Oolite Bulletins

Griff wrote:

maaarcooose wrote:

The shakedown crew of The Odyssey encounter trouble.



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Nice work maaarcooose Is that the ship you've recently been UV unwrapping? It must have been a nightmare to do with all those curved lines!

This is it. There's so many small pieces in it.
I ended up simplifying the model as much as possible and overlaid as many pieces that are the same as possible.
I managed to simplify the unwrapping by using different materials and hard edges in wings.

Still got some work to do before I release it.

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I captured a lone pirate in a Cobra Mk I. Received this message on docking with the system station.


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The system market was just 9.4₢ per TC. I must have found a black market dealer.

Is that from a free-the-slaves OXP?

Tricky wrote:

The system market was just 9.4₢ per TC. I must have found a black market dealer.

The captured pilot probably had some special skills that increased his value.

But, since it is possible in 1.77 to actually read market values, I just changed it to the same value for a next release.

Eric Walch wrote:

Tricky wrote:

The system market was just 9.4₢ per TC. I must have found a black market dealer.

The captured pilot probably had some special skills that increased his value.

But, since it is possible in 1.77 to actually read market values, I just changed it to the same value for a next release.

I'm used to being shafted by Galcop, "You receive a bounty of 5.4₢ and the insurance of 500₢ goes to government taxes" or some or other weak excuse that really means they're lining their pockets.

Commander McLane wrote:

Ranthe wrote:

5. Black humour is obviously a common trait among Anaconda pilots

It's probably sort of a necessity.

I've just encountered who I think must be the same pilot inbound to Zateteis... in "Easy Pickings III".
He's flying a Serpent Class Cruiser now. I guess "Easy Pickings II" must have been the last straw for flying Anacondas!

Just encountered an invisible sidewinder! No cloaking device, completely invisible, but caught on the scanner. https://www.dropbox.com/s/848l5kso83ejk ... te-099.png

Sneak Preview Picture Background rotates in-game.

Intriguing, Frame... if you need a proof-reader/typo-squasher, let me know.

@ Frame - That's an interesting looking ship on your photobucket account - it looks remarkably like a nicely modelled version of the IDA Frigate from EVNova ...? Any chance of an Aurora Cruiser?

Cody wrote:

Intriguing, Frame... if you need a proof-reader/typo-squasher, let me know.

I would like to call you up on that Cody. When i get everything together. The mission screens final wording
is not done yet.

Star Gazer wrote:

@ Frame - That's an interesting looking ship on your photobucket account - it looks remarkably like a nicely modelled version of the IDA Frigate from EVNova ...? Any chance of an Aurora Cruiser?

If the ship you refer to is the one I'm thinking about. yeah I can see the resemblance, but no It is a shameless copy of a Babylon 5 Omega Class Destroyer. The Model is completely of my own device. and as such is in the 5000 range of polygon count.

The Star Gate: Atlantis: Aurora Cruiser is not on my TO DO list for this Project sorry.

HAL wrote:

Just encountered an invisible sidewinder! No cloaking device, completely invisible, but caught on the scanner. https://www.dropbox.com/s/848l5kso83ejk ... te-099.png

Anything in the log? This could be caused by a faulty PNG for its texture.

Star Gazer wrote:

looks remarkably like a nicely modelled version of the IDA Frigate from EVNova ...?

Which *was* a rip-off of the B5 Earth Omega class Destroyer!

Now you know why Adm. Raczak's flagship was called 'Agamemnon'...

The Odyssey orbiting Lave on course for the sun.



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maaarcooose wrote:

The Odyssey orbiting Lave on course for the sun.
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I hope your ship doesn't come across this bad guy....