This is useful how? This is no better than a read-only image, with right click 'disabled'. It does look pretty.
I'll just head to thingiverse or clones. Those sites let you download the models.
Enter Darth Vader's Tie Fighter
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#22How large is the file? It's taking a VERY long time to load.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
IIRC Firefox disable WebGL if you are on certain, known buggy, versions of your GPU driver.
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#24How large is the file? It's taking a VERY long time to load.
It's not that big, 2.8 mb, but keep in mind that more than 300 people are browsing it right now :)
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#25Very nice.
I thought the 4 stripes on top were actually windows, though (since you can see through them in the movie, such as in this photo I found: http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/ThePropDen/cee7e16...)
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#26Would 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/speci…
How about the despecialized edition?
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-STAR-WARS-...
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#27Earlier 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…
The Tie Advanced had shields and an incredible top speed. It was amazingly overpowered.
Fun, though. Tie Fighter and XWing had some of the best expansions of any game, ever.
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#28Earlier 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…
No, the idea was that the Empire was using clones for their pilots so they didn't give a crap whether they lived or died. Therefore they received the cheapest equipment possible. That way they could often win by sheer numbers. Only important people got nice equipment that would keep them alive.
On the other hand the rebels considered every pilot they had as rather important since they had so few. That, plus the fact they had so few in the first place, warranted more expensive yet more robust equipment.
So, as the rebellion continued, the rebels were winning more often than losing and were swaying more and more to their side. Which made it easier to obtain the same equipment. The Empire had to respond in kind because pilots started becoming important, especially the pilots that had learned how to win against superior equipment. Kind of sucks to lose your best pilots because you were too cheap to get them cheap shields. This led to the development of later TIE fighters that had shields and other "rebel" equipment. You didn't really see things like the TIE Interceptor's until Return of the Jedi time, which by then the rebels had the A-Wing to counter that as well.
This is the reason that TIE Fighter is one of the greatest games ever made. You don't know how much it sucks to face a highly trained opponent with superior equipment until you fly the TIE fighter into combat. It's like being the pilot of a flying trash can with two lasers attached to it. Also keep in mind that a common tactic of an X-Wing or Y-Wing pilot was to fully charge forward shields and just ram the poor guy in the TIE fighter. No need to debate who survived.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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/speci…
How about the despecialized edition? http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-STAR-WARS-...
> How about the despecialized edition?
I'm a fan and an active user at originaltrilogy.com :-)
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#30This is useful how? This is no better than a read-only image, with right click 'disabled'. It does look pretty. I'll just head to thingiverse or clones. Those sites let you download the models.
The model actually comes from here
http://www.blendswap.com/blends/vehicles/vader-tie-fighter/
where it is download-able