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Title: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: killface on April 23, 2007, 12:01:38 am

I see that this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find anything recent.  Are there any concrete plans to bump up the number of asteroids in a field for 3.7?  I'm kind of amazed that the 256 limitation is still in place.  If there's a reason for this, beyond just system performance concerns, I would love to know it.  I've been trying to beef up my FS2/FSOpen historical knowledge since joining this board.
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Kazan on April 23, 2007, 02:32:38 pm
eventually, if i can, i plan on making a much more complete hazards (debris, asteroids, mines, etc) system
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: BlackDove on April 23, 2007, 03:11:00 pm
Damn, you're still here?

I was hoping I was the only one with the super avatar around.
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Kazan on April 23, 2007, 05:50:35 pm
yeah.... the avatar ****ing pisses me off
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: BlackDove on April 24, 2007, 11:21:42 am
Why? We're special. Nobody else has them, plus we're removed from all the forums that don't matter in the slightest anyway. It's like a favor. Even though I have been only monkeyed twice (this being the second time) and the rules stating that it'll only last a month when it's the second time, I think it's been five or six so far and I haven't complained. I dig it.

They get me to stop posting how people are morons, and I no longer feel compelled (it's a civil obligation when I am able) to let everyone know how stupid I think they are.

It's like a win-win.
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: jr2 on April 24, 2007, 11:51:42 am
Is that what the monkey means?  Huh.  I thought it was a personal preferrence or clan or something...
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: G0atmaster on April 24, 2007, 11:59:55 am
LOL

Say, while we're on the topic of upcoming releases of FSO...

Why exactly does my FSO installation take up almost 5 GB of harddrive space?
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: MP-Ryan on April 24, 2007, 12:04:14 pm
LOL

Say, while we're on the topic of upcoming releases of FSO...

Why exactly does my FSO installation take up almost 5 GB of harddrive space?

Mods, movies, and mediavps would be my guess.

Mine weighs in a 3.74 GB
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Turey on April 24, 2007, 04:04:29 pm
WCSaga + BtRL + FSO folders = 8.25 GB (8,867,705,918 bytes)

And that's not counting the extra copies of BtRL I have lying around...
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Snail on April 24, 2007, 04:07:10 pm
eventually, if i can, i plan on making a much more complete hazards (debris, asteroids, mines, etc) system

Goot idea. :nod:
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Mobius on April 24, 2007, 05:26:21 pm
WCSaga + BtRL + FSO folders = 8.25 GB (8,867,705,918 bytes)

WCSaga + BtRL + FSO folders + Steadfast Voice Acting  = 15.40 GB :lol:

eventually, if i can, i plan on making a much more complete hazards (debris, asteroids, mines, etc) system

Interesting...keep us updated!!!
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: takashi on April 24, 2007, 08:41:16 pm
but what does the monkey mean?
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: BlackDove on April 24, 2007, 08:43:37 pm
It means you're super-awesome.
Title: Insightful commentary o' woe
Post by: Vretsu on April 24, 2007, 10:19:09 pm
but what does the monkey mean?

It has effectively the same connotation as your rather unfortunate custom title, only it's more of a visual thing. And of course, it is far, far cooler. Almost as cool as my new widescreen monitor, but not quite. I can type as much as I want and all the text remains on the same line! See? No matter how much drivel I edit into this post, it remains on the same line. Well, of course, you can't see it at all, really, unless you too have a 20'' flatscreen monitor. Anyone who's anyone has one, afterall.

Money well spent. Money well spent, indeed. It was either help the starving orphans, or go blind trying to read text on a 20'' widescreen monitor at max resolution.

I've only had this thing for twenty minutes, and my eyes are already permanently skewed to the left and right, respectively.
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Mars on April 25, 2007, 01:25:09 am
Being monkeyed is supposed to be a disciplinary thing...

You can't visit the stupid forums, that sort of thing
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Mobius on April 25, 2007, 07:43:52 am
None of the HLP boards is stupid.

But here, being stupid is the rule:

http://forums.acecombatskies.com/

:wakka:
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Admiral Edivad on April 25, 2007, 08:11:03 am
WCSaga + BtRL + FSO folders + Steadfast Voice Acting  = 15.40 GB :lol:

Steadfast Voice Acting ???
where did you get this one? i don't think we'll ever find so many people to voice-act that campaign...

For what concerns the asteroid field:
is it also possible to add single asteroids as ships?
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Mobius on April 25, 2007, 09:53:56 am
WCSaga + BtRL + FSO folders + Steadfast Voice Acting  = 15.40 GB :lol:

Steadfast Voice Acting ???
where did you get this one? i don't think we'll ever find so many people to voice-act that campaign...

That was the point!

For what concerns the asteroid field:
is it also possible to add single asteroids as ships?

Yeah, it's possible. You can place asteroids. In BSG:BtRL, there also are different types of asteroids you can use.
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Admiral Edivad on April 25, 2007, 11:14:42 am
how many?
do dey count as ships(-->max 100) or as waypoints(-->infinite number)?
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Mobius on April 25, 2007, 11:19:20 am
They count as "objects", that are ships anyway.
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: takashi on April 25, 2007, 01:20:08 pm
who knew the most anti-spam guys on HLP were spamming idiots to?

and i think 3.7.0 will bump the FRED limits...
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: jr2 on April 26, 2007, 03:52:51 am
to ≠ too :p
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: killface on April 26, 2007, 01:47:47 pm
to ≠ too :p

Oh snap, son!  *Sorry, couldn't resist
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Mobius on April 26, 2007, 03:57:14 pm
Without considering asteroid field limits...are there packages containing asteroid models, many of which are...giant? BSG has inspired me...
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: takashi on April 26, 2007, 08:37:19 pm
not for the main fs2 campaing. check fred and you will see a giant asteroid model. it just needs HTL'ed.
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Vasudan Admiral on April 27, 2007, 03:53:42 am
Well actually:
http://sectorgame.com/ti-file-dump/VasudanAdmiral/HPAsteroids.zip

Biggest in there are only about cruiser scale - 250-300m diameter or so. Probably not quite what you're looking for.
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: takashi on April 27, 2007, 06:01:22 pm
we need ones with tunnels. ala-BTRL.
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Mobius on April 27, 2007, 06:30:26 pm
Thank you...I think I can change their dimensions, if possible...


There's something wrong with this link...please check it...
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Vasudan Admiral on April 27, 2007, 07:08:02 pm
Oh, I think SG's FTP is down for the rest of the month, so here's a copy: http://webzoom.freewebs.com/twisted-infinities-va/MiscStuff/HPAsteroids.zip
Title: Re: Any updates on the number of asteroids in an asteroid field?
Post by: Mobius on April 28, 2007, 08:58:54 am
Ok. Thanks :)