Almost Done...

HellcatV has sent in an update on Vegastrike -- the project has an all new release, version 0.0.8; the current hope is to have a fully playable version two releases from now. Here's Hellcat.

All known bugs have been terminated.... making collisions work flawlessly. In addition, shields have been added to brightly light up when hit by various weapons. Ships bounce off each other when impacting, which adds much more realism than previously where starships flew around like ghosts in the wind.
Also, the rings of saturn have been added and now shine shyly behind jupiter for those bold enough to explore the solar system! But be sure to attack those hornets sitting near earth... their shields look simply amazing... But no soul would fire on earth--would they? Anyhow enjoy the release...
Thanks for your interest and download the latest windoze version at http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/