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Murgh: mend link

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−	UPDATE: Added some more screenshots to the [http://oolite.org/ ~~website~~].	+	UPDATE: Added some more screenshots to the '''website'''. [linked to [https://web.archive.org/web/20040725232953/http://oolite.aegidian.org/ http://oolite.org/] -earliest archive recorded from July 2004]

	Soundclip of the day: ECM activation sound [dead link] (done with SoundBuilder)		Soundclip of the day: ECM activation sound [dead link] (done with SoundBuilder)

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	For my own part, this opened up amazing new possibilities in OXP creativity. Most vividly, the memory that this was the spark that allowed me to create moons, planets and nebulae like some god, in [[Diso OXP]], and get hacking at a representation in the game from the opening scene of ''[[The Dark Wheel]]'', [[Lave OXP]].		For my own part, this opened up amazing new possibilities in OXP creativity. Most vividly, the memory that this was the spark that allowed me to create moons, planets and nebulae like some god, in [[Diso OXP]], and get hacking at a representation in the game from the opening scene of ''[[The Dark Wheel]]'', [[Lave OXP]].
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 Shields upgrades / Weapon cooling / Tractor beams / Enhanced sensor kits / Enhanced mining kits all still TODO.
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 I never asked but sometimes wonder if Giles found a little inspiration from the not-dissimilar [https://enderverse.fandom.com/wiki/Molecular_Disruption_Device MDD "Little Doctor"] from ''Ender's Game'', 20 years earlier.
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 ====January 28th, 2005====
 '''Rough week!	[Jan. 28th, 2005|09:28 am]'''
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 UPDATE: (10.10am) Back up.
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 ===March===
 ====March 4th, 2005====
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 [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=282596#p282596 "..I still follow the boards occasionally.."]
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 Collision detection work resting for a while. I seem to have accidentally implemented a 25.6 second replay system too, that will be nice when I get the external view system working.
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 | <center>'''Old Murgh side comment'''</center>
-The rework of all native Oolite models in made in Meshwork to what would at a glance look like duplicates using the more advanced, Wings 3D, took no doubt a lot of effort. (I have that insight because I did it myself with the far fewer models I had built by then). It was only worth doing it if done with meticulous precision. Of course the result was a much improved texture mapping with larger texture files, but that stuff took time.
+The rework of all native Oolite models in made in Meshwork to what would at a glance look like duplicates using the more advanced, Wings 3D, took no doubt a lot of effort. (I did get insight because I endured it myself with the much fewer models I had made by then). It was only worth doing it if done with meticulous precision. Of course the result was a much improved texture mapping with larger texture files, but that stuff took time.
 On June 26 he [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=7149#p7149 posted to the BB] explaining the new model conversion process, followed up by [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=7847#p7847 a post] on July 16, explaining the new Python scripts made into drag-n-drop applications.

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-[[File:A devlogscreen.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Aegidian's developer's log, first entry.]]
+[[File:A devlogscreen.jpg|thumb|right|420px|Aegidian's developer's log, first entry.]]
 '''Oolite (progress)'''. "A log of the progress on my traditionally styled space sim game, [[Oolite]]", by [[User:Aegidian|Aegidian]].
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-[[File:OldShipYard.png|380px]]
+[[File:OldShipYard.png|center|380px]]
 So, a whole new phase had begun. Having completed his interpretations of what was true to the core of original Elite, Giles was building on top of that foundation from his personal creativity.
 The new innovations all seemed deeply thought-out, and quite advanced. Fresh ideas, but continuing in a path that seemed very true to the spirit of Elite, it felt like Giles was coming into his jazzing era.
-[[File:OldCarrierMarket.png|380px]]
+[[File:OldCarrierMarket.png|center|380px]]
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 A nice thing with comparing this log to the BB posts that remain, is that to balance the frustration expressed here, earlier that day at 11:16 am, Giles [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=9676#p9676 shared] the cool news that Oolite had been spotted at #8 in the Top 25 Apple.com Games download chart.
-[[File:MacGamesTop25-Oct05.PNG|thumb|380px|Annoyingly the peak was between Wayback archives, but still charting on [https://web.archive.org/web/20051028044913/http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/ October 28].]]
+[[File:MacGamesTop25-Oct05.PNG|thumb|center|380px|Annoyingly the peak was between Wayback archives, but still charting on [https://web.archive.org/web/20051028044913/http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/ October 28].]]
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 '''So very frustrating	[Oct. 23rd, 2005|06:13 pm]'''
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 By the publication of chapter 2, Giles [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=20643#p20643 chimes in] with reader's enthusiasm, on chapter 4 [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=21699#p21699 states his intention] to quote it on the Oolite site, chapter 5 [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=21996#p21996 rocks], -by chapter 6 he [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=22207#p22207 reverts] to pedantic editor-, and at the chapter 8 conclusion [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=22596#p22596 he declares] he would have liked to buy a published copy.
-[[File:OoBookQuoteNov06.JPG|420px]]
+[[File:OoBookQuoteNov06.JPG|center|420px]]
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 For my own part, this opened up amazing new possibilities in OXP creativity. Most vividly, the memory that this was the spark that allowed me to create moons, planets and nebulae like some god, in [[Diso OXP]], and get hacking at a representation in the game from the opening scene of ''[[The Dark Wheel]]'', [[Lave OXP]].
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 It's a nice image to picture Giles celebrating this milestone by "shooting the hoops", daredevil darting between the spokes of a Torus station for the first time.
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 '''Octree collision code	[Jun. 13th, 2006|11:23 am]'''

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 And then he created the '''Oolite Bulletins Forum''', already on day 1 attracting super early worms [[NoSleep]] and [[Jonnycuba]]. As this was a very small crowd, the first wave of (surviving) posts mostly concern the earliest test releases.
-I think it is interesting to note that in what may be Giles' first post, linking a download of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20040929183348/http://www.aegidian.org:80/bb/viewtopic.php?p=16&amp Alpha 5 release] he felt obliged to include in boldface: '''''"Disclaimer: This is alpha-quality test software, you use it at your own risk. I can not be held responsible for any damage it might do to your computer's software or hardware."''''', a warning that continued with the [https://web.archive.org/web/20040921123640/http://www.aegidian.org:80/bb/viewtopic.php?p=130&amp Beta 1 release] announcement. The first test pilots were the bravest.
+I think it is interesting to note that in what may be Giles' first post, linking a download of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20040929183348/http://www.aegidian.org:80/bb/viewtopic.php?p=16&amp Alpha 5 release] he felt obliged to include in boldface: <blockquote>'''''"Disclaimer: This is alpha-quality test software, you use it at your own risk. I can not be held responsible for any damage it might do to your computer's software or hardware."'''''</blockquote> a warning that continued with the [https://web.archive.org/web/20040921123640/http://www.aegidian.org:80/bb/viewtopic.php?p=130&amp Beta 1 release] announcement. The first test pilots were the bravest.
 Adorably reminding us of the moment of time that this takes place, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20040921123703/http://www.aegidian.org:80/bb/viewtopic.php?p=115&amp Alpha 9 release] announcement even included an apology to dial-up internet users, due to its (not puny 17.7Mb) size..
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-So I believe this had the feel of a pretty significant milestone. So many of the young game kinks resolved, so many quality of life improvements on original Elite implemented, already more interesting and odd NPC ship behaviour, and faster flowing play. The Oolite that stood shoulder to shoulder with Elite.
+I believe this was feeling like a significant milestone. So many of the young game kinks resolved, so many quality of life improvements on original Elite implemented, already more interesting and odd NPC ship behaviour, and faster flowing play. The Oolite reached shoulder to shoulder with Elite.
 And I feel I can't overstate what a massive feature it was then (and to my mind, ''even now'') for a user to be able to assemble 3 separate different situation-dependent playlists to make one's own custom game soundtrack. My own (geekily large) collection of sci-fi film scores and spacy electronica had finally found their home in OoTunes.
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 A very happy outcome after some tireless lobbying begun [[#October_8th.2C_2004|a few months before]], even though the look of the thing didn't go as I suggested.
-Later, I feel that failed to explain my idea that well, and instead of ''"cranked lightbeams"'', I might have had more luck with ''"pulsar-like, rotating, Darth Maul double-bladed lightsaber!"''
+Looking back, I feel that I [https://web.archive.org/web/20050109153104/http://www.aegidian.org:80/bb/viewtopic.php?p=1538&amp failed] to explain my idea that well, and instead of the lame ''"cranked lightbeams"'', I might have had more luck with ''"pulsar-like, rotating, Darth Maul double-bladed lightsaber!"''
-[https://web.archive.org/web/20050109153104/http://www.aegidian.org:80/bb/viewtopic.php?p=1538&amp The WPB proposal] archived link
+[[File:Murgh WPB 2004.png|center|thumb|300px|An out-of-order, ''cancelled'' space beacon]]
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 An advanced compass: switchable between Planet, Station, Sun, Current Target, and *tadaa* Witchpoint.
-Witchpoint Beacons - a glowing version of the current buoy, not [[User:Murgh|Murgh]]'s design, but you can always replace the shipdata.plist entry for '''buoy-witchpoint'''.
+[[Beacon|Witchpoint Beacons]] - a glowing version of the current buoy, not [[User:Murgh|Murgh]]'s design, but you can always replace the shipdata.plist entry for '''buoy-witchpoint'''.
 Some changes to the Fer-de-Lances for sale too.
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-This never made it onto his [[#Aegidian todolist|todolist]], but here he considered the possibility of an "instant replay" feature, or at least saw a possibility of how to do it.
+This never made it onto his [[#Aegidian todolist|TODOlist]], but here he considered the possibility of an "instant replay" feature, or at least saw a possibility of how to do it.
 I don't think this ever got mentioned at the time, and only much later did he confirm it in a 2022 BB post, after I lit up the Bat-Signal, and he appeared!:
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-It is around this time (March 29) that the very ambitious project [[Tionisla Orbital Graveyard]] was announced under the captainship of David/[[User:Selezen|Selezen]] (who voiced the idea on the very day he joined the BB), and from early April, the arrival of [[User:Ahruman|Ahruman/Jens Layton]] quickly became a ubiquitous presence in all aspects of Oolite.
+It is around this time (March 29) that the very ambitious project [[Tionisla Orbital Graveyard]] was announced under the captainship of David/[[User:Selezen|Selezen]] (who proposed the idea on the very day he joined the BB), and from early April, the arrival of [[User:Ahruman|Ahruman/Jens Layton]] quickly became a ubiquitous presence in all aspects of Oolite.
 The TOGY project gathered steam with Rik/[[User:Rxke|Rxke]] and the spirited sudden appearance of Arnoud/[[User:Arexack|Arexack_Heretic]] in June, joining Selezen in hashing out the initial vision. With some big ideas ahead of its time, and experience with Oolite coding in the earliest stages, there was a lot of visualising that was eventually bound to meet the wall of realism.
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 Knowing what will happen not long from here, it is interesting to look at different aspects of how Giles spends this period.
-Hard at work to clear the hurdles before the milestone release v1.65 and racing to face challenges on all the other fronts from his ambitious [[#Aegidian_todolist|TODO list]], it's nice to note that during the month from 23 June to 27 July, Giles was able to follow the next landmark in Oolite fan fiction as [[Drew Wagar]] released his novella ''[[Status Quo]]'' chapter by chapter.
+Hard at work to clear the hurdles before what would become the final release v1.65 and facing challenges from his ambitious [[#Aegidian_todolist|TODO list]], it's nice to note that during the month from 23 June to 27 July, Giles was able to follow the next landmark in Oolite fan fiction as [[Drew Wagar]] released his novella ''[[Status Quo]]'' chapter by chapter.
 By the publication of chapter 2, Giles [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=20643#p20643 chimes in] with reader's enthusiasm, on chapter 4 [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=21699#p21699 states his intention] to quote it on the Oolite site, chapter 5 [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=21996#p21996 rocks], -by chapter 6 he [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=22207#p22207 reverts] to pedantic editor-, and at the chapter 8 conclusion [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=22596#p22596 he declares] he would have liked to buy a published copy.

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 *'''Ship wake after effects''' [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=17448#p17448 was mentioned] as feeling like an oncoming TODO. Reading it now I still feel the potential of getting tangled into another ship's fresh wake having physical consequences is a very cool idea.
-*'''Ship headlights/spotlight''' was put to Giles and [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=15923#p15923 he seemed] to both like it and think it manageable. An idea with big practical and aesthetical possibilities.
+*'''Ship headlights/spotlight''' was put to Giles and [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=15923#p15923 he seemed] to both like it and think it manageable. An idea with big practical and aesthetic possibilities.
 *The '''25.6 second Instant Replay''' was briefly mentioned as an accidental discovery in a [[#March_4th.2C_2005|devlog post]] and many years later [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=282596#p282596 confirmed] as a possibility. With the ability to pause and replay the last 20some seconds and view from any conceivable angle, the cinematic creative potential of Oolite becomes practically limitless.