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mossfoot wrote:

I suppose it's possible they'd think that, but if you ask me it's a foolish perception. Oolite cannot possibly compare to what Elite:Dangerous has to offer. It would be more of a promotion than anything. An updated nostalgic look to the past, which can only get you more excited for the future.

Funny thing about perception - it may have no basis in reality - but that doesn't stop people from acting on their perception, regardless of how foolish it may be.

Diziet Sma wrote:

I have no idea how you managed to get my name on Neelix's post..

I was wondering that myself - I hadn't even quoted you in my post!

- Neelix

Diziet Sma wrote:

I have no idea how you managed to get my name on Neelix's post..

Oops sorry bout that... to tell the truth I haven't a clue either.

<chuckles>

mossfoot wrote:

I assume that at some point the nature of OXZs vs OXPs are going to be covered in the Wiki, along with updates covering changes/additions in 1.8? Will there also be some kind of "cleanup" going on to make sure everything is current?

The Wiki still has screenshots on prominent pages going back to before 1.65 was released, so it's certainly in need of "cleanup" - but if it hasn't happened yet it's probably not going to happen now either.

I'll probably tidy up a few of the more obviously out-of-date references to 1.77.1 being the current version eventually if no-one else gets round to it, but keeping the API documentation up to date takes up all the time I have to spend editing it. Trying to coordinate a relatively small amount of community-contributed/suggested content for the new official website was difficult enough - I certainly don't have time for doing the same for the entire wiki. On the other hand, it's a wiki - if people want it updating and improving, just go and do it!

mossfoot wrote:

When 1.8 is out, are you planning any kind of (for lack of a better word) marketing campaign?

Getting the release out at all is already an intense process for the entire dev team, coordinating builds, tests, documentation, and website updates across three separate OSes. A marketing campaign involving more work than "tell people on the forums/website and hope they like it enough to tell their friends" is not something we really have the spare time for right now. (On the bright side, that approach seems to have worked pretty well so far...) I don't think there's any risk should a games journalist review Oolite, but I wouldn't even know where to start in terms of encouraging one to do so.

There's Giles' panel at Lavecon this weekend, of course.

Well, I've already updated Oolite's entry on Wikipedia, if that helps any..