How about Mass Drivers (orbital launch scale), Space Elevators... rotovators, skyhooks... Dyson Swarms?

A Culture Orbital would be rare in the Pioneer 'verse but there are plenty of Starfaring Megastructures that would be quite common.

Sure, just submit your pull request when it's done. (-:

@NeuralKernel,

Put simply... because they're f**king hard to write <img src="' http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//wink3.gi f"' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

The orbital code was written over a year ago and mostly it just highlighted a lot of problems that I'm only now getting around to fixing.

Besides which a lot of what you listed are more modelling assets. You could model all of them in 3dsMAX/Blender/etc and then they'd be static objects in the game. Orbitals require something a bit different <img src="' http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//wink3.gi f"' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

Anyway we've gone off topic so I won't reply further to this line of questioning - thread is for Screenshots of Alpha 28 only - if you want to ask me something about this stuff we should start a new thread <img src="' http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//icon_e_smile.gi f"' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

These were taken on my crappy machine, so graphics not so hot. Have some better ones stored on my other computer and will upload once my wife gets off it!!! <img src="' http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//angry2.gi f"' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':angry:' />

I like this one, light and shadow.

Argon atmosphere gives the sky a pink tint. Yes yes, its My Little Pony world!

And this one, well, i just like the name of the system and the fact that its unexplored. <img src="' http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//biggrin.gi f"' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':biggrin:' />

Hehe I found a system named Iowa. Isn't that where Captain Kirk is from?

[attachment=1483:screenshot-20121111-161345.png]

Hehe, i also found Eden.

Highly volcanic planet, some nice mixed colours.

Interesting planet, willing to visit it,

can you give coordinates?

Nah, sorry, don't remember where that one was. Probably somewhere near Lave or Sol. You could try a search, although that is unreliable.

That's a really nice screenshot Loki

Very nice planet and screenshots! Looks similar to one I just found in system with four suns. It's extremely bright on the surface with all colours that changes to white and yellow.

Edit: not so similar, in the end...

Andvefa system (0,2,-6)

http://ompldr.org/vZ2Ewcg (System info)

http://ompldr.org/vZ2Ewcw

New photo session <img src="' http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//biggrin.gi f"' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':biggrin:' />

Anend (-1,-1,-5) with a new ship (Viper Defence Craft)

New Suarez. I liked this mountain, so I took some photos.

http://ompldr.org/vZ2duYQ

http://ompldr.org/vZ2duYg

http://ompldr.org/vZ2duZA

Going to Wood High Station

http://ompldr.org/vZ2duZw

http://ompldr.org/vZ2duaA

http://ompldr.org/vZ2dvcg

http://ompldr.org/vZ2dvcw

Asp Explorer from gernot p66ships

http://ompldr.org/vZ2dvbQ

Mars over Phobos Base.

[attachment=1509:screenshot-20121126-193825.png]

This is from a factions mod that I'm working on, so it's a bit different.

It was kind of hard to line up the shot for this.

Looks strange to see little houses like the one on the left, on an asteroid. :biggrin: 

Scott on Delta Trianguli (2,-4,2)

A planet without atmosphere, but with a complex ecosystem.

http://ompldr.org/vZ2lwZw

http://ompldr.org/vZ2lwaA

http://ompldr.org/vZ2lwaQ

http://ompldr.org/vZ2lwag

http://ompldr.org/vZ2lwbA

http://ompldr.org/vZ2lwbQ

Tichy, when I logged into the SSC today and looked at the recent posts, I saw your name in the Screen Shot thread. I knew I would be in for a treat. Great shots Tichy!  Going to save them for the next Alpha release, that one of the station and Lynx is going to be the download icon as it's pure awesome, well done! :girlcrazy:

:hi:

Same system, Delta Trianguli c, a gas giant with rings :prankster: 

Today I traveled a lot :prankster:

Miess 2,-6,4

Yang's Rock

http://ompldr.org/vZ2l2dQ

http://ompldr.org/vZ2l2dw

Miess B d (I like the effect of light on his thin atmosphere)

http://ompldr.org/vZ2l2eQ

http://ompldr.org/vZ2l2eg

http://ompldr.org/vZ2l3MQ

http://ompldr.org/vZ2l3Mg

Scooping close to Neptune (did my own gas giant quickfix for atmosphere):

I think it'll take more than a mod to have fixed that.

New Hope (Epsilon Eridani) is a very nice home planet.

Here we can also see Hades.

http://ompldr.org/vZ20yeA

http://ompldr.org/vZ20yeQ

still some weird places in the galaxy...

if you look attentive you will notice a "old relative"

on what object i'm locked on? you can imagine docking is impossible

nonetheless a spectacular view

somewhere else...

and finally

(i know there is a problem with the scout missions, but simply accept no contracts with a multiple star system as target)

(if i'm in the mood a add some text)

for those who might now wonder why i landed for this mission, while it's not necessary to do so.

i do this because it shortens the time to wait for completition much, sometimes, depending on the radius of the object you can't have more as "2x Stardreamer", if you land you can speedup to "max. Stardreamer".

also you can gegt rid of possible agressors by flying very low over the surface...

2 screens from my galactic travel

2 screens from my galactic travel

I like the first planet. Where is it? Can you write the coordinates? 🙂

I like the first planet. Where is it? Can you write the coordinates? 🙂

The sistem name is Enmi, but i can't help with the coords, I'm already 100 ly away from there.

the sistem ibelongs to terran federation.

seems like dark helmet (in ger. "lord helmchen", for once the better fitting name, i feel) became popular here, i like.

---

no screenshot, but yet another clip

(made it just in time for new years eve, i noticed now)

not a spectacular view, i know.

---

some screenshots, resp. stills from a (broken) clip, dest. "Fomalhaut, Pierce's Hope" (FFE mod. btw, many of my newly added custom systems to this mod i haven't visited yet).