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Kelvin timeline vanity shield bugs + gripes list
avnas
Member Posts: 51 Arc User
1) Bussard collectors. for a less star-trek technically texture artist, the glowing bits on the front of nacelles.
as you may be able to see from this image, the bussard collector part applies at an offset angle. it's not centered on the center of the sphere. but the worst part is that this is actually the only configuration, on the only ship, where i managed to get this great visual to apply in a meaningful way anywhere on any of my ships. one of the main things that i was hoping for from this vanity shield was that this kelvin destroyer bussard effect would be applied more convincingly to all ships. but it's just not, on a lot of ships it doesn't even use the texture or it's stretched and distorted, or barely visible.
2) also in the above image, the deflector, again while it's nice on ships like this that have an external deflector, it's very plain and not very bright, or just not visible on ships that have a "physical deflector" like the jem'hadar dreadnought - as opposed to an external one. considering the main parts of the shield are the bussard and deflectors, it's weird they're not very prominent on a lot of ships.
3) the description has been consistently incorrect
the shield applies kelvin timeline federation skin to feds, as per the blog
the description says it applies altamid visuals, but as far as i can tell doesn't
the shield applies kelvin timeline D7 skin to KDF, not mentioned anywhere before i equipped it on a kdf
4) there is no secondary hull pattern for this shield
with a lot of previous vanity shields, for example hur'q shield, the areas of the ship that are secondary hull pattern have a different texture, giving the shields a lot of 'pop' compared to their standard counterparts. but the kelvin shield just applies the same texture to these areas.
5) disappointment coming from mis description
one of the main reasons to buy this shield would have been to get federation hull pattern on KDF, but since it has multiple styles, this is not the case, thus devaluing the shield. nobody wants to buy a green hull pattern on kdf, and not many people really want another fed hull pattern on fed.
if i was in charge of this shield i would have just made it the federation hull pattern, saved the kdf or altamid styles for later.
as you may be able to see from this image, the bussard collector part applies at an offset angle. it's not centered on the center of the sphere. but the worst part is that this is actually the only configuration, on the only ship, where i managed to get this great visual to apply in a meaningful way anywhere on any of my ships. one of the main things that i was hoping for from this vanity shield was that this kelvin destroyer bussard effect would be applied more convincingly to all ships. but it's just not, on a lot of ships it doesn't even use the texture or it's stretched and distorted, or barely visible.
2) also in the above image, the deflector, again while it's nice on ships like this that have an external deflector, it's very plain and not very bright, or just not visible on ships that have a "physical deflector" like the jem'hadar dreadnought - as opposed to an external one. considering the main parts of the shield are the bussard and deflectors, it's weird they're not very prominent on a lot of ships.
3) the description has been consistently incorrect
the shield applies kelvin timeline federation skin to feds, as per the blog
the description says it applies altamid visuals, but as far as i can tell doesn't
the shield applies kelvin timeline D7 skin to KDF, not mentioned anywhere before i equipped it on a kdf
4) there is no secondary hull pattern for this shield
with a lot of previous vanity shields, for example hur'q shield, the areas of the ship that are secondary hull pattern have a different texture, giving the shields a lot of 'pop' compared to their standard counterparts. but the kelvin shield just applies the same texture to these areas.
5) disappointment coming from mis description
one of the main reasons to buy this shield would have been to get federation hull pattern on KDF, but since it has multiple styles, this is not the case, thus devaluing the shield. nobody wants to buy a green hull pattern on kdf, and not many people really want another fed hull pattern on fed.
if i was in charge of this shield i would have just made it the federation hull pattern, saved the kdf or altamid styles for later.
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