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tomm wrote:
I think there should be a "no crazy 2nd coming of jesus sun effects" rule.
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. At the moment the star effects already look a little biblical, every planet looks like it has a crucifix coming out of it at sunrise.

<t>Is anyone else experiencing some problems with the autopilot? Specifically setting autopilot to go into orbit.If you choose Low Orbit from the autopilot, sometimes it takes you to the planet then does a couple of routines before it settles and gives you manual control again, but other times it ...

ollobrain wrote:
other bits, comets, asteroid belts, keipeir belt objects.
They all sound very nice.

<t>Was there a significant change to the thrust mechanics, and if so is it correct now? Right now it seems like every ship handles like a bucket of lead. Fair enough for heavy cruisers etc but for fighters I should be able to turn much easier I think. Some ships had forward thrust of 60+G in the ...

<t>I mentioned in another thread how great it would be if there could be a ship-mounted lamp which could be used to cast light on the darkened face of a planet so you can see the terrain you are landing on (kind of looking like a giant size Doom 3 flashlight), but while I was playing Pioneer just ...

Oh man I can't wait for the next release ... !Just a quick note, in Alpha 7 there was a bug where the first planet after the star is given the name 'b' (eg Epsilon Eridani b) instead of 'a'. Is this fixed in the next alpha (or is it even intentional)?

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ollobrain wrote:<br/>
my response hopefully sounds respectful but in essenese this is not FFE2 it is something more and open source so u can basicaly do anything with it if u have enough programmers and contributions. While wiaitng for infinity and elite 4 something can be done with this<br ...

<r>First of all, congratulations on all the amazing work you have achieved so far.I have a question which I guess could also be interpreted as a request ... would it be possible to implement a headlight feature which is attached to the underside of each craft and can be angled forwards or aftwards ...