User:Aegidian - Revision history

Cholmondely: Added links to his YouTube films

2025-06-24T13:44:43Z

Added links to his YouTube films

Cholmondely: Tagged as OXP author

2024-05-22T07:27:12Z

Tagged as OXP author

Cholmondely: /* Of note */ Added another link

2024-04-13T20:49:06Z

‎Of note: Added another link

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-02-29T04:01:17Z

Updating BB links

Cholmondely: Added Flying Brick Tutorial link

2022-10-30T10:51:20Z

Added Flying Brick Tutorial link

Murgh: /* Of note */ another devlog link

2022-05-18T21:50:56Z

‎Of note: another devlog link

Murgh: wl devlog

2022-05-17T01:44:27Z

wl devlog

Murgh: /* Ships */ +jorm

2022-05-06T20:10:23Z

‎Ships: +jorm

Cholmondely: /* Character */ Added quote from Murgh

2022-03-18T14:50:21Z

‎Character: Added quote from Murgh

Cholmondely: Added more

2022-03-17T11:13:21Z

Added more

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	Approachable, willing to help and listen to others, he helped create the original friendly Oolite community, many of whom still regard him with great fondness.		Approachable, willing to help and listen to others, he helped create the original friendly Oolite community, many of whom still regard him with great fondness.
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		+	=== Aegidian's YouTube films ===
		+	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6C-WJU9IoE Lave to Zaonce] (Jul 5, 2006 - A demonstration flight featuring Commander Jameson versus a plethora of Oolite expansion packs...)
		+	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMCKsRDkMSY Oolite racing AI] (Jul 4, 2006 - A Cobra IIX takes on the Flight Training Rings under autopilot control testing the AI for Oolite racing)
		+	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVKa40K5q1M Anaconda going through hoops] (Jul 4, 2006 - Just to demonstrate that the AI can pilot a huge Anaconda as well as the titchy Cobra IIX through those rings...)

	== Character ==		== Character ==

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	[[Category:Developers]]		[[Category:Developers]]
		+	[[Category:OXP authors]]

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 == Of note ==
-*[[Oolite]] - see the section on Aegidian (2003-6) (under ''A little History & some important early Versions'')
+*[[Oolite]] - see the section on Aegidian (2003-6: under ''A little History & some important early Versions'')
 *[[Aegidian devlog|Aegidian's Developer's Log]] detailing the project's developments
 *Both Murgh ([[Iron Ass OXP]]) and Smivs ([[The Classic Ships OXP]]) have produced newer textures using Aegidian's original ship models
 *[[Church of Giles the Creator]] - for those of a theological bent
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 Giles also designed these Ossuary Dice together with a lot of other natty stuff which can be seen [https://www.shapeways.com/shops/aegidian here].
-See [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18118 Get Giles on his bike!] for important events in 2016.
+See [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18118 Get Giles on his bike!] for important events in 2016.
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   Oolite blew me away, it was handsomely recreated but still very true in spirit to the brilliant simplicity of Elite. And its creator was completely transparent about his process and difficulties, even taking time to interact with enthusiasts. So then I found this BB, quite small and populated by courteous people all with a similar euphoria of having rediscovered something pure and special from childhood.
-  With all the enthusiasm that comes from such excited people, Aegidian received no shortage of suggestions of what he ought to spend his time on enhancing and implementing, but he let us know that in his wisdom he had opened the door and encouraged people to go ahead themselves. The possibilities for personal customisation were more massive than anything I had seen before, and Aegidian insisted that mere average computer skills should be sufficient to go at it and have fun. ([http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=280620#p280620 Old Murgh » Dec, 2021])
+  With all the enthusiasm that comes from such excited people, Aegidian received no shortage of suggestions of what he ought to spend his time on enhancing and implementing, but he let us know that in his wisdom he had opened the door and encouraged people to go ahead themselves. The possibilities for personal customisation were more massive than anything I had seen before, and Aegidian insisted that mere average computer skills should be sufficient to go at it and have fun. ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=280620#p280620 Old Murgh » Dec, 2021])
-Aegidian's views in [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16790 this] thread on .oxz's are worth noting.
+Aegidian's views in [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16790 this] thread on .oxz's are worth noting.
   I hesitate to post this, but I've been reminded recently of the value of candour, and I therefore ought to.

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 === Aegidian's Original oxp's ===
 See [http://capnhack.com/hosting/oolite/Oolite/OoSat.html Oosat] for these
 == Of note ==

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 == Aegidian's Oolite ==
-Giles wanted to keep the flame of [[Classic Elite]] burning - and rewrote the game for the AppleMac, starting in 2003, calling it Oolite. There are two important points.
+Giles wanted to keep the flame of [[Classic Elite]] burning - and rewrote the game for the AppleMac, starting in 2003, calling it Oolite. The process is documented in his [[Aegidian devlog|developer's logbook]] (2004–2006). There are two important points.
 :''Firstly'' he wrote it in such a way that it was easy to modify. The ships, the HUDs, the stations, ''etc''. This was a major deviation from what had come before, allowing one to customise the game to individual taste.

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 *Weeviloid containing [[Weeviloid Scoutship]] & [[Weeviloid Hunter]].
 *[[Freaky Thargoids OXP]] examines shading effects.
 === Stations ===

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 == Character ==
-His views in [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16790 this] thread on .oxz's are worth noting.
+ Oolite blew me away, it was handsomely recreated but still very true in spirit to the brilliant simplicity of Elite. And its creator was completely transparent about his process and difficulties, even taking time to interact with enthusiasts. So then I found this BB, quite small and populated by courteous people all with a similar euphoria of having rediscovered something pure and special from childhood.
   I hesitate to post this, but I've been reminded recently of the value of candour, and I therefore ought to.

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 Giles Williams, the original author of [[Oolite]] (on Mac OS X). His final version - 1.65 - debuted in 2007.
-Aging enthusiast and father of three.
+Aging enthusiast and father of three. A genuinely ''good egg''.
-Fons et origo of all of [http://www.oolite.org/ this!].
+''Fons et origo'' of [http://www.oolite.org/ Oolite!].
 See his [http://www.oolite.aegidian.org web page].
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 == Character ==
 His views in [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16790 this] thread on .oxz's are worth noting.
   I hesitate to post this, but I've been reminded recently of the value of candour, and I therefore ought to.
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   Sorry.
-  The expansion manager however, is a positive step, but should be rewritten to handle OXP folder hierarchies instead of OXZs, and check, mark and note when a managed folder has been changed (by consulting a checksum or hash) and warning the user in the manager that the OXP and its dependents may no longer work as intended, with the option of downloading and re-installing to fix any issue.
+  The expansion manager however, is a positive step, but should be rewritten to handle OXP folder hierarchies instead of OXZs, and check, mark and note when a managed folder has been changed (by consulting a checksum or hash) and warning the user in the manager that the OXP and its dependents may no longer work as intended, with the option of downloading and re-installing to fix any issue.                    ''Post by aegidian » Aug 07, 2014''
 == List of OXPs ==
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 === Ships ===
-*[[Behemoth]] - the original Oolite battleship: updated version available in the Expansions Manager
+*[[Behemoth]] - the original Oolite battleship: updated version available in the Expansions Manager: ''the first turrets & the first carrier in Oolite''.
 *[[Aegidian's Specials]] This expansion pack adds two ships: the [[Mussurana]] and the [[Asp_(Oolite)|Asp Mk II]].
 :: The Mussurana is available in the Expansions Manager as [[The Classic Ships OXP|The Classic Mussurana]]
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 *Weeviloid containing [[Weeviloid Scoutship]] & [[Weeviloid Hunter]].
 *[[Freaky Thargoids OXP]] examines shading effects.
 == Of note ==
 *[[Oolite]] - see the section on Aegidian (2003-6) (under ''A little History & some important early Versions'')
-*[[Church of Giles the Creator]]
+*Both Murgh ([[Iron Ass OXP]]) and Smivs ([[The Classic Ships OXP]]) have produced newer textures using Aegidian's original ship models
 [[Category:Developers]]