Oolite Bulletins

Hey all. I'm a returning player after taking a break from Oolite. Now that I'm back I thought I also could participate in the forum. First of all I have a very important wish.

Well, I love every single aspect of Oolite. I like the gameplay, the style and the graphics. How couldn't I? It all follows good old Elite. However there's one thing that always bugs me when docking or jumping to a system. You guessed it by now: it's those psychedelic rings!

They are a mood killer. There's this specific atmosphere which graces Oolite. It's always there until... well, until you dock or jump and whaka, whaka, whaka those ugly rings kick in.

So what I wish for is a new and better looking animation. Here are so many talented people there must be someone who can do this, right?

I'm also wondering how I can replace the dock/jump sound. I don't seem to have this as an ogg-file in my folders.

Stainless Steel Rat wrote:

Hey all. I'm a returning player after taking a break from Oolite. Now that I'm back I thought I also could participate in the forum. First of all I have a very important wish.

Well, I love every single aspect of Oolite. I like the gameplay, the style and the graphics. How couldn't I? It all follows good old Elite. However there's one thing that always bugs me when docking or jumping to a system. You guessed it by now: it's those psychedelic rings!

They are a mood killer. There's this specific atmosphere which graces Oolite. It's always there until... well, until you dock or jump and whaka, whaka, whaka those ugly rings kick in.

So what I wish for is a new and better looking animation. Here are so many talented people there must be someone who can do this, right?

I'm also wondering how I can replace the dock/jump sound. I don't seem to have this as an ogg-file in my folders.

look again and look for

breakpattern.ogg

Replacing the docking rings and the font is something I'd rather like. Arial or Impact or whatever it is doesn't... look right.

Anyway, for docking, I'm thinking something like the rings, only boxes, and grey. Maybe with tiny windows mapped into them. The ring effect doesn't actually bother me for witchspace jumping, although a nice blue color would probably be better than purple.

Frame wrote:

look again and look for
breakpattern.ogg

Oh, how could I miss that?!

I remember talking to Murgh about this many moons ago, He did find out from Aegidian what the relevant code was but it's gone in into the ether...

It would be great to have one docking sequence pattern (all flashing metal) & a more organic Witchspace pattern

jonnycuba wrote:

It would be great to have one docking sequence pattern (all flashing metal) & a more organic Witchspace pattern

Yes, to have two different sequences for docking and witchspacing would be the best.

From what I can remember, BBC Elite used a hexagonal pattern for docking (and then showed you a brief view of other ships in the dock), and circles for witchspace.

I think chaos is right - IIRC the docking pattern was white and the witchspace one was multicoloured, and each had a different sound effect.

A "front view" of the docking bay à la BBC would be even nicer.

i would vote for this! two different sequences indeed! please!

Or the sequence could be taken even more psychedelic. Imagine: all your galcop and thargoid buddies giggling with you into the fluffy ultrasonic docking beanbag chair.