All hail Eris!

<chortles>

<peers across the great divide - waves>

Faced with spiralling costs for its Space Launch System (SLS) and pressure to put American boots on the Moon by 2024, NASA is to return the Saturn V to flight.

Article here.

Flatfingers wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:57 pm

I wouldn't consider warp rails a core feature.

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Talvieno wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 29, 2020 2:12 pm

I'm rather thinking it would probably be better to just start from scratch with everything.

That'd be the sensible approach.

Talvieno wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 29, 2020 11:34 am

Am I allowed to spread it around? Is it ethical in any sense of the word? Would Josh be pissed?

Tricky questions, Tal - good luck finding answers!

A very nice addition to the game, this adds Griff's normal maps, and specular+gloss maps to all core ships.

Whatever you manage to cobble together, give it a decent name - and go easy on the dust!

Yesterday was Blue Monday, apparently. Time for a cryin' song...

Deiain wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:48 pm

Still no luck getting in touch with Josh...

I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I ain't. And welcome!

There's usually a pre-winterfest rush - we've been getting oodles of them on the Oolite forum.
Earlier today, we had over 130 guests, but in Septermber they broke the record:

Most users ever online was 604 on Sun Sep 29, 2019 22:31

I maintain my brother's PC (and his laptops, which he uses for work - he's a DJ), and sort out minor problems by phone. He's 79, and until recently he was on the ball, but now... well, it just took me over half an hour to explain how to use the sort function in Windows Explorer. I expect I'll end up...

Focus?

Flatfingers wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:55 pm

And now this introvert-unfriendly nonsense, which seems designed to antagonize the people who solve problems in favor of the people who like to be seen talking about solving problems.

That sounds all too familiar! Three cheers for the manglement!