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Jake Monroe May 4th, 2004 02:03 PM
Re: Ringworlds
 
Quote:
Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
The original poster specifically mentioned ring and ringworld multiple times.
Nobody has yet mentioned a Dyson Sphere, except you.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
You might want to model the sphereworld as a set of "arc" planets. If you also tilt the ring, then ships will be able to fly inside.
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">cough

[ May 04, 2004, 13:09: Message edited by: Jake Monroe ]

Hok May 5th, 2004 11:30 PM
Re: Ringworlds
 
Quote:
Originally posted by Exan:
I modelled a simple ring [CUT]
Currently it looks something like this.
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I was thinking that putting Warp Points inside this structures would be a great looking effect!
You could place those ring things at the same coordinates on the map as the warps.

Suicide Junkie May 7th, 2004 12:59 AM
Re: Ringworlds
 
Woah. My apologies.
I'm not sure how that got in there, cause I was saying ring everywhere else in the sentence! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Fyron May 9th, 2004 05:57 AM
Re: Ringworlds
 
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The latter should, correctly be called dyson spheres
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Only if you are in the Star Trek universe... otherwise, they are not "Dyson Spheres" at all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Phoenix-D May 9th, 2004 06:09 AM
Re: Ringworlds
 
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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana"> The latter should, correctly be called dyson spheres
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Only if you are in the Star Trek universe... otherwise, they are not "Dyson Spheres" at all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Oh really?

http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/dysonFAQ.html#WHO

Dyson is a real person, and ussually credited as the inspiration for sphereworlds. He isn't someone Star Trek made up.


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