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pioneer
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SpaceTraders: A multiplayer game built on a free web API
Not to be confused with Pioneer Spacesim, the remake of Elite 2, a free online game
https://pioneerspacesim.net/
- Pioneer – An Open Source space adventure game set in our galaxy
- Semi realistic space games. Newtonian physics - but not necessarily full orbital dynamics
- What is the best space exploration game to play?,something like space engine and you can ride your own spaceship
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understanding that the game isn't pauseble
A couple of months ago I told one of my friends "My computer is too crappy for Elite: Dangerous but I enjoy Pioneer". The following day he complained I'd dropped a nuke on his free time.
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can anyone find a hardcore and very realistic spacesim?
Pioneer Space Sim: https://pioneerspacesim.net/
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Pioneer update 2023-02-03 released - Free & open-source space trading and combat sim game
The release page is probably a better link, since it includes screenshots, a changelog, and downloads.
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2023 Feb 3 - New release
The Pioneer team is pleased to announce the Pioneer Day 2023 release! Featuring a new ship, larger cities, new missions, in-system trading, combat improvements, and much more!
- space sim for resource poor PC?
oolite
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Oolite: An open source open-world space opera
The main oolite repository is [1] and the repository for the launcher is [2]. Everything, including art assets and configuration files, is under the GNU GPL 2-or-later [3]. You can alternatively use the art assets and config files under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License version 3.0, a proprietary license.
[1] https://github.com/OoliteProject/oolite
[2] https://github.com/HiranChaudhuri/OoliteStarter
[3] https://github.com/OoliteProject/oolite/blob/master/Doc/LICE...
- Documented source code for Elite on the NES
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Free games that can be replayed/played for a while
Might look at Oolite for a free lower spec alternative to Elite, if that's your jam. Plenty of mods to work with as well.
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Elite for Emacs
If you liked Elite, you should check out Oolite [1] too. FOSS, lots of mods.
[1] http://www.oolite.org/
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What indie space sim games have a hidden, large community?
I was surprised, when I started recording videos for Oolite, by how many people were desperate for Oolite videos.
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Just picked this up, the journey to Elite begins!
Many, many hours playing this one to death. And the C64 version before it, and the BBC versions (tape and disk) at my friends houses. And Oolite on the Mac. And I'm a founder backer of Elite Dangerous. And...and...
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space sim for resource poor PC?
In addition to the other great recommendations on here, Oolite might also be worth a try. It's free and has tons of expansions modify your experience.
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Getting wake data is terrible. Which gave me an idea! What about Witchspace Ripples?
Hmm, I guess that's one way to look at it. ED is all about the freedom of choice, after all. Though I still think OP's idea is interesting. Before playing ED, I've been playing Oolite for some time, and you can actually jump into the wakes left by the ships. So, to see this (or similar) mechanic in ED would be interesting.
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Oolite in the hand?
link to game
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Pimp My BBC Micro
Strong nostalgia whenever I see the BBC Elite opening screen!
These days we can re-live it easily in the browser: https://bbc.godbolt.org/?autoboot&disc=sth%3AAcornsoft%2FEli... Although I can also recommend "oolite": http://www.oolite.org/ which is an open source modernised elite with game play kept quite faithful to the original (I'm currently hooked on this and wasting more my life trying to get that "Elite" rating all over again)
What are some alternatives?
Blender-FLIP-Fluids - The FLIP Fluids addon is a tool that helps you set up, run, and render high quality liquid fluid effects all within Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite.
openscope - openScope Air Traffic Control Simulator
space-nerds-in-space - Multi-player spaceship bridge simulator. Captain your starship through adventures with your friends. See https://smcameron.github.io/space-nerds-in-space
OpenLara - Classic Tomb Raider open-source engine
orbiter - Open-source repository of Orbiter Space Flight Simulator
VVVVVV - The source code to VVVVVV! http://thelettervsixtim.es/
tilck - A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel
SRB2 - SRB2 2.2 Public
warzone2100 - Command the forces of The Project in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has been nearly destroyed by nuclear missiles. A 100% free and open source real-time strategy game for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD+
unknown-horizons - Unknown Horizons official code repository
xournalpp - Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUSE), macOS and Windows 10. Supports pen input from devices such as Wacom Tablets.
OpenRA - Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.