With the graphic detail I assume the game will have, how good will it be to land on the moon and watch the earth rise?
Elite / Frontier Desperate, fed up and had enough
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With the graphic detail I assume the game will have, how good will it be to land on the moon and watch the earth rise?
I hope to be too busy wandering around the moon colony doing missions or getting slowly inebriated in one of the many classy establishments 
or getting slowly inebriated in one of the many classy establishments
Your round! Mines a double!Your on! now where is that barman... hic*!!!!*
Quick! Someone get David B on the phone! Demand the moon MUST have a decent pub!
You can already watch the Earth From the Moon in FE2, I doubt however, that even the E4, no matter how detailed will give us pleasure of watching the Earth set and rise from the surface of the Moon.
There are certain insurmountable barriers.
Yeah, glffe shows it nicely as well...
...which I was quite impressed with until I remembered the Earth doesn't actually "rise" as seen from the Moon. The best you get is phases. At least the distance is correct
True, even in FE2, that part was wrong. It'd be cool to have all the bodies in SolYeah, glffe shows it nicely as well...
...which I was quite impressed with until I remembered the Earth doesn't actually "rise" as seen from the Moon. The best you get is phases. At least the distance is correct
with correct rotation axes and periods.
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Regarding GLFFE with replaced cockpit graphics - how to manually set the targets in orbital map, how to set time-point in orbital map and, finally, how to make the game display revamped icons for misiles and camera?
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Where did those icons come from? You can actually see what they say, unlike the original ones...
Edit: Yep, I also hope that Elite IV features proper planetary distances, I always found it odd that the Moon was this little tiny blob when viewed from Earth.
Edit: Yep, I also hope that Elite IV features proper planetary distances, I always found it odd that the Moon was this little tiny blob when viewed from Earth.
Press "T" and then click on the target
Kolijoco decided not to implement this feature, for some reason. You can use the cursor keys to move the time point back and forwards, but I can't find a way of speeding that up eg. shift+key
I managed to fix the mining and camera icons - instructions are towards the bottom of this page - but the missile icons escape me. Kolijoko seems to have disappeared from the scene as well
lol - I was about to say the same thing
What might also be fun is figuring out how far in the future we are, plotting the probable trajectory for Voyager or similar and seeing if we can find it
What might also be fun is figuring out how far in the future we are, plotting the probable trajectory for Voyager or similar and seeing if we can find it
Someone will always get there before you and destroy it!
Someone will always get there before you and destroy it!
Heh maybe that could be a bit of fun for a competition from Frontier like the old Elite status comp from the original BBC game.
From: http://www.acornelectron.co.uk/eug/67/a-elit.html
I remember when I used to play Virus on my Amiga, if I got a good score I would be presented with a competition entry number, but I never knew how to submit my score...I wonder if anyone ever did.
Yeah I think I remember that with Zarch but was never good enough to really get anywhere significant.
I have two bits of advice:
To dock in Elite:
-Approach the space station so that you are facing almost perfectly towards the entry port. The hexagon around it should be perfectly symmetrical from your view.
-Move towards it at a very low speed. As you get very close (the rectangle is almost filling your screen), stop the ship and use the left/right thrusters to spin the ship so it is mimicking the motion of the station. If you get this correct then the rectangular entry port should be horizontal to you, and unmoving.
-Start towards the station again and you should dock happily.
Don't bother with Elite
Elite was the most intriguing game of its generation because of the scope which they managed to fit into such low-tech computers. But it really wasn't a very user-friendly game at all. The frustration levels often ruined what was the most immersive experience so far in any computer game.
When Frontier and First Encounters came along, we had our huge Elite universe and open-ended gameplay, but it was user-friendly enough that anyone could get into it.
So i recommend you use one of these instead.
I personally recommend GLFFE. Do a search for it and you will find it.
any problems, report back.
To dock in Elite:
-Approach the space station so that you are facing almost perfectly towards the entry port. The hexagon around it should be perfectly symmetrical from your view.
-Move towards it at a very low speed. As you get very close (the rectangle is almost filling your screen), stop the ship and use the left/right thrusters to spin the ship so it is mimicking the motion of the station. If you get this correct then the rectangular entry port should be horizontal to you, and unmoving.
-Start towards the station again and you should dock happily.
Don't bother with Elite
Elite was the most intriguing game of its generation because of the scope which they managed to fit into such low-tech computers. But it really wasn't a very user-friendly game at all. The frustration levels often ruined what was the most immersive experience so far in any computer game.
When Frontier and First Encounters came along, we had our huge Elite universe and open-ended gameplay, but it was user-friendly enough that anyone could get into it.
So i recommend you use one of these instead.
I personally recommend GLFFE. Do a search for it and you will find it.
any problems, report back.
I once had a game where I seemed to be able to go on ad infinitum, getting more and more spare lives. I had to just give up in the end. Was level 30 or 40 or something I think.