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Discussion / Towards a public alpha: admin commands

« Last post by Ingar on 2012-11-18 14:21:19 »

Something I was just thinking about: it might be wise to implement admin commands. For a public alpha, the server would obviously have to run with cheats disabled. On the other hand, it might be wise to have a few commands like goto, teleport, kick, ban etc available for players with admin status. Admins should be able to apply those commands to other players.

Unstuck is something we'll definetly need

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News / Release 0.2.2-svn1195

« Last post by Ingar on 2012-11-17 17:09:19 »

As I mentioned on the forum yesterday, a new release has been long overdue. This release is the first step towards working weapons: ships can drop spacemines and fire projectile weapons. While there is no ship damage yet, a ship will be destroyed if it flies into a star or a planet. Project::OSiRiON 0.2.2-svn1195 can be found on the downloads page.
Project::OSiRiON 0.2.2-svn1195

- Installation Instructions

Downloads

Binaries:
- Ubuntu Linux 12 (32bit & 64bit)
- Windows (32bit)
- Windows (64bit)

For any operating system:
- Game data

- Source code

Changes

svn revision 1195

- Added autosave function for singleplayer games.
- Added savegame screenshots.
- Added listview scrollbars.
- Added support for multiple zone lights.
- Added initial support for model weapon slots.
- Added map window preview for selected planets and stars.
- Added galactic overview to the map window
- Added engine support for bullet collision callbacks.
- Added weapon traders.
- Added spacemines proof of concept.
- Added projectile weapons proof of concept.
- Added support for unique items
- Ships are destroyed now when flying into a planet or a star   
- Corrected a bug where sliders and scrollbars didn't work if the widget loses mouse focus.
- Corrected a bug where sounds were played for docked ships.
   
data revision 855
   
- Added more skyboxes.
- Added Chimera battleship for House Dagon.
- Added Jormungandr trade cruiser for House Dagon.
- Added Raptor heavy feighter for House Dagon.
- Added jumpgates between Ghant and Warsaw.
- Various new starsystems and updates for existing systems.
- Added weapon trade defintions, updated trade definitions.
- Improved Lindblade Central model.

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Discussion / Current development: towards a public alpha

« Last post by Ingar on 2012-11-16 19:41:54 »

As our IRC regulars have noticed, Project::OSiRiON has been far less inactive than the website would have you suspect. This week, I comitted the first step towards ingame weapons to the subversion repository. I've wanted to have something out before the end of the year but in all honesty, I don't think that's feasable. All this weaponry is a complicated piece of magik code, and a rewrite of particle systems will be required to make it look fancy (right now, a ship just shoots small balls).

That said, it can't be denied that the current download is ancient and needs to be updated. The project roadmap on the tracker has 0.2.2 before Eve of Armageddon, but by pushing weapons forward, I've messed up the timetable. (Eve of Armageddon is what I dubbed the alpha). I'll address the roadmap with the release of 0.2.2.

Short-term I'd like to finish weapons: it needs mountable weapons, client-server exchange of weapon slot configurations, particles to make it look fancy, and, most important, ship damage. If I do it right, I can reduce weapon-releated network chatter to a minimum and handle the graphics completely client-side. Currrently, projectiles are standard entities and a large firefight will probably clog the intertubes.

We walk slowly, like giants among the stars.

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Lounge Bar / Re: Post Your Specs

« Last post by StalKermit on 2012-11-13 22:42:29 »

I suppose it's about time I add this...

Mobo:         Asus Rampage IV Extreme
CPU:           Intel Six Core i7-3930K @ 3.2GHz
GPU:           NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Mem:          8GB Kingston HyperX Genesis Dual-DDR3 @ 1866MHz
Sound Card: On Board
Speakers:    Boring old screen speakers
PSU:           Corsair 750W HX750-80 Plus Silver Modular
Tower:        CoolerMaster HAF-X
Keyboard:    Razer Lycosa
Mouse:        Razer Mamba 2012
Monitor:       Iiyama E2773HDS 27" 1920x1080

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Lounge Bar / Re: Post Your Specs

« Last post by Ingar on 2012-11-12 21:48:42 »

CPU:             Intel Core i5-2500K

Same CPU as me

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Lounge Bar / Re: Post Your Specs

« Last post by Karvajalka on 2012-11-11 21:57:52 »

Updated : )

Mobo:           AsRock Z68 Pro3
CPU:             Intel Core i5-2500K
GPU:            Amd Asus 6950 2Gt
Mem:           8Gt G.Skill DDR3
SSD:            128Gt Kingston V200+
Sound Card: Onboard
Headphones: Steelseries Syberia
PSU:             XFX Core Edition PRO 550W
Tower:          BitFenix Shinobi Window
Keyboard:      Razer BlackWidow
Mouse:          Logitech G400
Monitor:         Dell U2311H & Acer X233H

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Discussion / Re: Project::OSiRiON, now in football font

« Last post by Mega on 2012-05-29 04:55:46 »

So it should have been:

Note that what you americans call football, looks very outerworldly and futuristic to most europeans.

No, this is really how it should have been:

Note that what you americans call football, looks very outerworldly and futuristic to most people without brain damage.

By the way, the fact that it's called "Varsity" means that it really is a football font.

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Discussion / Re: Project::OSiRiON, now in football font

« Last post by StalKermit on 2012-05-27 03:03:17 »

Whoops, went to edit your post instead of replying.

I edited it again, so no one will notice.

Very almost did it again but then I realised and saw a cancel button.

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Discussion / Re: Project::OSiRiON, now in football font

« Last post by Ingar on 2012-05-26 12:17:05 »

Whoops, went to edit your post instead of replying.

I edited it again, so no one will notice.

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Discussion / Re: Project::OSiRiON, now in football font

« Last post by StalKermit on 2012-05-25 20:21:03 »

Whoops, went to edit your post instead of replying.

Football being the sport that is played entirely using feet except for the goalkeeper. 

So it should have been:

Note that what you americans call football, looks very outerworldly and futuristic to most europeans.

Rugby is close enough.