Simon B's Ships OXP

Overview

This is a collection of Simon Bridge's models and textures from the following OXP's:
1) Fer-de-Lance and Escape Pod from Neolite Ships OXP.
2) Bushmaster Miner, Chameleon, Ghavial, Iguana, Monitor, Mussurana, Ophidan Yacht, Python Class Cruiser, and Salamander from Neolite Companion OXP.
3) Asp Explorer, Cobra Courier, Cobra Rapier, Drake Mk I, and Wolf Mk I from Neolite Wolfies OXP.

So What?

I've always been a fan of Simon Bridge's modeling and texturing skills. My aim with this OXP was to add some visual effects by rendering the ships with new shaders and textures. Well, the shaders aren't exactly new. I used Oolite's built in vertex shader and Keeper's fragment shader. Another goal was to bring these ships up to speed for Oolite 1.80, which offers new AI's and ship roles.

New Textures

I left Simon's diffuse textures untouched but I tweaked the models in Wings3D to give each ship a streamlined appearance rather than all hard edges. I used the diffuse texture as a base and created from them the following:
1) Greyscale specular map in the alpha channel of the diffuse texture.
2) Effects Map for glowing effects.
3) Normal Map with a greyscale hull tint map in the alpha channel.

Configuration Changes

I thoroughly tested each ship for validation of all hard points for the shipdata.plist. I adjusted the weapons and view positions as needed. Aft views were edited so the exhaust plume would not obscure the HUD or interfere with targeting. I amended the shipyard.plist and created a shiplibrary.plist.

Shipyard

Ship	Max Cargo	Max Velocity	Energy	Weapon Facings	Pylons	Shields	Base Price
Asp Explorer	5	380	350/4.25	2	1	Both	300,000 Cr.
Chameleon	40	300	280/3.0	2	4	Both	200,000 Cr.
Cobra Courier	30	350	256/4.5	4	2	Both	250,000 Cr.
Cobra Rapier	25	360	320/4.5	2	2	Both	175,000 Cr.
Drake Mk. I	10	300	256/2.5	2	2	Both	125,000 Cr.
Fer-de-Lance SS	12	350	256/4.5	2	2	Both	450,000 Cr.
Ghavial	25	250	300/4.0	4	4	Boosters	300,000 Cr.
Iguana	15	370	320/4.0	2	4	Both	280,000 Cr.
Monitor	50	180	420/4.0	4	5	Both	320,000 Cr.
Mussurana	15	375	256/4.75	3	4	Both	500,000 Cr.
Ophidian Yacht	20	360	220/3.0	2	2	Both	175,000 Cr.
Python Class Cruiser	75	350	450/3.5	2	4	Boosters	350,000 Cr.
Salamander	25	370	280/4.0	4	3	Both	250,000 Cr.
Wolf Mk. I	15	400	320/4.25	2	2	Both	250,000 Cr.