Oolite Bulletins

Just wondering if there was any way to easily see a list of what new features are going to be in the 1.8 basic build and what new expansions (not existing/updated 1.77.1 ones) are already in development for it? I'd love to post suggestions but don't want to mention things that everyone here already knows is on its way but newbies don't.

Also: easy way to drool over the future

If there is already such a thread/list, just point me in the right direction

Your wish is our command. Here is the full changelog for 1.80, up to now:
https://github.com/OoliteProject/oolite ... NGELOG.TXT

First of all: SQUEEE!

Second of all: Daymn... I doubt I'll be able to think of anything you guys haven't already until I get a chance to play it. It's almost like a whole new game. I can't wait!

Thirdly: WHEN?

mossfoot wrote:

Thirdly: WHEN?

We keep asking the same question.. the only answer is, soon.

mossfoot wrote:

Thirdly: WHEN?

Soon.

All planned features are now in the code. We're just doing a little more testing to be confident ourselves that there are no serious bugs, and then we'll announce a full code freeze (essentially the release candidate) and if no major bugs get found in that during testing, we'll make the release.

For 1.77's release the date got put back several times, including at least once after we had the official packages built and ready to go, when people discovered last-minute critical bugs - so that's all the information we can give out at the moment.

mossfoot wrote:

what new expansions (not existing/updated 1.77.1 ones) are already in development for it?

There's no official list for these. Looking at the Expansion Pack forum:
- Shipset Compatibility (lets you use 1.77-era replacement shipsets and get the benefit of 1.80's new features)
- Glare Filter (reduces sun glare)
- Asteroid Respawn (restocks asteroids without needing to leave the system)
- Communications Pack A (adds more NPC comms chatter)
- Navigation MFD (a useful multi-function display for in- and intra-system navigation)
- Useful MFDs (another MFD for quick access to information)
- Roles for Staer9's Shipset (does for the extra Staer9 ships what Shipset Compatibility does for the base game)

I think that's it for ones which are entirely new to 1.79/1.80, but I could easily have missed a few (and there are also ones like Norby's Gallery OXP and my Ship's Library OXP which were written with 1.80's features in mind but do still work with reduced functionality in 1.77)

Well when it comes out you can expect me to spread the good word far and wide

mossfoot wrote:

what new expansions (not existing/updated 1.77.1 ones) are already in development for it?

The increased coordinate precision make million times more usable space around the Witchpoint, FarPlanets aim to populate this new area.