Elite / Frontier Elite Plus

[darrenc]

I am still unclear about the conditions for entering this galaxy without a patched exe. Prior to reading this post I had only followed the rumors and made the attempt from witch space, and that did not work. But darrenc did not mention the witch space rumor anyhow, and said that it is merely subject to chance (presumably including hypering from inside a system), with odds being 300 in 65535.

Well, I apologize for being two years late!

It's important to remember a pseudo random-number generator is involved here. I have not looked at the code in 10 years, maybe I should, but there may be some quirk about the specific circumstance in which the PRNG is called which prevents it from ever generating a number below 300. PRNG's in their era were pretty basic.

I will have to look at the code again to figure out what is going on... it's been 10 years!

Is this modified EXE with the Hit-point counter still available somewhere? Many thanks

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[user01]

The 9th Galaxy

Hey, a fellow Elite Plus fan!

I have been doing a bit of reverse-engineering ...

Dear Darren, Nothoria Infama/EliteMegaWeed and other potentially-interested parties

Perhaps you might be interested in this "Chart 9" thread at https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=21821.

Thank you for your contributions to the Elite community.

Kind regards
user

 

[EliteMegaWeed]

Awesome! The thread is still active! I've not been playing the game since achieving 'Triple Elite' (Cdr Ajattara) and posting last posts. Not even checked in this thread since.

Nothing has happened at Elite Plus' Speedrun.com page, still waiting a new generation speedrunning Jamesons to find this gem and obliterate my old speedrun record to Elite promotion from the start of the game (which is still soft 1h38m13s). Right on Commanders!

Elite Plus (PC/DOS) - Speedrun.com

View Elite Plus (PC/DOS) speedruns, leaderboards, forums and more on Speedrun.com

www.speedrun.com

...and Dear @user01, Commander @darrenc really deserves to get his name attached to a nomenclature related to the 9th Galaxy.

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ADD: Had to test how it goes after few years hiatus. I made it to Riedquat with fully combat capable ship (Fore Mining Laser, ECM, Fuel Scoop, Extra Energy Unit, and 4 missiles) using speedrun start to equip the ship, and got Dangerous Promotion with 97 hits in some 25-30 minutes. First try. Certain rustiness was immediately obvious, but still, EP is that deeply chronic in my nervo-system that Riedquat felt fun even if aim was little off, and I had to keep flight speed rather slow. I played the game with browser at https://playclassic.games/games/space-simulation-dos-games-online/play-elite-plus-online/

Maybe it's time to come back from retirement, yet again...