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Epsilon
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Posted: Tue, 22nd Sep 2009 19:02 Post subject: Elite and Elite: Frontiers |
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Tomorrow these two fantastic games which were the precursors to so many good games, will be celebrating their 25th birthday, well birthday of the original release at least
The celebrations are happening in this thread and over at the official page
So celebrate and remember the good times.
Also you might want to check out the latest dev release of oolite you can find addons for that which enhance models, add missions, ships, weapons, systems; all sorts of good stuff for your authentic elite experience here
To celebrate the 25th anniversary I will make available in this post, a fully legit and precompiled version of oolite, which will contain the updated graphics, the best mods, the latest version, etc: a oolite compilation to end all oolite compilations at this point in time.
With the hopes that more people can have some of the experiences we had when we played elite.
As it is an open source game comprised of open source stuff you will not be breaking any laws by downloading it, and nfohump neither by providing it.
Compilation available now!
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Big_Gun
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Posted: Tue, 22nd Sep 2009 20:00 Post subject: |
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It has been a long while since i looked at Oolite.
I can't believe how much improved the graphics are.
It was great before.
Looks like its time to download again.
Thanks for the compilation!
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Grale
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Big_Gun
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Posted: Tue, 22nd Sep 2009 21:23 Post subject: |
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Epsilon
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Posted: Wed, 23rd Sep 2009 02:45 Post subject: |
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It's good to see so many others who also enjoyed these old games, so it's not just teenagers on the forums
Oolite is a bit of a mix between Elite and Elite II, but it's a great mix imho. It's the only game that has succeeded in taking me back to those good old times of Elite, theres been many clones that have tried, but most have failed in having just the same features.
The developers of oolite didn't add much to the same basic formula, just enhanced in places, like the ai is better now, and you can have more ships on screen at the same time. But nothing that really changes the old formula.
And none of that "We know better than the original developers, so we'll change this..."
Really the only games that has ever given me the same feeling of wonder as Elite has been the X series of games.
But they still don't come close enough, though they're good games in their own right.
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Posted: Wed, 23rd Sep 2009 09:23 Post subject: |
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Posted: Wed, 23rd Sep 2009 09:31 Post subject: |
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Big_Gun
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Posted: Wed, 23rd Sep 2009 12:57 Post subject: |
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I wonder which MOD does the hud the way it appears in Sabin's pics?
The hud in Epsilon's compilation looks kinda plain.
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Epsilon
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Posted: Wed, 23rd Sep 2009 13:46 Post subject: |
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Big_Gun wrote: | I wonder which MOD does the hud the way it appears in Sabin's pics?
The hud in Epsilon's compilation looks kinda plain. |
You can replace it, all the mods are in the oxp folder, so you can mix and match as suits you. The hud currently installed is configurable though.
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