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stevesims wrote:

I would run the Korean one past my wife (who is Korean) but she's got a bug up her bum about games being a waste of time.

A tharg? :0

A tharg? :0

Jonny, I think you got it. That would explain a lot!

Cheers matey!

Or as Derek and Clive said:

"which is it that walks sideways, crabs or lobsters"

"crabs"

"in that case I've got lobsters"

Hi.

I wiil get back to this and other threads ASAP. But here's an update or two for YOUR AD HERE!!!

0.992 by Dr. Nil Dec 2006

Added Pi-47 and made some minor changes too.

0.993

HD-ADX Dropped the idea of using subentities for placing ads and chose to use texture mapping instead - it gives a lot less flickering. Also scaled the Navigational Buoy Terascreens down to 50%

Credits

Billboard 1, front: Griff - Edible Arts Graduates
Billboard 1, back: Griff - Bibeian Lethal Brandy
Billboard 2, front: Griff - Laveian Tree Grubs
Billboard 2, back: Griff - Laveian Tree Grubs
Billboard 08, front: ramon - Marett Mosquito Trader
Billboard 08, back: ramon - Marett Mosquito Trader
Billboard 09, front: johnsmith - Bibean Lethal Brandy
Billboard 09, back: drnil - Status Quo
Billboard 10, front: Charlie - Benulobiweed Pallas
Billboard 10, back: Charlie - Benulobiweed Condor
Billboard 11, front: Charlie - Benulobiweed Merlin
Billboard 11, back: Charlie - Benulobiweed Swift
Billboard 12, front: Charlie - Benulobiweed Falcon
Billboard 12, back: Charlie - Benulobiweed Kestrel
Billboard 13, front: johnsmith - Monu Surprise Pills
Billboard 13, back: drnil - Trumble
Billboard 14, front: Griff - Cat Preserves
Billboard 14, back: johnsmith - Monu's Preservatifs
Billboard 15, front: Griff - Murrgh's Used Craft Showroom
Billboard 15, back: ramon - Grand Theft Astro
Billboard 16, front: johnsmith - Barry's Dry Docks
Billboard 16, back: johnsmith - Teance Tourist
Billboard 17, front: Judebert - Boyracer Phreak Attack
Billboard 17, back: Judebert - Boyracer Phreak Attack
Billboard 18, front: Judebert - Raaleian Edible Poet
Billboard 18, back: johnsmith - Blue Screen of Death
Billboard 19, front: johnsmith - Aesbion Tourist
Billboard 19, back: johnsmith - Aesbion Tourist
Billboard 20, front: johnsmith Goat Soup
Billboard 20, back: johnsmith - Lance & Ferman FdL
Billboard 21, front: ramon - Star Sports ZG Hockey
Billboard 21, back: ramon - Beyond Witchspace
Billboard 22, front: johnsmith - A Droid Is for Life
Billboard 22, back: johnsmith - Pilkerson
Billboard 23, front: johnsmith - Bugg-Off!
Billboard 23, back: johnsmith - Orerve Tourist
Billboard 24, front: johnsmith - Diso Tourist
Billboard 24, back: johnsmith - Lance & Ferman Missiles

10 SLOTS LEFT! - GET YOURS WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME! (AD-X corp)

Just out of curiosity... is there a reason that only 10 slots are left? Couldn't we just add more entries to shipdata.plist?

Just tried the new version. Textures are fine, but no boards are appearing. Haven't really had much of a look at the code, but the script doesn't seem to be adding any.

Judebert wrote:

Can they be animated GIFs?

I thought all graphics had to be .png. I really don't know if it would work.

Ramirez wrote:

Just need to make sure that the advertising doesn't prevent the buoy being used properly.

I like the 'East Asian spam' billboards - it's a cliche I know but the oriental style would fit particularly well with the corporate states. Another idea for the 'Flavour Expansions' thread...

It's only the corpies that have the Nav-buoy version atm. Accidents are good for business. We wouldn't want the shipyards or the insurance companies to go out of business. I also resized it to 50% (it looks one fourth of the size head on).

stevesims wrote:

So instead in order to kill some time here at work I decided to try getting Google Translate to tell me a translation of the Korean advert text. Apparently "?? ??? ?? ??" means "Degradation life hazard evil Oh".

Sounds like a fitting description. What you put into Google I got from Babelsfish - probably doesn't make it any better

lolwhites wrote:

By the 32nd Century, wouldn't HUDs be able to translate and display billboards in the pilot's native language?

The tough part will probably be writing the routine that makes digital character recoqnition of decorative styles mixed into graphics in all the different alphabets and changes it to the desired character set and does a replace with the desired target language while figuring out to make the background graphics which were not in the original - all in real time. It makes the first small task of improving Google's and Altavistas up to 32nd Century standards sound easy

Judebert wrote:

Just out of curiosity... is there a reason that only 10 slots are left? Couldn't we just add more entries to shipdata.plist?

Are you questioning the marketing strategy of AD-X Corp
Well it's because that way I dont have to edit anything but the .pngs as they come in once the plists and data files are finished. If there's enough ideas, I'll do a rotation set of graphics with them.

LittleBear wrote:

Just tried the new version. Textures are fine, but no boards are appearing. Haven't really had much of a look at the code, but the script doesn't seem to be adding any.

Where did you look? The ads are added through roles as buoys. As explained in the readme.txt they don't replace every buoy. Due to their price the huge witchpoint buoy version is only risked being placed in the most well policed systems and due to traffic hazards the smaller (app. 22k") Navigational Buoy version is only used in Corporate States. And even then I awarded them roles values which still allow for the original buoys to make appearances now and then, when the screeens are being replaced or off to more thorough repairs.

Pi-47 (the only entity in the script) still only find it profitable to operate in Corporate States with more than 5bn inhabitants.

But if you're in G4 like I am with my real game, you'll only see the big (44,017") Terascreens which will then be at the witchpoints in Democracies and Confederacies - There are no corpies in G4! I had to do a lot of flying Commander Jameson with 100cr and a pulse laser armed MK-III from Lave to Zaonce for testing

Thinking outside the box, (ha ha) how about a polygonal billboard, rather than 2 flat sides? It would work nice as a nav buoy, spinning along a single axis. Or we could go even further, make a polygonal ball-like board visible from all 4 sides - though it should look different from the station. My 3d modelling skills aren't too good, any takers? If anyone wants to play with my primitive meshworks files, just ask.

I did consider it at the very beginning, but decided not to do one - but I actually reconsider this after starting to use texture mapping instead of subentities for placing the ads.

Dr.-SPACE-Nil wrote:

Judebert wrote:

Can they be animated GIFs?

I thought all graphics had to be .png. I really don't know if it would work.

I don’t think PNG is required, although it may depend on platform. However, I do know that there is no support for animated textures. (Well, the development build supports shaders.)

Didn't realise you made them rarer. How about a shot out screen for Anarchy systems:-



(Pixilated a bit in re-sizing. Will have another go at this one, if you think the idea is ok).

What about this one:-

Hi,

only discovered OOlite a week ago (and therefore have done little else except recapture my youth since). I came across your fantastic OXP and thought I might offer my own creation. It's plain and simple and silly (somewhat like its creator) and not half as good as some of those you've already included but I though I'd offer it up all the same.

I hope you like.

Cheers,

John

DaddyHoggy wrote:

Very nice. And a good start to the forums, so I'll take this opportunity to be the first to welcome you aboard.

LittleBear wrote:

What about this one:-

Accidents happen all over the place, so I put it in the basic set. Then somebody can always use it specifically for modding a system that has recently seen better days. It came out fine on the screen, I think.

DaddyHoggy wrote:

Hi,

only discovered OOlite a week ago (and therefore have done little else except recapture my youth since). I came across your fantastic OXP and thought I might offer my own creation. It's plain and simple and silly (somewhat like its creator) and not half as good as some of those you've already included but I though I'd offer it up all the same.

Hi. It's good to see somebody adding to the Ooniverse after only a week. It looks nice and captures the feel of this expansion well. Don't be shy about adding others if you've got more coming.

I just made a couple of rather silly ones too.

Credits

Billboard 1, front: Griff - Edible Arts Graduates
Billboard 1, back: Griff - Bibeian Lethal Brandy
Billboard 2, front: Griff - Laveian Tree Grubs
Billboard 2, back: Griff - Laveian Tree Grubs
Billboard 06, front: DaddyHoggy - OO-Haul
Billboard 06, back: LittleBear - Shot out screen
Billboard 07, front: drnil - OCC Teretrurus MK-I
Billboard 07, back: drnil - Grupo Langostaides Azules
Billboard 08, front: ramon - Marett Mosquito Trader
Billboard 08, back: ramon - Marett Mosquito Trader
Billboard 09, front: johnsmith - Bibean Lethal Brandy
Billboard 09, back: drnil - Status Quo
Billboard 10, front: Charlie - Benulobiweed Pallas
Billboard 10, back: Charlie - Benulobiweed Condor
Billboard 11, front: Charlie - Benulobiweed Merlin
Billboard 11, back: Charlie - Benulobiweed Swift
Billboard 12, front: Charlie - Benulobiweed Falcon
Billboard 12, back: Charlie - Benulobiweed Kestrel
Billboard 13, front: johnsmith - Monu Surprise Pills
Billboard 13, back: drnil - Trumble
Billboard 14, front: Griff - Cat Preserves
Billboard 14, back: johnsmith - Monu's Preservatifs
Billboard 15, front: Griff - Murrgh's Used Craft Showroom
Billboard 15, back: ramon - Grand Theft Astro
Billboard 16, front: johnsmith - Barry's Dry Docks
Billboard 16, back: johnsmith - Teance Tourist
Billboard 17, front: Judebert - Boyracer Phreak Attack
Billboard 17, back: Judebert - Boyracer Phreak Attack
Billboard 18, front: Judebert - Raaleian Edible Poet
Billboard 18, back: johnsmith - Blue Screen of Death
Billboard 19, front: johnsmith - Aesbion Tourist
Billboard 19, back: johnsmith - Aesbion Tourist
Billboard 20, front: johnsmith Goat Soup
Billboard 20, back: johnsmith - Lance & Ferman FdL
Billboard 21, front: ramon - Star Sports ZG Hockey
Billboard 21, back: ramon - Beyond Witchspace
Billboard 22, front: johnsmith - A Droid Is for Life
Billboard 22, back: johnsmith - Pilkerson
Billboard 23, front: johnsmith - Bugg-Off!
Billboard 23, back: johnsmith - Orerve Tourist
Billboard 24, front: johnsmith - Diso Tourist
Billboard 24, back: johnsmith - Lance & Ferman Missiles

6 SLOTS LEFT! - GET YOURS WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME! (AD-X corp)

Dr.-SPACE-Nil wrote:

Added Pi-47

Dr.-SPACE-Nil wrote:

Pi-47 (the only entity in the script) still only find it profitable to operate in Corporate States with more than 5bn inhabitants.

Ehem. That is of course Pi-42.

It has nothing to do with any 7s