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Enter Darth Vader's Tie Fighter

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Re: Enter Darth Vader's Tie Fighter

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Post by showwebgl »

jrabone wrote: post #9
showwebgl wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Soon! We are working on it.

What's the licensing situation with such models? I seem to remember Lucasfilm ( http://www.lucasfilm.com/divisions/licensing/ ) being pretty active ($3 billion in licensing revenue in 2011), but presumably they're not interested if there's no money involved?

Today, without download option, we are just considered like YouTube: a service hosting files uploaded by users, on which we have no control. When we launch download & commercialization of models, we will indeed have to find a licensing deal for copyright content.

Re: Enter Darth Vader's Tie Fighter

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Post by jiggy2011 »

tiddchristopher wrote: post #4
anactofgod wrote: post #3

It's a TIE Interceptor. And, it's nice work. Doh. I stand corrected. Vader did fly a TIE Fighter - technically the "TIE Advanced x1". Looks like I'm overdue to rewatch SW:ANH. smile

It's a TIE Advanced x1. Although features developed for it were incorporated into the later TIE/IN Interceptor, the x1 had substantial differences, such as shielding and FTL capabilities. The mass-production craft resulting directly from the x series was the TIE/D Defender. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE_Advanced_x1

That brings back memories of playing the MS-DOS "Tie fighter" game from the mid 90s where you could pilot the Tie Advanced later in the game, IIRC it was also slightly faster than a standard Tie Fighter.

However from what I remember of the original movies though there was no reference to Vaders craft having shields or hyperdrive (maybe I'm wrong?).

So I wonder if the technical details of the craft were invented specifically for the game and then retrofitted into the overall mythos?

One thing that always amused me about star wars was that the Imperial forces must have had a military budget that would make global GDP look like pocket change but had such clearly flawed designs for all of it's equipment (crap fighters, walkers, death star etc) while the Rebels had stuff that worked much better. Was Lucas trying to say something about the inevitable result of the military industrial complex?

Re: Enter Darth Vader's Tie Fighter

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Post by endlessvoid94 »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #12
tiddchristopher wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a TIE Advanced x1. Although features developed for it were incorporated into the later TIE/IN Interceptor, the x1 had substantial differences, such as shielding and FTL capabilities. The mass-production craft resulting directly from the x series was the TIE/D Defender. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE_Advanced_x1

That brings back memories of playing the MS-DOS "Tie fighter" game from the mid 90s where you could pilot the Tie Advanced later in the game, IIRC it was also slightly faster than a standard Tie Fighter. However from what I remember of the original movies though there was no reference to Vaders craft having shields or hyperdrive (maybe I'm wrong?). So I wonder if the technical details of the craft were invented speci…

That was a great game.

Re: Enter Darth Vader's Tie Fighter

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Post by acuozzo »

hluska wrote: post #6

Would someone please build a 'don't distract freelancers on Hacker News' app? My morning started off so strong, now I want to watch the original trilogy..... (Great model!!)

> now I want to watch the original trilogy.....

The original original trilogy or that "Special Edition" crap?

Edit: Despite the down-votes, I stand by both my opinion __and__ phrasing. The 1997 Special Edition, 2004 DVD, and 2011 Blu-ray releases were done poorly (a.k.a., half-assed). They suffer from numerous issues that suggest an inexperienced team was used for the "restoration". See: http://savestarwars.com/specialeditionfail.html

Re: Enter Darth Vader's Tie Fighter

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Post by peterwwillis »

showwebgl wrote: post #17
peterwwillis wrote: post #15

WebGL doesn't work for me, guess i'm screwed

Which browser? You should ideally use chrome or firefox, or activate WebGL from developer mode in safari.

I'm using Firefox (latest) and at one point tried to enable WebGL. I'm not one to keep trying to fix something just to make a web page work, though.

Does WebGL even work in software rendering mode, or do you need to have hardware rendering enabled? I have no idea if it is or if my drivers support it (Windows) but I would hope we're not forcing everyone on the web to have direct rendering now.

Re: Enter Darth Vader's Tie Fighter

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Post by davidp »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #12
tiddchristopher wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a TIE Advanced x1. Although features developed for it were incorporated into the later TIE/IN Interceptor, the x1 had substantial differences, such as shielding and FTL capabilities. The mass-production craft resulting directly from the x series was the TIE/D Defender. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE_Advanced_x1

That brings back memories of playing the MS-DOS "Tie fighter" game from the mid 90s where you could pilot the Tie Advanced later in the game, IIRC it was also slightly faster than a standard Tie Fighter. However from what I remember of the original movies though there was no reference to Vaders craft having shields or hyperdrive (maybe I'm wrong?). So I wonder if the technical details of the craft were invented speci…

> Was Lucas trying to say something about the inevitable result of the military industrial complex?

You're giving Lucas far too much credit.

Exhibit A: "Nooooooooooooooo"

Edit: Agreed, TIE Fighter was a stupendously great game. It captured the feel perfectly.

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