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by DerekHartley
Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:15 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Exploding station & kill count
Replies: 8
Views: 5036

This has been mentioned several times on the forum but you get quite a lot of kills for killing the Constrictor, can't remember how many off the top of my head but it's definitely a great deal.

As for the station exploding, it happens. They're tough but not completely invincible.
by DerekHartley
Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:03 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Reporting spam
Replies: 4940
Views: 781610

FYI: The Stainless Steel Rat is a character from a series of books by Harry Harrison IIRC.
by DerekHartley
Wed May 30, 2007 12:30 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: New Oolite version?
Replies: 23
Views: 9698

Um, he gives credit where its due. I realise I wasn't around during the, um, Sung, incident, but he doesn't seem to be doing anything wrong in this case.
by DerekHartley
Fri May 25, 2007 1:08 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Mutabilis Chapter Four
Replies: 19
Views: 9450

Also, I agree with Jack_H about preferring original dialogue. (Which is why I hate that scene in Sliding Doors where the writer demonstrates how "hilarious" John Hannah's character by having him quote from Monty Python. Ugh.) I have to confess I disagree with that sentiment. I mean, how o...
by DerekHartley
Thu May 24, 2007 4:03 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Renting a Station Hangar & Asteroid Belt Detection Equip
Replies: 38
Views: 16718

https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=2784 is the link to the comparison between plists and javascript.

From my point of view the new system is far preferable to the old but then I'm essentially a newbie and haven't 'grown up' with plists. That and I'm a java programmer! Lol.
by DerekHartley
Thu May 03, 2007 9:18 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: What WAS that thing?!
Replies: 14
Views: 6007

Tribbles are the original Star Trek creatures which the trumbles are a, ah, homage to.
by DerekHartley
Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:27 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Reporting spam
Replies: 4940
Views: 781610

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https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=3350

With the bizarrest pictures ever...
by DerekHartley
Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:25 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Licensing
Replies: 29
Views: 34902

So, slap Oolite onto CDs and sell it at your local car boot sale at £3 each
I'd be surprised if people thought £3 was an acceptable price for sticking something free on a CD.
by DerekHartley
Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:25 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Witchspace, possible to exit?
Replies: 102
Views: 53370

Good grief. I'm pretty sure the player can misjump themselves. But I'm sure you'll find something else to nitpick about so I'm leaving the 'discussion'.
by DerekHartley
Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:14 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Witchspace, possible to exit?
Replies: 102
Views: 53370

Re: Witchspace, possible to exit?

When you drive, there is a chance you will screw up and a chance someone else will screw up. You have looked at driving a car, taken only the chance that someone else screws up, and then declared it is always someone else's fault; and that since it is always someone else's fault, it's exactly like ...
by DerekHartley
Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:41 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Witchspace, possible to exit?
Replies: 102
Views: 53370

Re: Witchspace, possible to exit?

Witchspace risk is entirely out of the control of the player. No actions on the part of the player influence the outcome. It is pure chance. Much like driving a car then. There's a chance that you can get involved in a car crash that is entirely someone else's fault every time you go on a journey. ...
by DerekHartley
Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:04 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Witchspace, possible to exit?
Replies: 102
Views: 53370

The situation itself is a perfectly valid one. I'm surprised you're dead against it seeing as how keen on realism you are. And after all, you can always reload. For an actual solution maybe there could be an intergalactic version of the AA who can be called out in the event of being stranded. And yo...
by DerekHartley
Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:38 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Reporting spam
Replies: 4940
Views: 781610

Maybe they're actually inhabitants of the Oolite Universe. Spamerea famed for its labrador-dragonfly crossbreed the labrafly.
by DerekHartley
Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:37 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: What was the first version of Elite you ever played?
Replies: 79
Views: 40458

Seemed an appropriate place to put my first post. My first Elite game was Frontier: Elite 2 on the Amiga although I have since played the original Elite (also on the Amiga). What I loved most about it was that it seemed so realistic compared to other games. Things taking time to happen, realistic-fe...