Bigger ships???

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Ok, i was just wondering if anyone else felt that the capital ships were too small. If anyone remembers descent freespace, the capital ships in that were just massive and so i was wondering if anyone has created, is working on, or knows where i can go and what to do to simply increase the size of the ships. I dont want to change their power or anything else. just make them 2 or 3 times bigger than their current size.

Thanks

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
As far as I know, ships and buildings aren't scaled at all, and used as-is from the models. So making bigger ships will require you to scale/re-do the models.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I think the average capitalship is too small with respect to gameplay and battle graphics, thats probably just a question of personal taste though. Of course the bigger you make the ship the more detail you need to pull it off.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
best look would be resize everything as.. fighters the size of frigates, frigates the
size of capital ships, capital ships triple size and planets and systems triple in
size as well.. Dont know if it would induce some lag in big battles it might.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
There are several capital ship mods, though I don't know if any of them make them larger. I do think that they are a bit underpowered though. A capital ship can be destroyed by about a dozen or two of light frigates, which is sort of lame.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Why every people want bigger size? Make frigates and crusiers smaller will more effective then enlarge other things I think  :NOTSURE:
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Why every people want bigger size? Make frigates and crusiers smaller will more effective then enlarge other things I think  
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Haha, I find the comparison to Freespace quite amusing, because the scale in Sins is on the exact same terms. In FS you fly in a fighter, so everything seems huge. And sure enough in Sins if you camera focus and zoom in on a single fighter, capital ships will take up most of your screen. But since you're usually always focused on frigates and cruisers (which are much bigger than the fighters in their own right), the capital ships comparatively aren't as ginormous. If instead you flew a Corvette or something in FS2, most capitals wouldn't stand out nearly as much, not counting the supercapitals like the Colossus and Sathanas.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
Why every people want bigger size?
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More detail, less quantity different gameplay.