Forum downtime Saturday, 31st of January

[Wolf]

Hello Commanders,

this is a heads up that the forums will have a short downtime on Saturday, 31st of January 2015 from 11:00 am GMT to 1:00 pm GMT. We are giving the board a general overhaul and are upgrading the software.

We would like to apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Cheers and fly safe Commanders.
Wolf

[Avago-Earo]

Will it get all shiny?

[Flip]

Yes, and it will smell like fresh paint.

[Jockgit64]

Thanks for the heads up Wolf

[Philip Coutts]

Yes it will be very shiny, unfortunately it will still be inhabited by me.

[Wolf]

We are done for now
How do you like it?

[uvelius]

Excellent job folks! Nice skin, nice feeling, I like it.

BTW Where did you get the header pictures from, taken somehow (without an external view mode) or taken from E:D official picture pools? Some seem to be from the pool at least.

Thanks for taking care of the forum!

[Walter]

Shiny.
(On my screen, the thread title repeat in each response is a little distorted - font-shadow setting? - but really effective overall and a big improvement. Thanks for all the work.)

[Flip]

BTW Where did you get the header pictures from, taken somehow (without an external view mode) or taken from E:D official picture pools?

Most were taken (by Mobius) during a meeting organized specifically for that purpose. When you look up in a Sidewinder or in a Clipper, you get a view without any cockpit elements. That's how they were made (Mobius flew a Clipper, that day).

Another way, if you play in a large resolution (I downsample from 2560x1600 so the screenshots are taken at that resolution) is to zoom in and crop the picture to remove the cockpit.

[GlobusDiablo]

Congratulations on this awesome new interface!

No one mentioned, no one forgotten. You know who you are. Well done!

Fly safe