Oolite Bulletins

Asp
Sidewinder
Anaconda
Boa MkII
Constrictor

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 5:28 pm

So it seems that we're just awaiting Disembodied's rubber stamp as the final surviving team member (unless somebody else rematerialises from the clutches of the Witchspace Lobster), and we can then put it up!

tsoj wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 1:53 am

A quick release with the new textures by cbr and a few bug fixes.
Direct link: 0.9-alpha

I haven't had the time to properly test everything. I will do that next year.
The changes in the shipdata.plist for the new textures I had to enter manually, so I hope I didn't mess something up.

@cbr, if you want, you can take a quick look here if you see something obvious missing. I noticed that at some places there is still the "shininess" parameter, even though there's also a new "gloss". Is that intended?

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:55 pm

Just curious... now that the first stage of HIMSN is finally completed, what were you thinking of adding next?

tsoj wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:17 pm

So if it's wanted, I can just upload the files to the manager. The worst that could happen is probably that something just doesn't appear...

tsoj wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:17 pm

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:55 pm

Just curious... now that the first stage of HIMSN is finally completed, what were you thinking of adding next?

I am not sure yet, probably the easiest thing on the list, which I believe would be thargoid war zones and the capital ship. I first have to read a bit into the old threads to see what the concrete vision for these things was.

Currently, I am working on some Uni stuff, where I have deadlines early February, so that's likely the earliest I will get to that.
Regarding the upload to the expansion manager: I thought that it would be better if I could test each function that should be implemented by now, if it works as intended, but again, I currently don't have a lot of time to do this without stress. So if it's wanted, I can just upload the files to the manager (which doesn't take much time). The worst that could happen is probably that something just doesn't appear, which isn't too bad, I guess.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:02 pm

All the best with the varsity gubbins! Computer Science? Or the philosophy of the history of philosophy? Or merely Chinese Calligraphy from the Sung period? Here's hoping that you sail through the rigours and vicissitudes of the Inquisition!

Uploading it "as is" should be fine: despite it not getting your expert attentions, it has been play tested by several of us, and it is designed to be inconspicuous! But a couple more weeks will not make any major difference at this stage of the game. Thank you for taking the trouble!