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Let me guess which one you will be digging out................the 3000! :thumbsup:
 
Pioneer Alpha 18

Pioneer Alpha 18

Hi Folks
Pioneer (the Elite II remake) has a new monthly Alpha release. Versions for Mac OSX (available shortly), Windows and Linux are available here. http://pioneerspacesim.net/download

Have fun! :)
 
That's wonderful! Thanks for sharing, Geraldine. Is it going to be multiplayer? One of the screen shots showed a person's name above their ship.

Heather
 
As far as I aware Heather, there is no plans for multiplayer as yet. Its devs are aiming for a sandbox single player game, but who knows what the future may bring? As it is open source, anything is possible if a talented coder was to get involved. There is always possibilities, however, the use of the "Stardreamer" to speed up time during long voyages, would cause sync problems for players which would have to be addressed. There has been lots of discussion on this very topic concerning the possibility of a multiplayer Elite IV (or even a full on MMO) on the Frontier Forum.
 
Thanks Geraldine! I hadn't thought about the speed of time aspect. It doesn't seem like that could be worked around. We'll see what happens though!

Heather
 
Alpha 20 Pre-release News

Alpha 20 Pre-release News

Hi Frontier Fans
Pioneer is set for a new Alpha 20 release next week. Tons of fixes and tweaks were done for this Alpha. Great work by the dev team. Here is a change log for those who are interested taken from Git Hub.

"Alpha 20 * New features
* Thrusters now require fuel to operate. Refuel when you dock or buy water
refuel during flight. Fuel club will refill and sell you water cheaply.
(#980, #993, #992, #1018, #1032, #1034)
* New thruster and laser graphics (#945, #962, #149, #148, #973)
* Heading-hold flight mode (press CTRL while changing flight mode) (#450, #990)
* Rewritten DeliverPackage mission module (#1027, #1041, #1042)
* Hungarian translation (#947, #894)


* Minor changes and tweaks
* LED effect on timeaccel buttons (#946, #153)
* Render projectiles out to 20km from the camera (#957)
* FOV is now specified vertically (and correctly) (#971)
* Cargo screen updates automatically when cargo changes (#982)
* Fewer background stars, but brighter. Looks about the same but takes
less effort to construct and draw (#1020)
* Change death spin to a simple zoom (#916, #1033)
* Assassinations module now uses character classes for character variety
and consistency (#953, #948)


* Fixes
* Updated zlib and libpng DLLs for MSVC to fix screenshot crash (#942, #645)
* Only allow missiles to be fired in open flight (#951)
* Assassination targets will now gracefully handle an autopilot failure
when taking off (#955, #950)
* HDR visuals removed (#939, #963)
* Fix projectile collision checks (#965)
* Various scanner range fixes (#944)
* Make sure all bodies have a minimum radius of at least 10km (#968, #321, #301)
* Fix crash when requesting system information whilst in hyperspace (#975)
* Messages no longer cause the game to un-pause when they clear (#966)
* Game no longer quits if you cancel loading from the main menu (#920)
* Fix game crash if a script tries to add or remove a negative amount of
cargo or equipment (#982)
* Fix flipped Hammerhead "neck" textures (#986)
* Don't show "fly to" option for combat target if the player does not
have an autopilot fitted (#988)
* Close comms menu on hyperspace (#996, #984)
* Fix game crash if game is loaded over a loaded game (#1014, #1015)
* Fix bulletin boards being re-created after game load (#1017)
* Don't allocate and deallocate hyperspace starfield every frame (#1020)
* Stop attacking ships continuing to fire on dead player (#1033, #57)
* Don't extend model textures to power-of-two sizes (#923)


* Script changes
* New FlightLog class that tracks systems and starports visited by the
(#1021)
* New method Ship.SetFuelPercent and attribute Ship.fuel to set and get
ship fuel amount. New event onShipFuelChanged to report fuel status (#980)
* Net method Ship.Explode to destroy the ship immediately (#974)


* Internal changes
* New graphics/rendering infrastructure (#960, #913, #1001, #1002, #1013,
#1024, #1007)
* Silence MSVC warnings (#964)
* Remove dependencies on Pi from Texture (#969) and Font (#981)
* Move EquipSet into its own header (#991)
* Give float comparison functions consistent naming (#991)
* Use the correct size_t format specifier for the compiler (#991)"

Should be available for download next week with versions for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. Here is a link to save you digging

http://pioneerspacesim.net/download

Have fun :)
 
New Development in Pioneer

New Development in Pioneer

Here is a screen shot from Pioneer that might look familiar to some :)
 

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Heliosphere

Heliosphere

Hi folks
Thought I would give you all a heads up on a new space sim trader in the works. I have checked out the vids for it and it looks very nice indeed in the range of features it has and is hopefully going to have. :cool:

Some highlights, full Newtonian flight model with the option to switch off all flight aids, fully functioning cockpit just like a flight sim, possibility of playable capital ships that you can wander around, community based mods to be encouraged, cross-platform compatibility and DRM free.

If your interested, do drop by the SSC to have a look at the developer's thread, bare in mind though that this game is still in early development and comments and suggestions are most welcome.

Here have a look here for the dev thread on the SSC http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/topic/2663-proto-faq/

And here for the vids http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xq7...pt1_videogames

Also the dev is a Miggy fan and has a 4000! I have informed him of this rather cool place of course so perhaps he will pay a visit :cool:

EDIT: Heliosphere now has it's own section within the SSC here a link http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/forum/63-heliosphere/
 
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Oolite Bump

Oolite Bump

Hi Folks
Thought I would give this old thread another wake up and give you some useful Oolite links. Lots of work has been going on within their community. Do have a look :)

As most of you will know Oolite is a nice re-imagining of the original Elite game and is always being added to thanks to regular updates and community developed add on packs or OXPs as they are known. There are versions for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows Here is a link to the web site http://www.oolite.org/about
Oolite Forums http://aegidian.org/bb/index.php
SSC Oolite Section http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/forum/60-oolite/
OXP link http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/OXP_List
You Tube vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf0R3C-kPOo

This game deserves to be played :cool:
 
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It looks good, but even if you play FFE3D, it's no match for X3 Terran Conflict and I'm soo hooked on that :-D
 
Buy Galaxias Dev A Beer

Buy Galaxias Dev A Beer

Hi Folks
Galaxias is a retro styled Elite clone, which recently retailed at £10. Now the dev is allowing the game to be downloaded for free and if you like it, he is asking if you will buy him a beer
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Here is a link http://www.jexea.co.uk/Galaxias/Home.html
 
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