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#2344389 - 09/23/07 11:24 PM good space sim & site links
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please admins, make this a sticky so that others can add their links?

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http://www.stargamer.net/
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#2344485 - 09/24/07 05:39 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: peppergomez]
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Good idea, although I don't know of any myself.



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#2344523 - 09/24/07 06:18 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: peppergomez]
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#2345044 - 09/24/07 08:35 PM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: PanzerMeyer]
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http://www.orbitersim.com

Orbiter. 'Nuff said.


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#2345358 - 09/25/07 09:55 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: Tails]
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And for those of you still playing this one...just in case you haven't seen it:

http://www.xwaupgrade.com/
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#2345422 - 09/25/07 11:39 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: tn_prvteye]
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Beyond The Red Line, FS2/BSG mod.

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#2345424 - 09/25/07 11:40 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: speedbump]
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#2345426 - 09/25/07 11:40 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: speedbump]
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Hard Light Productions

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#2345429 - 09/25/07 11:42 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: speedbump]
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#2345433 - 09/25/07 11:44 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: speedbump]
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#2345439 - 09/25/07 11:46 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: speedbump]
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#2346018 - 09/26/07 11:31 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: speedbump]
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thank you, oh kind and prompt SimHQ gods...
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#2352292 - 10/06/07 03:10 PM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: peppergomez]
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http://www.quazar-studio.com/forum/eng/index.php

tarr chronicles forums- best place to get info on the game
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#2644500 - 12/31/08 06:23 PM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: peppergomez]
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Apparently, the developers of BTRL got into a snit, so they split up. Diaspora is the result.

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,175.0.html
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#2651125 - 01/12/09 07:59 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: speedbump]
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i would like to recommend Freelancer's Discovery Mod :-
http://www.discoverygc.com/

There's quite an explosion of really good space sims now.. flowing on after Homeworld. I'm hoping these are what you guys mean by space sims :-

Sins of a Solar Empire
X3 The Threat (and its successors)
Nexus Jupiter Incident
Sword of the Stars
Allegiance
Haegomonia Legions of Iron (mmorpg)
Vendetta (mmorpg)
Yeah -- EVE Online
Jumpgate
Starport
Battlecruiser Online
(a numebr of others also exist)

oh and a very big Navy ship battle sim: Navy Field

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#2665410 - 02/03/09 02:12 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: ]
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I've just re-discovered Star Trek:Bridge Commander.

For a game that's seven years old, it holds up pretty well, thanks to a very strong and talented modding community.

Much of the stuff can be found here: http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/

Be sure to pay special attention to version numbers and readmes - not all mods are cross-compatible.

The two biggest ones (which do work together!) are probably the Kobayashi Maru mod and the DS9FX mod. Careful with the latter, it has some other mandatory and optional pre-requisite mods.

With these you can set up a Federation assualt on a Borg Cube, play a Romulan vs Cardassian "What If?" - loads of possibilities.

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#2726491 - 05/17/09 01:19 PM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: U-96]
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#2736621 - 06/03/09 10:44 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: KSC_Guy]
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dang....this sticky has been here for >2 weeks and I just now spotted it! lol
(sorry for any duplicate links)

ETP - A new website "two long years in development" (? site only has nine or ten images?) as a project to "realize views from around our solar system through the eyes of artists."
(8-14-09)
http://experiencetheplanets.com/

cpu@space a new website for "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL SIMULATION ASTRONOMY & FUN SOFTWARES RELATED TO SPACE"
definitely check out bulletin 2 article on the history of british computer spacesims/games!
http://www.multiverseweb.com/


SOASE game - don't have it yet, but it well rated by critics and fans
http://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/

Japanese blog site full of scifi and some fantasy modeling - the work on these pages is simply amazing!
http://dorobou.blog.so-net.ne.jp/

NitCentral - nitpicking (critical comments mostly born out of love) scifi, fantasy, and other genres. Also covers some games. Fun site worth reading.
http://nitcentral.philfarrand.com/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi

Strange site listing crossovers and shared realities of characters in various movie and TV series...
http://poobala.com/crossoverlist.html

den of geek (fair site, but quick with main industry news (smaller stuff is ignored - if it was true geek they would have a forum! hehe at least I dont' see one?)
http://www.denofgeek.com/

Conceptship blog - mostly scifi art - great stuff!
http://conceptships.blogspot.com/

Space:1999 Eagle transporter forum
http://www.eagletransporter.com/forum/index.php

Orbital Defense Engineering site - very obscure site focusing on the modeling of spacecraft from 2001: A Space Odyssey
http://odec.proboards.com/index.cgi?

Spacesim central (not too much traffic here)
http://www.spacesimcentral.com/

Peter Elson - artist (iirc, he influenced the design of homeworld pc game ships?)
http://www.innovari.it/peter%20elson%201.htm

Chris Foss - artist
http://www.chrisfossart.com/Default.asp?Redirected=Y

Starship comparison website - i posted this here about 3 or 4 years ago, updates are a bit more frequent these days! smile Look for the volkswagen - Starship trooper joke!
http://www.merzo.net/

The Trek Nation - Welcome to the Trek Nation, the most extensive internet network dedicated to Star Trek! Check out what we have to offer for Star Trek fans below
http://www.treknation.com/


Edited by Patrocles (08/15/09 02:58 PM)
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#2736638 - 06/03/09 11:24 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: Patrocles]
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Guess I will put this here too so it doesnt disappear.

http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html

He is a scifi writer who discusses the relevance of science in science fiction and how that compares to reality.

Very good stuff IMHO.
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#2738438 - 06/06/09 02:31 PM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: Patrocles]
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Originally Posted By: Patrocles

Spacesim central (not too much traffic here)
http://www.spacesimcentral.com/



Doing my best the site is only a few months old and getting the word out is rough without spamming everyone. I try to find most of the goings on in the space gaming scene and I have a few developers of various games frequent the site and answer questions. Link page is growing and wiki too. Give it time... traffic is coming I think I had 30k people visit last month I just need more to sign up and actually talk in the forums smile

Thanks to everyone stopping by and if your a mod owner do upload your mods or demos.


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#2742205 - 06/12/09 12:43 PM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: DarkOne]
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Originally Posted By: DarkOne
Originally Posted By: Patrocles

Spacesim central (not too much traffic here)
http://www.spacesimcentral.com/



Doing my best the site is only a few months old and getting the word out is rough without spamming everyone. I try to find most of the goings on in the space gaming scene and I have a few developers of various games frequent the site and answer questions. Link page is growing and wiki too. Give it time... traffic is coming I think I had 30k people visit last month I just need more to sign up and actually talk in the forums smile

Thanks to everyone stopping by and if your a mod owner do upload your mods or demos.


-D1-


excellent! I did not know your site is new - it does take a little time to gather momentum! spread the word, folks!
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#2742354 - 06/12/09 04:39 PM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: Patrocles]
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Has there ever been a space game made, or a mod made for BSG?
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#2742684 - 06/13/09 08:46 AM Re: STICKY: good space sim & site links [Re: peppergomez]
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Great site here for fans of Babylon 5 and the music,

http://www.musicofbabylon5.com/
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#2742711 - 06/13/09 09:35 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: gallycadet]
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Originally Posted By: gallycadet
Has there ever been a space game made, or a mod made for BSG?


http://www.beyondtheredline.net/

These guys were working on one, and have a demo, but I heard there were disagreements within the development group, and they split. I think the other group is also working on their mod as well, so there might be another one floating around. I'll post if I find it.

They are based on Freespace 2, and I checked out the demo and it's pretty good. You have full 3D thrust control, and the models are well done.

Edit: Here's a link to their forums - some good info on the game, and BSG discussions in general - http://www.game-warden.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=36


Edited by Arthonon (06/13/09 09:40 AM)
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#2743325 - 06/14/09 06:49 PM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: Patrocles]
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Originally Posted By: Patrocles
Originally Posted By: DarkOne
Originally Posted By: Patrocles

Spacesim central (not too much traffic here)
http://www.spacesimcentral.com/



Doing my best the site is only a few months old and getting the word out is rough without spamming everyone. I try to find most of the goings on in the space gaming scene and I have a few developers of various games frequent the site and answer questions. Link page is growing and wiki too. Give it time... traffic is coming I think I had 30k people visit last month I just need more to sign up and actually talk in the forums smile

Thanks to everyone stopping by and if your a mod owner do upload your mods or demos.


-D1-


excellent! I did not know your site is new - it does take a little time to gather momentum! spread the word, folks!
smile



Thanks. any help getting the word out is appreciated plus at some point I won't be talking to myself any more smile

Just recovered from something the site had for the past 4 days I couldn't login to my site administration and was locked out so had to rebuild the site... that is always fun stuff to do on your weekend.

There is quite the amount of BSG games and mods out there. Besides BTRL you can checkout the many BSG mods for Freespace open, freelancer, diaspora and they even made a good one from the FPS Mount & Blade.


-D1-

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#2891053 - 10/30/09 09:50 AM Re: requesting a sticky for good space sim & site links [Re: DarkOne]
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http://starwraith3dgames.home.att.net/evochronlegends/index.htm


Evochron Legends

Excellent, in my opinion. Seamless universe, trackir supported, joystick supported. Rather difficult learning curve. Single and multiplayer.

From the website:
"You control your destiny in true freeform gameplay with a variety of activities and objectives to complete.

Customize the look, functionality, and performance of your ship with the component-based shipyard. Design your ship for the role you want to play.

Explore a 'seamless' universe without required jump gates or trade lanes to limit your movement, use optional gates to save time and fuel.
Master devastating new weapons and technology. Pilot Alliance military ships into battle to defend Evochron.

Keep the ship, upgrades, equipment, money, weapons, crew, and commodities you acquire in the game for use in both single player and multiplayer.

Join forces with other players in multiplayer to complete more challenging cooperative objectives that can offer much better pay.

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