Agreed, and it looks like it'd be so easy to add one into the design. Just rework that triangular panel area of the floor (surrounded by hazard stripes) into a lifting table with bench seating folding out from underneath. This way you preserve the current open area while adding in the utility of a table. Regarding the missing toilet, a portable box toilet would totally work (attach it to a cargo grid spot in the cargo hold and your're good). A more complete answer might be to put the toilet in the same area as the turret access tube and have the turret seat deploy up into turret ball and then have the toilet (shower too?) move into position with the turret seat out of the way. Result is at least a good workable toilet for a ship which, after all, does have bunk beds. The downside being a more complex set of animations and some fresh modeling and use cases for the turret tube. Also, I'd hope an interlock would be included to prevent the activation of the turret from squishing somebody using the toilet/shower.
I really liked your 3D model for the design. It gave me a much better idea of what you were talking about. If you had extra time in future videos, I'd love to see more 3D models!
Yes, you beat me to it. I like the idea of the retracting table and turret seat. That alone would make the Cutlass would give that "dead space" more function. The Cutlass is not a big ship, but there is a dead zone that make you feel like you're missing something.
I've tried to do this with the 600i, but I'm struggling a bit with getting an accurate scale reference. Plus the 600i effectively has 4 decks in a rather weird arrangement that makes it hard to be sure from seeing it inside alone how everything is physically related. To some extent this wouldn't matter, even if the scaling is off a bit, but one of my main 'fixes' requires having a good idea of where the aft area is in relation to the crew quarters on the lower decks. Whether my idea is viable is highly dependent on where these two areas are in relation to one another, and that's actually pretty difficult to work out.
@Bruce Wayne all we can do now is hope. I'd really hate to see this fail. And realistically speaking, it could go both ways. But as of now... I'm REALLY hoping here.
With all due respect, enough time wasted on reworks. It's time to finish the EXISTING concepts they still havent made, such as the Merchantman, Carrack, Hull series, Defender, San'Tok'Yal, Idris variants, Kraken, Endeavor, Pioneer base builder.... I mean isn't it enough?! xD Finish ships first, THEN do rework of old ships. Be happy you can at least fly the Cutlass.
@@Baleur They had to do all the rework because of the technologie update. All the old ships weren't usable with all the new systems, so you would lhave lost them... They are working on the cutlass red and blue right now, so it would fit to make that change as well. Else I would say, wait for later. There will always be some reworks along with new ships. You just got the huge 890 jump so don't be impatient. I think everybody wants a finnished game with all the ships and all the planets and all the stuff to do, but this takes time...
@@Baleur well I cannot see that I said something about "do a rework now and forget all the other ships" ;-) But there will be a time for a rework and then they should keep his concept in mind. I am absolutly with you, that all the concepts should finally come to life and also the needed game mechanics. But there has to be reworks done. Some ships are buggy af because they are so old. The Starfarer for example. It is buggy and together with the Caterpillar they are hard to use. You clip through the walls when flying in QT, texture fails etc. Plus the Game mechanic for fuel salvaging and filling up other ships is missing. I want new ships...but I also want to fly the still existing ships with joy.
11:29 Drake isn't known for extra safety measures. That's why this ship is supposed to pack an extra punch when other ships already made use of their safety measures. That's how I see this ship and Drake as a whole
I also think it's a weird critique when the "glass" they use is actually a polymer that is as strong as steel according to Star Citizen's lore, so it's just as likely for the hull to fail and kill any resting crew.
I honestly find it interesting that I understand the Cutlass is a pirate reference, but honestly, its design is far more like a lance: go straight, go fast, and go through it.
@tommy aronson LOL Quite possibly to mechanically do it, but I have zero artistic sense, so I wouldn't necessarily make it look pretty or just even make sense.
Funny how people are drawn to certain things. Probably can't really explain why, can you? XD Me? I have a thing for Origin ships. Even though there's usually a more practical solution to any given problem... But to each their own I guess. Now I just have to remember that wearing a cocktail dress while piloting a starship is probably inappropriate, no matter what kind of ship it is. XD
Well, to be fair I could see it being perfectly fine in a 600i in future. Right now it fails because we still have oxygen inconsistencies. I can walk from the front to the back of the ship and I'll go from pockets with oxygen to areas without and back again. XD It reminds me though, ships like the 600i and the like where you might run into oxygen problems but probably won't be 'spaced' that easily make me think the game could do with an 'emergency' helmet. You know. Like those plastic things that some of the NPC's on lorville wear? Something that's relatively subtle, like a necklace or whatever which will activate in an emergency and give you a helmet with say 5 minutes of oxygen. You'll probably be in trouble due to exposure in many situations, but it'd be just enough if your large ship loses oxygen to get to storage and put on a proper flight suit. Assuming it'd be possible with the technology ingame this seems like the kind of item that most people would be glad to have around. Sort of a half-step between being in a flight suit the entire time you're in space, and just going around in regular clothes, damn the consequences. XD
I have the Cat, all three Cutlasses, Dragonfly as well... I can't afford any more so the Kraken and Corsair and Vulture may be out of my budget, plus I own enough ships. :)
Hey, Morphologis! Khemsa from ARMCO here. Lovely video, very well put together. A pity that I missed the live gameplay on Twitch! I'll try to be there next Saturday! The Cutlass Black being the most played ship in the game right now (as per last Friday's Star Citizen Live feature comments from the vehicles pipeline director), I think that they will take the chance to work on the Cutlass Red (3.8) and Cutlass Blue (3.9) to iterate on the cabin because of: 1. The Player Status System v1 feature coming in 3.9, which will require players to use toilets and kitchens. 2. The physicalized components on the ship (not on the roadmap right now because of the pending work on the physics grid, but they are working on it), which will force them to add placeholders and animations for the components. As an example, the reworked Vanguard (3.6) already has them in place and animated (but not working yet) whereas the Cutlass Black does not. Cheers! Keep up the good work!
I've always felt that the cutlass black had the most room for customization, the option to cover up internals and externals for a price, extra safety features for a price, better quality for a price. Also, I really like your Whitebox for the interior, with the door position moved to the center it also nicely lines up with the orange lines that are visible on the floor of the cargo room, adding some nice symmetry to the design.
This is my absolute favorite Star Citizen related content. You learn a little about design and architecture, maybe have some things you didnt notice revealed to you, and its all paced just perfectly too with some great suggestions and reasons for those suggestions. Love it. Please dont stop making these!
I've had SC for years and I've loved the Cutlass for equally as long. I was so much in love with the old Cutlass' rugged-effectiveness that, when they updated the entire ship, I wasn't too pleased. Sure, I was happy to have an even more efficient aircraft, but I think it lost a lot of its old finesse and style. So I consider myself a big fan of the Cutlass and let me tell you right now, your 3D concept is simple perfection. It's the upgrade I think many old time Cutlass fans would have preferred over the extremely barren feeling current model. Yes, the Cutlass is not supposed to be long-term residence, but neither were the schooner fishing vessels used for pirating in the 1700s, which is what the old Cutlass Black design felt like - a sort of "make do and mend" personality. The original Cutlass Black was stereotypical 2100s pirate ship of the stars, but the rework made it too simplistic and lifeless, like an industrial workhorse. Your small rework concept revitalises that old Cutlass Black feeling.
I'm a diesel technician by trade. Cat engines are my second language. If there ever was a time when and if Caterpillar designed and built star ships, the Cutlass would probably be the first thing they build. I've been watching your stuff since the new Squadron 42 trailer came out. I've been putting off playing this for awhile, and I think it's about time I take the plunge. See y'all in the Verse.
The only problem is that all the extra stuff would add expense if it were real world and one of the keys to drake is eliminate all of the extra stuff to cut cost.
The ship of my first pledge, back when it had it's old version, it always was and will be my favourite ship and I will always keep it! Thanks for making this video :)
Your addition of the kitchenette and the toilet room were the ONLY things missing from the Cutlass B, so I applaud your efforts to improve the design, and I hope CIG takes the time to maybe rework this ship just to have those two ESSENTIAL creature comforts.
Easy. You keep some empty water bottles in the cargo hold, and problem solved. "And the best thing of all is that all of this just works" -Drake Interplanetary, probably
Yeah the layout you whiteboxed looked sick. Crazy how the simple change of making the beds perpendicular to the hull rather that the bulkhead makes the space feel ‘right’. Awsome vid as always. Thank you!
I absolutely love your content and the new direction you took with the mockup in 3D to show your own ideas. As someone who loves Star Citizen but also wants to do ArchViz, this is a big source of knowledge but also entertaining. I think your channel might even be my favorite one! Keep it up and thank you!
Really love your videos mate. I sold my Cutlass for Carrack and so many other ships but i've come back to it. It is such a beautiful small craft and does everything, it holds a Cyclone no problem!
I once tried the cutlass black at an in-game convention, and I have to say that no matter what, the cutlass is my favourite ship. (Even though I accidentally walked out the rear ramp during a quantum jump)
Hands down you literally have the BEST channel on TH-cam for ship reviews. That being said, one of my favorite ships is the Redeemer and I'd love to see you do a review of that ship in the future.
Around 7:30 I liked what you talked about with the turrent and stuff. A idea came to my mind because I recently saw a video on the 890 jump and one of the turrents slides ups and then moves forwards the up again to the gun area. Basically the idea that popped in my mind is instead of the chair going up and down it does a small zig zag in front of that door area and that's how you get into the turrent. They could add a button that brings the turrent chair down for how to get in.
I love your 3d model design, but I think that it would be awesome if the space below turret would also act as an (3-way) airlock: - there would be a door in front and behind the guner's seat downward possition that would serve as an airlock between crew cabin and cargo bay, that would allow you to have open cargo bay doors with pressure in crew cabin - Moving Turret seat into upper position would close a door after it (turret can be significantly damaged or even shot off completely and this would prevent loss of pressure in crew cabin - this would go with the theme that Drake expects their ships to be used in harsh conditions and that anything can brake) - If the turret's air tightness is compromised, the gunner will exit his seat into unpressurized cargo bay, instead of the crew cabin and if he desires to go into crew cabin, he can go througn the air lock once the guner's seat retracts and the door shuts after it. - The ultimate added functionality would be if at its bottom would be an elevator, with floor-door shutting after it when it goes down like on Constellation (so a 4-way airlock, but you wouldn't use this one in combat and you wouldn't use turret when landed)
such a great evolution to your already one-of-a-kind series. cutty is our favorite. :] waiting anxiously for the next one! big up, superb. thank you, as always citizen o7
I can't commen you enough! You are definitely one of the best gaming (if not all-round) youtubers around currently! And, this is also content SC desperately needs, so keep going, and we'll keep watching!
I would also assume that there would always be one person on lookout, so the crew wouldn't be in their bunks by the time someone blew the canopy. It's consistent with the fact that there's seating for 3 crew members but only 2 bunks
Among my ships, I own a Cutlass and I pretty much know it by heart. Yet I've watched your video till the end thanks to its stunning visuals and the overall way you are filming things. Awesome job man, keep it up.
I can totally see it and your model for what is it worth is still amazing and very much helped the visualization you wanted to show us. Thank you and excellent idea sir!
Great visuals on your redesign. Only problem is that where you put the bulk head door it would reduce 16 SCUs of cargo space because the cargo butts up to the bulkhead. I would put the bathroom where the turret is and move the turret forward to the middle of the cabin space. Moving the turret forward should also give a greater downward angle to the arc of fire. Your redesign would have to lose the table but that loss of comfort contributes more to the spartanesque feeling. I've got an AA in arcetecture and about 6 years of experience in commercial construction as a framer and superintendent so I think a lot about redesign as well. Love your stuff Morph.
10:25 if you put a flat solid vertical sheet of steel on the end of the table that faces the cockpit, a guard could crouch down behind the table as hard cover with his machine gun permanently bipod-aimed at the rear door, an extremely effective defence against intruders.
5:22 i've been playing this game since 2014 and been through the old the cutlass rework. And i never even knew, saw or noticed that it has seats folded up near the ramp. WHAT?! xD
I love your ideas for the triangular room. This is by far my favorite ship for solo and small group activity. Your redesign makes it far more functional.
I only watch Morph vids with my food and when I'm ready to chill. I only do that with million dollar productions. Between Star Citizen (stellar subject matter) and Morph's style (the cinematography, the music) that's the highest compliment I can give. I'm watching this over Netflix.
Great video! this is exactly how I would want my cutty. Having a table to eat/plan the next mission at would be wonderful. The other thing i think needs to be reworked besides the UI is the cockpit. As cool as the moving seats are, they just dont make sense. I would rather have the seats on a mezzanine with a space below for maybe another seat. that seat could be used for any number of things, like remote turret control, coms, shields, etc. Alternatively it could be used as space for an extra bed or maybe even put the kitchenette there leaving for more room for a bathroom.
10:30 another thing I would add to the turret section is a second hatch to create a space that can function as an airlock since the cargo bay will often be depressurized. Once pressurized compartments are a thing in SC the Cutlass, as it stands right now, won't be something I'd like to spend more than a few minutes of flight time in. The Freelancer has pretty much the same issue with its forward access hatch. Both ships will eventually need a little touch-up. Then again - explosive decompression is certainly one way to get your bunk mate to stop snoring in a hurry!
I can't say how much i hate this "feature". Happens so often, that i am happy to see a new video, followed by anger when i realize i can't watch it right now, but have to wait for hours for that crappy "pretend to be a livestream" presentation. If i'd want something like that i simply would use Twitch..
My suggested solution to the issue of the weirdly open space at 7:35 would be to apply a V-shaped guard railing along the striped area of the floor with a rather compact, perhaps 1.5 meter tall standing console on the very end of the V-shape, facing towards the cockpit where a technician could get information over the engines or control the tractor beam, a scanner operator informations or simply a remote access from the inside towards controlling the ramps and doors of the rear room. without having to open the door to the rear section and thus decompressing everything. The console would fill a purpose, combined with the industrial like guard railing offer a visual separation of the room that makes it appear less than a waste of space without blocking too much of it and it would even make sense as the operator of the station could get his hands on the handrails when the flight gets a bit more rough.
The Cutlass is a great ship, but when in hover mode it looks like it's about to tip over, due to the rear placement of those big thrusters and nothing at the front. It was fun to join the stream, btw!
An architect reviews ArcCorp... while falling to his death. RIP Great video and commentary Morph! I especially love the attention to the exterior which was overlooked in earlier episodes. Keep it up!
I was going to try to make a cutlass using parts from the 2ndDynasty line of 3dprintable 28mm scifi miniatures. The lack of bathroom and kitchenette was bothering me as well so im going to modify it to more closely resemble your layout.
i love your architect reviews series mate, very informative and enjoyable to watch , will be cool if you keep making them because there so many ships to review! :D
10:04 This should be offered as a design update. It's a great idea. I've thought about the lack of a kitchen and bathroom in this ship quite a lot already, and I've been a backer only since the 2950 IAE. It's just that it feels so counter intuitive for a ship that has a bunk bed and is described as a light freighter to then have an interior that's more akin to a drop-ship without side guns for suppressing fire. It's like there are a lot of options going on but it's not committing to any of them to a degree that would sell them.
Nice vid and loved your rework of the interior. Have the cutlass black myself and the interior never bothered me, untill seeing your rework. But it is as you said, the cutlass black is about functionality.
My own first thought on seeing that space was also 'Needs a table' but, thinking about it, tables in SC are just set dressing as they add no real in-game functionality. What is needed, or soon will be needed, is a kitchen as they will be forcing us to eat & drink at intervals. Rather than fill the centre of the space with a table I would find space on a wall for a very basic kitchen, maybe little more than a sink and microwave and cupboard, and a table off to one side with just enough space for two crew to sit and eat, perhaps play cards. Also a minimalist toilet. This is not a ship you use for long journeys away from civilisation but it may be a ship you need to stay in all day and/or overnight. The gun rack and maybe a suit locker are essentials. I love this ship. I don't have the real-world funds to own one but it is first on my shopping list when I can start saving UECs. Yes if money was no object it would be cool to own something big as well but one or two people filling multiple roles as well as being able to carry Orgmates into battle is my kind of playstyle. After that, the Kraken :-)
Great content! A great ship, the designer really nailed the Drake design language. Sooo much detail. I like your idea for the forward compartment. It wouldn't surprise me if the end up implementing something like this in the future.
Loved the walkthrough and review. Well done as always! The whitebox was actually extremely helpful in demonstrating the perpendicularity especially! If you need access to a caterpillar, I have one laying around that I'd be willing to share with you!
Good points about the bathroom. Though I think not including a bathroom was a deliberate choice. The Cutlass Black is not supposed to be long range and removing the bathroom from the original concept during the rework reinforces a more short range role. I think CIG want the Corsair as the more long range small crew option and the Kraken for transporting a Cutlass Black long range. A fold away table is a nice touch though. Maybe something that can be added in game at a later date? Maybe suggest this to CIG? Keep up the great work mate!
Man, that footage is so smooth. When I play I get about 2 minutes of 0-15 fps and then a crash. I don't even have a bad computer, it's a 1500$ gaming desktop that's about a year old.
HA! I just caught this video after being linked to it in a post I have made, explaining the need to make some minor changes. I like your layout far better than the other things people talked about in that thread. It's a really great white box that you roughed out.
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I never realized how much I wanted a table inside until you mentioned it.
Agreed, and it looks like it'd be so easy to add one into the design. Just rework that triangular panel area of the floor (surrounded by hazard stripes) into a lifting table with bench seating folding out from underneath. This way you preserve the current open area while adding in the utility of a table.
Regarding the missing toilet, a portable box toilet would totally work (attach it to a cargo grid spot in the cargo hold and your're good).
A more complete answer might be to put the toilet in the same area as the turret access tube and have the turret seat deploy up into turret ball and then have the toilet (shower too?) move into position with the turret seat out of the way.
Result is at least a good workable toilet for a ship which, after all, does have bunk beds. The downside being a more complex set of animations and some fresh modeling and use cases for the turret tube. Also, I'd hope an interlock would be included to prevent the activation of the turret from squishing somebody using the toilet/shower.
@@jasonp.1195 now can see it if some one in turret and some one had tacos. dammit frank hurry up its been 4 hours XD
I really liked your 3D model for the design. It gave me a much better idea of what you were talking about. If you had extra time in future videos, I'd love to see more 3D models!
Yes, you beat me to it. I like the idea of the retracting table and turret seat. That alone would make the Cutlass would give that "dead space" more function. The Cutlass is not a big ship, but there is a dead zone that make you feel like you're missing something.
I agree full with this. It's a bigger project, but I'd love to see this talent used to brainstorm a rework model of the 600i.
This would fix my biggest problems with the Drake Cutlass series. I hope the Red and Blue fix this.
I've tried to do this with the 600i, but I'm struggling a bit with getting an accurate scale reference.
Plus the 600i effectively has 4 decks in a rather weird arrangement that makes it hard to be sure from seeing it inside alone how everything is physically related.
To some extent this wouldn't matter, even if the scaling is off a bit, but one of my main 'fixes' requires having a good idea of where the aft area is in relation to the crew quarters on the lower decks.
Whether my idea is viable is highly dependent on where these two areas are in relation to one another, and that's actually pretty difficult to work out.
Loved the idea about the turret, kitchen area and toilet
The production quality of these videos making me feel like I'm in space
@Bruce Wayne all we can do now is hope. I'd really hate to see this fail. And realistically speaking, it could go both ways. But as of now... I'm REALLY hoping here.
@Bruce Wayne QQ
You are a man of class! The Cutlass is my personal love in SC! THANK YOU!
And PLEASE CIG....take his Idea for the Interior and make a REWORK!
With all due respect, enough time wasted on reworks. It's time to finish the EXISTING concepts they still havent made, such as the Merchantman, Carrack, Hull series, Defender, San'Tok'Yal, Idris variants, Kraken, Endeavor, Pioneer base builder.... I mean isn't it enough?! xD
Finish ships first, THEN do rework of old ships. Be happy you can at least fly the Cutlass.
@@Baleur They had to do all the rework because of the technologie update. All the old ships weren't usable with all the new systems, so you would lhave lost them... They are working on the cutlass red and blue right now, so it would fit to make that change as well. Else I would say, wait for later. There will always be some reworks along with new ships. You just got the huge 890 jump so don't be impatient. I think everybody wants a finnished game with all the ships and all the planets and all the stuff to do, but this takes time...
@@Baleur well I cannot see that I said something about "do a rework now and forget all the other ships" ;-)
But there will be a time for a rework and then they should keep his concept in mind.
I am absolutly with you, that all the concepts should finally come to life and also the needed game mechanics.
But there has to be reworks done. Some ships are buggy af because they are so old. The Starfarer for example. It is buggy and together with the Caterpillar they are hard to use. You clip through the walls when flying in QT, texture fails etc.
Plus the Game mechanic for fuel salvaging and filling up other ships is missing.
I want new ships...but I also want to fly the still existing ships with joy.
how much in-game money
class? no, taste? yes
That jump into Area 18 was glorious. lol
Thought the same ^^ I never get it right to shorten my way into atmosphere somewhere close to how he does it. Kinda jealous.
now i wanna parachutes
@@timogeerties3487 They all died from the fall, I'm almost sure.
11:29 Drake isn't known for extra safety measures. That's why this ship is supposed to pack an extra punch when other ships already made use of their safety measures. That's how I see this ship and Drake as a whole
No ejection seats, we die like men!
I also think it's a weird critique when the "glass" they use is actually a polymer that is as strong as steel according to Star Citizen's lore, so it's just as likely for the hull to fail and kill any resting crew.
I honestly find it interesting that I understand the Cutlass is a pirate reference, but honestly, its design is far more like a lance: go straight, go fast, and go through it.
@@VanishingPuppet anything breaks? Weld some scrap over the hole and make do!
"I apologize for the sloppiness of this"
/Proceeds to do something I couldn't do in three lifetimes.
LOL
@tommy aronson LOL Quite possibly to mechanically do it, but I have zero artistic sense, so I wouldn't necessarily make it look pretty or just even make sense.
I apologize for the crudity of the model, i didn't have time to build it to scale or paint it.
love these videos man, keep up the good work
I'm a Drake man. There's just something about them that I can't get enough of.
Same! Got the Cutlass, Dragonfly Yellowjacket and the Corsair :)
Funny how people are drawn to certain things.
Probably can't really explain why, can you? XD
Me? I have a thing for Origin ships.
Even though there's usually a more practical solution to any given problem...
But to each their own I guess.
Now I just have to remember that wearing a cocktail dress while piloting a starship is probably inappropriate, no matter what kind of ship it is. XD
@@KuraIthys As long as you don't have to punch out, I can't see why it wouldn't be appropriate.
Well, to be fair I could see it being perfectly fine in a 600i in future.
Right now it fails because we still have oxygen inconsistencies.
I can walk from the front to the back of the ship and I'll go from pockets with oxygen to areas without and back again. XD
It reminds me though, ships like the 600i and the like where you might run into oxygen problems but probably won't be 'spaced' that easily make me think the game could do with an 'emergency' helmet.
You know. Like those plastic things that some of the NPC's on lorville wear?
Something that's relatively subtle, like a necklace or whatever which will activate in an emergency and give you a helmet with say 5 minutes of oxygen.
You'll probably be in trouble due to exposure in many situations, but it'd be just enough if your large ship loses oxygen to get to storage and put on a proper flight suit.
Assuming it'd be possible with the technology ingame this seems like the kind of item that most people would be glad to have around.
Sort of a half-step between being in a flight suit the entire time you're in space, and just going around in regular clothes, damn the consequences. XD
I have the Cat, all three Cutlasses, Dragonfly as well... I can't afford any more so the Kraken and Corsair and Vulture may be out of my budget, plus I own enough ships. :)
Hey, Morphologis! Khemsa from ARMCO here. Lovely video, very well put together. A pity that I missed the live gameplay on Twitch! I'll try to be there next Saturday!
The Cutlass Black being the most played ship in the game right now (as per last Friday's Star Citizen Live feature comments from the vehicles pipeline director), I think that they will take the chance to work on the Cutlass Red (3.8) and Cutlass Blue (3.9) to iterate on the cabin because of:
1. The Player Status System v1 feature coming in 3.9, which will require players to use toilets and kitchens.
2. The physicalized components on the ship (not on the roadmap right now because of the pending work on the physics grid, but they are working on it), which will force them to add placeholders and animations for the components. As an example, the reworked Vanguard (3.6) already has them in place and animated (but not working yet) whereas the Cutlass Black does not.
Cheers! Keep up the good work!
Awesome fact about the Cutlass usage I didn't know Khemsa, guess it pays to watch official SC content once in a while....
Are you posting these in the Community Hub page? Your reviews deserve an MVP spotlight.
I've always felt that the cutlass black had the most room for customization, the option to cover up internals and externals for a price, extra safety features for a price, better quality for a price. Also, I really like your Whitebox for the interior, with the door position moved to the center it also nicely lines up with the orange lines that are visible on the floor of the cargo room, adding some nice symmetry to the design.
I love the way how you editing your videos. Looks so cinematic 👌🏼
This is my absolute favorite Star Citizen related content. You learn a little about design and architecture, maybe have some things you didnt notice revealed to you, and its all paced just perfectly too with some great suggestions and reasons for those suggestions. Love it. Please dont stop making these!
I've had SC for years and I've loved the Cutlass for equally as long. I was so much in love with the old Cutlass' rugged-effectiveness that, when they updated the entire ship, I wasn't too pleased. Sure, I was happy to have an even more efficient aircraft, but I think it lost a lot of its old finesse and style.
So I consider myself a big fan of the Cutlass and let me tell you right now, your 3D concept is simple perfection. It's the upgrade I think many old time Cutlass fans would have preferred over the extremely barren feeling current model.
Yes, the Cutlass is not supposed to be long-term residence, but neither were the schooner fishing vessels used for pirating in the 1700s, which is what the old Cutlass Black design felt like - a sort of "make do and mend" personality.
The original Cutlass Black was stereotypical 2100s pirate ship of the stars, but the rework made it too simplistic and lifeless, like an industrial workhorse. Your small rework concept revitalises that old Cutlass Black feeling.
I'm a diesel technician by trade. Cat engines are my second language. If there ever was a time when and if Caterpillar designed and built star ships, the Cutlass would probably be the first thing they build.
I've been watching your stuff since the new Squadron 42 trailer came out. I've been putting off playing this for awhile, and I think it's about time I take the plunge. See y'all in the Verse.
Your videos always remind me of what Star Citizen will become when it finally releases. It's going to be one hell of a game.
one a kind...
@@laurentguyot3362 a real good’n
@@keepme5225 a helluva beauty
"I apologize for how sloppy it is..."
Morph, I didn't even know you could get that in-depth with Rhino. I'd hardly call that sloppy.
Holy shit. that 3d model you made would fix *all* my gripes. The new center section could be used as an airlock as well.
The only problem is that all the extra stuff would add expense if it were real world and one of the keys to drake is eliminate all of the extra stuff to cut cost.
@@ironrussell1 idk I think a table would be pretty needed, that’s all they should add
The ship of my first pledge, back when it had it's old version, it always was and will be my favourite ship and I will always keep it!
Thanks for making this video :)
Always insightful, educational and interesting. Looking forward to more of your ship reviews.
THIS WAS SO GOOD. Ever since my friend picked up a cutlass i have been in love.
Your background music and cinematic shots make your videos absolute masterpieces!
Well done, great editing, narration and a great overview of the Cutlass! Subscribed!
Your addition of the kitchenette and the toilet room were the ONLY things missing from the Cutlass B, so I applaud your efforts to improve the design, and I hope CIG takes the time to maybe rework this ship just to have those two ESSENTIAL creature comforts.
Easy. You keep some empty water bottles in the cargo hold, and problem solved.
"And the best thing of all is that all of this just works"
-Drake Interplanetary, probably
Yeah the layout you whiteboxed looked sick. Crazy how the simple change of making the beds perpendicular to the hull rather that the bulkhead makes the space feel ‘right’. Awsome vid as always. Thank you!
I must say I love the mass effect style of music that you use really puts me in the mood to play SC
I absolutely love your content and the new direction you took with the mockup in 3D to show your own ideas. As someone who loves Star Citizen but also wants to do ArchViz, this is a big source of knowledge but also entertaining. I think your channel might even be my favorite one! Keep it up and thank you!
Really love your videos mate. I sold my Cutlass for Carrack and so many other ships but i've come back to it. It is such a beautiful small craft and does everything, it holds a Cyclone no problem!
I once tried the cutlass black at an in-game convention, and I have to say that no matter what, the cutlass is my favourite ship. (Even though I accidentally walked out the rear ramp during a quantum jump)
I've always imagined a pop up table in that centre triangle! that would be an awesome addition
Excellent review. I can't wait to see you review the Cutlass Blue and Red too.
I just bought this ship and it's one of my favorite. Thanks for the video.
Whats about the aegis dynamic retaliator? I would love to see your opinion on it ^^
Great idea!
Specially how a rework cud be done..
So good! I just love how deep your reviews go into these from a design standpoint.
Hands down you literally have the BEST channel on TH-cam for ship reviews.
That being said, one of my favorite ships is the Redeemer and I'd love to see you do a review of that ship in the future.
Man, I can’t get enough of these reviews. I will say I own an 890 and I was so excited to see you review it.
Around 7:30 I liked what you talked about with the turrent and stuff. A idea came to my mind because I recently saw a video on the 890 jump and one of the turrents slides ups and then moves forwards the up again to the gun area.
Basically the idea that popped in my mind is instead of the chair going up and down it does a small zig zag in front of that door area and that's how you get into the turrent. They could add a button that brings the turrent chair down for how to get in.
I love your 3d model design, but I think that it would be awesome if the space below turret would also act as an (3-way) airlock:
- there would be a door in front and behind the guner's seat downward possition that would serve as an airlock between crew cabin and cargo bay, that would allow you to have open cargo bay doors with pressure in crew cabin
- Moving Turret seat into upper position would close a door after it (turret can be significantly damaged or even shot off completely and this would prevent loss of pressure in crew cabin - this would go with the theme that Drake expects their ships to be used in harsh conditions and that anything can brake)
- If the turret's air tightness is compromised, the gunner will exit his seat into unpressurized cargo bay, instead of the crew cabin and if he desires to go into crew cabin, he can go througn the air lock once the guner's seat retracts and the door shuts after it.
- The ultimate added functionality would be if at its bottom would be an elevator, with floor-door shutting after it when it goes down like on Constellation (so a 4-way airlock, but you wouldn't use this one in combat and you wouldn't use turret when landed)
such a great evolution to your already one-of-a-kind series. cutty is our favorite. :]
waiting anxiously for the next one! big up, superb. thank you, as always citizen o7
I can't commen you enough! You are definitely one of the best gaming (if not all-round) youtubers around currently! And, this is also content SC desperately needs, so keep going, and we'll keep watching!
11:30 to be fair, if somone is willling and capable to blow up the cockpit the crew is probably gonna die anyways.
I would also assume that there would always be one person on lookout, so the crew wouldn't be in their bunks by the time someone blew the canopy. It's consistent with the fact that there's seating for 3 crew members but only 2 bunks
I already own and love the Cutlass Black. I'm just here for the editing
Among my ships, I own a Cutlass and I pretty much know it by heart. Yet I've watched your video till the end thanks to its stunning visuals and the overall way you are filming things.
Awesome job man, keep it up.
Would love to see you do the Starfarer and Freelancer. I feel those two ships really deserve a look at from an architect.
Another great video, Morphologis. I'm glad you mentioned the lead artist on this ship. I'm really looking forward to his work on the Defender too.
This is my favorite ship, my buddy and I use it almost exclusively. Great video!
I can totally see it and your model for what is it worth is still amazing and very much helped the visualization you wanted to show us. Thank you and excellent idea sir!
Last time I was this early, the Wing Commander movie hadn’t flopped yet.
love your redesign of the interior space....
Great video and I appreciate the CAD work
How have I missed this video till now? What a great use of space in your rework!
Great visuals on your redesign. Only problem is that where you put the bulk head door it would reduce 16 SCUs of cargo space because the cargo butts up to the bulkhead. I would put the bathroom where the turret is and move the turret forward to the middle of the cabin space. Moving the turret forward should also give a greater downward angle to the arc of fire. Your redesign would have to lose the table but that loss of comfort contributes more to the spartanesque feeling.
I've got an AA in arcetecture and about 6 years of experience in commercial construction as a framer and superintendent so I think a lot about redesign as well.
Love your stuff Morph.
10:25 if you put a flat solid vertical sheet of steel on the end of the table that faces the cockpit, a guard could crouch down behind the table as hard cover with his machine gun permanently bipod-aimed at the rear door, an extremely effective defence against intruders.
5:22 i've been playing this game since 2014 and been through the old the cutlass rework.
And i never even knew, saw or noticed that it has seats folded up near the ramp. WHAT?! xD
I love your ideas for the triangular room. This is by far my favorite ship for solo and small group activity. Your redesign makes it far more functional.
I love my Cutlass, because as an Mechanic operating on Cruiseships, it feels far more like how a vessel in Space could look like
There is so much content in your work ! I love it ! Keep going mate !!!
I only watch Morph vids with my food and when I'm ready to chill. I only do that with million dollar productions. Between Star Citizen (stellar subject matter) and Morph's style (the cinematography, the music) that's the highest compliment I can give. I'm watching this over Netflix.
Fantastic review! AND I loved the 3D model you made!
Great video! this is exactly how I would want my cutty. Having a table to eat/plan the next mission at would be wonderful. The other thing i think needs to be reworked besides the UI is the cockpit. As cool as the moving seats are, they just dont make sense. I would rather have the seats on a mezzanine with a space below for maybe another seat. that seat could be used for any number of things, like remote turret control, coms, shields, etc. Alternatively it could be used as space for an extra bed or maybe even put the kitchenette there leaving for more room for a bathroom.
10:30 another thing I would add to the turret section is a second hatch to create a space that can function as an airlock since the cargo bay will often be depressurized. Once pressurized compartments are a thing in SC the Cutlass, as it stands right now, won't be something I'd like to spend more than a few minutes of flight time in.
The Freelancer has pretty much the same issue with its forward access hatch. Both ships will eventually need a little touch-up.
Then again - explosive decompression is certainly one way to get your bunk mate to stop snoring in a hurry!
Thanks you for not using the premiere feature!
I can't say how much i hate this "feature". Happens so often, that i am happy to see a new video, followed by anger when i realize i can't watch it right now, but have to wait for hours for that crappy "pretend to be a livestream" presentation. If i'd want something like that i simply would use Twitch..
My suggested solution to the issue of the weirdly open space at 7:35 would be to apply a V-shaped guard railing along the striped area of the floor with a rather compact, perhaps 1.5 meter tall standing console on the very end of the V-shape, facing towards the cockpit where a technician could get information over the engines or control the tractor beam, a scanner operator informations or simply a remote access from the inside towards controlling the ramps and doors of the rear room. without having to open the door to the rear section and thus decompressing everything.
The console would fill a purpose, combined with the industrial like guard railing offer a visual separation of the room that makes it appear less than a waste of space without blocking too much of it and it would even make sense as the operator of the station could get his hands on the handrails when the flight gets a bit more rough.
I love that your videos are in 4k
The Cutlass is a great ship, but when in hover mode it looks like it's about to tip over, due to the rear placement of those big thrusters and nothing at the front.
It was fun to join the stream, btw!
An architect reviews ArcCorp... while falling to his death. RIP Great video and commentary Morph! I especially love the attention to the exterior which was overlooked in earlier episodes. Keep it up!
Great format covering one of the best ships in the 'Verse!
I love how this ship looks like it's moving at 60 MPH even when it sits on the hangar floor!
Great video as always! Loved to see you do the modelling. Keep it up man!
I was going to try to make a cutlass using parts from the 2ndDynasty line of 3dprintable 28mm scifi miniatures. The lack of bathroom and kitchenette was bothering me as well so im going to modify it to more closely resemble your layout.
i love your architect reviews series mate, very informative and enjoyable to watch , will be cool if you keep making them because there so many ships to review! :D
10:04 This should be offered as a design update. It's a great idea.
I've thought about the lack of a kitchen and bathroom in this ship quite a lot already, and I've been a backer only since the 2950 IAE.
It's just that it feels so counter intuitive for a ship that has a bunk bed and is described as a light freighter to then have an interior that's more akin to a drop-ship without side guns for suppressing fire.
It's like there are a lot of options going on but it's not committing to any of them to a degree that would sell them.
Nice vid and loved your rework of the interior. Have the cutlass black myself and the interior never bothered me, untill seeing your rework. But it is as you said, the cutlass black is about functionality.
The skydiving / base-jumping at the end, - KEKW!
My own first thought on seeing that space was also 'Needs a table' but, thinking about it, tables in SC are just set dressing as they add no real in-game functionality. What is needed, or soon will be needed, is a kitchen as they will be forcing us to eat & drink at intervals. Rather than fill the centre of the space with a table I would find space on a wall for a very basic kitchen, maybe little more than a sink and microwave and cupboard, and a table off to one side with just enough space for two crew to sit and eat, perhaps play cards. Also a minimalist toilet. This is not a ship you use for long journeys away from civilisation but it may be a ship you need to stay in all day and/or overnight. The gun rack and maybe a suit locker are essentials.
I love this ship. I don't have the real-world funds to own one but it is first on my shopping list when I can start saving UECs. Yes if money was no object it would be cool to own something big as well but one or two people filling multiple roles as well as being able to carry Orgmates into battle is my kind of playstyle. After that, the Kraken :-)
I recently discovered your channel. The love and effort that goes into your videos are commendable. Bravo!
The ships exterior design reminds me of the Razor Crest from The Mandalorian
Similar feel, yeah. I love my Cutlass Black.
Morph, geeeez you're production quality is just getting better and better! I'm making a note to turn my ad-block off for your vids!
Love these vids man, also gotta love the space architect visual asmr lmao
Great reviews! You gained a sub! I appreciate the quality and attention to detail.
Great content! A great ship, the designer really nailed the Drake design language. Sooo much detail. I like your idea for the forward compartment. It wouldn't surprise me if the end up implementing something like this in the future.
Wait what?? You just fixed the front layout of the ship! :0 That looks fantastic!
I love your cutlass model. It solves all the issues I have with the in-game design!
_Here for the visuals_
Loved the walkthrough and review. Well done as always! The whitebox was actually extremely helpful in demonstrating the perpendicularity especially!
If you need access to a caterpillar, I have one laying around that I'd be willing to share with you!
Good points about the bathroom. Though I think not including a bathroom was a deliberate choice. The Cutlass Black is not supposed to be long range and removing the bathroom from the original concept during the rework reinforces a more short range role. I think CIG want the Corsair as the more long range small crew option and the Kraken for transporting a Cutlass Black long range. A fold away table is a nice touch though. Maybe something that can be added in game at a later date? Maybe suggest this to CIG? Keep up the great work mate!
10:00 "It's never going to be used; it's just your for entertainment."
RSI: You're hired.
Man, that footage is so smooth. When I play I get about 2 minutes of 0-15 fps and then a crash. I don't even have a bad computer, it's a 1500$ gaming desktop that's about a year old.
I don't own Drake, I don't care for Drake....but if I bought one....I'd buy THIS Drake ship.
EDIT: 13:12 "We forgot Parachutes!!!!!"
Can you do the MISC Freelancer soon? I'd love to see your analysis of that compactly laid-out ship.
Hell yeah dude, just recently discovered your channel. Loved watching you work inside rhino. My favourite modelling software by far!
Great work! great description of one if not the best ship, for all task in one!
The idea with the retractable turret to create additional space is ingenious!
HA! I just caught this video after being linked to it in a post I have made, explaining the need to make some minor changes. I like your layout far better than the other things people talked about in that thread.
It's a really great white box that you roughed out.
I love your redesign for the interior of the Cutlass. It'd look amazing in game
love every review you do and this being my ship i hope they take your ideas seriously
Awesome episode and I like your changes to the Cutlass, tough just adding the retractable table to the current lay-out would do wonders.
Thank you for sharing. An outstanding idea on the redesign of the triangle. I hope Chris Roberts sees this and goes along with this redesign.
after watching the Mandolorian this ship is very much like his Razer Crest.
Same designers, the Razor crest looks very similar to the old cutlass