Oolite Bulletins

Ethan-J wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:07 pm

Hi, just thought I should introduce myself.

I started playing Elite possibly back in 1984, on an Acorn Electron.

White on black wireframes only. It was very austere, but I still loved it.

Now I am on Oolite, trying to dock on Isinor (near Lave), and the space station will not give me permission. I don't have a missle in order to target the station, in order to press SHIFT + L to ask for permission. They just won't let me dock.

... Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

szaumix wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 5:08 am

I wonder if we could get a roll call going, where commanders show their stock oxp list. Might be interesting to see what everyone's Ooniverse setups look like after nearly two decades of customisation. Might also be a way to see what is common and what is not.

Or not. Or another thread another time perhaps.

starmox wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:40 pm

So to introduce myself to ooLite community,

starmox wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:40 pm

I am a space-opera fan definitely

...I am aware there is Elite Dangerous but I don't know what is going on there. Interested to maybe try the next-gen space sims? (do you recommend it? I do not care that much for Star Citizen and all that is going on there..... I hope ED maybe stays more player-oriented? But now it is 7 years old already, is it a mature proper next-gen space sim?)

starmox wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:27 pm

p.s. Did anyone think of adapting ooLite for VR tech? Maybe this could be the door to new community members.....

starmox wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:27 pm

@Cholmondely: I am still on the complete beginning with Norby's addons. But wow, thank You for the recommendation on Xeptatl's Sword! When I make a circle around galaxy one I'll install it. Now I am trying to build up my combat acumen

Yes, I can imagine people went to ED... By the way, what good read about (oo)Elite lore do you recommend?

p.s. Did anyone think of adapting ooLite for VR tech? Maybe this could be the door to new community members.....

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:27 pm

But I'm sure others will chime in with their favourites...

another_commander wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:02 pm

Unfortunately, it requires render to texture support in the engine and currently we don't have that. RTT is certainly doable (and would allow for many more graphics and post processing improvements too), but it needs either someone with plenty of OpenGL experience to code it in or someone with enough time to learn how to do it.

// window width and height
int width = 1000, height = 500;

// creating texture that should be rendered into
GLuint texture_id;
glGenTextures(1, &texture_id);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture_id);
glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, width, height, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, nullptr);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_REPEAT);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_REPEAT);

// create necessary render buffer for depth
GLuint depth_buffer_id;
glGenRenderbuffers(1, &depth_buffer_id);
glBindRenderbuffer(GL_RENDERBUFFER, depth_buffer_id);
glRenderbufferStorage(GL_RENDERBUFFER, GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT32F, width, height);


// create framebuffer and attach texture and depth buffer
GLuint target_framebuffer_id;
glGenFramebuffers(1, &target_framebuffer_id);
glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, target_framebuffer_id);
glDrawBuffer(GL_NONE);
glReadBuffer(GL_NONE);
glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL_RENDERBUFFER, depth_buffer_id);
glFramebufferTexture2D(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture_id, 0);
const GLenum att_type = GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0;
glDrawBuffers(1, &att_type);


// draw to screen
glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
...
glDrawArrays(...)

// next, draw to texture (texure_id)
glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, target_framebuffer_id);
...
glDrawArrays(...)