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So this is to Elite Dangerous what FreeOrion is to Stellaris?

astrobe_ 9y ago
Oolite is a closer match for Elite Dangerous. Also FOSS and 500+ mods available. One of the devs made a one-click install for Windows featuring a selection of the main eye-candy mods but I'm on mobile now; will provide the link later. Oolite is more like the original Elite while Pioneer is more like Frontier. Although I'm a former flightsim player who likes "realism", I find Oolite and its non-newtonian physics more enjoyable because you don't spend your time on autopilot and time acceleration. Space is just so big that, in a way, it disolves agency so it's better IMO to compromise and switch to a "believable" rather than "realistic" universe.
- astrobe_ 9y ago
  The link to the "demo" distribution is here: http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=260064#p260064 http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=260064#p26006... Or else the official distribution can be found here: http://www.oolite.org/ http://www.oolite.org/ Also, the mods are scripted with Javascript (including most of the AI for NPCs). The API is documented here: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Scripting_Oolite_with_JavaScript http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Scripting_Oolite_with_JavaS...
RangerScience 9y ago
Props for the reference, but no; Stellaris is built around real-time and politics (I mean just look at Paradox's other games!), and generally doesn't have "win" condition. There's an analogy to be made in FOSS/non-FOSS, but not when considering gameplay and feel. FreeOrion is related to Master of Orion; and actually, if you want a "modern" remake that really does a good job of capturing that feel, take a look at http://stars-in-shadow.com/ http://stars-in-shadow.com/ Actually, SIS is the only recent game that reminds of FreeOrion/MOO. Everything else has notable departures from that 4x model - Endless Space has built in story lines, Sword of the Stars has incredibly different species, etc. (PS - Stellaris is super rad and I've sunk far too much time into it)

Oolite is a closer match for Elite Dangerous. Also FOSS and 500+ mods available. One of the devs made a one-click install for Windows featuring a selection of the main eye-candy mods but I'm on mobile now; will provide the link later. Oolite is more like the original Elite while Pioneer is more like Frontier. Although I'm a former flightsim player who likes "realism", I find Oolite and its non-newtonian physics more enjoyable because you don't spend your time on autopilot and time acceleration. Space is just so big that, in a way, it disolves agency so it's better IMO to compromise and switch to a "believable" rather than "realistic" universe.

astrobe_ 9y ago
The link to the "demo" distribution is here: http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=260064#p260064 http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=260064#p26006... Or else the official distribution can be found here: http://www.oolite.org/ http://www.oolite.org/ Also, the mods are scripted with Javascript (including most of the AI for NPCs). The API is documented here: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Scripting_Oolite_with_JavaScript http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Scripting_Oolite_with_JavaS...

RangerScience 9y ago

Props for the reference, but no; Stellaris is built around real-time and politics (I mean just look at Paradox's other games!), and generally doesn't have "win" condition. There's an analogy to be made in FOSS/non-FOSS, but not when considering gameplay and feel. FreeOrion is related to Master of Orion; and actually, if you want a "modern" remake that really does a good job of capturing that feel, take a look at http://stars-in-shadow.com/ http://stars-in-shadow.com/ Actually, SIS is the only recent game that reminds of FreeOrion/MOO. Everything else has notable departures from that 4x model - Endless Space has built in story lines, Sword of the Stars has incredibly different species, etc. (PS - Stellaris is super rad and I've sunk far too much time into it)