Thank you very much Sid'Blue! :)

Jrandall, you have been making stuff for a really long time. I am thankful to see you come this far bro! I know its a game,but I use alot fo your stuff.

Thank you Sundog! :) And thanks again treker_ed! I mod my own creations in game play a fair amount too. That is the great think about a game like EGS. The changes sounds cool! And again thanks again for the info!

@rollinshultz, Part 2. You had the question if you should release good functioning but brick like creations. My best answer would be try to work out the visuals the best you can first. Do a bunch of experimenting with the goal of making it look as nice as you can. The time spent is well worth it. It will make future builds easier as well. It's especially hard for new authors to get noticed so you want to knock everyone socks off so to say as well as have a good looking blueprint picture. As in modding other creations for RE2, most authors including myself are honored if someone spends the time to mod a creation we have made. However, list the original creation an author in the workshop post. If you don't it could very well upset authors out there as well as players who know of the original creation. I hope that helps and hope to see you get some cool creations to the workshop! :)

Thank you very much rollinshultz and treker_ed! @rollinshultz, I pretty much started building the same way. Well, I first modded a couple prefabs and then ended up building several brick like creations that worked in game but looked bad. With each new creation thou, I experimented with blocks, textures, etc trying to make better looking creations. I didn't release like the first 10 or so creations I made. I finally did release a couple and they hardly got any subs at all. So, on the next build which took way to long lol, I spent a bunch of time trying to make every part of it the best I could which basically was a lot of experimenting with blocks, colors, deco parts, lighting, redoing areas over and over, etc until I felt it looked decent. This build was the Manticore-EX1. It took 3-4 times longer to build than it should have, but I learned a lot doing it. See part 2 :)

I like the design and it nicely complements your Military collection. I am a big fan of HVs in general. Something like in Alien 2 is probably my favorite idea, a dropship having a transport vehicle attached to it, landing and go. Fun roleplay this way. Still an awesome movie. Enjoy playing with XCaliber. Cheers.

@jrandall - glad I could help. I changed mine anyway, but thought I'd give you the heads up about the BP. On mine, I've upgraded all the weapons to the Heavy versions, and added a couple of Laser turrets to the side of the cockpit , removing the thin plates, just to help with reducing shields. Also swapped out the cockpit for one without all the heavy faceted windows - looks a bit gawky sitting a little higher, but I prefer an unobstructed view out of the cockpit. That's just my preference, and nothing to do with your design which seems great - just needs that combat test in the real world (so to speak...)

I can't wait for the tank you have built alongside this one so I'll bring it into RE2 as well and work with it. I try very hard to keep all yours and Movado's (the Ono CV) stuff as close to original as possible especially the looks department as you outclass many other creators and me especially.

Q: I have made one ship so far and it is looks wise "a flying brick", but I have been cleaning up Zirax Comms arrays and other small to medium stations with it so I'm happy to have it, but hesitant to publish it. Did you have that sort of dilemma in the beginning? It seems nobody is doing much with RE2 yet, and after my comments they may not want to so I felt I should publish some of my stuff and remodeled stuff from others to give newbies to RE2 a leg up on this whole generatot overload fiasco. Btw, what is the etiquette of publishing remodels of other's work?

Thank you so much for the explanation. I had your TBM in my workshop and I brought it into RE2. Of course as with anything I bring into RE2 it required thruster and generator rework to not blow up. It seems "generator overload" is one of their favorite tricks. They automatically substituted ion thrusters for the originals and that is the lowest tier now.
But Jrandall to the rescue. To make replacements easier I used what you taught us in your replace blocks video to do the job of replacing all the ion thrusters with plasma ones. I didn't know if it would work with thrusters and other items but I guess as long as they are the same size it does. So now my TBM has good thruster power and I deleted the four generators which they subbed with improved generators and I shoehorned in a fusion generator and an advanced core extender. Now it is a "no blow up". I owe you big time for what you do and what I learn from you.

Thank you Commander Qtatron, ArtemisRouge, rollinshultz, and treker_ed! @rollinshultz, What I mean by core 9 in RE (not RE2), is it would have a standard core, 1 basic, 2 improved cores, and 5 advanced cores. So adding up the cores it comes to 9. Basically it does not need any quantum or auxiliary cores. @Treker_ed, thanks for the info. I Just updated the BP to fix the landing gear issue. I had used the wrong model gear on the back that extended 1 block too far. I replaced the rear landing gear with the right part so it lands correctly. Sorry about that and thanks for the heads up! And thanks again all!

I think the design look great - will certainly be giving this a good test when I get to a decent planet - currently on a plasma planet and I don't think any HV would work very well on that sort of terrain!
@jrandall - I think there is a problem with the landing gear at the front. The rear gear touch down on a deck (Heavy Landing Gear 3 - Retractrable), however, the front gear are floating in the air (Heavy Landing Gear 2 - Retractable) - there seems to be a block difference in the two heights - gear 3 is longer than gear 2.

Hopefully this will show what I'm trying to explain

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561197967966607/screenshot/2421320488777398665/

@rollinshultz - I believe it refers to the core and extenders (Basic X1 + Improved X2 + Advanced X 5) (1 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 9) nothing to do with the Aux or quantum cores - these are exotic addons which help to improve CPU usage.

I hate to admit it but I've been searching for the meaning of "core 9" and I still haven't much of a clue. If it means 1 core and 8 auxillary cores, then I won't be able to use it in RE2. Thay have set limits on auc cores to 2 and quantum cores the same even on CVs. I just installed those on my CV and they are huge in 3x2x2 for the Qs and 2x2x1 for auxillary on a CV.

Very cool.

Great build!, these 4 augers on landing pad looks cute.

Thank you SGT Roc/K/! :)

This was an interesting couple of videos to watch you build it. I'm looking forward to trying it out. Thanks for another great build!

Thank you bad coffee and TiberiumLiquid. It's an odd creation for sure. lol It was fun one to do thou. And thanks again!

Yes nice idea

Huh, interesting. Think that's the first time I've seen a HV meant to carry another vehicle instead of be carried. Nice work.