Escort Formations - Revision history

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[[File:Convoy.png|right|frame|The Convoy formation avoids surprises on the spacelane by placing a fighter group fore and aft of the leader]]

The Escort Formations OXP adds eleven extra escort formations to the game, which will be used by traders and pirates, and can be used by other ships. The escort formations are divided into two categories - offensive formations, usually used by pirates to give a strong attack or to hide their strength - and defensive formations, usually used by traders to give good scanner coverage and avoid pirate ambushes.

As this breaks up both trader and pirate formations, it can make it slightly more difficult to tell the difference between traders and pirates on the spacelane.

==Download==
[http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/~cim/oolite/Escort_Formations_1.0.zip Escort Formations 1.0] is the latest version. Install to your AddOns folder in the usual way.

==Technical details==
Only ships with a primary role of ''trader'', ''pirate'', ''hunter'' or ''police'' will normally be affected by this OXP, and only those ships which are spawned with escorts. Ships which already have their own custom escort formation will not be affected, and 25% of the remaining eligible ships will keep the standard escort formation.

You can apply the escort formations defined by this OXP to your own ships by using the following functions:
To assign a random offensive formation to a different ship, suited to its escort count
worldScripts["Escort Formations Randomiser"].$setupOffensiveEscorts(ship);

To assign a random defensive formation to a different ship, suited to its escort count
worldScripts["Escort Formations Randomiser"].$setupDefensiveEscorts(ship);

To assign a specific formation to a ship
worldScripts["Escort Formations Randomiser"].$setupEscortFormation(ship,formation);

''formation'' is the name of the formation. The 11 formations available are:
* arrowhead (offensive, pictured below)
* combat-spread (offensive)
* convoy (defensive)
* echelon (offensive)
* octahedron (defensive)
* planebox (defensive)
* pyramid (defensive)
* scouting-spread (defensive)
* trail (offensive)
* twistbox (defensive)
* vform (both)
* wave (offensive)
If an unrecognised formation name is given, "vform" will be applied, which is similar, though not identical, to the standard escort formation.

[[File:EscortFormationsArrowhead.png|345px|The Arrowhead formation provides heavy firepower on the initial attack]]

==Quick facts==
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|version = 1.0
|release = 2012-06-30
|license = CC-BY-SA 3.0
|features = Escort formations
|category = Mechanics OXPs
|author = cim
|feedback = [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t= BB-Link]
}}

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 ==Download==
-[http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/~cim/oolite/Escort_Formations_1.1.oxz Escort Formations 1.1] is the latest version. Install to your AddOns folder in the usual way.
+[http://cim.sotl.org.uk/games/files/oolite/Escort_Formations_1.1.oxz Escort Formations 1.1] is the latest version. Install to your AddOns folder in the usual way.
 ==Technical details==

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 ==Download==
-[http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/~cim/oolite/Escort_Formations_1.1.zip Escort Formations 1.1] is the latest version. Install to your AddOns folder in the usual way.
+[http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/~cim/oolite/Escort_Formations_1.1.oxz Escort Formations 1.1] is the latest version. Install to your AddOns folder in the usual way.
 ==Technical details==

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 [[File:Convoy.png|right|frame|The Convoy formation avoids surprises on the spacelane by placing a fighter group fore and aft of the leader]]
-The Escort Formations OXP adds eleven extra escort formations to the game, which will be used by traders and pirates, and can be used by other ships. The escort formations are divided into two categories - offensive formations, usually used by pirates to give a strong attack or to hide their strength - and defensive formations, usually used by traders to give good scanner coverage and avoid pirate ambushes.
+The Escort Formations OXP adds 19 extra escort formations to the game, which will be used by traders and pirates, and can be used by other ships. The escort formations are divided into two categories - offensive formations, usually used by pirates to give a strong attack or to hide their strength - and defensive formations, usually used by traders to give good scanner coverage and avoid pirate ambushes.
 As this breaks up both trader and pirate formations, it can make it slightly more difficult to tell the difference between traders and pirates on the spacelane.
 ==Download==
-[http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/~cim/oolite/Escort_Formations_1.0.zip Escort Formations 1.0] is the latest version. Install to your AddOns folder in the usual way.
+[http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/~cim/oolite/Escort_Formations_1.1.zip Escort Formations 1.1] is the latest version. Install to your AddOns folder in the usual way.
 ==Technical details==
-Only ships with a primary role of ''trader'', ''pirate'', ''hunter'' or ''police'' will normally be affected by this OXP, and only those ships which are spawned with escorts. Ships which already have their own custom escort formation will not be affected, and 25% of the remaining eligible ships will keep the standard escort formation.
+Only ships with a primary role of ''trader'', ''pirate'', ''hunter'' or ''police'' (from the core game) or ''bigTrader'', ''liner'', ''coachwhip'' or ''fuelship'' (from OXPs) will normally be affected by this OXP, and only those ships which are spawned with escorts. Ships which already have their own custom escort formation will not be affected, and some of the remaining eligible ships will keep the standard escort formation.
-You can apply the escort formations defined by this OXP to your own ships by using the following functions:
+You can apply the escort formations defined by this OXP to your own ships with other roles by using the following functions:
 To assign a random offensive formation to a different ship, suited to its escort count
  worldScripts["Escort Formations Randomiser"].$setupOffensiveEscorts(ship);
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  worldScripts["Escort Formations Randomiser"].$setupEscortFormation(ship,formation);
-''formation'' is the name of the formation. The 11 formations available are:
+''formation'' is the name of the formation. The 19 formations available in version 1.1 are:
-* arrowhead (offensive, pictured below)
+* arrowhead
-* combat-spread (offensive)
+* bulge
-* convoy (defensive)
+* combat-spread
-* echelon (offensive)
+* convoy
-* octahedron (defensive)
+* echelon
-* planebox (defensive)
+* flank
-* pyramid (defensive)
+* helix
-* scouting-spread (defensive)
+* near-far
-* trail (offensive)
+* octahedron
-* twistbox (defensive)
+* opencolumn
-* vform (both)
+* planebox
-* wave (offensive)
+* pyramid
 If an unrecognised formation name is given, "vform" will be applied, which is similar, though not identical, to the standard escort formation.
 [[File:EscortFormationsArrowhead.png|345px|The Arrowhead formation provides heavy firepower on the initial attack]]
 ==Quick facts==
 {{OXPLevel|1}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Escort Formations
-|version = 1.0
+|version = 1.1
-|release = 2012-06-30
+|release = 2012-09-02
 |license = CC-BY-SA 3.0
 |features = Escort formations

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 |category = Mechanics OXPs
 |author = cim
-|feedback = [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t= BB-Link]
+|feedback = [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12117 BB-Link]
 }}