By Captain Starkiller for BlackOps Station, 2001-02-09

Lord Biles' Realm

Captain Derek Starkiller:
Lord... Bile? Why Bile?

Lord Bile:
When I was 16 years old, that was the name of one of my favorite bands

Captain Derek Starkiller::
rock?

Lord Bile:
still is, i should add

Lord Bile:
metal

Captain Derek Starkiller:
excellent

Captain Derek Starkiller:
Where do you place tour character wihtin the SFC universe?

Lord Bile:
what do you mean "character"?

Derek:
I guess I should say, "Do you ever get into a character within the game?
Placing yourself into it."

Lord Bile:
Not any character in particular, but I usually assume an alter ego, Like "Capt Krull", who happens to be fairly kamikaze like. Very, very aggressive doesn't care whether he lives or dies when in battle

Derek:
What race?

Lord Bile:
federation

Derek:
era?

Lord Bile:
TMP

Derek:
kewl...

Lord Bile:
no wait

Lord Bile:
TNG

Lord Bile:
sorry

Derek:
I put myself in the Late TMP Era... pre-dominion war

Derek:
wormholes not really active yet

Lord Bile:
wormholes are cool

Derek:
Tell me about the Bilorians... if you don't mind...?

Lord Bile:
not at all

Lord Bile says:
they are a very aggressive reptilian like race, who are the way they are because of the harsh conditions of their homeworld, as they evolved, they had to battle much larger reptiles in order to survive

Derek:
Gorn like?

Lord Bile says:
no

Lord Bile says:
not Gorn like

Lord Bile says:
they have a partial exoskeleton

Derek:
very kewl!

Lord Bile says:
which makes them extremely tough to battle hand to hand, similar to the Gorn in strength, but they have a much different appearance

Derek:
warm or cold blooded?

Lord Bile says:
I have all this on documents that will be included in the download of the race

Lord Bile says:
warm blooded

Lord Bile says:
that happened through evolution

Derek:
How long have they been a space faring race... how far back have you gone with their history?

Lord Bile says:
well, as far as how long they have been space fairing, its been at least 1000 years, it took the first wave a couple hundred years to get to our galaxy...then they constructed a main wormhole gate when they arrived, linking the 2 galaxies

Derek:
Where did they first arrive in Alpha Quadrant?

Lord Bile says:
on the farthest edge of the alpha quadrant, the farthest edge away from federation headquarters, it is a very secluded area, few patrols

Derek:
cool...

Derek:
Is this a "mod" or a series of textures and models? Easy installation? Available for public?

Lord Bile says:
well, I haven't decided if it will a "mod" yet. but so far I have 4 vessels, and 2 structures, along with some race info, and 2 new sounds

Lord Bile says:
download will be available soon

Derek:
excellent.

Derek:
How do feel about the SFC community? With the release of SFC2, many new faces are showing up!

Lord Bile says:
I think it is great, the more modelers the better, It is adding more and more great ships and races to an excellent game, as for sfc2, I haven't had much of a chance to play it, my computer cant handle, it, but I will have a new one next week

Derek:
Very kewl! What are you getting?

Lord Bile says:
I am getting one built, a p-3 933 Mhz with 245 mb of ram upgradeable to over 700 mb.

Lord Bile says:
256 I mean

Lord Bile says:
lol

Derek:
what video?

Lord Bile says:
it is coming with a ATI Radeon 32 mb 4x, but I will be upgrading that soon

Derek:
nice.

Derek:
What are you r plans as far as modeling goes? You have the plug-in working?

Lord Bile says:
Well, I have the plug in and 3d StudioMax now, But I am hoping that Pneumonic81 will be gracious enough to help me learn how to use it

Derek:
sweet!

Lord Bile says:
then I will help the other modelers learn it

Derek:
I love the way the new models appear with the illumination maps. Delekhan's Romulans illuminated, are one of my recent acquisitions. Are you planning on "lighting" your current collection of models, or new ones?

Lord Bile says:
i will be illuminating my new race and my newest models, but I don't plan on re-doing all my models, just my best

Lord Bile says:
probably the ones from the last 3 months

Lord Bile says:
since I got uview

Derek:
which model is your favorite of yours? of the community's?

Lord Bile says:
My favorite has to still be the Conquestor, that has got to be one of my very best (imo) as for the community, I'd rather not say, I don't want to ruffle any feathers

Derek:
Ruffle feathers? In this community?

Lord Bile says:
lol

Lord Bile says:
I'm trying not to do that anymore

Derek:
Are you a Trekkie?

Lord Bile says:
Id have to say yes

Lord Bile says:
but I don't go around wearing a uniform or carrying a communicator shaped cell phone

Derek:
cool, when was your last convention?

Lord Bile says:
never been to one

Lord Bile says:
well, i take that back

Lord Bile says:
I went to one when I was about 10, and met Sir William Shatner

Derek:
Heheheh, did you think it was a toupee?

Lord Bile says:
I knew it was, Because he wasn't wearing one!! lol

Derek:
Wow...

Derek:
Do you play a specific ERA then when you play SFC?

Lord Bile says:
I always play late, which in my game, is TNG

Lord Bile says:
I have them broke up on the spec file

Lord Bile says:
early is TOS, mid is TMP, and late is TNG

Derek:
very kewl... do you have that spec file available for download?

Lord Bile says:
no way, that took a lot of hours from me, and I think the best way to learn is to do it on your own...no offense anyone

Derek:
heheheh, no problem!

Derek:
How do you feel about Universal Specs then?

Lord Bile says:
I think it is a very good idea when playing online with strangers...but when I am playing with friends of mine, anything goes

Derek:
heheh, cool.

Derek:
What inspires you to model?

Lord Bile says:
Well, I wouldn't say anything in particular, but I like to think to myself, that someday Paramount will some of the work that some of us are doing and offer us jobs (just a dream)

Lord Bile says:
I just think its very fun also

Derek:
good plan, nice dream

Derek:
got to have fun, imo, too

Derek:
Would you rather play SFC on a console system?

Lord Bile says:
that would be , NO.

Derek:
why?

Lord Bile says:
I just prefer being able to modify my game to no end, I haven't seen a console system that can do that yet

Derek:
good answer

Derek:
What program do you use to texture?

Lord Bile says:
Paintshop Pro 7

Lord Bile says:
apply then in UView

Derek:
kewl

Derek:
Weapons textures? Have you changed them or modified other aspects in the game besides the models?

Lord Bile says:
I have created a couple sounds here and there, and if you ever look a t any of my screenshots, you can see the shield texture I did, Very dark, almost invisible, but you can still see what your shields are looking like, but allows the model to stand out more

Derek:
That was created for SFC1, right?

Lord Bile says:
yes

Derek:
you made that?!

Lord Bile says:
yes

Derek:
did you ever have it for download?

Lord Bile says:
no, not yet

Derek:
hmm... ok. Maybe you sent it to me when I was back at SFB2SFC, but I am using an "invisible shields" texture... I love it! Still barely see it... will you have any of this available for download?

Lord Bile says:
I will soon, but I cant say more than that

Lord Bile says:
There a lot of things brewing that I cant say much about

Derek:
Oh? Man... how unfair

Derek:
waaah...

Lord Bile says:
sorry man, I promised

Derek:
I wont bother you anymore on that then...

Derek:
Is there anything else you would like to add?

Lord Bile says:
Just this...I hope everyone out there making new races keeps it up, and don't let this be a fad, keep it going, maybe Taldren will contact you about it!!!!!

Derek:
Good advice, man... thanks!

Be sure to visit Realm of LB where you can find several new models for your downloading pleasure. You can also find out more about the B'lorians, and hopefully, about that big secret ;)

Update: 20/0103/03

Lord Bile is now a member of Apoc's Dominion of Modders.