Wow Flat, this looks very cool! And very detailed. Thank you, Josh. I can't resist mentioning that all of the stars in my game -- every single one in that screenshot -- are real. They're taken from the Hipparcos catalog of the nearest/brightest stars from Earth. What this means is that if you fly i...

I'm going to hazard a guess that most of the effort in doing a 3D universe isn't how to generate the universe -- it's how to show the universe. The basics of manipulating a simple 3D map are relatively easy: zoom in and out, click-and-hold to grab the universe and twist it around. What takes time is...

I don't know if you saw the last bit about boundaries and tiling, but yes, it will still be tile-based at the cluster level if you opt for an infinite universe. Although it is rectangular not hex atm. The thing that worries me about hex is...6 neighbors! Ahh! It feels like too many :? In fact, I ha...

First, to your point, Hyperion. You may be right that even if the basic nodes-and-vertices of wormholes connecting every star system go away in a continuous-space design, you still need to have some kind of "shortcut" feature between clusters. Even so, continuous space still offers some advantage ov...

Niiiiiice. Thanks, Josh! I can't resist noting (as Ringu intimates) that the only reason we're even looking at algorithms for generating plausible-and-fun connections between certain star systems is because the game universe isn't continuous. If there were just "space" all over, you could simply fly...

Hey guys, sorry for not getting a log out yet..I'm not kill :) Have had a busy month though, and am still not to a good logging point, regrettably. Give me one more week! :angel: <3 7 days hath been given. I wonder what Adam's been up to lately. Edit: Well seems I spoke 90 minutes too soon :ghost: ...

Talk to your employer, they may be willing to let you do 1 day a week unpaid, then you can skip mondays and have long weekends. :D I already get every Friday off (because I work longer hours all the other days). It's great, right up to the point where people realize you're available to run their er...

Thanks! After 18 years, we've made a few... alterations. :D The question I'm banging my head against now is, "How much longer do I have to keep working at my day job?" It's really nice to have that income, but it's also nice now not to need it quite as much. I'm inclined to keep working on the theor...

Now, that sounds like a fun game!

And a very nice sendoff.

(I miss live D&D. )

But hey, I have some news that made me happy! Today, after 18 years, we paid off our 30-year mortgage. All your base are belong to us!

This forum has the best people.

Dinosawer wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:22 am

DnD yesterday.
When the DM needs every d6 on the table for a single damage roll, that's when you know you're in trouble

That's two critical-misses-in-a-row territory, there.

Did you survive?

Always good to read the whole story... and kudos to Ars Technica for honest reporting: The new speed limits could help Comcast save money on the reselling fees it pays Verizon. In a statement to Ars, Comcast said it's making the changes "to help us maintain the low price point of Xfinity Mobile." .....

I'm not sure whether or not anyone has commented on this previously. But as I was doing a scan for references to Limit Theory this month, I noticed that someone has added Limit Theory to Wikipedia's list of space flight simulator games under development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_f...

HowSerendipitous wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:49 am

'I couldn't do a log because my tentacles are on fire'.

I originally read that as:

HowSerendipitous wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:49 am

'I couldn't do a log because my testicles are on fire'.

So this:

Cornflakes_91 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:33 pm

should've used a condom then.

still makes some sense.

Also, apparently we are all EXTREMELY bored.

Sounds good!