2005.044 (February 13, 2005)

Standoff's Crossbow Gets Redesigned

Apparently Eder wasn't content with Standoff's original Crossbow model, which is now over three years old. So the ship has undergone a bit of a redesign, and here are the results.

Our old Crossbow sucked, so I went and made a new one which I believe is pretty damn accurate. Thanks to LOAF and BradMick for the reference material. You might notice that its textures look cleaner than the average Standoff fighter's... that was intentional, since in our storyline Crossbows are hot rods just out of the prototype testing stage.

It's a pretty great looking ship. There are some more comparison shots and some discussion about the ship's construction in this thread.

Old And New

Last month we asked you what setting you would prefer for a new fan project. While each option received a fair share of the vote, most people would like something that takes place in the WC1-WC2 era or something that explores what happens after Secret Ops. Our new poll asks how you get DOS games like Privateer to run these days.