NASA's Moonbase Alpha is now available through steam apparently. http://store.steampowered.com/app/39000/
Haven't tried it myself yet so can't vouch for accuracy or fun.
Haven't tried it myself yet so can't vouch for accuracy or fun.
Elite / Frontier NASA's Moonbase Alpha
- Thread starter Stefan Mars
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It looks nice, but is labelled as "casual", so I wonder if one will be able to press every button in this screenshot. (-;
Moonbase Makeover
I have a question regarding the inside of space stations in general. Why do they always have to be white or grey? If you stayed on the moon with it's general lack of colour, wouldn't it be nice to paint the insides of modules in different colours and decor? I think you would get board of looking at the same boring colour scheme day after day.
Some nice curtains and potted plants please!
I have a question regarding the inside of space stations in general. Why do they always have to be white or grey? If you stayed on the moon with it's general lack of colour, wouldn't it be nice to paint the insides of modules in different colours and decor? I think you would get board of looking at the same boring colour scheme day after day.
Some nice curtains and potted plants please! On the original Skylab station they were planning on painting one half greeny/brown and the other half sky blue, but all the astronauts were military and told them not to be stupid. They ended up painting it like a submarine instead.
I think the white is basically because they're built in a clean room, and it will show up any contamination or dirt immediately.
I think the white is basically because they're built in a clean room, and it will show up any contamination or dirt immediately.
Your right there Kenny, but imagine how boggin it would get if this module was on the moon, it would be like living in a cement factory!
Anyways I downloaded it and going to give it a try, thanks for pointing it out Stefan
Dustpan at the ready!
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That looks interesting, a base building sim on the moon, wonder if it will have any Gerry Anderson Eagles in it?
Orbiter has it, in case you shouldn't know:
http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2858
many models of the eagle are to find, but of course if at all i do my own.
to the "clean" look, yes especially as what i am these colourless bases i found the very ugly to. especially if you think that you will have to live in a not very hostile environment, colours would be unevadeble.
industry had made such experiences since long, and some like CIBA (novartis now) had used colours in their production halls since long.
but it needs a good artist with a clear thinking about colours to do so, you will have to know a lot about psychic effects of colours, because it can "hurt", if you don't respect all aspects of it.
i know this is used widely in all especialy media like movies and tv series, but even train interiors had to be coloured respecting that. unfortunatly the goal is not allways to make things comfortable. e.g. the swiss rapid trains, are coloured in a real bad way compared to the ones from the 50's and 60's, why?
simply because they don't want people to feel comfortable in a rapid train, though it it's colours are grey, cold blue and a citric yellow, which is in my opinion ugly. but that is wanted, leave the train as soon as possible and don't feel like home, don't talk to loud or laugh, thats what these colour do in the mind of a human, ugly colours, ugly thinking, imho.
i think a moonbase should respect that to and even our fellows in the iss should profit from that. it's something "unseen" but very important for the human mind.
to the "clean room" environment, it's a argument, but on the other hand it's no nuclear power plant, it's a space station and you not only work there you live in it. it's true they will be assembled in such a clean room environment, but i guess it doesn't have to stay that, except for the lab part of a station (sporadically i worked in a npp).
another simple reason for a white hull is the temperature, but only for the hull. anything else gets extreamly heatened up in the sun, whithout a surrounding atmosphere to level it.
finally you can say you can use colours for the wealth of humans or against, the goal decides.
don't forget i'm educated as a fabrics printer/dyer, i know what i'm talking about, colours was my job.
to the "clean" look, yes especially as what i am these colourless bases i found the very ugly to. especially if you think that you will have to live in a not very hostile environment, colours would be unevadeble.
industry had made such experiences since long, and some like CIBA (novartis now) had used colours in their production halls since long.
but it needs a good artist with a clear thinking about colours to do so, you will have to know a lot about psychic effects of colours, because it can "hurt", if you don't respect all aspects of it.
i know this is used widely in all especialy media like movies and tv series, but even train interiors had to be coloured respecting that. unfortunatly the goal is not allways to make things comfortable. e.g. the swiss rapid trains, are coloured in a real bad way compared to the ones from the 50's and 60's, why?
simply because they don't want people to feel comfortable in a rapid train, though it it's colours are grey, cold blue and a citric yellow, which is in my opinion ugly. but that is wanted, leave the train as soon as possible and don't feel like home, don't talk to loud or laugh, thats what these colour do in the mind of a human, ugly colours, ugly thinking, imho.
i think a moonbase should respect that to and even our fellows in the iss should profit from that. it's something "unseen" but very important for the human mind.
to the "clean room" environment, it's a argument, but on the other hand it's no nuclear power plant, it's a space station and you not only work there you live in it. it's true they will be assembled in such a clean room environment, but i guess it doesn't have to stay that, except for the lab part of a station (sporadically i worked in a npp).
another simple reason for a white hull is the temperature, but only for the hull. anything else gets extreamly heatened up in the sun, whithout a surrounding atmosphere to level it.
finally you can say you can use colours for the wealth of humans or against, the goal decides.
don't forget i'm educated as a fabrics printer/dyer, i know what i'm talking about, colours was my job.
btw, someones posted that to ssc allready?
Looks like good fun.
Nearly completed the first mission, if I just had a few more seconds......... It is designed for co-op, so I guess trying to do the missions on your own is going to be difficult. Oh, don't forget to hop when covering long distances!
Oh, one more thing, when you get the option to repair circuits, click once on one end then drag the mouse along the circuit's path. I was holding the button down which made this task take a little longer.
It is designed for co-op, so I guess trying to do the missions on your own is going to be difficult. Oh, don't forget to hop when covering long distances! Oh, one more thing, when you get the option to repair circuits, click once on one end then drag the mouse along the circuit's path. I was holding the button down which made this task take a little longer.
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