the color texture (the cl file) that contain lightning effects separate layers (e.g. if you want a part of the texture to depict light on a model such as a signal light or a spotlight) and give me the psd so I can render light effects based on 3d lights into the texture in their stead.
Thanks alot!
@KoobaltFrazi mesh is now optimised. I will start doing the UV tomorrow.
Tex update very early WIP EA Asimov - ship to be used as an EA colony ship -
Version 1
Version 2
@ Tobiwahn - Will need more time to finish Asimov (sorry) - early WIP tex - version one = green markings closer to original + version 2 = green markings symmetrical. Choose which version you prefer?
Generic base tex atm - will replace as the texture progresses ...
@ Koobalt - love your Narn textures!
greyscale map - ok when done
lighting effects on separate layers - ok
PSD file - ok
@SteinerX
Looks Awesome!!! Thanks alot
As for the version, the original has 6 green stripes, if we can do 4 or 8 and I think 8 looks better!
Thanks! Still very early Tex - Yes original has 6 stripes, but current segmentation allows for 4 or 8 - agreed version 2 looks better than 1:)
Will update as I progress.
Well in fact it's your G'quan texture , i simply copy and cut elements.
@ Koobalt - It's still beautiful work, glad you could make more use of the G'Quan tex - and still love what you've done!
wow very nice ships
Is someone playing the mod online?Or is there a group?
@LoneRanger1Not that I know of. If you want you can start one and we include it in the thread header and on the Homepage. But in it's current state I don't think it is feasible. Too manny things missing and no balancing yet.
Is it too late to change my mind? I came to the conclusion that I liked version 1 more. It looks more heavy and bulky and real I think.
Sorry for my unsteady mind.
Hi!
I'm really excited about this mod. I've know about it for a while now, but just tried it out today. I thought of a few things, that you're probably aware of, but maybe not. So here they are.
-When I play the Narn Regime, I get a planet with out constructors, and there for am unable to play. I saw the computer have a few ships (which looked awesome btw) but they all went too far out of a gravity well and were lost to the vastness of space.
-Vorlon and Shadow computers aren't very active. (May be by design, since they are super powerful and were more behind the scenes in the show.)
-Minbari computer was able to build a (sweet looking) cruiser, but it just hung out at the asteroid one jump away from its planet. It stayed pretty inactive the whole game.
-Centari appeared to only have one model from the show, (something you are likely aware of since you are the one making the mod). I didn't play them much, so there are probably more there.
-Babylon 5. I build each of the four options of star base, but did not see an option for the iconic station from the show. Is it hidden somewhere or not yet implemented. (I swore I saw screen shots of it.)
-Computer over all did not seem very active when I played against them. Maybe I just need to get some friends.
The models that are in the game just look amazing. I mean. Dude. Oh and when I enabled the mod and got the sound sequence from season 5 opening I got goosebumps. This is going to be super awesome. Thanks for putting in the work you have Tobiwan (and others). Good luck and the gods speed to you. I wish I could offer something to assist you but I have no technical skills in this area.
Will check back for more updates.
Xak02
Oh hey again. So whilst I was alt tabbed posting on the forum, the constructors spawned and now I'm building the awesome Narn Fleet. Going to kick some Centauri ass.
babylon 5 is one of my favorite shows and i would love if you guys ported the newest mod to entrenchment,that being said the previous version you have out for entrenchment after about 5 minutes will cause a mini dump and crash sins.
I know this happens sometimes when they start chasing the fighters. Don't know why, but we'll look into this. As for the constructor, no idea why it took so long.
They are not fully implemented yet, and I'm not sure the AI will ever be very good with them
We have to look into this later (I don't have much time playtesting at the moment, perhaps you want to assist us in this) but I've had many a deadly encounter with Minbari when I played EA
There is only one model at the moment, sorry. (And thanks to Timmaigh for giving us this wonderful model)
Not implemented yet. The model exists on Thoumsins harddrive but he has not finished modelling and UV and textureing haven't even begun.
Thanks alot, I'm glad you like it.
@jin akanishiSorry pal, Babylon 5 was about diplomacy and I don't intend to go back. The few bucks for diplomacy are well worth it IMHO.
I'll definitely keep play testing it for you. Let me know if there is anything specific you want tested, and I just keep throwing stuff on the forum if I find something.
Wonderful. Lategame lag concerning the refuel mechanic will be important in the next version. Other than that, everything you can find is fine.
If you want you can create yourself an origo account and post your findings herehttp://b5-sotyr.origo.ethz.ch/forums/bug_reports/release_0_4x
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