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ROFL 'Izziafiz Boozin' - Is he reasonably sober Is that not disconcerting? - Zatnoa nabsaloot Scunner An old Ex-girlfriend was from Perth. She had her moments like that too One phrase I remember her using a lot was 'doony ken' or something...

Ah Perth, that is the eastern Scotland, a different dialect again, note....

hehe. The guy that goes to the holodeck so he can bottle someone made me laugh But he should have been English really

I went ahead and released everything from this thread, you can get it here: http://www.spacesimcentral.com/pioneer-f35/alpha-released-t1448.html

Oh, ok back on topic Great S20dan going to apply that patch

I've removed it for now, I'm going to repackage it with a few extra goodies as Alpha7. Tom has some really neat changes that he has added too, Im just testing to see if they are all ready

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I've removed it for now, I'm going to repackage it with a few extra goodies as Alpha7. Tom has some really neat changes that he has added too, Im just testing to see if they are all ready
I've only done planet axial tilt since alpha6, plus bug fixes. It has been a bad month for coding. Burnout, other interests, etc. Interestingly, last year around this time I also stopped coding much, and didn't pick up till the next spring. All the dark is bad for you. Back then I was bummed out at having replaced the old model system with the lua one, but in the end that turned out to be a good choice since it is really flexible and people have done cool stuff with it.I'm reading "Life's Origins: The Beginnings of Biological Evolution". It is inspiring me to work on the planet generation.

Well to me axial tilt is a very neat feature And a couple of other people around here will appreciate that too.
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I'm reading "Life's Origins: The Beginnings of Biological Evolution". It is inspiring me to work on the planet generation.
Sounds pretty interesting. Has it got you thinking about plant-life

Maybe with the press conference that the NASA is going to held today, we need to rethink some of the visual composition of the planets... waiting to see the live transmission

ok .........now im confusedwhat are they holding a press conferance over now.........lemmie guess....their deciding to class pluto as a asteroid now ........lol

Oh, it was only hype, but the "new" bacteria it's a exiting discovery... here is a good explanation about ithttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/12/02/mono-lake-bacteria-build-their-dna-using-arsenic-and-no-this-isnt-about-aliens/Maybe in Arsenic-atmospheric planets, indigenous life can be seen in the game

Did some exploration of the alpha 7 Sol system and noticed that Daniel's Base is listed as Daniel's Haven on the planetary info screen. I wonder, after whom it could possibly be named? Nice place, but the walls look rather bare.

I hear they name things after any old idiot these days
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.....noticed that Daniel's Base is listed as Daniel's Haven on the planetary info screen....
Hmm, it shouldn't be 'Daniel's Base', maybe you mean Dante's Base?. Here's the bases I added to sol system these are all from way before alpha6:"Daniel's Haven" ::roll: "Discovery Base" : Orbits Jupiter.... If you can't see the Discovery reference.... well "Dante's Base" : Dante's Inferno, in a volcano "Poseidon Station" : Poseidon/Triton, it seemed right, Greek Gods I think."Pluto Research Base" : errm "Enki Catena" :Imperial Earth reference."Port Makenzie": Imperial Earth reference."Oasis City": Either a reference to something or random name, I forget "Clarke's Station":Orbits Europa, another 2001 reference (Arthur C Clarke)"Tomm's Sanctuary": This is where Tom goes to hide from all us whining fans "Phobos Base":DOOM... need I say more?"Mars High": Come on... FFE "Olympus Mons":Home of the Gods "Cydonia":Home to the giant stone arse of mars"Lunar City": Reference to lots of things, Red Dwarf included

damn this topic took a while to get going..........but now it has its bloody brilliantso you wanting anymore of those system descriptions lemme know

Of course :)I'll post the entire list of custom systems and descriptions so you can see how many need to have them.There's no harm in adding descriptions for now, but they will probably have to be changed in a few months once Tom has finished with his new system generation stuff, as the galaxy would be different.const CustomSystem custom_systems[] = {{ "Sol", sol_system, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_G}, 0, 0, vector3f(.5f, .5f, 0), 0,"The historical birthplace of humankind","Sol is a fine joint" },{ "Alioth", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, 0, 4, vector3f(0.629f,0.880f,1.045f), 5/*5=2 earths*/,"Liberal democracy","Alioth comes from the ancient Arabic word alyat - fat tail of sheep.\n""The two massive ark ships bound for Alioth were the first of many such"" sub-light vessels designed specifically for the kind of lengthy journeys"" required to spread to the stars.\n""The twin ships departed on the year 2354 to commemorate the journey to Epsilon Eridani."" The journey was uneventful and was completed in a little over 127 years, owing to the fact that"" propulsion technology was far geater than it had been in the past.\n""The colonists had a hard life, high gravity slowed down any progress that should have been made."" Communication with Earth was non-existent, politics and the 80 year time-lag made it impossible."" By the late 26th Century Alioth had progressed a long way and any ties to Earth had long been lost."" However with the advent of Hyper-Space Technology in the late 26th Century,"" Earth began to show an interest in Alioth once more and"" Alioth was no longer a self-governed world.\n""The system remained under Earth control until the great wars of the 30th Century"" and the formation of the Confederation of Independent Worlds.\n""Since then Alioth has become one of the most important worlds in the CIS.",Polit::GOV_CISLIBDEM}, // Components: K2{ "Epsilon Indi", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, -1, 0, vector3f(0.629f,0.880f,-1.045f) }, // Components: K5{ "Luyten 1159-016", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 2, 0, vector3f(0.316f,0.651f,0.008f) }, // Components: M8{ "Wolf 424", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, -2, vector3f(0.189f,0.951f,0.771f) }, // Components: M5, M7{ "DX Cancri", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 1, 0, vector3f(0.701f,0.862f,0.784f) }, // Components: M6{ "LTT 17897", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_K, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 2, 1, vector3f(0.460f,0.384f,-0.402f) }, // Components: M4, K, M, M6{ "EV Lacertae", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, -2, vector3f(0.864f,0.870f,1.249f) }, // Components: M4{ "Luyten 354-89", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, 0, vector3f(0.204f,0.746f,-1.365f) }, // Components: M1{ "Gliese 1", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, 1, vector3f(0.657f,0.679f,-1.203f) }, // Components: M4{ "Gliese 570", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.174f,0.358f,-0.281f) }, // Components: K5, M2{ "Kruger 60", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, -2, vector3f(0.903f,0.932f,0.004f) }, // Components: M2, M6{ "Gliese 205", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 2, 1, vector3f(0.488f,0.496f,-0.805f) }, // Components: M1{ "Proxima", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, 0, vector3f(0.135f,0.882f,-0.017f), 17,"Military dictatorship","Closest star in the sky to early human civilisation.\n""Home of the famous wright Shipyards.""Also home to a Federation Naval Base on the 3rd world, which houses the largest""known Fleet dock in the Galaxy.",Polit::GOV_EARTHMILDICT}, // Components: M5{ "Gliese 825", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, 0, vector3f(0.365f,0.424f,-1.093f) }, // Components: M0{ "Gliese 876", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.603f,0.900f,-0.112f) }, // Components: M5{ "Gliese 725", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, -1, vector3f(0.482f,0.203f,0.590f), 4,"Earth Federation Democracy","Gliese 725 is the fifteenth star system closest to the Sun .""It is located within 12 light years , in the south - west of the constellation of the Dragon, ""in north -west of the star ? Draconis , south- east of d Draconis .",Polit::GOV_EARTHDEMOC}, // Components: M4, M5{ "Sigma Draconis", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, 0, -2, vector3f(0.914f,0.420f,0.859f), 2,"Social democracy","Sigma Draconis (s Dra, s Draconis) is a star 18.8 light-years away from Earth. ""Its traditional name is Alsafi. It is in the constellation Draco. Its visual magnitude is 4.68. ""The traditional name 'Alsafi' (also Athafi) supposedly derives from an Arabic word al-athafi 'the cooking tripods'. ""This refers to the tripods used by nomads for open-air cooking.\n""The star is a main sequence dwarf of spectral type K0. ",Polit::GOV_SOCDEM}, // Components: K0{ "Gliese 380", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, 1, -1, vector3f(0.979f,0.462f,0.631f) }, // Components: K2{ "Sirius", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_A, SBody::TYPE_WHITE_DWARF}, 1, 1, vector3f(0.222f,0.273f,-0.173f), 5,"Corporate system","The Sirius system is home to Sirius Corporation, market leader in Robotics, Neural Computing, ""Security and Defence Systems, to name but a few of its endeavours. Sirius research and development ""institutes are at the very cutting edge of galactic science. The young, bright and ambitious from ""worlds all over galaxy flock to Sirius to make a name for themselves.\n""Above text all rights reserved Sirius Corporation.",Polit::GOV_CORPORATE}, // Components: A1, DA2{ "Gliese 682", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.643f,0.971f,-0.213f) }, // Components: M3{ "AD Leonis", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 2, 0, vector3f(0.483f,0.012f,-0.071f) }, // Components: M4{ "Luyten 372-58", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, 1, vector3f(0.822f,0.495f,-1.402f) }, // Components: M4{ "Gliese 191", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, 1, vector3f(0.925f,0.696f,-0.938f) }, // Components: M0{ "Gliese 663", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.279f,0.572f,0.278f) }, // Components: K5{ "70 Ophiuchi", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K, SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, -2, -1, vector3f(0.758f,0.509f,0.420f) }, // Components: K0, K5{ "Ross 614", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 1, 1, vector3f(0.908f,0.402f,-0.195f) }, // Components: M4{ "GJ 1245", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, -2, vector3f(0.126f,0.637f,0.295f) }, // Components: M5, M{ "Gliese 526", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, -2, vector3f(0.418f,0.839f,0.993f) }, // Components: M4{ "Ross 986", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 2, 0, vector3f(0.835f,0.449f,0.829f) }, // Components: M4{ "ADS 10417", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K, SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.346f,0.576f,0.274f) }, // Components: K1, K1{ "GJ 1002", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, 2, vector3f(0.778f,0.260f,-0.521f) }, // Components: M5{ "Ross 154", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, 0, vector3f(0.344f,0.274f,-0.205f) }, // Components: M4{ "L 674-015", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 1, 2, vector3f(0.885f,0.442f,-0.508f) }, // Components: M4{ "Wolf 359", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, 0, vector3f(0.746f,0.990f,0.806f) }, // Components: M6{ "AC+79:3888", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 1, -1, vector3f(0.511f,0.157f,1.308f) }, // Components: M4{ "Luyten 789-006", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, 0, vector3f(0.118f,0.781f,0.059f) }, // Components: M5{ "Gliese 674", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 1, vector3f(0.739f,0.046f,-0.209f) }, // Components: M3{ "Procyon", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_F, SBody::TYPE_WHITE_DWARF}, 1, 1, vector3f(0.663f,0.267f,0.311f) }, // Components: F5, DA{ "Van Maanen's Star", 0, {SBody::TYPE_WHITE_DWARF}, 2, 0, vector3f(0.279f,0.482f,-0.330f) }, // Components: DZ7{ "Delta Pavonis", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_G}, -2, 1, vector3f(0.796f,0.492f,-1.240f) }, // Components: G8{ "Gliese 752", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, -1, vector3f(0.739f,0.013f,-0.114f) }, // Components: M3, M5{ "Gliese 687", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, -2, vector3f(0.744f,0.895f,1.020f) }, // Components: M3{ "40 Eridani", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K, SBody::TYPE_WHITE_DWARF, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 1, 1, vector3f(0.943f,0.037f,-1.224f) }, // Components: K1, DA4, M4{ "AC+12:1800-213", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 2, 1, vector3f(0.848f,0.058f,-0.410f) }, // Components: M4{ "Eta Cassiopeia", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_G, SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, 1, -2, vector3f(0.913f,0.976f,1.272f) }, // Components: G3, K7{ "Hei 299", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, 2, vector3f(0.813f,0.384f,-0.843f) }, // Components: M4{ "Ross 128", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 1, 0, vector3f(0.838f,0.638f,-0.344f) }, // Components: M4{ "Gliese 628", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.982f,0.421f,0.680f) }, // Components: M3{ "Gliese 229", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 1, 2, vector3f(0.964f,0.149f,-0.754f) }, // Components: M1{ "Luyten 145-141", 0, {SBody::TYPE_WHITE_DWARF}, -1, 2, vector3f(0.691f,0.179f,-0.095f) }, // Components: DQ6{ "EI Cancri", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 2, 0, vector3f(0.621f,0.679f,0.148f) }, // Components: M, M{ "Altair", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_A}, -1, -1, vector3f(0.142f,0.022f,-0.299f) }, // Components: A7{ "Gliese 887", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, 1, vector3f(0.413f,0.547f,-0.115f) }, // Components: M2{ "Gliese 908", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, -2, vector3f(0.406f,0.751f,0.998f) }, // Components: M2{ "Gliese 588", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.185f,0.968f,-0.790f) }, // Components: M3{ "Tau Ceti", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_G}, 1, 1, vector3f(0.127f,0.778f,-0.324f), 2 }, // Components: G8{ "LTT 12976", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 1, -1, vector3f(0.986f,0.133f,0.773f) }, // Components: M2, M6{ "Sm 50", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.411f,0.693f,-1.341f) }, // Components: M0{ "61 Cygni", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K, SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, 0, -1, vector3f(0.302f,0.108f,-0.136f) }, // Components: K5, K7{ "L 347-014", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.390f,0.787f,-0.927f) }, // Components: M4{ "Wolf 629", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.334f,0.090f,0.872f) }, // Components: M4{ "Luyten's Star", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 1, 1, vector3f(0.788f,0.305f,0.266f) }, // Components: M3{ "Gliese 783", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 0, vector3f(0.522f,0.324f,-1.169f) }, // Components: K3, M3{ "Barnard's star", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -1, 0, vector3f(0.877f,0.131f,0.186f), 0 ,"Earth Federation Colonial Rule","Federation Prison Camps.",Polit::GOV_EARTHCOLONIAL}, // Components: M5{ "Epsilon Eridani", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, 1, 0, vector3f(0.351f,0.735f,-0.999f), 5/*5=2 earths*/,"First off-earth colony. Industrial world with indigenous life.","Epsilon Eridani was the first star system beyond Sol to be colonised by humanity. ""The New Hope colony on the life-bearing planet of the same name was founded in 2279. ""Its 1520 initial inhabitants completed their pre-hyperspace voyage of 10.7 lightyears ""from Sol in just under 25 years.\n""Mass emigration from Earth in the 27th century drove a population explosion and today ""Epsilon Eridani counts itself among the most populous of inhabited systems.\n""The system's history has been marked by political friction between Epsilon Eridani and ""the Earth government. This began with the advent of hyperspace around the end of the 26th ""century. While previously the communications lag of 20 years had prevented exertion of ""Earth's power, suddenly the rulers of Epsilon Eridani found themselves constantly subject ""to the interference of Earth.\n""This conflict flared up in 2714 when the pro-Earth president of Epsilon Eridani was toppled ""amid strikes and civil disorder over the unfair tax and trade conditions imposed by ""Earth. The 'Free Republic' then established survived nine months until Earth rule ""was re-imposed by force, including the notorious use of orbital lasers on population centres.\n""Independence was not finally won until the wars of the 30th century, and the formation ""of the Confederation of Independent Worlds, of which Epsilon Eridani was a founding member.\n""Epsilon Eridani is today a thriving centre of industry, cutting-edge technology and ""tourism.\n""Reproduced with the kind permission of Enrique Watson, New Hope University, 2992",Polit::GOV_CISLIBDEM}, // Components: K2{ "UV Ceti", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, 0, vector3f(0.754f,0.473f,-1.040f) }, // Components: M5, M5{ "GX Andromedae", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 1, -1, vector3f(0.269f,0.470f,0.580f) }, // Components: M2, M6{ "Stein 2051", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M, SBody::TYPE_WHITE_DWARF}, 2, -1, vector3f(0.383f,0.316f,0.278f) }, // Components: M4, DC5{ "AC+33:25644", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 2, 0, vector3f(0.770f,0.607f,0.598f) }, // Components: M4{ "Ross 248", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, -1, vector3f(0.914f,0.335f,-0.374f) }, // Components: M6{ "L 205-128 Sm 3", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, -2, 1, vector3f(0.332f,0.504f,-0.605f) }, // Components: M3{ "Alpha Centauri", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_G, SBody::TYPE_STAR_K}, 0, 0, vector3f(0.112f,0.882f,-0.006f) }, // Components: G2, K0{ "Lalande 21185", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, 0, vector3f(0.933f,0.539f,0.930f) }, // Components: M2{ "YZ Ceti", 0, {SBody::TYPE_STAR_M}, 0, 1, vector3f(0.903f,0.723f,-0.826f) }, // Components: M5

Corparate names - could introduce corprates holding x number of planets and if wars break out or new colonies created they could change hands

I've added super massive giants into the game now, as well as a limit to colonised space. Note that the game already had Blue-Giants, they were just extremely rare, now we have red and blue Super-Massive giants which are rediculous... but real :)Theres now a lower chance for high-tech hi population worlds on the rim, it scales from low to hi pop with the percentage chances, as well as distance.Over about 500 LY most stars will become unexplored, after about 750LY all stars are unexplored. But there is still a tiny chance to find a colony.... just for fun :)Also, the clever old system generation seems to automatically know to place the first planet far enough away from the large suns, in this case thats about 12 AU from the sun..... nice :)Edit, updated pics:Big blue giant:[attachment=387:pioneer-msvc-9 2011-01-09 03-34-45-67.jpg]Big red giant:[attachment=388:pioneer-msvc-9 2011-01-09 03-33-36-00.jpg]Red hyper-giant:[attachment=389:pioneer-msvc-9 2011-01-09 04-01-42-60.jpg]

Oh dear look what they went and did:[attachment=390:pioneer-msvc-9 2011-01-09 05-03-05-23.jpg]

Oh man I can't wait for the next release ... !Just a quick note, in Alpha 7 there was a bug where the first planet after the star is given the name 'b' (eg Epsilon Eridani b) instead of 'a'. Is this fixed in the next alpha (or is it even intentional)?

that sounds and looks awesome Great!Now with systems that big and complex i think it really becomes necessary that the player is able to pick the navigation targets from the system map. Is anyone already working on that feature?