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phkb wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:03 am

Let's just assume there is a why.

... Unexpectedly invokes several schools of philosophical thought

hiran wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:14 pm

Can OXPs also present arbitrary graphics and sound, if not even animations or movies? That would give a hell of freedom for adventure authors.

The former as mission screens (background images) and the latter almost anywhere (...I think).

I said a moon far from the main station which would of course mean away from the space lane and your critique is thus valid. I should have suggested the main planet (of another system) when wishing to avoid the main station . I still think it would be a good risk to help balance rewards, jumping to...

You need to be able to combine artifacts to locations. Conditions (e.g. New Lasers ) You need to be able to combine artifacts to each other. Dependencies (e.g. Hyperdrives ) And you need to be able to talk to NPCs and apply artifacts. Mission screens (artifacts as achievements, talk as choices e.g....

Double Docking (...bear with me) A couple of things to note: Thanks for considering... Any OXP that adds something to the arrival report (for example, Docking Fees), will have it's report shown after the first dock. Now, you can work around that to a degree, by suppressing arrival reports on the st...

Considering that option, we then might wish to remove the requirement for docking computers for example Wouldn't this be a good risk factor to help balance any rewards the player might reap? In my experience the traffic on such routes is not as congested as the main lane so I think the risk may not...

I've had another crazy idea :-P I really like this one :D Double Docking (...bear with me) initiate docking - atmospheric descent animation (e.g. clouds) docked - auto launch (* see below for smoothing of rough edges); add marker to note that first docking was completed auto-launch - horizontal atmo...

Because apparently I can't help myself: YouTube PlanetFall2 final landing sequence Oddly specific, felt rushed (2 second limit) but... Otherwise I really liked it :D It does capture a descent as well as a landing I think - I don't recall any of the previous examples managing both Also, it actually ...

another_commander wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:34 am

Getting in trouble again (or, How to Make an Adder Look Menacing).

Always though that model made the adder look rather like a tank for something with only one energy bank...
Griff's new one looks rather more fraigile and even more cool IMHO

https://i.postimg.cc/5NhSX7V1/oolite-136.png Like it! Love it ! Space Dredgers These immense factory ships are to be found wherever there has been a war, or a Thargoid invasion, or a natural catastrophe. More than forty miles long, the dredgers are a life-form to themselves. The Dredgers are huge c...

I don't really think planetfall needs to do anything other than allow the player to land on planets. Planets offer a great alternative to the main station for OXP authors that want to create content that would not make sense on a police station but are not capable of creating models for their own s...

Re only some ships landing... I don't think that's what phkb wants and furthermore it reduces the appeal fir anyone who can't land in their favourite ships but... There could be different landing sites suited for different vehicles. There's a need to be careful here otherwise we're restricting as mu...

Aren't there companies that operate vehicles just to launch payload into orbit and bring it down again? SpaceX and the Starship is the first example coming to my mind. So I think Cholmondely has a point. Again, concerns over realism not fun. Risk-free? What about atmospheric and gravitational condi...

I've no problems with detracting from the main station - as long as it makes sense to me. Since they control the markets on the station, I would guess that they control the profit on goods imported or exported to the station surface. So if you come from outer space and go straight to the planet sur...

Markets: Larger quantities on the planet surface. Cheaper prices for exports, pricier prices for imports. Instigate trade loop with main station and you'd then have a risk free trade loop as follows: Ship 'exports' to main station for profit. Ship 'imports' from station for profit. That's how easy ...