Oolite Bulletins

Hello all,

I've just stumbled on Oolite very recently and have been having a blast reliving my youth in an updated fashion!

However, some of the planet descriptions aren't as I remember them back on the BBC B Elite (1984 vintage).

Although it is more than likely that I am suffering a memory lapse, I wanted to ask the question here for knowledgeable forumites: Are the planet descriptions in Oolite a faithful representation of that in the original 1984 release?

Welcome aboard, Commander - and to answer your question: yes!

Awesome!

Looks like the old greymatter v1 is at fault then. Surprise, surprise!

CMDR Braeburn wrote:

Looks like the old greymatter v1 is at fault then. Surprise, surprise!

I get that a lot.
Welcome aboard, Commander.

They're mostly identical. A few of them differ slightly because of minor differences in how particular random strings are processed - see the end of [wiki]Random_number_generator[/wiki] for details.

cim wrote:

They're mostly identical. A few of them differ slightly because of minor differences in how particular random strings are processed...

Ah, that I did not know... thanks, cim!

Very interesting link - thanks for posting. The alioth wiki looks like an absolute goldmine, and I feel a bit foolish for posting here rather than checking that first

Thanks all for the helpful replies, and especially the warm welcome!

G'day CMDR Braeburn, and welcome aboard!

Remember to pick up your free set of 8 vector maps from the Planet list section;

http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite_planet_list

We know how pilots hate asking for directions.