Opry99er #1 Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) I've got an idea for a neat project. I recently picked up the Star Trek TNG Technical Manual at a thrift shop and have been thinking about a TI-99/4A Star Trek TNG package with a nice fat manual with some cool diagrams. I wanted to start with something simple to get my creativity going and allow my thoughts to kind of wander, so I produced this. Please unzip and run on your TI-99/4A or in Classic99. This isn't anything special, but it's hopefully the Genesis of something really neat. These images were produced using Convert9918. Not sure what I want to do going forward, but I will definitely be doing some significant TI Artist work. This is in XB. LOAD will auto-start the program. DSK1.zip Edited January 24, 2019 by Opry99er 16 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+arcadeshopper #2 Posted January 24, 2019 make it so 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+chue #3 Posted January 24, 2019 ... number one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twoodland #4 Posted January 24, 2019 Temba, his arms open. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digdugnate #5 Posted January 24, 2019 Genesis?!? Is planet forbidden! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vorticon #6 Posted January 24, 2019 I like the idea. Go for it. The images came out great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HOME AUTOMATION #7 Posted January 24, 2019 :-o YOU WILL ALL BECOME ONE WITH THE BORG! :-o Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickyDean #8 Posted January 24, 2019 Resistance if Futile!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+OLD CS1 #9 Posted January 24, 2019 Hallowed are the Ori. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cbmeeks #10 Posted January 24, 2019 Definitely do this!! I'm a huge fan of ST:TNG and the TI is the perfect platform for it (then again, it's the perfect platform for many things...) :-) Will this be a game? Slide show? I've wanted to make a ST game for a long time (among others). What would be awesome is a view of the bridge looking out the view window into space. Sort of like a simulation where you go on missions to different planets. But there would be a lot of cut screens (using what you've done). Also, would be cool to show the LCARS display on command so that the player could program the Enterprise, etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opry99er #11 Posted January 24, 2019 Thanks for the interest!! I don't know exactly where to go with it.... but there hasn't been any TNG stuff done on the TI in a very long time, and we have better tools now. It will likely be a combination of bitmap slides, information, TI Artist pictures, etc. think Disk of Dinosaurs/Disk of the Old West with a bigger manual and more images. We'll see how it progresses. For now-----Qapla'!!!! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opry99er #12 Posted January 24, 2019 As a teenager in the 90s, our MacIntosh had one screensaver (after moving away from After Dark in 1993). That screensaver was a TNG screensaver which cycled through several interesting programs. I found a video of it on YouTube. This is a major influence for this current project. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuckoBrand #13 Posted January 24, 2019 Cool, Dad! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickyDean #14 Posted January 24, 2019 You will be assimilated!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atrax27407 #15 Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) Have any of you looked at the Star Fleet technical drawing series by Ken Gilliland? Edited January 24, 2019 by atrax27407 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opry99er #16 Posted January 24, 2019 I haven't yet. I love his stuff--he is one of my favorite TI programmers. I've actually been on the lookout for an original copy of that software for a few years and haven't seen any come up for sale. Maybe I can find it on whtech. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+pixelpedant #17 Posted January 24, 2019 To be sure, a top priority would be having a quasi-LCARS interface, for such an app. I'd be fascinated to see how close we could get to LCARS, on TI 99/4A. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atrax27407 #18 Posted January 24, 2019 Disk 4 -10 are in my library. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opry99er #19 Posted January 24, 2019 How cool would an LCARS keyboard overlay be?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opry99er #20 Posted January 24, 2019 I like the idea. Go for it. The images came out great. Thanks Vorticon. Tweaking images in Convert9918 is an artform unto its own.... there is a delicate dance between the Luma and Gamma settings, filter setting, and tweaking the RGB settings.... The Troi picture took me about 20 minutes to dial in like I wanted it.. sometimes, though, if you have really good color, contrast, and definition in an original, it takes no time at all. The LaForge picture only took a minute or two. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tursi #21 Posted January 24, 2019 Definitely, but the fact that you took the time shows in the images - nicely done 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuckoBrand #22 Posted January 24, 2019 I forgot to mention, dad lets me watch Star Trek when he is working. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vorticon #24 Posted January 24, 2019 I forgot to mention, dad lets me watch Star Trek when he is working. I do the same thing when my wife is working! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opry99er #25 Posted January 25, 2019 Definitely, but the fact that you took the time shows in the images - nicely done Thank you very much. For both the nod and for the program itself. I really do enjoy using it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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