Oolite Bulletins

Smivs wrote:

Tichy wrote:

This is the first forum where I happened to find Discordians and pot-head pixies...

Hehe, I think you can find most 'things' around here.

Yep, I think we cover most 'things' here... from boffins to bums, from professors to pot-heads... and points beyond!

Rese249er wrote:

G4:

Need I say more?

His mother must have "really" loved him.

"Shall we call him Dave or Tim?"
"I know, scrub that! Lets call him Arse!"

Still could have been worse, I hear his twin sister showed up to bail him out. Her names Buffm.

Shoulda stuck around to see that.

Wouldn't it be cool if Snoopers had a news feed on your escape-capsule-scoopees?

Sight-seeing at Tianve (and testing my Photobucket account):

Always nice to see another Serpent flying the black.

Ahh, sweet! A Povray Planets gas giant with cim's planetary rings demo - lovely!

Now that is just gorgeous!

Diziet Sma wrote:

Now that is just gorgeous!

Yep! I'm a little perplexed by the clouds (?) in its upper atmosphere, though.
As for the rings - is anyone going to improve them (cim)? I think the shadowed section should obscure the background stars, yes?

El Viejo wrote:

Diziet Sma wrote:

Now that is just gorgeous!

Yep! I'm a little perplexed by the clouds (?) in its upper atmosphere, though.

Hmm, yes. I tracked down the bug which was causing clouds on planets with a provided texture to bunch up into a single starfish. For everything except gas giants it's probably an improvement, but it really doesn't work so well for gas giants where the cloud layer is already drawn on.

I'll look at adding some planetinfo settings for giving hints to the cloud generator.

El Viejo wrote:

I think the shadowed section should obscure the background stars, yes?

If you look closely, it is - just not enough. I'm still fiddling around with the ring shader a bit. I much prefer this version close up, but it does end up looking a little sparse at range compared with the last one. Maybe I can get it to transition smoothly between the two as you close in...

cim wrote:

... I much prefer this version close up, but it does end up looking a little sparse at range compared with the last one.

They definitely look better up close, as you say.

space jellyfish?

Wormhole X-treme?

Birth of an Orb?

Aaaargh! Space Sphincter alert!!

Was that found in the Arse system by any chance?