
Title		: U.S.S Constellation
Filename	: Constellation.zip
Version		: 1.1 final
		This ship can be used in SFC and SFC II
Date		: 2/2/2001
Author		: Don Woligroski (A.K.A. - Cleeve)
Email		: soulwolf@escape.ca
website         : www.STARYARDS.com
Credits		: Brad at SFB to SFC (I think it's Brad...?), for making the SCME
 utility available to us starship lovers, and whose readme file I used as a template
 as my own! check them out at http://starfleet.thegamers.net

*****NOTE*****

		Use the file Constellation.mod for SFC
		Use the file Constellation-i.mod for SFC II

Note also that there is a high poly version of the illuminated SFC II mod in a subdirectory. This mod has 3500 polys and greatly improved warp engines, while the basic mod has 2000 polys and low-detail warp engines. 


Description of the Modification
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The Constellation class... Picard's stargazer is the most famous of these ships, they have
been used extensively in ST:TNG as examples of "older" starships.

In SFC, I consider the Constellation class to be on par with the Excelsior (as far as BPV goes)
and therefore I use the model to replace the New Jersey Class battlecruiser.

This is my second Constellation class... the older version was my first attempt at making mods
for Starfleet Command. It was a mangled Federation battleship mesh with custom textures.
This one, however, is a completely new mesh, ground up. This is one of my favorite ships, so
I wanted to do her proud.


Steps to install
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1.  Make a new directory in your Starfleet Command\Assets\Models\  folder called "Constellation"
2.  Copy the contents of the zip file into the new "Starfleet Command\Assets\Models\Constellation\" folder.
3.  Finally, open the sfbspc.txt file (or shiplist.txt in sfc II) located in the
 Starfleet Command\Assets\Specs\ folder with MS Excel.
    a.  From here you have two choices you can:
	1.  Replace the model geometry of one of the existing ships
        (the new Jersey class is my pick) 
	with the following \Assets\Models\CONSTELLATION\Constellaion.mod (for SFC)
        OR with the following \Assets\Models\CONSTELLATION\Constellaion-i.mod (for SFC II)

    b.  Or :
	1. you can insert the Constellation stats inbetween the existing row entries of the sfbspc.txt file.
	   <<CAUTION:  This may cause some problems with the function of SFC, espically during 
	     Multiplayer and Single player campaigns>>


Copyright and Distribution Permissions
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THIS PATCH IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY INTERPLAY
 TM & (C) INTERPLAY & PARAMOUNT PICTURES.

Copyright notices: 

Star Trek, Star Fleet Command, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Star Trek: Voyager (and the various logo devices used in them) are copyright Paramount Pictures,
as are the characters, related images, and sound from the productions. 

If you use this model in any Starleet Command project please include this file. 
If you make this file available at your website or anothers please include a link to
http://starfleet.thegamers.net

Please do not modify this file or the included texture with out seeking the authors opinion.
Nothing legal here, it is just polite.

