Oolite Bulletins

Download: http://www.box.net/shared/o77ysaj3auxferdspouk

Thanks once again to Staer9 for shader and texture help

Wow. Nice ship (what's in the Nacelle's/pods?).

Is that texture normal-mapped or is the sense of depth baked in?

Sturdy-looking and menacing...

By "Cruzer", do you mean "Cruiser"? I think the name's a bit too common... but, if we play a bit with it, we could say, for instance, that-
"When you come across this cruciform cruiser the crux is not to cross it, or it'll crucify and excruciate you before you can which out."


Argh, that was even worse..

/me is getting tired of name discussions. The ship looks great, ace\56!

Naming can be as important as first impressions.

A name can instantly transmit an idea of the named entity's strengths, abilities and characteristics, portray an aesthetic concept, explain a philosophical abstraction, etc., so IMHO is something to be given some thought.

DaddyHoggy wrote:

Wow. Nice ship (what's in the Nacelle's/pods?).

Is that texture normal-mapped or is the sense of depth baked in?

Fully normal-mapped with all the other neccessary maps (spec, illumination, engine glow, engine heat, colour, diffuse)

Cmdr. Maegil wrote:

Naming can be as important as first impressions.

A name can instantly transmit an idea of the named entity's strengths, abilities and characteristics, portray an aesthetic concept, explain a philosophical abstraction, etc., so IMHO is something to be given some thought.

This is obvious but I respect the author's wish to name his creation as he sees fit. And maybe he just wants to hide his ship's characteristics behind an innocuous name.

Added to the [wiki]OXP List[/wiki] by the way.

the only prob i can forsee is the makers of the Cruzer USB sticks complaining!
like the ship, are the big pods for show or have you built in loads of lasers or something?

If those are missile pods....... I'm staying behind it.

Look more like massive Gatling railguns... I'd also rather stay out of its sights!

Cmdr. Maegil wrote:

Look more like massive Gatling railguns... I'd also rather stay out of its sights!

As long as they're frangible and you can blow them off - then it'd be sporting...

Nice looking ship ace/56 and Staer9.

Cmdr. Maegil wrote:

Sturdy-looking and menacing...

By "Cruzer", do you mean "Cruiser"? I think the name's a bit too common... but, if we play a bit with it, we could say, for instance, that-
"When you come across this cruciform cruiser the crux is not to cross it, or it'll crucify and excruciate you before you can which out."


Argh, that was even worse..

No its the Cruzer

Killer Wolf wrote:

the only prob i can forsee is the makers of the Cruzer USB sticks complaining!
like the ship, are the big pods for show or have you built in loads of lasers or something?

If they do I can change the name.