Oolite Bulletins

Thanks Griff... now I'll be forced to eject just to see it in action.

i tried that when testing out the oxp, i thought it would be a quick shortcut to check the exhaust plumes are positioned properly, but it doesn't work, you only see your ship floating away when you eject, i suppose it makes sense as you're now tucked up safely in the capsule awaiting rescue

Yeah, just realised that myself.

This is just my personal opinion... but it looks more like a Worm than an ePod

Griff wrote:

this was meant to be a 2-3 day remake, something quick to do over the Christmas holidays but it turned out to be the biggest struggle of all of them so far

Well, it is the second-most complex model in the core game. :-)

In the original model, the thrusters are on the bottom, not the rear. This approach probably makes it easier to avoid the Shoe Effect – it’s more like a powered equivalent of the Apollo capsule. (I guess that would be a Soyuz descent module, then…)

@ ADCK
yeah, i was wondering this too as i went along drawing the texture, not the similarity to the worm but the fact that it maybe looks to much like a proper space ship rather than an emergency life raft, to be honest it got to the point that i was glad to get the thing done and move onto something else

@ Ahruman, yeah, the default model has some sweet beveling going on in it

Either way it's a good model.

Having not tested it yet, was wondering about the scale, how big is it compared to the default ePod?

it's a bit wider and longer but not as tall - it's not as perfect a pyramid as the default escape capsule model but it's small enough to scoop easily, in fact it was a real pain trying to fly up to it to check the exhaust plumes without hoovering it up through the fuel scoop
*edited for spelling*

The detail is superb, more so than your usual superb detailing!

Ahruman wrote:

Well, it is the second-most complex model in the core game.

Go on then, I've got to ask: which is the most complex model?

El Viejo wrote:

Ahruman wrote:

Well, it is the second-most complex model in the core game.

Go on then, I've got to ask: which is the most complex model?

Probably Rock Hermit in the default game. Wait no, thats mostly done with subEntities...

It'd be oolite-unknown-ship.dat

Griff wrote:

I've made an attempt at remaking the 'Escape Capsule' although i seem to have ended up with a ship based on what looks like a Nike trainer - this was meant to be a 2-3 day remake, something quick to do over the Christmas holidays but it turned out to be the biggest struggle of all of them so far, i appear to be getting worse at doing these instead of better
Because it looks so much like an old dap i think it needs a few screen shots to try and explain it a bit better to everyone:
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Link to the download is on Page 1 of this thread

Gorgeous Griff, simply gorgeous!

Griff wrote:

@ Ahruman, yeah, the default model has some sweet beveling going on in it :D

The new version has smooth groups, too.

wow. fantastic.

looks like it could be kinda cozy in there.

bed time.

zzzz

Ahruman wrote:

Griff wrote:

@ Ahruman, yeah, the default model has some sweet beveling going on in it

The new version has smooth groups, too.

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