Giant Space Pizza OXZ
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:05 am
v3.1 OXZ now available. Full details are here.
This re-release expands greatly on V1.0.
This OXP is now fully scripted with lots of new features compared to V1.0, which simply had the Pizzas in solar orbit - these were just 'Easter Eggs' which you could stumble upon by accident.
However something this strange would surely be noted and exploited by the local community and it seemed reasonable that they would become tourist attractions with all the paraphernalia associated with this status.
This revised OXP still adds Giant Space Pizzas near to the Sun in thirteen systems spread through all eight Galaxies.
Each Giant Space Pizza has a Visitor Centre between the planet and the sun. Each time you dock at a Visitor Centre your visit is recorded, and if you visit all thirteen pizza Visitor Centres you will get a special award. The Visitor Centre also features a 'History of the Giant Space Pizza' presentation.
Adding the Visitor Centres also gave me the oportunity to keep a little bit of Oolite heritage alive. They are based on Dr Nil's original Constore which has now been superceded by the more sophisticated Griff model in both YAH and Taxi Galactica and was in danger of fading into obscurity. However it was ideal as the basis for the Pizza Visitor Centres and so, in an improved and up-dated form, lives on.
Pizza systems are marked on the short- and long-range charts, and the planet descriptions include mention of them. You will be reminded about the Pizza when you first dock at the main station in a Pizza System.
You do not need to visit the main station at a Pizza System, and can fly directly to the Visitor Centre if you prefer. These have a 'V' space compass legend.
You can start visiting the Pizzas in whichever galaxy you are in, and they do not have to be visited in a set order - just visit them as part of your normal travels around the Eight.
Of course if you wanted to treat this as a 'Tour' mission and deliberately visit them all in a relatively short timescale you can do that as well.
Smivsonline
Wiki page
Download
Credits:-
OXP by Smivs.
Pizza model by Shipbuilder, and the model for the Visitor Centres is by Dr Nil. Many thanks to Pleb for his assistance and Fatleaf for checking and testing. 'Musak' by the Ronnie Smith Band.
Enjoy
This re-release expands greatly on V1.0.
This OXP is now fully scripted with lots of new features compared to V1.0, which simply had the Pizzas in solar orbit - these were just 'Easter Eggs' which you could stumble upon by accident.
However something this strange would surely be noted and exploited by the local community and it seemed reasonable that they would become tourist attractions with all the paraphernalia associated with this status.
This revised OXP still adds Giant Space Pizzas near to the Sun in thirteen systems spread through all eight Galaxies.
Each Giant Space Pizza has a Visitor Centre between the planet and the sun. Each time you dock at a Visitor Centre your visit is recorded, and if you visit all thirteen pizza Visitor Centres you will get a special award. The Visitor Centre also features a 'History of the Giant Space Pizza' presentation.
Adding the Visitor Centres also gave me the oportunity to keep a little bit of Oolite heritage alive. They are based on Dr Nil's original Constore which has now been superceded by the more sophisticated Griff model in both YAH and Taxi Galactica and was in danger of fading into obscurity. However it was ideal as the basis for the Pizza Visitor Centres and so, in an improved and up-dated form, lives on.
Pizza systems are marked on the short- and long-range charts, and the planet descriptions include mention of them. You will be reminded about the Pizza when you first dock at the main station in a Pizza System.
You do not need to visit the main station at a Pizza System, and can fly directly to the Visitor Centre if you prefer. These have a 'V' space compass legend.
You can start visiting the Pizzas in whichever galaxy you are in, and they do not have to be visited in a set order - just visit them as part of your normal travels around the Eight.
Of course if you wanted to treat this as a 'Tour' mission and deliberately visit them all in a relatively short timescale you can do that as well.
Smivsonline
Wiki page
Download
Credits:-
OXP by Smivs.
Pizza model by Shipbuilder, and the model for the Visitor Centres is by Dr Nil. Many thanks to Pleb for his assistance and Fatleaf for checking and testing. 'Musak' by the Ronnie Smith Band.
Enjoy
Great idea, friend! I'll downlod it later when I get home! And I still thinking of a dockable pizza store oxp, but I still have to learn more to make it. And don't worry, friends, I will not bother you good people with many questions about it. 
