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robn wrote:
Almost there:That's a bruteforced -1px character spacing adjustment, and demonstrates why I want a per-font config file

Maybe rather a "style sheet" for the entire gui, so you can define the font, text spacing, gui tint and such

Very nice (and retroish).

bullet wrote:
I thought x3tc was a wee bit to easy to garner credits.

Have you tried the X-tended TC mod? It's quite hard compared to vanilla

It's a gorgeous little thing. You can download the latest version from [url]http://applesforgeeks.com/space-engine-update-released/[/url] In case you can't navigate the Russian site

<r>They are just taking the safest (if unambitious) route but the best thing to do for the X series would have been to put it to rest and start anew without historical baggage. Cramped box sectors, slow speeds, limited view (in vacuum!) and comms distances and a completely uninteresting universe. I ...

It's going to be... more of the same! Looks shiny as ever, but they haven't announced if they will get rid of the static backgrounds or the room-based universe.

<r>Hello Tomm, others,I would like to chat about the Pioneer setting and the rules of the world. It would be good to establish some consistent base rules so as to avoid Making Stuff Up on the Spot later on. I'm not calling out for a detailed backstory here, but interested in these things because ...

Some grayscale noise might be enough to break the evenness... and only visible on low altitudes or you'll start noticing patterns.

Probably not every ship should be suitable for operations in earth-like atmosphere. That would give smaller ships/shuttles an important role in the trading chain...

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Staniol wrote:<br/>
Hi, can someone provide me the list of current planet and star types in pioneer?Would be enough to point me in the direction of the data file contains this, if its an external one. If not, I assume I need to hunt for it in the sourcecode, right?<br/>
I think you want ...

<r>One could find suitable music on Magnatune. Tons of tracks in ambient, electronic and other genres. Any music there can be used under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license which means:You can Share the musicYou can Remix the music or create derivative worksYou can use it in Noncommercial projects ...

<r>I wouldn't be too far fetched that a ship has some sort of "audio simulation" so one does not have to rely on only visual cues. Check out this video from the FPS Shattered Horizon: <YOUTUBE id="p4tpUcpycqY"><s>[media]</s>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4tpUcpycqY<e>[/media]</e></YOUTUBE> would be ...

I have to say "O_o" as well, a game with a dynamic campaign on the level of Starshatter ("Falcon 4 in space" is pretty apt) can in no way be described as "on rails".

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InvertedVantage wrote:<br/>
Awhile ago I contacted the guy who made Starshatter regarding purchasing the license to his engine to make a game. Unfortunately, the price was/is beyond my limits.I may still have his information if anyone is interested, however. I still have a lot I'd like to ...

ollobrain wrote:
thats olne ugly moon lol
That's no moon... it's a meatball covered in ketchup!

Tangentially related: I love this graph

Very impressive new planet stuff there. Do you think it would be easy to add a detail texture that's visible on low altitudes? That should be a nice increase in planet detail without any additional polygons.

<t>Beam weapons don't have to be boring! Consider[*:rqkp0f7f]Energy requirements[*:rqkp0f7f]Cooling[*:rqkp0f7f]Space requirements, which the two previous factors affect[*:rqkp0f7f]Distance reduces damage[*:rqkp0f7f]One-shot beam vs. continuous beam (with minimal damage per second)[*:rqkp0f7f]They ...

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s2odan wrote:<br/>
Here's the actual files used for the interface for anyone that wants to have a try at making one.This goes underneath:<ATTACHMENT filename="tradescreen.jpg" index="0"><s>[attachment=0]</s>tradescreen.jpg<e>[/attachment]</e></ATTACHMENT>This goes over the top, however its ...

<t>May I suggest lo-deffing the end result a bit, so it doesn't jump out of the gui (whatever its final appearance will be) so much. If the image is grayscale it can be easily coloured to fit the overall interface. Leaving the colours up to the player's imagination helps to alleviate the lack of ...