B-Wing Ugly v1.1

Update note

This OPT was released (as version 1) on 25th July 1999; this is a re-release with my old address removed from the readme.

This is a quick hack based on X-Wing Alliance's B-Wing, X-Wing and Death Star interior tripod gun models.

This mod comes with NO WARRANTY, express or implied, including any implied warranty of "fitness for purpose".

More OPTs are available at http://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/2000/paradox/xwa/.

Simon McVittie
6 May 2003

Original documentation (edited)

Corellian B-Wing Ugly

Version: X-Wing Alliance, 25 July 1999

Files included:

xwa-bwing_ugly-1.1.html: This file
BWingUgly.opt: Craft 3D model
B-Wing Ugly.jpg: In-flight picture of alternative model

No patches are available yet, but suggested statistics are shown below.

CRAFT REPORT

Full Name: Corellian B-Wing Ugly
Ident. Code: C-BW or UGLY
Designation: Heavy Attack Fighter
Manufacturer: Various, from Slayn & Korpil/Incom/Corellian Engineering Corp. components
In use by: Various
Size: 9.7 metres
Crew: 1-2
Performance:

SPEED	80 MGLT	SHIELDS	90
ACCELERATION	13 MGLT/s	HULL	50 RU
MANEUVERABILITY	60 DPF	CANNONS	2 las., 1 turbolaser
HYPERDRIVE	Fitted	WARHEADS	St. load 12

Comments: "Uglies" or "chop-jobs" are hybrid starfighters built from whatever spare parts their manufacturer can find. This unusual specimen was encountered in the Corellian Sector and was based on the hull from a wrecked or damaged New Republic B-Wing. Its destroyed cockpit has been replaced with one from an old YT-1300 transport, and one of its three lasers has been exchanged for a clumsy but lethal weapon designed as a fixed, ground-based, anti-tank cannon. Since my OPT still looked too much like a B-Wing, I also gave it X-Wing S-foils, assuming that its original wings had been damaged.

Pilot Report: This Ugly is just as awkward to fly as it looks. Its maneuverability and speed are less than those of the original B-Wing, its weapon positioning is horrible, and the gun harmonisation motors have jammed or broken leaving its weapons difficult to aim. On the plus side, its shields can soak up a lot of damage, its hull is still quite tough, and its starship-grade turbolaser cannon, while tricky to fire correctly, does almost as much damage as a concussion missile. Note that the targeting computer identifies the turbolaser as an ion cannon, as it uses the engine power feed originally intended for the B-Wing's ion array. This Ugly has a good warhead load, although not quite as much as a real B-Wing since the turbolaser's power cells take up a lot of hull space.

OPT DETAILS

Creator: Simon "Psychic" McVittie Craft source: Ambush at Corellia
OPT base: Corellian Transport, B-Wing, X-Wing, tripod gun from Death Star mission
Tools used: Jed, Jed2Prj, AceDxf, XW Engine Glow Editor, IrfanView
Suggested craft to replace: Any fighter, if enabled with BinHexEdit

S-FOILS	FG TEXTURES	ENGINE GLOWS	LAS. HARDPOINTS	WARH. HARDPOINTS	HITZONES	PATCHES INCLUDED
Yes, if in X-W or B-W slot	Yes, normal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	None

Known bugs:

Some textures become blurred when hardware mipmapping is disabled, or in the Craft Database
May produce unexpected results if a patch is not used to enable its turbolaser.

Advanced: (copy unknowns from B-Wing)

	IN-GAME	EXE
SHD REC RATE	n/a	10
HYPERDRIVE	Yes	1
GUN CONVERGENCE	No	0
SHIELDS	Yes	1
SHIELD STRENGTH	90 SBD	4500
SENSITIVITY TO FIRE	n/a	4
HULL STRENGTH	50 RU	5250
SYSTEMS STRENGTH	n/a	15
SPEED	80 MGLT	180
ACCEL RATE	13 MGLT/s	29
DECEL RATE	n/a	45
ROLL	(60 DPF)	30
PITCH	(60 DPF)	15
COCKPIT	YT-1300	CorellianTransport2

	IN-GAME	EXE
1st LASER TYPE	Red Laser	280
2nd LASER TYPE	Green Superlas.	303
3rd LASER TYPE	None	0
1st LASER START RACK	n/a	0
2nd LASER START RACK	n/a	2
3rd LASER START RACK	n/a	0
1st LASER END RACK	n/a	1
2nd LASER END RACK	n/a	2
3rd LASER END RACK	n/a	0
1st LASER LINK CODE	Twin	2
2nd LASER LINK CODE	Single	1
3rd LASER LINK CODE	(none)	0
1st LASER SEQUENCE	n/a	1
2nd LASER SEQUENCE	n/a	2
3rd LASER SEQUENCE	n/a	0
1st WARHEAD TYPE	n/a	286
2nd WARHEAD TYPE	n/a	0
1st WARHEAD START RACK	n/a	3
2nd WARHEAD START RACK	n/a	0
1st WARHEAD END RACK	n/a	4
2nd WARHEAD END RACK	n/a	0
1st WARHEAD LINK CODE	Twin	2
2nd WARHEAD LINK CODE	(none)	0
1st WARHEAD CAPACITY	2 x 6	6
2nd WARHEAD CAPACITY	0	0
COUNTERMEASURES	12	12

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