Oolite Shipyards Extension V1.0 Development

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:35 pm

Yeah, the Fighter Hud MkII has been my hud for quite a while now - I think it`s the best

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:19 am

Another triplet of screenshots:

Police fleet on its way to the planet ...

... one of Charlie`s Condors in deep space ...

... and a Navy Constitution, the (as yet) most powerful ship in Oolite, in an epic battle ...

Enjoy

L

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:44 am

That Condor is something else!

What was the Constitution fighting?

More! More!

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:45 am

What was the Constitution fighting?

I think it had somehow fallen into the wrong hands (those pirates make raids now, they say) and a police fleet was on its way to stop this pirate supercarrier ...

You can actually see the rocket launchers of the Constitution firing a long row of missiles at the police, and the police firing rockets back (the light blue line on the scanner).

I didn`t stay around until the fugitive Constitution had obliterated the police fleet (as it probably did), lest it might turn on me and ...

If you or someone else finds & likes pics like that, again, feel free to publish them here ...

L

Frame · Post by **Frame** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:32 pm

DaddyHoggy wrote:
That Condor is something else!

i say that it is heavely inspired by the Discovery One, from the movie a space oddessy 2001

While its glowing front circle at the front reminds me of the torpedo launcher from a Klingon D7-Battlecruiser.. i been trying to find some pictures of it while being lit in a red light.

But failed because of all the useless junk in regard to the star trek franchise.

But i have a clear memory of it from the Star Trek movie Undiscoverd Country

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:09 pm

Klingon battle cruisers front photon torpedo port generally glows red just prior to launching a torpedo (as in the first movie when they're firing on the V'ger) and like you say - Undiscovered Country or even <shudders> Generations

Stromboli · Post by **Stromboli** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:28 pm

I had a run in with a small Navy battlegroup, after coming out of a witchspace jump.

I also managed to scoop up a wayward Admiral on my way to the station, and raked in 2500 credits for it! Arrr!

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:24 pm

Frame wrote:
While its glowing front circle at the front reminds me of the torpedo launcher from a Klingon D7-Battlecruiser.. i been trying to find some pictures of it while being lit in a red light.

But failed because of all the useless junk in regard to the star trek franchise.

But i have a clear memory of it from the Star Trek movie Undiscoverd Country

There was no D7 in The Undiscovered Country. There was the IKS Kronos One (K't'inga class), and an unnamed Bird-of-Prey, modified with the ability to fire while cloaked, at which point it looked like this.

Oh dear, I can’t believe I’m geeking this. In my defense, I’ve recently watched all the films. Some of them for the first time, even. :-)

Cmdr. Maegil · Post by **Cmdr. Maegil** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:59 pm

Frame wrote:
While its glowing front circle at the front reminds me of the torpedo launcher from a Klingon D7-Battlecruiser.. i been trying to find some pictures of it while being lit in a red light.

No red lights on the D7 - its photon torpedoes' signature was green.

Compare to the K't'inga class

and the Bird of Pray

I couldn't find a Class 5 firing torpedoes, nor for the Vor'cha class - but IIRC at least the latter also fired in green.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:38 pm

My Ertl model Vorcha is red at the front where the torpedoes would be launched (not saying this is right) but that was the colour of the translucent plastic I then backlit with LEDs

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:55 am

Ahruman wrote:
Oh dear, I can’t believe I’m geeking this. In my defense, I’ve recently watched all the films. Some of them for the first time, even.

Cool ship pics assembling in this thread! (Did I already mention that the next big version of RS will be named "Oolite Ships Extension V1.0" and have 4500 ships in it?)

And Ahruman: Welcome back!

Cmdr. Maegil · Post by **Cmdr. Maegil** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:47 pm

Lestradae wrote:
the next big version of RS will be named "Oolite Ships Extension V1.0" and have 4500 ships in it?

Please don't take offence with my comment, this is NOT an attack.

Is your ego ready yet?

OK, here it goes:

Are you trying to make it unusable even by machines with 2Gb RAM?

Why don't you do something like YAH and split them into smaller packages.

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:53 pm

Cmdr Maegil is right, it would be a speed killer and computer stuffer, only those people who can afford a robot projector would have a pc fast enough.

Amen Brick · Post by **Amen Brick** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:33 pm

Ok, just updating here in case people read this thread first. Pirate Clan One has morphed into Amen Brick's Pirate Clan One: The Blitzspears and is now on the wiki and in my sig. Yay! Sorry again about the confusion, I ran out of genius for a moment when it came to the name of the mod.

I believe the dload prob mentioned elsewhere was caused by a wifi connex + non-interruptable download thing on that poster's comp and shouldn't cause others a problem.

I have (hope L doesnt mind) amended the name of my mod in the RS wiki section to stop further confusion.

Oh, and because I haven't yet. Thanks to L for making my mod a must have. Mucho appreciatio.

Stromboli · Post by **Stromboli** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:48 pm

I'd be willing to contribute models to a project, though I'd need to get some inspiration first. These low poly jobs are easy!