Oolite Bulletins

kanthoney wrote:

Are the stations meant to be geostationary?

Griff wrote:

I keep thinking the stations called Port Zelda

Cody wrote:

I see they're using current Terran date format. <scratches head>

Michael Brookes wrote:

Alpha 3.0 will be available shortly, I've listed the changes for this build below:

New Features
- Request docking added to contacts screen
- Ability to dock added
- Docking assist GUI added
- Crime for loitering in docking port added
- Crime for loitering in docking pad without permission added
- Station defences added
- Coriolis and associated location added
- Outfitting added
- Station service for removing bounty added
- Station service for ship and module repair added
- Ability to purchase ship added
- Cobra available to purchase
- Support for controllers masquerading as multiple devices added
- Multiplayer placeholder screen removed, new start point with default Sidewinder added (Note that stats have been reset)
- Ship's computer voice added
- Ship data persistent between loads
- Updated connection code to not require UPNP or NATPMP (Manual port configuration should no longer be needed)
- Different juristictions implemented
- Purchase weapon reloads from station
- Placeholder hyperspace menu added to left panel
- Hyperspace increases heat
- Menus are now positioned on 3D planes
- Module power draw balance pass
- Compass points at landing pad
- Add bounty variation between ship types
- Added Cobra schematic to loading screen
- Added control bindings for Thrustmaster Warthog
- Capital ship defence changed to location rather than success/fail scenario
- Smaller text GUI
- New types of canisters to be collected for differing values
- Ship insurance added

Crash Fixes
- Audio crash for ship operations fixed
- Crash for multiplayer guided missiles fixed
- CPU crash on Moon render fixed
- Crash fix for illegal transform in AI multiplayer
- Crash when exiting to main menu after being in three comabt scenarios fixed
- Prevent crash when game is shut down while loading
- Stellarforge crash when changing locations fixed
- Survive failures to go fullscreen by remaining in windowed mode and retrying next frame
- Fix crash in power distribution
- Module health balance
- Updated machine Ip retrieval (Fixes datagram crash)
- Fix invalid module shutdown crash
- Pure function call in physics fixed
- Resize target crash fixed
- Black screen hang while loading fixed
- Fix atomic thread allocation crash
- Fixed power module crash
- Radar visibility crash fixed
- Error handler shutdown crash fixed
- Launchbay initialisation crash in Impeccable Defence fixed


General Fixes
- Updated PFX for heavy impacts
- Canisters now collide with asteroids
- Federation capital ship optimisations and improvements
- Scanner gunsight tweaked
- Hard point art improvements
- Right to retaliate fixed, although you need to scan to be able to claim bounty (By Design)
- Fixed SSAO not duplicating parameters to right eye (OR)
- Disabled SSAO at all quality levels (OR)
- Planet generation refactor (Players still using the AMD fix flag should retest)
- AI can now jink when taking damage
- Fed Fighter PFX improvements
- Copyright notice updated
- Correctly reset authority if authority is being changed while an authority is being shut down
- Improved scrolling of long lists in combo boxes
- Canisters have a bit more health
- Anacondas in the asteroid belt no longer get aggressive with each other
- Sidewinder chair model updated
- Fix breathhing mask rendering when bloom is enabled
- 3D reticule takes size into account
- Polish pass on thruster effects
- Cargo hatch will now close when the module is not powered
- Extra checks assessing send priority for a machine which isn't connected.
- Additional polish for Anaconda explosion
- Avoid accessing StatePerMachine entries when there's no entry for that machine.
- Do not resolve authority clashes on subordinates.
- Given the invert axis and "does button act like a toggle" option different labels
- Add specific separate attack duties for self-preservation and customised attack targets.
- When connection to server is lost, ensure there's routes to the 'lost connection' exit path which don't involve re-entering the game.
- "b" for back in the pause menu. Activate all the ui schemes on entry to the game to ensure there are generic param entries for all of them.
- Adjust ship population code to be aware that the ship may go straight to Dying / Dead from creation.
- Tweaks to sidewinder loading model
- Death letters don't get sent to self
- AI mining: ensure that we're using the mining laser when mining asteroids; fixes issue where if an AI was attacking in combat (using the pulse laser) they would keep using that when going back to mining.
- Pulse and beam laser impacts updated
- Fixed aggro system
- Fix for session forking
- Use correct monitor when restarting

Known Issue
- There is an occasion slow load when loading the station (or when starting a game docked), this can take a few minutes, if it hasan't recovered then kill the game through task manager. This is a priority issue for 3.1, however we didn't want to delay the build for this.

Michael

cim wrote:

Doesn't seem surprising for the Federation - they still own the planet it makes sense on. The question is, will the Imperials use one based on the Achenar system or Terran time?

Smivs wrote:

<grumpy old git mode>
Am I the only person underwhelmed by this? I was actually quite disapointed when I watched the video. It all looked a bit 'Tron' to me - too much blue and yellow with fuzzy edges. I was hoping for something much more realistic.
</grumpy old git mode>