Oolite Bulletins

Argh - have I not uploaded the new katapo? I think the old arachnids are in www.hbclinux.net.na/oolite.html .tar.gz is used in preference to zip because the standard zip program does not handle multiple files ... I'm not as clear on this as I used to be though. The tar program combines all the files...

Thats cool Griff - but I was going to have the color determined by the rgb part ... so I can have different color glowing bits .... the cabins are all yellow for eg while the engines are cyan and I can add little red and green lights ... and suchlike. But this gives me pause for thought. Anyway - I'...

OK - looks like its not worth it then ... 'm constructing shaders atm.
This may take a bit - do folks want to get a preview of the other ships, unshaded, in the game?

Hi Griff - looks like glows it is then ... is it worth strobing the side lights on the vipers?

I plan on adding one more texture and using shaders - but initial distribution will be just the one.

Link to red2dux project on box.netExperimenting with box.net ... does this work:

FDL remains the toughest ship to remake ... I'm sort of narrowing down the options here while keeping the shape pretty much the same. That's the real challenge - most people who have tried it have either just repainted it or totally changed the model. I suspect it is that point on top that is the ca...

Vipers in the game http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/Simon_Bridge/th_vipersnspace.png A selection of fighters... http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/Simon_Bridge/th_fighters1-1.png Miscellanious... http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/Simon_Bridge/th_cobra3.png http://i598.photobucket.c...

Its an odd effect isn't it? It started out as a rusty texture ... but after color-to-alpha (white) and grain-merge it goes distinctly walnutty. But it does not quite make it ... I suspect the high back is what actually gives the trouble - here's another go, more restrained, only taking a small liber...

I've been trying to parse the source code to figure out how targeting works - the main idea being to allow more than one fwd laser for players ... I've sort-of worked out the mechanics... how the shipdata.plist and huds need to change for eg while still keeping backward compatability. As a side effe...

For the Vigilante - if someone wants to script it to do something other than the standard bounty-hunter, please do ... I'll probably get fed up and script special transmissions like "You're the disease, I'm the cure." and so forth. I figure I'll put the re2dux ships in a a set of oxps rath...

I'll admit to having become bored with the Neolites :( but I was struck by a comment that one of the advantages was that the neolites still looked good on simple or no shaders .... and I got to thinking about simple re-skins again. Naturally I cannot just reskin any more ... and went back to basics,...

Changing the neolite python diffuse map should change the python-like part of the ET, however, you may have to force a reload (press shift while loading the game) to be sure. This will also change every ship that uses that texture - like the python trader etc. The ET model is in two parts, so there ...

*.tar.gz indicates that a bunch of files were turned into one file by a UNIX program called t ape ar chiving utility[/url] and then compressed with a program called gnu zip. (wikipedia has a nice article) GNU/Linux distributes in tarballs because it is important for the archiving to preserve unix fi...

The links in the wiki should work. http://www.hbclinux.net.nz/oolite/smallcraft1.png ... if the image shows, the links should work. Companion: http://www.hbclinux.net.nz/oolite/neolite-companion.oxp.tar.gz Navy (alpha) http://www.hbclinux.net.nz/oolite/neolite-navy.oxp.zip Wolfies: http://www.hbclin...

Cmd. Cheyd: that sounds like a good idea.

www.hbclinux.net.nz/oolite.html is back online.