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ah ok but it is coming along that is good to hear at leats

robn wrote:


Bugbear1973 wrote:
I'm doing a lucrative package run to Callisto Spaceport in the AD Leonis system. I'm now sitting outside the station. I've requested docking clearance but the station master is telling me 'Cleance denied. There are no free docking bays.'OK, fair enough, it's good to see some signs of life appearing in the universe.My question, though, is how long do I need to wait for docking clearance. I can only get 10x time acceleration due to the proximity to the planet, which again is fair enough.
Right now they never leave. The TradeShips module right now spawns a few ships inside stations and a few more out space and sets them to fly to stations. Once they get there they stop. I intend to have something a bit more fluid for alpha 10. For now if they're really messing up your game you can delete/move data/modules/TradeShips.lua and they won't spawn.
Hello,Is this problem fixed in alpha 12 ?I ask because i'm in front of a station that tell me the same thing, no free docking bays, it's been a while i'm waiting in front of it, and the ship that is inside has not left the station, i just can't get docked there.

Robsoie wrote:
Is this problem fixed in alpha 12 ?
No.Edit: here is the tracker issue

Hii just recently stumbled upon the pioneer project and i'm truly amazed! If anyone of the developers are reading this i just want to say that your work is amazing! and, keep it up! Pleeeeaaase .Anyway. a couple of days ago i downloaded the alpha12 build for my mac and i'm learning it. I watched videos on youtube from previous builds with totally amazing graphics! High mountains, deep valleys. Beautiful environments!Well, although I have a high end macbook pro 2011 and choose "very very good" on all graphic options n stuff. I get a pretty crappy blurry environment on the planets.Is there any difference between the mac and the PC versions? Or is there any graphic patch that I should download or something?Cheers

good job all round game is atm graphics heavy but content and gameplay lite so that i think is where they are going amoung other things

Devious wrote:
Well, although I have a high end macbook pro 2011 and choose "very very good" on all graphic options n stuff. I get a pretty crappy blurry environment on the planets.Is there any difference between the mac and the PC versions? Or is there any graphic patch that I should download or something?
Choosing very, very high level on either terrain or city detail is basically giving Pioneer permission to drag your computer to its knees, however powerful it is. Try reducing it a notch; it'll still look very good, but won't sit there painstakingly arranging every single grain of dust on the planet (so to speak) that you'll likely never look at.

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Anyway. a couple of days ago i downloaded the alpha12 build for my mac and i'm learning it. I watched videos on youtube from previous builds with totally amazing graphics! High mountains, deep valleys. Beautiful environments!Well, although I have a high end macbook pro 2011 and choose "very very good" on all graphic options n stuff. I get a pretty crappy blurry environment on the planets.Is there any difference between the mac and the PC versions? Or is there any graphic patch that I should download or something?
Some planets are just more worth visiting than others, I think. Pioneer has a few flat, featureless planets and moons which may look a bit cartoony but also amazingly beautiful worlds with mountainranges, canyons and a nice foggy atmosphere. Especially when you can see other moons or planets from the surface of a planet. That's the cool thing about this game, you have to explore a lot to find the really nice worlds. If you have everything set to high and you get decent framerates, then you can't get it any better graphically so just look for the best planets. The newer alpha builds keep changing planet terrains by the way. It may be that some terrains from the previous builds are gone but for alpha 12 I really like the vulcanic, desert and icey worlds and if you want to see a nice world that's not far away, just fly to Io. If it doesn't look all that impressive on your Macbook, then maybe it's your different hardware. It appears that, though we have more variety in terrains and a few extremely beautiful worlds, I can't seem to find really high mountainranges anymore. Io has a nice big mountain but haven't come across more of those. Maybe I have to look harder. Previous builds sometimes had those spooky looking planets with extremely high mountains, lakes and mist. Does anybody have a tip?But man, I really enjoy these newer alpha and Robn w.i.p. builds! The new terrain with the canyons, the new cockpit, the fonts and the awesome music! The new starmap which instantly shows which starsystems have colonies, the very easy to use autopilot interface (just select a planet from the planetinfo screen, return to cockpit and engage autopilot), the ability to use manual thrusters while in speedcontrol mode and many other features. And I get the feeling somehow everything's smoother and sharper looking now. Excellent work! Now if only the deadzone for joysticks would be fixed some day... it's still impossible for me to control the joystick with speedacceleration engaged. It's summer and I'm almost never behind my PC but I'm really looking forward to playing Pioneer again in the colder seasons. It's amazing to see how much it has evolved and how the regular contributers still work so actively to make it even better.

terrian generation is great just teh content now which is being worked on ot to add the gameplay element to the game

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Maybe I have to look harder. Previous builds sometimes had those spooky looking planets with extremely high mountains, lakes and mist. Does anybody have a tip?
I have a tip for ya! Go to Proteus, on of Neptunes moons. It's the best one i've found so far, I fly there every evening <3

Brianetta wrote:


Devious wrote:
Well, although I have a high end macbook pro 2011 and choose "very very good" on all graphic options n stuff. I get a pretty crappy blurry environment on the planets.Is there any difference between the mac and the PC versions? Or is there any graphic patch that I should download or something?
Choosing very, very high level on either terrain or city detail is basically giving Pioneer permission to drag your computer to its knees, however powerful it is. Try reducing it a notch; it'll still look very good, but won't sit there painstakingly arranging every single grain of dust on the planet (so to speak) that you'll likely never look at.
Indeed, setting it to "very very high" will make it look great... eventually, but at first it will probably look worse than a lower resolution because it takes so long to generate the detail. Hopefully for alpha 14 (maybe) we'll be able to implement a decent threaded system that will be a bit quicker for people with multi-core cpus. At the moment the current threaded version is just an experiment.

Just wanted to say that i miss Miranda! Is it there or am i just bad at finding it?

Devious wrote:
Just wanted to say that i miss Miranda! Is it there or am i just bad at finding it?
That looks like a very tricky moon to get right. It looks as if it has been glued together from odd bits and bobs. s2odan is the man who could answer your question.

the sdman has done a very good job

Does the star gliese 581 exist in Pioneer? I went looking around for it and I can't seem to find it >.>"Any help will be greatly appreciated = D

DaWheel92 wrote:
Does the star gliese 581 exist in Pioneer? I went looking around for it and I can't seem to find it >.>"Any help will be greatly appreciated = D
In the 3D Galaxy branch, it does. I found it with the system search feature. In sector -2, -2, -1, it is a type M star, 24 light years from Sol.Its nearest neighbours include 33 G.Lib, NN3877, Gliese 588, Gliese 570, Gliese 595. Its nearest named neighbour is Xi Bootis.Since you probably don't have the 3D Galaxy branch, and none of you will have seen it yet, here's a sneak peek of Gliese 581, this afternoon. FOR BEST RESULTS: View this on Youtube, and expand to large size, or use full screen.

Hey, I love that search function Brianetta!

Geraldine wrote:
Hey, I love that search function Brianetta!
All kudos to Rob for that. I'm just the tester.

Brianetta wrote:


Geraldine wrote:
Hey, I love that search function Brianetta!
All kudos to Rob for that. I'm just the tester.
Naw, its actually Tom's doing. I'm just getting things cleaned up for release.

A group effort then, still very useful and welcome addition to Pioneer. Great work guys!

Brianetta wrote:
Since you probably don't have the 3D Galaxy branch, and none of you will have seen it yet, here's a sneak peek of Gliese 581, this afternoon. FOR BEST RESULTS: View this on Youtube, and expand to large size, or use full screen.
Will we get to play with the 3D Galaxy and Search feature in the next nightly build?