New ships under development
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:46 pm
Firstly I would like to introduce myself as a new member of the Oolite forum and to thank everyone who has contributed to this fantastic game (I hope that this post is not too long).
I had spent many months playing the original Elite back on a 32k BBC Micro, (tape version), and feared that my Elite playing days were sadly in the past. I came across Oolite earlier this year and have spent many hours playing since.
What, however, I feel is the most impressive aspect is that the many, many hours spent by so many people writing the game and producing the many expansions has been done simply through people's interest and is made available to anyone completely free of charge.
This in turn has inspired me to look to contribute to the online community and to that end I have been busily reading through many forum posts to learn how to create expansions of my own. As you may have guessed from my username my main interest is in ship designs.
I have a number of ships which are now almost finished (some I had finished but as I have learnt more and become more able I feel I may revisit my earlier designs to bring them up to a better standard).
To give you an idea of what I have been working on please note the following descriptions of the ships under development and almost finished (I have tried to design a variety of different types of ship): -
1) Lightning Mark 1 - Fast interceptor with good manoeuvrability and speed but no cargo capacity.
2) Mark 1 Cylon Raider from the original 1970's Battlestar Galactica series Now released - see my signature strip for the download link
3) Mark 1 Colonial Viper from the original 1970's Battlestar Galactica series Now released - see my signature strip for the download link
4) Siren Mark 1 - Multi use trading vessel with a 60T cargo capacity and reasonable manoeuvrability and speed.
5) Gorgon Class Freighter - A 160T cargo freighter with limited speed and manoeuvrability.
6) Chimera Gunship - A vessel specifically developed to carry a large number of pylon mounted weapons. It also has a limited cargo capacity of 5T (Extendable to 20T) Now released - see my signature strip for the download link
7) Mantis Scout Ship - Mixed use vessel but limited cargo capacity.
8 Apache Class Heavy Freighter - A 200T freighter with limited manoeuvrability and speed but armed with 2 plasma turrets in addition to the usual 4 gun mounts.
9) Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser - Basically the USS Enterprise from Star Trek 2 and 3 Now released - see my signature strip for the download link
Once complete I will start to release them for general use (I may need to ask some questions about how I go about making them available when I get to this stage if that is ok).
So again thank you for everyone who has contributed and I look forward to begin contributing myself in the very near future.
I had spent many months playing the original Elite back on a 32k BBC Micro, (tape version), and feared that my Elite playing days were sadly in the past. I came across Oolite earlier this year and have spent many hours playing since.
What, however, I feel is the most impressive aspect is that the many, many hours spent by so many people writing the game and producing the many expansions has been done simply through people's interest and is made available to anyone completely free of charge.
This in turn has inspired me to look to contribute to the online community and to that end I have been busily reading through many forum posts to learn how to create expansions of my own. As you may have guessed from my username my main interest is in ship designs.
I have a number of ships which are now almost finished (some I had finished but as I have learnt more and become more able I feel I may revisit my earlier designs to bring them up to a better standard).
To give you an idea of what I have been working on please note the following descriptions of the ships under development and almost finished (I have tried to design a variety of different types of ship): -
1) Lightning Mark 1 - Fast interceptor with good manoeuvrability and speed but no cargo capacity.
2) Mark 1 Cylon Raider from the original 1970's Battlestar Galactica series Now released - see my signature strip for the download link
3) Mark 1 Colonial Viper from the original 1970's Battlestar Galactica series Now released - see my signature strip for the download link
4) Siren Mark 1 - Multi use trading vessel with a 60T cargo capacity and reasonable manoeuvrability and speed.
5) Gorgon Class Freighter - A 160T cargo freighter with limited speed and manoeuvrability.
6) Chimera Gunship - A vessel specifically developed to carry a large number of pylon mounted weapons. It also has a limited cargo capacity of 5T (Extendable to 20T) Now released - see my signature strip for the download link
7) Mantis Scout Ship - Mixed use vessel but limited cargo capacity.
8 Apache Class Heavy Freighter - A 200T freighter with limited manoeuvrability and speed but armed with 2 plasma turrets in addition to the usual 4 gun mounts.
9) Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser - Basically the USS Enterprise from Star Trek 2 and 3 Now released - see my signature strip for the download link
Once complete I will start to release them for general use (I may need to ask some questions about how I go about making them available when I get to this stage if that is ok).
So again thank you for everyone who has contributed and I look forward to begin contributing myself in the very near future.
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