Oolite Bulletins

Welcome aboard, Commander!

Waargh wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:11 pm

I don't really remember elite being this hard (at least it wasn't for me back in '85)...

Elite was a turkey-shoot, Oolite is tougher! Some mods can make it tougher still. Good luck!

Try pressing the Ctrl key while using the flight keys.

I wonder if Klaatu and Gort qualify?

Welcome aboard, Commander! Hopefully, one of the penguinistas will be along shortly.

Voidhawks/Blackhawks?

At last, I have the bloody title! Cowboy Angels by Paul J McAuley. Muchas gracias, amigo!

It was the first one I thought of. Likewise! The second one that came to mind has had me scratching my head for years, as I can't recall the title, the author, the plot, or the characters - nothing, except the huge trains which were the only way to traverse the portals between worlds. Any ideas, an...

The train on Schar's World?

Commander_X wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:09 am

You can always disable it by selecting "Docking Clearance Protocol: Off" in your menu.

Time was, it was disabled by default. Ah, those were the days - no 5k fines for jumping the queue to meet a deadline!

A sad thing to see Cody but I've a feeling that this isn't the end of Limit Theory. This could be interesting... Hey LT fans! Does anyone have a good contact method for Josh? I'm the lead developer at a small, brand new (we're starting this month), financially well-backed indie game studio, Arcane ...

Sandringham Showdown... blah, blah, blah! Windsors at War... yada, yada, yada! Meghan's 'nuclear option'... wtf?

Canada, eh? Can we offload a few more royals onto the other colonies?
Australia, perhaps? The Aussies would love it. New Zealand, maybe?

Welcome aboard, Commander! Combat is slightly tougher as the AI is much improved. Pick your fights, learn when to run.
Sometimes, there are queues, but not always. Are you using the docking computer, or doing it the proper way - manually?

Can anyone confirm this? Had to do some digging... The next appearance of a solar sail in science fiction was in Pierre Boulle’s novel Planet of the Apes in 1963. To quote from the novel: “In those times, interplanetary travel was commonplace, though interstellar ventures were still an exception. R...

Bernd1983 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:21 pm

Unfortunately I didn't find out how to "hide" the link in Word here

Hover over the Insert URL button (the tenth button) and follow the second example.



Disclaimer: I ain't too good at explaining such stuff.

I think <grins> Planet of the Apes (the original novel) has some solar sailing going on.