Oolite Bulletins

I've been having trouble with my ftp sites again. For some reason every hosting provider I use has chosen now to change details like the server url. <sigh> Anyway, I seem to have successfully stashed neolite-wolfies.oxp [update]url is now the hbrlinux one - it's proper home. This link can go in to t...

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/Simon_Bridge/neowolf1.png ... This one was easier than expected - though it took fiddling to get the spikes to look like they belonged. It's another design barely altered. I seem to have misplaced the in-game shot. Later. Also left to another day are: Asp mk1...

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/Simon_Bridge/neodrake2.png My istink was to leave this one A L O N E! The original was almost a neolite model already. Mainly I just added some ekhaust detail, an explicit cockpit, and the usual hatches and grills. I was not all that happy with the grass-stai...

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/Simon_Bridge/neodrake1.png ... this should create some stir though. I continued my interpretation of fighter-size craft being a lot about wings. This worked well for the gecko and sidewinder - so far the most acclaimed designs and those npcs. The original dra...

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/Simon_Bridge/ncobrasv.png ... there are enough cobras now to do a comparison. The clipper is in the neolite concepts oxp. You've seen it before - honest. I'm pleased that the first cobra model still stands up against the more sophisticated newer versions. The...

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/Simon_Bridge/nrapier-shot.png ... I know you've been dying for this one :D This ship is quite stunning in the game. The forward bridge means that I have been able to put view positions right on the windows to good effect. There is a clear feeling of looking o...

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/Simon_Bridge/neoccourier.png .... those of you who were worried about the high poly counts in the more recent neolite ships will be relieved to note that this one is one model around the 350 mark (compare ~1600 for the rapier). I returned to basics and used w...

Updates: I've been offline for much of the week, but I've been finding sometime for Oolite between writing a literature review... <sigh> Anyway - The transporter is not yet in the core ships. I have tested out a new skin for the dodo and iso stations - same source as the coriolis one who still refus...

.. in response to the request for a more transportery transporter.

Tho "original" data will be from the classic plist. I don't use 4dp accuracy for viewpoints.

Ark - well spotted! That's more subtle than you think. This is from the model: // output from Obj2DatTex.py Wavefront text file conversion script // (c) 2005 By Giles Williams // // original file: "neosidewinder-engines.obj" // // model size: 18.295 x 8.829 x 25.474 // [b]// textures used:...

The dirty skins seem more real than the clean ones. The epitome of dirt-effect is acheived with fancy brushes. GIMP jockey s like myself will appreciate resources: here's a collection of brushes: http://www.techzilo.com/gimp-brushes/ Of special interest is vector grunge and scratches. But note - any...

For navy/behemoth I'm making sure there will be no conflicts with other oxps like some people have experienced with the core set. This is an important issue. What is happening is this: some of the core neolite ships have multiple parts. If an oxp has a like_ship entry which supplies it's own model, ...

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/Simon_Bridge/fdl-yellow.png New FDL skin. Cleaner without the black lines. Can I have [the yah sidewinder skins] please :D pm me an email to send them to ;) from what i have seen in the latest version of random hits LB has completely replace the non build in ...

Hi Simon, on a sidenote, in your neolite core there is a ship with the key "boa-skiff-player" which has a shipdata entry but no shipyard entry. I just noted that this was not changed in your latest neolite.oxp. Cheers L That is correct and intended. You buy the boa and bcc with a lifeboat...