Introduce Yourself.

[iperich]

Interesting that you're loving the game so much, because that's not the tone that comes across in your other posting about wanting more eye candy...

As I said, I'm an old gamer, and I think that playing a game for its graphics is like watching porn for the story. As I said in that post either, yes, I really love Oolite because of the game itself, and I'm sorry if I bothered you with my criticism, maybe my tone was too rough (english is not my native language), but I think that if something can be better in life, you should say it, right?

[Mathers]

Hello everyone!

Really looking forward to rediscovering my youth with Oolite - a good 26 years since I last played Elite on the C64.

Hopefully I won't annoy the wife too much!

[Cody]

Welcome aboard, Mathers.

[Smivs]

Hi Mathers, and welcome.
I'm sure your wife will appreciate the extra peace and quiet she'll get now

[Mathers]

Absolutely!

I remember being hooked before - when first released on the BBC, we all played during school lunch breaks in the computer lab. Then when released on the C64 (1985?) - locked myself away in the bedroom - hardly spoke to my parents for weeks!

I was determined to hunt down the Constrictor ship! - I think I got it!

Now here in 2013 with all this nice kit - should be fun.

Thanks guys.

[Diziet Sma]

G'day Mathers, and welcome aboard!

[UK_Eliter]

@iperich, and Mathers (and, indeed, various new or new-ish people I've failed to say hello to): Welcome!

[hiasakite]

Hi folks, time to say hello,been lurking since June.

Used to love original Elite on the BBC B back in he day, heard about the Elite:dangerous KS fund through a friend, signed up, and through reading about the forum's heard about Oolite..

Now nearing on 4K kills and Deadly


Irony is, had I known about Oolite before signing up to Elite:dangerous KS, I would have probably held back on contributing to the KS fund...

Oh well - I suspect Elite:dangerous will be a different experience..

Oh and just to add, thank you to all of you who have contributed OXP's - truly enriches the game, and testament to you dedication

[UK_Eliter]

Dear hiasakite

Welcome aboard! (From someone who chose his username before realising that most of the people on this board are from the UK!)

[Smivs]

Welcome to the board, hiasakite. As you've been lurking for a while, you'll know a bit about us already - glad it hasn't put you off

[Gouanaco]

Well some of you already know who i am but i thought i'd post abit about my'self here.

I live in Australia, and play lots of games.

I (not technically) own Gouanaco Entertainment which is a company which makes games and soon to be making electronic equipment.
I haven't played any Elite games other than Oolite.

But Oolite has really caught my attention, its just so awesome it so many ways

Anyways...

I make MIDI music and know (know...) a few programming languages.
- Batch
- C++
- Python

I wanna make some oxps for oolite and would like to eventually make my own games (when i get some good internet).

So yeh, hopefully i can learn some XML/JavaScript and make some of my ideas

[Smivs]

Hi again
I did give some advice elsewhere, but one thing to do if thinking of starting to make OXPs (or going over the the Dark Side as we say ) is to have a look at the code for the game itself - look for the 'Resources' folder in the main install. OXPs take the same form, namely a folder containing various other folders for Textures, shipdata etc. The main difference is that the OXP folder must have a .oxp extension. js is not essential for many OXPs but is worth learning as it will give you a lot more options. The property lists (plists) are all now written in openStep, not XML. The good news is openStep is a much more human-friendly format which makes both writting and de-bugging much more easy.

[Diziet Sma]

G'day, Gouanaco, and welcome aboard!

What part of Oz? I'm down in Melbourne, myself..

[Gouanaco]

G'day, Gouanaco, and welcome aboard!

What part of Oz? I'm down in Melbourne, myself..

Ah, im up in Alice Springs Nice weather... abit too hot though lol

Hi again
I did give some advice elsewhere, but one thing to do if thinking of starting to make OXPs (or going over the the Dark Side as we say ) is to have a look at the code for the game itself - look for the 'Resources' folder in the main install. OXPs take the same form, namely a folder containing various other folders for Textures, shipdata etc. The main difference is that the OXP folder must have a .oxp extension. js is not essential for many OXPs but is worth learning as it will give you a lot more options. The property lists (plists) are all now written in openStep, not XML. The good news is openStep is a much more human-friendly format which makes both writting and de-bugging much more easy.

Ah sorry (face-palm) forgot you said the plists are in openStep, well i guess that makes it abit easier.
And good idea, yeh ill look in the main game files first for my oxping

[Diziet Sma]

G'day, Gouanaco, and welcome aboard!

What part of Oz? I'm down in Melbourne, myself..

Ah, im up in Alice Springs Nice weather... abit too hot though lol

Ahh damn.. I'm jealous as all hell..

I spent 2 years in The Alice, a long time ago.. and of all the places I've been in Oz (which is nearly all of it, at one time or another) the only place I was ever homesick for was Alice Springs.. THE best place in Australia, bar none.