Oolite Bulletins

Okay, two new ships coming up;

Number 1 is non canon: The Stingray (haven't found anything like that on the ship page : http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Category:Oolite_ships so I am taking it:

The Stingray is what it says it is, small, nimble; and bada$$; something in the size of a Moray Starboat, haven't decided yet. Its role should be that of an escort ship for the Remora and something of a beefed up alternative to the cobra Mk1. A rich man's Krait !

Screenshots:



Number 2 is canon: The Asp Mk2

Just to show you that the Stingray doesn't look anything like an Asp does, here's some screenies to prove it:






Coming soon...

I always resize my screenshots to 800*600, but sometimes the forum keeps giving me an error when I want to add thumbs. It worked nicely with the Stingray, but the asp just refused (could not determine size of image error), therefore the big screens. My apologies.

dertien wrote:

The Stingray (haven't found anything like that on the ship page

I'm afraid in that case you haven't looked closely enough:
[wiki]Military Stingray Mk. II[/wiki]

My advice: When researching whether a ship name is already taken, it's always a good idea to search the boards as well. There's for instance eight search result pages full of references to stingray.oxp.

dertien wrote:

Spara, you've got a PM !

Must have got lost somewhere, as I don't seem to have received it.

Commander McLane wrote:

dertien wrote:

The Stingray (haven't found anything like that on the ship page

I'm afraid in that case you haven't looked closely enough:
[wiki]Military Stingray Mk. II[/wiki]

My advice: When researching whether a ship name is already taken, it's always a good idea to search the boards as well. There's for instance eight search result pages full of references to stingray.oxp.

Ok my bad, but since there are different rays already, the Stingray Starboat akin to its less battlehardened sibling, the Moray Starboat, should be a fitting name.

Still loving this Expansion but finding I got a lot of this;
Just mentioning it

Duggan wrote:

Still loving this Expansion but finding I got a lot of this;

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17:33:55.049 [shipData.merge.failed]: ***** ERROR: one or more shipdata.plist entries have like_ship references that cannot be resolved: Eagle_Mk1_NPC, Eagle_Mk3_NPC
17:34:00.296 [shipData.load.error]: ***** ERROR: the shipdata.plist entry "eagleradarbase" specifies non-existent model "eagleradarbase.dat".

Just mentioning it

Thanks, please post should you run into any others again.

The eagleradarbase.dat should be bbs_eagleradarbase.dat as a model name in the eagle mk3 subentity entry.
deleted the like ship entries on both eagles.

Rectified the problem, update online

Stingray Starboat done, Gecko model is done, ready for materials:







Surprise what will be next...

Wow! This Gecko is beautyful even without the textures!

Next? Cobra mk 3?

Do you plan to do the stations, also? If so, make them BIG!

No, the Cobbie 3 model is done already.




I was actually talking about releasing the first core ship: there's a big chance it's going to be the faithful Adder.

Yes the stations too, I don't know about changing the size yet, since I want to stay within Oolite gameplay specs. I don't want to create a station that is going to impede the regular Oolite traffic due to its size and break the balance. But they will be at least as big as Griff's stations.

A personal favorite that needs no introduction:





Laterz !

Very nice

I love what you've done with the Asp and the Gecko...

Well Redspear, the Asp and the Adder are both ready for download, check screens on first page of thread.

dertien wrote:

Well Redspear, the Asp and the Adder are both ready for download, check screens on first page of thread.

Thanks!

Sidewinder ready,

screenshots:





Download Core BBS

Wow! Very cool!