Oolite Bulletins

To clarify some more: the current trunk will one day become version 1.77, which will not be a "stable" version, but a test version, just like all versions between 1.65 and 1.76.

As soon as 1.77 is released, the "virtual" version number of the trunk will be raised to 1.78.<rev number>, and at some point when the developers deem it ready will become version 1.78.

So, the 1.77.xxxx you have seen so far are not version 1.77. There is no such thing as version 1.77 yet, there's only trunk revisions which will finally result in version 1.77. The so-called "1.77.xxxx" and "1.77.yyyy" are incremental steps towards version 1.77. That's how it has always been for any previous version.

Ahh.. ok.. thanks for the clarification.

Commander McLane wrote:

To clarify some more: the current trunk will one day become version 1.77

It used to be this way, but the intention is to change the numbering in future in the way Thargoid describes above. Odd numbers will be trunk versions and even numbers will be release versions in future. This avoids confusion between trunk 1.77 and a release with the same number. Trunk 1.77 will be released as 1.78. (Whenever that may happen. )

The main goal for this change is of cause to reach the magical version 2.00 twice as fast....

So I was right in the first place..

Thanks for the re-clarification!

Outbound from Celaqula main with a holdful of furs, headed for Dawbern's Scheme. Despite its close proximity to the sun, this rock hermit is offering 98/t for furs.



The new drive-flares look really good! Even missiles look much the better for them!

Epic Epic new fx and screenshots

El Viejo wrote:

Outbound from Celaqula main

That is an excellent planet texture.

Hi all,

Thanks for certificating new versions naming scheme guys!


Leo "Apollo11"

My attempt at an Oolite 'box art shot'. This is 100% in game. (not trying to recreate the BBC Box exactly but it comes close). For 100% we nee a white Corriolis Station like on the Box.

Very nice!

But...

pagroove wrote:

This is 100% in game.

...you have that logo flying around in your game as well?

..you have that logo flying around in your game as well?

You're right 90% then. I pasted the logo in the image to make it look a bit like the Box of the Beep version.

I've been trying, on and off, to get a certain external view angle - but I cannot get it right. This is the vanilla 'Rear Right' external view of my alt Cobra III. What I'm after is to rotate that view a little, and to move it slightly above the ship (it's hard to explain) - can anyone give me a rough set of numbers to play with?

These are the vanilla "Rear Right View" numbers: All I really understand in that lot is the distance, which is fine for this dumb pilot.

Viewpoint is placed ~247,5 oometers right, 15 oometers above and ~247,5 oometers behind the ship.
And view orientation (where that viewpoint's line of sight points at) is rotated (yaw left) 45 degrees around Y-axis to point towards a point 15 oometers above ship center.

El Viejo wrote:

What I'm after is to rotate that view a little, and to move it slightly above the ship (it's hard to explain) - can anyone give me a rough set of numbers to play with?

To move the viewpoint (more) above the ship, just increase the number "15.0" in.
How would you like to rotate the view?