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- Wed May 15, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Am annoyed about fixed lasers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 90
Re: Am annoyed about fixed lasers
On the broader point, the thing that frustrates me the most about combat in Oolite is the absolutely perfect aim you have to have in order to hit something. I greatly prefer combat in games where the weapon is able to do the kinds of targeting calculations that have been available to militaries sin...
- Mon May 13, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Physical Dimensions of "Space Trader's Flight Training Manual"?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 180
Re: Physical Dimensions of "Space Trader's Flight Training Manual"?
A slate and stylus.
Please don't do that. Some of us recovering internet addicts can resist almost anything - except a link to follow.
- Mon May 13, 2024 11:48 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Physical Dimensions of "Space Trader's Flight Training Manual"?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 180
Re: Physical Dimensions of "Space Trader's Flight Training Manual"?
BBC manual 210mm x 149mm (likely 150 if curvature is accounted for). No, more likely 148mm than 150mm. Specifically, A5 size. The one I measured was at least 149. I measured both front and back to account for staple displacement. So unless the ruler (not tape which could have stretched) was out the...
- Mon May 13, 2024 5:23 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Physical Dimensions of "Space Trader's Flight Training Manual"?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 180
- Wed May 08, 2024 7:18 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Sizes and scale in Oolite (again)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 15973
Re: Sizes and scale in Oolite (again)
In a Coriolis station I'd consider at most the outer surface, away from the axis of rotation to be habitable - in respect to gravitation. Plus you need life support, vast amounts of cargo and docking space, machines and spare parts. So maybe the outer surface is sufficient - still the population wo...
- Wed May 08, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Sizes and scale in Oolite (again)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 15973
Re: Sizes and scale in Oolite (again)
Thinking again, the stations are too small to host it all. Come again? Too small? You seem to under-estimate how much can occur on a square kilometre of real estate. Let me re-iterate: that is standing room for a million people. Where I live, the dear leaders assure us we can live comfortably with ...
- Wed May 08, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: Sizes and scale in Oolite (again)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 15973
Re: Sizes and scale in Oolite (again)
Does anybody have any idea as to how many people one would expect to find on a Coriolis station ? 1km x 1km x 1km... The maximum safe packing density for humans is one per square metre. At 4 per square metre (i.e. each person occupying a 50cm x 50cm box), crush injuries and deaths from stampedes be...
- Mon May 06, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Expansion Pack
- Topic: Planetfall 2.0 (probably)
- Replies: 325
- Views: 3721
Re: Planetfall 2.0 (probably)
Can one increase the turbulence on Zaatxe below (say) 4km - and possibly even add "sand" to the effects? I know you meant to write 4km, because that's where the red zone on the altimeter starts. And, my guess is the substantive answer is: yes, but it would be javascripted, not just tweaki...
- Thu May 02, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Outworld
- Topic: Limit Theory
- Replies: 109
- Views: 94976
Re: Limit Theory
I also think Josh suffered from perfectionism, leading him to write then scrap and rewrite then scrape multiple versions of the codebase over time. Don't confuse indecisiveness for perfectionism. What he suffered from - apart from the obvious mental issues - was something fairly common: an inabilit...
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:31 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: 1pm 7th July 2024 - Oolite Anniversary Party (London)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 890
Re: July 2024 - Oolite Anniversary Party
there are a whole group of you on that side of our planet. The last time I drove from Sydney to Brisbane the road sign said 999 km. (And that would be the easy bit. :mrgreen: ) I thought you were pretty much all in Sydney, with just one or two outliers. Nah, Dizzy is a Queenslander. IIRC, that sign...
- Thu May 02, 2024 4:47 pm
- Forum: Outworld
- Topic: Limit Theory
- Replies: 109
- Views: 94976
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:07 pm
- Forum: Expansion Pack
- Topic: [Release] Imperial Astrofactory 2.0
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4823
Re: [Release] Imperial Astrofactory 2.0
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: 1pm 7th July 2024 - Oolite Anniversary Party (London)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 890
Re: July 2024 - Oolite Anniversary Party
The last time I drove from Sydney to Brisbane the road sign said 999 km.Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:22 pmthere are a whole group of you on that side of our planet.
(And that would be the easy bit. )
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:50 pm
- Forum: Discussion
- Topic: 1pm 7th July 2024 - Oolite Anniversary Party (London)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 890
Re: July 2024 - Oolite Anniversary Party
We could tax that!
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:24 am
- Forum: Expansion Pack
- Topic: Seeking expressions of interest
- Replies: 71
- Views: 13180
Re: Seeking expressions of interest
Nice. Feel free to donate that to the Explorers' Club ship set... Wildeblood... what was the Explorers' Club ship set supposed to be? I can tell you what it wasn't: something for you to add to your lists of "lost" or unfinished OXPs, since it never existed. Having said that, I knew exactl...