Thanks for your answer. I was asking because after watching Manshooter video (http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-stand/videos/making-of-the-citadel#imagebox) for his mod, i was wondering if there was a way of texturing directly on the model. But i suppose i will have  to stick with those depressing UV maps.

Is this what you are after -

http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d.html

Had a close look but haven't used it.

I was playing with the normalins and it happened while a fleet of 1 carrier cpital ship and 5 light frigates were jumping to an industrial planet. And the autosave is already at 900. Also, this happened in both the vanilla version, and entrenchment.

Well, I changed the autosave rate and played using the Replicators. Same thing happened.

they are at the highest level

all extras, bumps, and detail are at the level "highest" 

Ok, thanks. This mod looked really awesome, so it was frutating to not be able to play it for more that 15 mins at a time.

Alright it works just fine now. Thanks a lot! Keep up the amazing mod work!

You get to play with six different races. 3 great originals and 3 new ones. Fun, fun, fun!

Hi there Maelstrom. I just found this thread and investigated. Your pictures are mighty fine looking, so I decided to give it a shot. I downloaded your entrenchment version, which I realize is quite beta, having read most of this thread. I tried a game by myself as the Traders. Seconds after the 2nd auto save (which is the default time, every 15 minutes), the game gave me a minidump. I remembered what was said here about turning settings down to achieve the < 2 gig limit and did so, reloading the auto save. The same result. I have yet to try it out with a fresh game with the lowered settings, so it might just be the screwed up save file, and I will try to report back my findings. But I just wanted to say that I also am receiving the 30 minute crash bug that others have mentioned here. But the entrench version is beta, which you make quite clear, so it's all good.

Problems aside, the thirty minutes I did get were enjoyable. I love the music (who is it, by the way? Custom/personal or a particular artist?) and the ships for the Traders, at least, are quite schnazzy! The colony cap ship is a bit funny looking with all it's bio-domes, highly vulnerable, I think, but I don't care. It's a neat, well made new ship model. I wish I could have seen another capital before the crash occurred. Anyway, the voices are also well done.

The only complaint I have (and I don't know if this is intentional or if maybe I didn't put a file in the right place) is that I started out with no builders, shipyards, or mining facilities. Is this intentional and everyone, including the three vanilla races, are like this? Or does this potentially give any player/computer of the vanilla factions a brief lead right at the game start? Having to wait around a few moments for builders to spawn while your foes are moving is unsettling. If everyone, vanilla included, are like this, then that's fine. But if it's just the Traders or new races (bug or intentional), my opinion (for what it's worth) is that this is not a good idea. All or none, I think. But that's just my two cents.

I have one further question, not a complaint or suggestion. The Trader basic combat frigate, Mars something or other I think, only costs 2 population, the same as the scout vessel. I ran across a computer controlled TEC cobalt and compared stats. Indeed, the Cobalt is superior in a one on one matchup. But having around 10 cobalts at the start, plus a capital, before getting fleet increases vs a Trader cap and some 30 or so of their frigates might be unbalanced in favour of the Traders. Having not done this experiment, I do not know the results. I am just going on conjecture. Again, this could also be a simple glitch from the entrenchment beta. Regardless, I just wanted to bring it to your attention, should you have some extra time. Having only done my short-lived Trader game, I know nothing of the other new races and if they are similarly given such a cheap ship or not. It might just be a unique thing for the Traders.

Well, my short story now concludes. Hopefully something I have said will be of help to you. I will try the mod again or patiently wait a more proper version. It appears to be a well done mod and I eagerly await my chance to get a complete match finished!

Happy modding! Cheers,

~Tyndaria

Hi Tyndaria,

To answer your questions ...

- Music by Albert Alvarez, Marc Riedinger, Even Rossland (http://www.renderosity.com/index.php)

- Coxxon - BSG fleet (models and textures) reborn as the Trade Alliance

- "The only complaint I have is that I started out with no builders, shipyards, or mining facilities" ... beta version only.

- TradeAlliance have strong smaller frigates, yes somewhat unbalanced. They have strong squadrons. Their cruisers and capitals have different balances too. Research for the TA tends to be slow and laborious. Economics is very good.

- "I will try the mod again or patiently wait a more proper version" ... you could try the mod for original sins.

Thanks for the feedback.

i love how the mod really doesnt add anything to the vanilla races :] just new factions to have a all out battles and such oh i do have a little request if the shipyards of the Alliance cam be changed to something more humanish cus the shipyard look alot like cator version shipyards

i have a questions also if the BSG like galactica and mercury will be in always or eventully be switched out with something more interesting

but overal it is a great mod can wait to see more :]