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OXP

2010-08-05T11:33:11Z

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== What are OXPs? ==

[[Image:oolite-oxp-icon.png|128px|right|OXP icon]]
An '''OXP''' (Oolite eXpansion Pack) is an enhancement to the game [[Oolite]]. Typically, an OXP is downloaded as a ZIP file, which is expanded and placed in Oolite's AddOns folder. On the Mac the OXP is a shown as an application, which takes the form of the icon shown here. On Windows the OXP appears as a normal folder ending ".oxp". An OXP could be a new game object (such as a ship, space station or a moon), a mission, or a combination of several elements. OXPs can use all of the facilities of Oolite, including some that are not used in the standard, unexpanded game. Whatever your OS, you need to move the OXP into Oolite's AddOns folder. Oolite will only read an OXP if you move the .oxp folder (or Application on the Mac) into Oolite's AddOns folder.

Most OXPs are not placed on this site itself but hosted externally. This means when you have problems downloading from a certain host, other OXPs might download without problems. Additionally many of the [[Oolite_Missions|Mission OXPs]] will contain lots of other ships, stations or weapons that are not listed here.

Some older OXPs can also be found at [http://oosat.alioth.net The Oolite Satellite Resource Site] (Oosat2) or the older [http://capnhack.com/hosting/oolite/Oolite/OoSat.html Captain Hack OoSat Site] (Oosat1). Please note however that neither of these sites have been updated for a long time, nor will they be. This means that most of the oxps hosted there will simply not work with current Oolite versions!

== Index of OXPs ==

Information regarding Oolite's expansion packs, and the latest OXP download links.

Aside from the alphabetical tables, there is also a link to a list of all the OXPs by category.

{{Navbox OXP}}

== Installing an OXP ==
Unzip the OXP and place it in the folder named '''AddOns'''. Sometimes the zipped files contain several folders, make sure you only copy the folder -or file for Macintoshes- ending with '''.oxp''' into the AddOns folder. This folder is found in different locations, depending on the platform:

=== Mac OS X ===
Found in the folder that contains the Oolite application. 

Alternatively you can also have the '''AddOns''' folder in your user area at '''~/Library/Application Support/Oolite/AddOns/'''. When both places contain an '''AddOns''' folder, both contents are read with the content in the user libraries loading last.

'''Troubleshooting:''' If you get an error saying "The item could not be moved because "AddOns" cannot be modified", that can happen if you weren't the user that installed Oolite.
The solution is to put the OXPs of your choice in '''~/Library/Application Support/Oolite/AddOns/''' instead (you may need to create this folder).
The error could also be triggered because you’re running from the disk image, you’ll need to copy the game somewhere else. Having done so, if you still get the error, use the Get Info command on the AddOns folder, open the Ownership & Permissions pane and check that it says You Can: Read & Write.

=== Linux ===
The OXP directory can be found in '''$HOME/.Oolite/AddOns.''' for all current versions of OOlite

=== Windows ===
If the installable package was used (post Jan 06) then the AddOns folder needs to be created in '''C:\Programs Files\Oolite'''. Note that this applies if the default installation location is used. If the install location is changed then use the path to the Oolite folder that corresponds to your installation.
If the GNUStep dedicated versions (pre-Jan 2006) is used, then the AddOns folder must be created in the oolite.app folder.

After unzipping the file, make sure that it is ''the'' OXP folder that put into the AddOns directory - some zipped OXPs can contain a top level folder with a readMe file, and the actual OXP folder is a level further down. If this is the case, move the item with the '''.oxp''' extension into the AddOns folder.

== Caveats ==
If you purchase a ship that is an OXP ship and save the game, you will only be able to load that commander as long as this OXP is installed in AddOns. If it's not, Oolite will give you an error instead of trying to load the commander.

== Creating an OXP ==
It is intended to be easy to create expansion packs. With a few simple [[List_of_software|tools]], a player can make small or big changes, and customize the gaming experience.

* [[OXP howto|How to make OXPs]]

[[Category:Oolite expansion packs]]
[[Category:Factual]]

Oolite Main Page

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<center>{{Click || image=oolite-logo2.png | link= Oolite | width=120px | height=120px }}Oolite is a space sim game, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.

It was written by [[User:Aegidian|Giles Williams]] as a response to the withdrawal of [[Elite: The New Kind]] from the internet. Although inspired by the work of [[Christian Pinder]], following [[David Braben]] and [[Ian Bell]], the work is an independent interpretation and expansion of the original game.

Oolite is designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified using simple, free graphics packages and text-editors.

Oolite is offered for free under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GNU General Public License version 2], with the data files (ship models, graphics etc.) dual licensed under both the GPL and the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons License].
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'''[[:Category:Oolite|Oolite article index]]'''
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'''[[Oolite Instruction Manual|Instruction Manual]]'''

Information on how to play Oolite, including installing the game and the keyboard controls.

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'''[[OXP|OXPs]]'''

Information regarding Oolite's expansion packs, the latest download links and how to make OXPs. New OXPs are posted here!

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'''[[Oolite FAQ|FAQ]]'''

Frequently asked questions about how to get started, gameplay and various subjects.

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'''[[Oolite Equipment|Equipment]]'''

Information regarding the equipment in Oolite, what they do and how to use them.

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'''[[Oolite Ships|Ships]]'''

Information regarding the ships in Oolite, both native and OXP.

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'''[[Oolite Stations|Stations]]'''

Information regarding the stations in Oolite, both native and OXP.

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'''[[Oolite_planet_list|Planet List]]'''

Information regarding all planets that exist in the Oolite Galaxies, together with maps of all the galaxies.

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'''[[Powers and Organisations|Powers & Organisations]]'''

Some histories of the various corporations and powers, both legal and illicit, that exist in the Oolite galaxies.

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'''[[:Category:Oolite_stories|Oolite Fiction]]'''

Links to the various novellas, short stories and episodes written about the 'Ooniverse'...

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Navy Shuttle

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{{Infobox ShipStats Oolite| title=Navy Shuttle
|image = [[Image:ns1.png|250px]]
|dimensions = 35 x 35 x 12
|capacity = 12 Passengers
|capacityext = N/A
|missileslots = 0
|gunmounts = N/A
|maxspeed = 0.15 LM
|maneuverability = Roll: 2.0 Pitch: 1.0
|energybanks = CLASSIFIED
|energyrecharge = Poor (2)
|milshields = No
|shieldboost = No
|hyperspace = No
|isoxp = OXP
|isplayer = No
|baseprice = Not for sale
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==Overview==

Naval Officers have, since time immemorial, insisted that they have a personal means of transport that was not 'overtly military', since many of the systems in which the Galactic Navy operate are somewhat fearful of vast numbers of heavily equipped and powerfully armed ships descending upon their space stations. It is common banter among the Navy Ratings that these officers were angling for [[Executive SpaceWays]]' luxurious [[Trident_Executive_Shuttle|H-4 Executive Shuttle]] and that many noses were put out of joint when this model was not chosen. Instead the Galactic Navy High Command decided upon the much lower budget [[Worm (Oolite)|Worm]] to fulfil the task of ship-to-surface and ship-to-ship transit. The ubiquitous nature of the Worm meant that a single vessel could transport some 10-12 Navy personnel (in somewhat cramped conditions) to a planet's spaceport, then within a half hour transport more than ten times that weight in supplies back to the ship by the simple expedient of folding away the seating. As a concession to the whinging officers, one Worm per Navy ship was outfitted with much more than the spartan transports as was befitting a Captain's Barge.

==Notable Features==

The most notable feature of the Naval Shuttle is its adaptability. As useful for transporting personnel as well as equipment, it even sports a 'snap-fit' laser housing on it's forward hull, so that it may be deployed in times of extreme emergency as a somewhat mediocre close-support fighter.
The Naval Shuttle has had a checkered past. In its early career, it was applauded for assisting the evacuation of Beedbeon's Coriolis 4, when the station fell out of orbit and began to break up in the planet's atmosphere after it was sabotaged. Navy ships managed to evacuate almost 93% of the stations population prior to its final destruction and the last ship to leave was a valiant Navy Shuttle carrying the very last GalCop evacuation officers. Conversely it was a stolen Navy Shuttle that the thieves of the prototype Constrictor used to sneak into a military compound on Reesdice.

==Download==
The Navy Shuttle is part of the Galactic Navy OXP available [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Galactic_Navy_OXP here]

Old Ships

2010-01-14T17:28:57Z

Splateagle: added links to ship pages

== Overview ==

This expansion pack adds 8 ships to the Universe,

the [[Bushmaster Miner]] (ArcElite)

[[Cat_(Oolite)|Cat/Cougar]] (Elite2)

[[Chameleon_(Oolite)|Chameleon]] (EliteA)

[[Ghavial_(Oolite)|Ghavial]] (EliteA)

[[Iguana_(Oolite)|Iguana]] (EliteA)

[[Monitor_(Oolite)|Monitor]] (EliteA)

[[Ophidian_(Oolite)|Ophidian]] (EliteA)

[[Salamander_(Oolite)|Salamander]]* (EliteA)

of these, only the Bushmaster is an NPC only, due to the Miner's Guild restrictions
preventing 'just anybody' from flying it. *Salamander is, from what I've been able to find, a 'myth-name'.

the models are either taken by eye-measurement via the great collection of ships by John
Mackay at http://mackayj.doosh.net/, or in the case of the EliteA ships, true to the
original given coordinates.

the original designs are, from what I can tell, by Warren Burch & Clive Gingras for the
Bushmaster, by Ian Bell for the Cat/Cougar, and the rest by Angus Duggan,

The OXP was written by murgh.

== Download Link ==

[http://www.box.net/shared/amooxtu23t Old Ships v 3.2]

(''[http://capnhack.com/hosting/oolite/Oolite/OXPs/oldships.zip old oosat link]'', outdated v 3.0)

== Difficulty Rating ==

"Medium" This OXP adds 8 new ships, most the ships added are within the power-range of the Classic Elite Ships with most profound exception the Iguana. The Iguana carries a twin laser and it is extremely dangerous as a pirate.This OXP is a SHIPS OXP. Install it and everyone can fly these ships, the Player and NPCs alike.

== Installing and Playing ==

To play the OXP, unzip the download file. This will create a folder named "oldships.oxp" and a readme.Move the "oldships.oxp" folder to AddOns. As with all OXPs, its the folder ending .oxp that you need to put in Oolite's AddOns folder, otherwise Oolite will not read it.

{{ship-OXP}}

Talk:Main Page

2009-12-10T12:41:18Z

Splateagle:

== layout ==

What do people think about something like [[User:Galileo|this]] for a Main Page? --[[User:Galileo|Galileo]] 14:06, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
:nice

threw in some icons onto Galileo's layout.--[[User:Murgh|Murgh]] 23:21, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I was able to animate the fiction gif.
:I wasn't able to preserve the blurring around the edge though, do we keep it? --[[User:Galileo|Galileo]] 12:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I get the feeling that's impossible. but it's so small I don't find it bothersome. success! --[[User:Murgh|Murgh]] 18:02, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
: Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Alrighty, we'll keep in then. --[[User:Galileo|Galileo]] 21:39, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

== spelling ==

Installment or instalment? I looked it up, both seem to be correct, but it looks like installment is the more popular one, or is that AmE?--[[User:Rxke|Rxke]] 09:15, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I looked it up too, and accepted the assumption that 'instalment' is the BritE.. wouln't want to tamper with ''that''. --[[User:Murgh|Murgh]] 09:23, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

== yikes ==

Just deleted some spam-o-rama.....

== Manual of Style ==

Was there ever a Manual of Style written or has this always been a dead link? [[User:Splateagle|Splateagle]] 12:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

BuoyRepair

2009-12-10T12:38:37Z

Splateagle: stylistic overhaul - fixed some language glitches and attempted to give the main article a coherent "in game' feel.

[[Image:BuoyRepair00022.png|frame|right|Founded in 2084004 GCT / 3136 MGMT]]

===Introduction===
Trading goods between worlds is an extremely dangerous and hard job. Many trading companies lose ships through accidents, pirate ambushes and thargoid attacks. In 2084003 GCT (Galactic Coordinated Time) / 3135 MGMT (Modern Galactic Mean Time) a number of traders’ guilds decided to counteract to the increasing number of accidents by establishing the space buoys as a marker for safe space lanes.

Unfortunately individual systems are slow to replace destroyed navigation buoys left under their own jurisdiction. This can be very frustrating for pilots. For example a commander at the main station who has to meet a ship on the way to the witchpoint, will find this almost impossible when the witchpoint buoy has been destroyed.

The authors of the GRS BouyRepair OXP (Cmdrs. Walch and Svengali) investigated the causes behind the slow replacement of bouys and found a systemwide shortage. Bringing in a new buoy from far away and installing it took so much time that in most cases the pilot reporting the destroyed bouy was already in another system when its replacement arrived.

===Buoy Factories===
[[Image:BuoyRepair00008.png|thumb|right|GRS Facility]]
Walch and Svengali found that Industrial systems with a medium tech level were prepared to build buoys for a reasonable price. Low tech level systems didn’t have
the skills to build the buoys, while high tech level systems considered the work to be beneath them. The availability of metal ore in the system was also a factor in selecting suitable production sites. Alloys for the construction of the bouys had to be readily available in the system. The buoys themselves are not strong enough to lift off a planet’s surface, so they have to be assembled in space.

Cmdr. Svengali designed a factory assembly station for assembling the bouys. Parts are pre-fabricated on the planet surface and are then flown to the assembly station in shuttles. These factories are in a constant need of alloys and will also buy alloys flown in from other systems.

The assembly stations have technologically advanced docking bay sealing: A force-field that keeps the air inside while allowing ships to pass trough. This makes it possible to load or unload ships with normal clothing instead of using pressurised suits. The disadvantage to this form of docking is that approaching pilots have no clear view of the landing bay and have to use special guiding technology to find the right flight path. Vehicles equipped with a docking computer are able to lock onto the assembly station's guidance beacon in the same way thry would with any orbital docking station.

===Buoy Transport vehicles===
[[Image:BuoyRepair00012.png|thumb|right|GRS Buoy Tug-Ship Armadillo]]
Buoys are approximately the same size as a medium ship like a Cobra. This means they won’t fit in the cargo bay of most normal ships. Walch and Svengali realised a specialised spaceship carrier would be required to transport them. A craft large enough to carry the bouys in a hold was rejected as too expensive, with the authors opting instead for the lower-cost solution of towing the buoys. Cmdr. Svengali designed the [[Armadillo]] for this role: a powerful tugship capable of delivering the bouys to their positions at a reasonable speed.

===Distribution System===
[[Image:BuoyRepair00015.png|thumb|right|GRS Distribution System]]
In order to speed the process of delivering replacement bouys on demand, Cmdr. Walch designed the GRS Distribution System to send newly-assembled buoys from the factory to other systems before they are actually needed. Once docked in another system, the replacement buoys are safely stored in the main stations. This means that when a buoy gets destroyed, a new one can be brought into place from a nearby store, arriving much more quickly than a replacement brought from another system would.

If the main station buoy needs to be replaced, a new one can be retrieved directly from the station in almost no time. If a witchpoint beacon is destroyed a new one can be quickly brought in by hyperspace by a tug jumping in with a buoy from an adjacent system.

===Large Traders and fuel ships===
[[Image:BuoyRepair00021.png|thumb|right|GRS Fuel-Ship Guanako]]
Each GRS station has facilities to accommodate large traders that are too big to dock at a regular station. These large ships can dock at one of the two external docking bays, passing goods on to normal sized trader vessels which can deliver goods directly to the local main station or to a station in an adjacent system. GRS has also built some large fuel ships which scoop plasma from nearby stars, transform it into quirium and deliver this fuel to the GRS station. In this way each GRS station can also be used as a refuelling stop by any visiting trader.

===Installation===
Download the file "buoyRepair1.02.5.oxp" and put it in Oolite’s AddOns folder. After a restart the new factories are in place and the distribution of the replacement buoys will start. Now, when a buoy gets damaged, a replacement sequence is started within 2 minutes. Sometimes replacement takes longer when traffic around stations is too busy. This is dependent on the local station manager’s ability to schedule dockings and launches.

===Version requirement===

{{OXPConfig-small}}The latest version of this [[OXP]] '''needs''' Oolite 1.72 or higher to work and is compatible with [[OXPConfig]].

===Download===
[[Image:Levelindicator0.png|100px|right]][http://www.box.net/shared/9g2p7ms9mh BuoyRepair1.02.5.zip] (496KB) - (Updated 7/10/2009) requires v1.72. 
[[Media:BuoyRepair1.01.6.zip|BuoyRepair1.01.6.zip]] (319KB) - (Updated 08/06/2008) requires v1.71.2. 
[[Media:BuoyRepair_teaser.zip|BuoyRepair_teaser.zip]] (504 KB) - this is a small appetizer. 
[[Image:BuoyRepair00019.png|center]]

[[Category:OXPConfig-compatible OXPs]] [[Category:Oolite_stations]] {{station-OXP}}