I originally found a thunderjaw model made by another user a number of years ago (not sure how to tag him but if you search “thunderjaw [sic] he should pop up) that was just a statue
Usually derivative builds are done through the successor system, and aside from that, crediting original builders are normally done through things like "Special thanks to [@builder name](builder profile link) for [part name](part post name)" or "Credit: [@builder name](builder profile link) for [part name](part post name)".
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So, using this build as an example, credits should usually be done as
"Credit: @nomadeam for the body construction" or something similar.
.... have to say the general aesthetics is much closer to atompunk / raygun-gothic than dieselpunk (as exemplified by the more vivid colors, sharper contrast, and bubble-like shapes); your previous space elevator is solidly within the modern minimalist "iPod" design style.
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Reference: steampunk ≈ pre-WWI, brass pipes, steam engines, pressure gauges, exposed cogs and pistons; dieselpunk ≈ interwar, diesel/gasoline engines, fairings and streamlining, radiators, utilitarian "form follows function" designs; atompunk ≈ early Cold War, vibrant colors, bubble windows, exaggerated aerodynamic features, with an emphasis on space travel.
@DreamerIndusturies
Thanks! And of course you're free to use the guns as long as you give credit somewhere in your build, although.... personally I'd rather introduce you to the updated and generalized codes here.
Also feel free to check out the companion builds, the clip-based autocannon and the L21A1 RARDEN cannon.
@Monarchii
I mean, IRL torpedo boats often carried rockets for more close-in "screw you", so.... Why not combine both?
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(Also, the second proposal sounds vaguely similar to the Japanese torpedo cruisers, or conversely the Yank carriers with Regulus missiles. Seriously, in the world of aerostats the difference between missiles and torpedoes might well be whether they rely solely on aerodynamic lift or not.)
@Monarchii
Yeah, given the gyro only kicks in at terminal guidance range it really wasn't helping much.... Also, no need for the pitch code to include current pitch angle, the pitch input for gyros means "desired pitch angle" already.
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Vanilla gyros tend to spaz out when they cannot counter the aerodynamic forces, so... most of them don't actually need aerodynamic control surfaces esp. when they're meant to be target drones.
The Izmails don't have enough aerodynamic control to countermand the gyros either way, and they fly just fine without control surfaces.
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Either way, here's my ten-minute-fix to this mine/torpille aérienne. The gyro strength is actually pretty good for a slow-moving aerostat-torpedo.
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and somehow your screenshot is missing.
Have to say those massive unprotected bombs are the Type-IB's greatest weakness. Somehow a random burst of machinegun fire from more than a mile away is all it takes to detonate the entire squadron.
Some bollocks will be saying that the description looks AI generated, but no! I'm not using any help of AI to build the description. I've heaten up my head to build some words for the description.
Yeah, preemptive apologies but modern MTLs have advanced enough to not behave like ESLs anymore.
Calling it a "tender" would be a bit of a stretch, I'd say it's closer to a "scout destroyer" with about 3 recon planes in total.
Also, looooooooooooooooong mast.... on a platform that absolutely does NOT require masts to be any taller than the bare minimum, that is!
@LJh2
Not sure why you'd want a RARDEN cannon onboard any aircraft given its abysmal rate of fire, but of course you can as long as you mention where the codes came from.
Also thanks for the spotlight.
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
and Grand Explorer... well, let your imagination run wild!! it could be what it says.. or maybe it's what they call cruisers in this world.. maybe it's just a fancy name..? many options really ;3
I mean, given its *YUGE* glass nose, exposed engines, and lack of traditional sensor masts it's rather clear the airframe is not designed to go toe-to-toe against enemy warships, with the glass nose seemingly designed to be a large panoramic window for either higher-class passengers or for geographers and cartographers to conduct aerial surveying and mapping. The lack of more windows (plus the Southern Airship News Gazette) do suggest the latter, though.
My verdict? The "Grand Explorers" are armed exploration/research ships with enough firepower to fend off potential attackers but not enough structural integrity to survive prolonged conflict. They're good at discovering new locations and plotting new skyroutes while fending off hostile wildlife and sometimes the odd pirate ship, but to send them into active conflict is plain old inadvisable.
I know I'm necro'ing, but.... I've got a similar code since a while ago that works on sum(abs(rate(Activate1)/2))... which should work with repeat function as well. Not sure about the performance cost though.
@SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore
Nobody ever said dieselpunk and retro are mutually exclusive, and pre-war Fallout is more or less atompunk, which IIRC is a subgenre of dieselpunk.
(Reference: steampunk ≈ pre-WWI, dieselpunk ≈ interwar, atompunk ≈ post-WWII / early Cold-War)
TBPH, given your track record, if you felt your previous projects are still subpar, then... oh well, I'll be congratulating you when you reach Plat one day. Nothing warms my heart more than seeing someone reaching high through skill and dedication, instead of spamming the site with pointless drama or worthless trash, afterall.
Can we get dedicated "noisemaker" parts like sirens and horns?
+4Modernized Sea Dart? Goo' ta see ya 'gain and keep up the good work Wizzy!
Usually derivative builds are done through the successor system, and aside from that, crediting original builders are normally done through things like "Special thanks to [@
builder name](builder profile link) for [part name](part post name)" or "Credit: [@builder name](builder profile link) for [part name](part post name)"..
So, using this build as an example, credits should usually be done as
"Credit: @nomadeam for the body construction" or something similar.
@Seeras
@DeezDucks
Could you please make this post a successor to this? Thanks!
@Randomplayer
+2Sorry, personally I use the "not!-" expression to mean "the AU counterpart of", so... sorry again for the confusion.
Viewing from the front/nose, left-to-right:
not! Lockheed P-38 Lightning, not! Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, not! Mitsubishi A7M Reppū, and not! de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito?
@RestlessGalaxies Yurp!
+1Goo' ta' see ya 'gain, Centuri!
+1...?
@Spefyjerbf
My therapist: the Froghog does not exist, it can't hurt you.
+2The Froghog:
Quick question: where does the stairs in 3:23 lead to?
.... have to say the general aesthetics is much closer to atompunk / raygun-gothic than dieselpunk (as exemplified by the more vivid colors, sharper contrast, and bubble-like shapes); your previous space elevator is solidly within the modern minimalist "iPod" design style.
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Reference: steampunk ≈ pre-WWI, brass pipes, steam engines, pressure gauges, exposed cogs and pistons; dieselpunk ≈ interwar, diesel/gasoline engines, fairings and streamlining, radiators, utilitarian "form follows function" designs; atompunk ≈ early Cold War, vibrant colors, bubble windows, exaggerated aerodynamic features, with an emphasis on space travel.
Moonlight? Where have you been? Welcome back!
+1@SuperSuperTheSylph
+1Given the F/A-18 is a descendant of the Northrop YF-17 Cobra, which directly descended from the Northrop F-5E Tiger....
... different hairstyle?
@LegoGuyUAL184 Thanks!
Vultee Swoose Goose?
@Monarchii
@RB107
Or the poster.
@Monarchii
Whimsy?
Whoo! Publishing! Welcome back!
+1++ Shibanovisk Reporting ++
+1Rocket-armed fighters: "So, you have chosen DEATH."
@DreamerIndusturies
+1Thanks! And of course you're free to use the guns as long as you give credit somewhere in your build, although.... personally I'd rather introduce you to the updated and generalized codes here.
Also feel free to check out the companion builds, the clip-based autocannon and the L21A1 RARDEN cannon.
.... the heck am I looking at...
+1Lemme guess: the propeller tips go supersonic in cruise, the crew often suffer from hearing loss, and they can be heard from the ocean floor?
+1@Monarchii
I mean, IRL torpedo boats often carried rockets for more close-in "screw you", so.... Why not combine both?
.
(Also, the second proposal sounds vaguely similar to the Japanese torpedo cruisers, or conversely the Yank carriers with Regulus missiles. Seriously, in the world of aerostats the difference between missiles and torpedoes might well be whether they rely solely on aerodynamic lift or not.)
@Monarchii
Yeah, given the gyro only kicks in at terminal guidance range it really wasn't helping much.... Also, no need for the pitch code to include current pitch angle, the pitch input for gyros means "desired pitch angle" already.
.
.
.
Vanilla gyros tend to spaz out when they cannot counter the aerodynamic forces, so... most of them don't actually need aerodynamic control surfaces esp. when they're meant to be target drones.
The Izmails don't have enough aerodynamic control to countermand the gyros either way, and they fly just fine without control surfaces.
.
.
.
Either way, here's my ten-minute-fix to this mine/torpille aérienne. The gyro strength is actually pretty good for a slow-moving aerostat-torpedo.
.
.
.
and somehow your screenshot is missing.
Have to say those massive unprotected bombs are the Type-IB's greatest weakness. Somehow a random burst of machinegun fire from more than a mile away is all it takes to detonate the entire squadron.
@LunarEclipseSP
+3Wrong Kirov. No less deadly though given the number of chonker missiles a Kirov-class can lob at a moment's notice...
... is that a kamikaze airship?
+1Yeah, preemptive apologies but modern MTLs have advanced enough to not behave like ESLs anymore.
+1Mikoyan?
WELCOME BAAAAAAAACK ! ! !
+1Grats on gold!
+1@Monarchii *meow* :3
The Brits, "there's more than one way to skin a cat".
The AU equivalent to the interwar/1920-1930s?
++KIROV REPORTING ! ! ! ++
VAN Hursoye W H E N
... could anybody please help me identify the ship in the background?
+4Calling it a "tender" would be a bit of a stretch, I'd say it's closer to a "scout destroyer" with about 3 recon planes in total.
Also, looooooooooooooooong mast.... on a platform that absolutely does NOT require masts to be any taller than the bare minimum, that is!
Always thought those flying battleships operate on some sort of antigrav or ersatz eezo, but okay...
@LJh2
+1Not sure why you'd want a RARDEN cannon onboard any aircraft given its abysmal rate of fire, but of course you can as long as you mention where the codes came from.
Also thanks for the spotlight.
@LJh2
Thanks for the upvotes!
... now, any comments on the setup?
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
+2THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
@Monarchii
I mean, given its *YUGE* glass nose, exposed engines, and lack of traditional sensor masts it's rather clear the airframe is not designed to go toe-to-toe against enemy warships, with the glass nose seemingly designed to be a large panoramic window for either higher-class passengers or for geographers and cartographers to conduct aerial surveying and mapping. The lack of more windows (plus the Southern Airship News Gazette) do suggest the latter, though.
+1My verdict? The "Grand Explorers" are armed exploration/research ships with enough firepower to fend off potential attackers but not enough structural integrity to survive prolonged conflict. They're good at discovering new locations and plotting new skyroutes while fending off hostile wildlife and sometimes the odd pirate ship, but to send them into active conflict is plain old inadvisable.
May I talk to you about our lord and chonker, the Kawanishi KX-03?
Sound the foghorns; the airships are back!!!
* HONK *
* HOOOOOONNNNNNK *
+1I know I'm necro'ing, but.... I've got a similar code since a while ago that works on
+1sum(abs(rate(Activate1)/2))... which should work withrepeatfunction as well. Not sure about the performance cost though.@SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore
+2Nobody ever said dieselpunk and retro are mutually exclusive, and pre-war Fallout is more or less atompunk, which IIRC is a subgenre of dieselpunk.
(Reference: steampunk ≈ pre-WWI, dieselpunk ≈ interwar, atompunk ≈ post-WWII / early Cold-War)
TBPH, given your track record, if you felt your previous projects are still subpar, then... oh well, I'll be congratulating you when you reach Plat one day. Nothing warms my heart more than seeing someone reaching high through skill and dedication, instead of spamming the site with pointless drama or worthless trash, afterall.
+2=^.^= Meow? :3
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