Caption this photo

lex_talionis · Post by **lex_talionis** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:24 pm

heh, nice pic! i've seen one of them come out the docking bay, and instantly explode. there were a few ships just come out - traders+ecorts - and the battle cruiser just appeared right outside the bay, right on top of the existing ships. boom - no cruiser, no ships either.

gave me a bit of a shock! damn thing nearly hit me

stevesims · Post by **stevesims** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:08 am

Obviously it's a bit dumb that these large ships are launching from, and attempting to dock at, space stations.

However these large ships have to get built somewhere. Maybe we should see some large space-dock places at high tech level planets where the large ships and carriers get built. They could be secondary stations - and potentially they could offer some special ship enhancements not generally available at main space stations, such as military shields, to suitably qualified pilots.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:10 pm

Something like this? ;-)

Cmdr Monte · Post by **Cmdr Monte** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:00 pm

Caption

Finally, the origins of all those rumours about the Ixian Navy are revealled.

OR

There's not enough vacuum grease in the ooniverse for this one

Mirad Grameron · Post by **Mirad Grameron** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:15 am

I could model a something along the lines of a dry dock, but someone else would have to texture it, and put lights on it and stuff. Maybe ship construction docks should be placed near asteroid fields, so that it's easier for them to get the materials they need to build ships. This could affect pirates of course.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:59 am

This is an in-game screenshot, not some model I made up. The colours of the screenshot are off for some reason, so you might have dificulties recognizing the objects for what they are...

This is a clumping toghether of cargopods in a tractor-field, happened after a collision with a ship. In the background you see three GalCops racing to a trouble spot....

(Highlight box to read what this picture really is)

Star Gazer · Post by **Star Gazer** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:23 am

Bizarre!

aegidian · Post by **aegidian** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:02 am

Cool -

looks just like how a super cluster of gemstones should be when you mine it from an asteroid.

Star Gazer · Post by **Star Gazer** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:17 am

uh oh...looks like there's something brewing here...

Draco_Caeles · Post by **Draco_Caeles** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:40 am

Anybody fancy brewing up a way to get shiny new cargopods into the game?

I still haven't managed to find a reliable method

Kriken Overlord · Post by **Kriken Overlord** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:24 pm

I am trying to make a Federatoin Starship from Star Trek into Oolite, but I can only do it if dry-docks or large docks exist. Please tell me so I can cnotinue/abort work.

magamo · Post by **magamo** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:20 am

Kriken Overlord wrote:
I am trying to make a Federatoin Starship from Star Trek into Oolite, but I can only do it if dry-docks or large docks exist. Please tell me so I can cnotinue/abort work.

Why not make them a large ship, and just have them set up as NPC ships for now, in the vein of the Ixian battle cruiser, the Leviathan, Thargoid Carrier and Behemoths? If dry docks come out, then go further. There's nothing preventing you from putting some of those puppies in though.

Wolfwood · Post by **Wolfwood** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:39 am

Indeed, make it an NPC for now. I don't think there should be too big ships for players until there's a factor called "crew" (and wages) also in the game...

aegidian · Post by **aegidian** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:24 am

Draco_Caeles wrote:
Anybody fancy brewing up a way to get shiny new cargopods into the game?

I still haven't managed to find a reliable method

Okay, I just introduced a method for v1.65b4. All you'll have to do in future is include the name of the commodity your cargo pod is for in the roles part of its shipdata.plist entry and it'll be considered for that role.

Kriken Overlord · Post by **Kriken Overlord** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:09 pm

I am having 1 problem with the Wings 3D thing. How do I "Make External". I've got the whole model ready, I just can't texture it. THat's all that's preventing me for now.