Ki-tat Chung Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 Done and done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 I hate to ask the inevitable question but... what have you done Kitat... :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 You are now here ?   https://www.ozpeace.net/pinegap/pinegapmap.htm  :o :dontgetit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocFrance Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 Seems rather close to an airport... and Alice Springs, which is a major city IIRC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted September 23, 2002 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2002 A quick Googling later: Alice Springs is only about 30,000 people, many of who work at Pine Gap. It's famous because it's "near" Uluru/Ayers Rock (450km) and because there's no towns of larger size within 1000km. Talk about the middle of nowhere - this would be it.It has an airport because sometimes it's just too far to drive.Any natives, feel free to correct me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki-tat Chung Posted September 29, 2002 Report Share Posted September 29, 2002 kinda hard when you live in a suburban area. go ask carlos what melbourne is like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 Right give me time but I'm taking JFish Green's work a little further but only on paper for now... I started doodling in a really boring History lecture a week or so ago and I was trying to figure out how the hangar's in Pine Gap lifted aircraft to the surface of the base but still allowed them to fly straight out of the hangar... A few lessons later and I now have the hyrdaulics sorted and both exit tubes to the hangar, as well as the maintenance rooms, fuel tank and supply line and the Tactical Command part of the Hangar complex. Finding this quite interesting I'm now using the plans made by JFG to see if I can make the rest of the base as an actual architectural plan... It's working fine so far! But I'm afraid it's quite a long way away from gameplay now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki-tat Chung Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 Come one, come all! See the game that evolved from a fan fic to a multi-billion dollar project! Play the game that you thought was dead! that would make me laugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 3, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 As I may have said, I actually have this as a 2D & 3D file. It was created in AutoCAD LT (2D first, then I put all the floorplans together and gave them some depth assignments) so I can supply a DXF file to any 3D rendering program. (It was a slow week at work.) Looking forward to Vet's added detail. If we build it, will they come? :alien2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 What's your email address JFish? I'd like to show you what I'm doing just so you know. I changed the 2D plans a little to incorporate various other facilities and whatnot so I'd like you to check it out, see what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 4, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2002 address PM'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 4, 2002 Report Share Posted October 4, 2002 Indeed, I've mailed you the blueprints and Pmed you back. Hope you like what I've done with the place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 7, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 <one perusal later>In L33tspeak: K33wl...  Please, get these up on hosted links if you can.  I'd still put the indoor range next to (behind?) the armoury. As long as the canteen, maybe. Thus keeping most weapons on the hangar level.  Also, I think your launch tubes are pointed north at the surface buildings that disguise the lifts. Is that true? Is "Tactical Command" the ready room? Anyone know what happens in a rec room that doesn't happen in a canteen or gym? Pool table? But having medlab on the hangar level is useful. In general: I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted October 7, 2002 Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 Definitely at least one pool table! Probably lots of comfy seating for people to hang out and chat with each other. Oh, and don't you think we'd have to have some computer games somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 7, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 Do you think they serve *gasp* ALCOHOL?? I guess the PX (=corner shop) would be here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocFrance Posted October 7, 2002 Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 Actually, it'd probably be a BX, since its a base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 There may be a little alcohol I guess... Thanks JFish I'll have a poke around later and see about the range I'm not sure what I could swap it with though... I may just provide a secure lift for weapon transfer... Or a mini armoury behind the range with one of each weapon and special range ammo... I'll definitely make it bigger though. And the Tactical Command rooms are located at the top of each hangar's back wall inside the wall... They are accessed via the hangars themselves and have two floors. The bottom floor provides monitoring and control of craft in the hangar. The top floor provides a view into the vertical launching platform and controls radio communication with aircraft outsde of the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 8, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 OK then, I'd say you still want a ready room near the hangars, to assemble the pilots in their flight gear and tell them what mission they're flying today. Also good for soldiers before the mission, to decide what weapon mix they'll need before they actually hit the armoury. The range could just extend back of the armoury, carve another room into the rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 Hmm... That it could... That it could...Ok, ready room needs creating somewhere then... JFish, what messenger service do you have? Anything or not? If you don't you should get one. It'd be good to be able to chat and transfer files... Edit... Done JFish. I couldn't move the range because I put the ready room behind the armoury. I thought it would make sense if they went in there for final preperation and grabbed their weapons on the way to the hangar. The way I have the base set out now means that they have to go briefing room - lift - armoury/toilet - ready room - armoury - hangar. And they're off. (The toilet is attached to the corridor and the ready room but soldiers aren't expected to use it as access!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 10, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 It'll make the base defence battle interesting. Ever seen a toilet hit by four different types of advanced weaponry? But no; consider that toilet two single WC's back to back with a divider wall. I don't have a PM service, so it's hard to get hold of me in realtime. Yahoo messenger might work. I still think the armoury and range would do better on the same level - keeps armed men from bumping into the scientists. Any more corridors to extend or rearrange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 Well your design kept the corridors central on each floor and I didn't want really to rearrange it massively... The hangar floor is already extremely crowded due to the fact there are three hangars there! Not to mention workshops, ammo stores and all sorts. The barracks have been expanded massively to accomodate all base personnel as well... I really don't see how I can put them together... I'll take another look though.JFish, a question. Radar dish or radar dome? That's it but the surface model is narly complete and the radar is a bit unfinished shall we say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 10, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 Dome. If I remember the Pine Gap lit correctly, the dome is only a bit of awning stretched over a geodesic frame, just so observers can't easily tell which way the dish inside is pointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 Dome it is then... Tht means I get to make a frame myself... cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted January 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Vet's blueprints are now hosted at my geocities site. In the attached link, the 'Proposal' pictures are mine and the 'Blueprint' pictures are Vet's. X-Com Base Blueprints I'm willing to discuss the merits of each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Nice one JFish but did I ever send you the ones I did in paint? It'd be good to put them up as well as they're 100% accurate and labelled properly too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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