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by Zieman
Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:25 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Re: Elite: Dangerous - and the return
Replies: 2085
Views: 782808

Re: David Braben's Elite: Dangerous

1.06, eh?

IIRC FFE became just about playable at the 1.06 stage...

:)
by Zieman
Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:00 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: i5 or i7 Quad Core Processor?
Replies: 70
Views: 47490

Re: i5 or i7 Quad Core Processor?

Pleb wrote:
So would something like this be needed:
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Or would this be overkill? It's an extra £52.00... :?
Overkill.
by Zieman
Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:01 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: i5 or i7 Quad Core Processor?
Replies: 70
Views: 47490

Re: i5 or i7 Quad Core Processor?

Much air going in (2 fans, 200mm + 140mm), not so much going out (1 fan, 120mm).
Slight overpressure in the case is good to have, but an extra rear or top fan wouldn't hurt IMHO.
by Zieman
Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:38 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: i5 or i7 Quad Core Processor?
Replies: 70
Views: 47490

Re: i5 or i7 Quad Core Processor?

Cody, your signature! :D You want to kill everrything peculiar? Fnord? Fnord is evaporated herbal tea without the herbs. Fnord is that funny feeling you get when you reach for the Snickers bar and come back holding a slurpee. Fnord is the 43 1/3rd state, next to Wyoming. Fnord is this really, really...
by Zieman
Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:47 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Ships
Replies: 9
Views: 5497

Re: Ships

The Hunter might be fun too. :)

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by Zieman
Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:31 am
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Griff's normalmapped ship remakes
Replies: 2386
Views: 733504

Re: Griff's normalmapped ship remakes

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m213/griff_03/Asteroids2014OXP_zps34b00061.jpg Really shiny! :) Are all metallic, or do the space jellies polish them? ;) IMHO most should be matte, only those that are composed of water-/methane- or whatever ice should look that shiny. Maybe some could have (smal...
by Zieman
Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:42 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: What else did we play when Elite was king?
Replies: 49
Views: 28500

Re: What else did we play when Elite was king?

What else did we play back then? I had only C64 until I went to University 1995, got a glimpse of 16bit stuff on my friend's Amiga & older sister's 386 a few years before that. The list would be LONG :shock: , but here are a few that I have most fond memories of: C64 Boulder Dash (various versio...
by Zieman
Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:25 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Tales from the spacelanes...
Replies: 1343
Views: 726267

Re: Tales from the spacelanes...

A big Thank You to all who post their exploits here! Nowadays I can't find the energy or time (or as a good gaming session would need, both simultaneously) to play Oolite (or the Other space game either, haven't launched the standard Beta even once :(), these stories are a great way to stay tuned. T...
by Zieman
Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:23 pm
Forum: Testing and Bug reports
Topic: V-Sync and Animation Smoothness Test
Replies: 48
Views: 38040

Re: V-Sync and Animation Smoothness Test

Hmm, all three versions (trunk 7f90b5d, Vsync test1 & Vsync test2) feel smoothest with V-sync forced ON in Nvidia Control Panel. If V-sync is forced OFF, the trunk runs @ 200 FPS (Oolite shows 199), and has visible tearing. Test versions run @ 60 FPS (Oolite shows 59), with bad tearing. V-sync s...
by Zieman
Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:10 pm
Forum: Testing and Bug reports
Topic: V-Sync and Animation Smoothness Test
Replies: 48
Views: 38040

Re: V-Sync and Animation Smoothness Test

Did a couple of quick tests (= stared the smoothly spinning Lave Coriolis for about an hour, several 5-10 minute stints :) ) Results as follows. Last nights trunk (7f90b5d) 1. Vsync ON (adaptive, NOT the half-framerate version, but the one that applies Vsync only when the GPU can indeed supply FPS e...
by Zieman
Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:19 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: show us your setup.
Replies: 32
Views: 11806

Re: show us your setup.

Paradox wrote:
That desk is absolutely beautiful!
Diziet Sma wrote:
I was about to say the very same thing..
Thanks, I most heartily agree! :)

My father made it back in 1959, he found the tree trunks while prowling the Laplandish woods, working.
by Zieman
Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:08 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: show us your setup.
Replies: 32
Views: 11806

Re: show us your setup.

Mine looked like this about a year ago: http://s5.postimg.org/tv1d6jn77/WP_000329.jpg Now I've just recently moved to a bigger apartment, and have not got all pieces back where they should be (missing a pair of shelves for biggest part, those in the pic went with the previous apartment to the new ow...
by Zieman
Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:53 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Tales from the spacelanes...
Replies: 1343
Views: 726267

Re: Tales from the spacelanes...

Entertaining one! :)
by Zieman
Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:15 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Zieman's Habitat Station as a Zero-G stadium???
Replies: 40
Views: 43218

Re: Zieman's Habitat Station as a Zero-G stadium???

You're welcome!
by Zieman
Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:56 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Zieman's Habitat Station as a Zero-G stadium???
Replies: 40
Views: 43218

Re: Zieman's Habitat Station as a Zero-G stadium???

I think changing the number 30000 to something bigger on lines 71, 73 & 75 in Z_Hab_mk2.js might just do that.