Oolite Bulletins

Pluisje wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:49 pm

... I just figured out a way to have a lighted cockpit. It's does require adding sub-entities to your ship of choice though. It's a tiny structure modelled around your viewpoint. In the example I just made a couple of triangular beams. The sub-entity is untextured at the moment, but a generic metallic should go a long way. I hope to someday finish an OXP, perhaps one based on this idea..

Pluisje wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:49 pm

maik wrote:

another_commander wrote:

... Note also, that unless you can show light changes on the cockpit as the ship changes position, it will generally look like a cardboard overlay. A 2D cockpit will simply not be enough.

+1, also because of the lighting and the view obstruction

Your points are fair, but I just figured out a way to have a lighted cockpit. It's does require adding sub-entities to your ship of choice though. It's a tiny structure modelled around your viewpoint. In the example I just made a couple of triangular beams. The sub-entity is untextured at the moment, but a generic metallic should go a long way. I hope to someday finish an OXP, perhaps one based on this idea..