Communication - Revision history

Cholmondely: /* OXP's */ Add Kak's version of Comms demo

2022-01-02T22:17:46Z

‎OXP's: Add Kak's version of Comms demo

Cholmondely: Added more

2021-12-01T14:32:55Z

Added more

Cholmondely: /* Communication inside a star system */ Link!

2021-12-01T13:34:04Z

‎Communication inside a star system: Link!

Cholmondely: Added section on communications within a star system.

2021-12-01T10:27:46Z

Added section on communications within a star system.

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added another

2021-11-24T20:33:17Z

‎Links: Added another

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added link

2021-10-21T15:26:53Z

‎Links: Added link

Cholmondely: Included Cody's information: http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=279732#p279732

2021-10-11T17:47:07Z

Included Cody's information: http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=279732#p279732

Cholmondely: Added picture!

2021-10-07T15:44:56Z

Added picture!

Cholmondely: A little more! Needs sorting out - a bit too incoherent at the moment.

2021-09-15T16:20:12Z

A little more! Needs sorting out - a bit too incoherent at the moment.

Cholmondely: Fleshed out page a little, removed WIP tag

2021-09-15T07:21:51Z

Fleshed out page a little, removed WIP tag

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 ==== Adding abilities to the game ====
 *[[BroadcastComms MFD]] allows you to message NPC ships
 *[[Email System OXP]] docked messaging (from NPC's, although other OXPs allow it to send replies)

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	There ''are'' exceptions to this 25 "kuː ʊm" limit. One is [[PlanetFall]] (where one is contacted by the planetary authorities around 100 "kuː ʊm" from the surface with instructions about landing). Another is [[ILS]], where, thanks to a bug, one can be 100,000 "kuː ʊm" away and still receive updates about ILS landings at the main orbital station!		There ''are'' exceptions to this 25 "kuː ʊm" limit. One is [[PlanetFall]] (where one is contacted by the planetary authorities around 100 "kuː ʊm" from the surface with instructions about landing). Another is [[ILS]], where, thanks to a bug, one can be 100,000 "kuː ʊm" away and still receive updates about ILS landings at the main orbital station!
		+	[[File:Unit Command Panel.png\|thumb\|right\|150px\|Unit '''Command''' Panel <br> From left to right: <br> Undo, Sweep, Hold, Regroup & Engage]]
		+	Another oxp to consider is [[Resistance Commander]] which introduces the [[Squadron Command System]] (SCS) - a primable equipment - which enables you to control your resistance fighter squadron. Here, the commands can be sent to units beyond scanner range, but audible confirmations will only be received from those within range.

−	Another oxp to consider is [[Resistance Commander]] which introduces the [[Squadron Command System]] (SCS) - a primable equipment - which enables you to control your resistance fighter squadron.
		+	The ''Unit Selection Panel'' directs your command to a particular unit (or all of them), the ''Unit Command Panel'' gives a choice of 5 commands, as shown.

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 There ''are'' exceptions to this 25 "kuː ʊm" limit. One is [[PlanetFall]] (where one is contacted by the planetary authorities around 100 "kuː ʊm" from the surface with instructions about landing). Another is [[ILS]], where, thanks to a bug, one can be 100,000 "kuː ʊm" away and still receive updates about ILS landings at the main orbital station!
-Another oxp to consider is [[Resistance Commander]] which introduces the Squadron Command System (SCS) - a primable equipment - which enables you to control your resistance fighter squadron.
+Another oxp to consider is [[Resistance Commander]] which introduces the [[Squadron Command System]] (SCS) - a primable equipment - which enables you to control your resistance fighter squadron.
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 == Links ==
 *[[The Dark Wheel]]

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 [[File:Tionisla Chronicle Array.png|thumb|right|400px|Tionisla Chronicle Array (an oxp)]]
 '''Is it possible to communicate from one side of the galaxy to the other ''without'' sending a message by spaceship?'''
 === Game Code ===
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 There is no one answer to the question. You answer it yourself through your choice of OXPs.
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 *[[Email System OXP]] docked messaging (from NPC's, although other OXPs allow it to send replies)
-*[[GNN]] and it's older version [[Snoopers]] - news flashes while docked
+*[[GNN]] (and its older version [[Snoopers]]) - news flashes while docked - warning of news flashes on entering station [[Aegis]]
 *[[Tionisla Chronicle Array]] - based on Drew's [[Oolite Saga]], station (which broadcasts news across the galaxy)

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 *[[Oolite Saga]]
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20847&p=273672#p273672 Communications on Digebiti]
 === OXP's ===

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 === Game Code ===
-*The Vanilla game coding has one statement on the matter only - that if one attains a illegal status and a credit rating, that those travel with one from system to system across the galaxy. The credit rating does not change however much one moves around (excluding costs of fuel ''etc''). But the illegal status does. Moving from one system to another reduces one's illegal rating/bounty. Moving from one galaxy to another loses the illegal status (but retains the credit rating).
+*The Vanilla game coding has one statement on the matter only - that if one attains a illegal status and a credit rating, that those travel with one from system to system across the galaxy. The credit rating does not change however much one moves around (excluding costs of fuel ''etc''). But the illegal status does. Moving from one system to another reduces one's illegal rating/bounty. Moving from one galaxy to another loses the illegal status (but retains the credit rating, and, apparently, the [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=279732#p279732 delivery-carrying reputation].
-It might well be that the illegal status is externally recorded (it is witnessed and then recorded by external police ships or the main orbital station in any system), whilst the credit rating is instead a function of the ship's ID which it carries from system to system. But this is not specifically stated anywhere outside of the [[Lore]]. This would imply that the difference is due to poor external communications in transferring legal status. This would account for the wiping clean of one's legal record on entering a new galaxy. The lessening of illegality as one travels from system to system might be due to other circumstances. After all, if one returns to the original system where one committed the crime, one's illegality is lessened again. This is not so easy to explain as resulting from poor communications... it seems more a function of record-keeping.
+It might well be that the illegal status is externally recorded (it is witnessed and then recorded by external police ships or the main orbital station in any system), whilst the credit rating is instead a function of the ship's ID which it carries from system to system. But this is not specifically stated anywhere outside of the [[Lore]]. This would imply that the difference is due to poor external communications in transferring legal status. This would account for the wiping clean of one's legal record on entering a new galaxy. The lessening of illegality as one travels from system to system might be due to other circumstances. After all, if one returns to the original system where one committed the crime, one's illegality is lessened again. This is not so easy to explain as resulting from poor communications... it seems more a function of record-keeping. Especially combined with the retention of parcel delivery reputation.
 Note that the third matter of record - the number of kills - is recorded internally by camera and then transmitted to the [[Elite Federation]] who award kills and Elite status. This does happen immediately, according to the game code. But maybe it is dealt with inside the system that one is in (but then killing Thargoids in witchspace/interstellar space is also recorded immediately).

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 '''Is it possible to communicate from one side of the galaxy to the other ''without'' sending a message by spaceship?'''
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 == Links ==
 *[[The Dark Wheel]]
 *[[Imprint]]
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 === OXP's ===
 ==== Working with the Vanilla game code ====
 *[[CommsLogMFD]] allows reading through old messages

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	=== Game Code ===		=== Game Code ===
−	*The Vanilla game coding has one statement on the matter only - that if one attains a illegal status and a credit rating, that ~~that~~ ~~travels~~ with one from system to system across the galaxy. Moving from one galaxy to another loses the illegal status, but retains the credit rating.	+	*The Vanilla game coding has one statement on the matter only - that if one attains a illegal status and a credit rating, that those travel with one from system to system across the galaxy. The credit rating does not change however much one moves around (excluding costs of fuel ''etc''). But the illegal status does. Moving from one system to another reduces one's illegal rating/bounty. Moving from one galaxy to another loses the illegal status (but retains the credit rating).
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		+	It might well be that the illegal status is externally recorded (it is witnessed and then recorded by external police ships or the main orbital station in any system), whilst the credit rating is instead a function of the ship's ID which it carries from system to system. But this is not specifically stated anywhere outside of the [[Lore]]. This would imply that the difference is due to poor external communications in transferring legal status. This would account for the wiping clean of one's legal record on entering a new galaxy. The lessening of illegality as one travels from system to system might be due to other circumstances. After all, if one returns to the original system where one committed the crime, one's illegality is lessened again. This is not so easy to explain as resulting from poor communications... it seems more a function of record-keeping.
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		+	Note that the third matter of record - the number of kills - is recorded internally by camera and then transmitted to the [[Elite Federation]] who award kills and Elite status. This does happen immediately, according to the game code. But maybe it is dealt with inside the system that one is in (but then killing Thargoids in witchspace/interstellar space is also recorded immediately).

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 *The Vanilla game coding has one statement on the matter only - that if one attains a illegal status and a credit rating, that that travels with one from system to system across the galaxy. Moving from one galaxy to another loses the illegal status, but retains the credit rating.
 *In the Lore, we find two approaches.
 In '''The Dark Wheel''', Alex Ryder, recuperating in a Moray Medical Boat, accepts a call from Rafe Zetter:
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 'That's me. Alex Ryder. And you?'
 Alex climbed out of bed and went to stand before the life-sized holoFac. The old man watched him, and chewed. Then he spat. The gobbet of stained spittle seemed to fly straight towards Alex's shoulder and he winced and jerked slightly to one side, before realising that nothing could travel into real space from the holo.|Source=([[The Dark Wheel]] §2)}}
 This seems to contrast with '''Imprint''' where we find this:
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 == Links ==
 *[[The Dark Wheel]]
 *[[Imprint]]
 === OXP's ===
-*[[GNN]] and it's older version [[Snoopers]] - news flashes
+*[[GNN]] and it's older version [[Snoopers]] - news flashes while docked
-*[[Tionisla Chronicle Array]] - based on Drew's [[Oolite Saga]], broadcasts news across the galaxy
+*[[Tionisla Chronicle Array]] - based on Drew's [[Oolite Saga]], station (which broadcasts news across the galaxy)
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