Hard Way - Revision history

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added some playing tips

2021-07-06T23:21:54Z

‎Links: Added some playing tips

Cholmondely: /* Solar Wind Scooping */ Link!

2021-03-05T11:31:26Z

‎Solar Wind Scooping: Link!

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added another

2021-03-05T11:30:18Z

‎Links: Added another

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added qualifier

2021-02-22T17:01:15Z

‎Links: Added qualifier

Cholmondely: Tagged as Stranger's World

2021-01-31T09:48:20Z

Tagged as Stranger's World

Cholmondely: /* Dependencies and conflicts */ Fixed links

2021-01-25T17:01:36Z

‎Dependencies and conflicts: Fixed links

Cholmondely: Added category etc

2021-01-25T08:36:47Z

Added category etc

Cholmondely: /* Turn rate in yaw/pitch channels */ Oops!

2020-12-30T08:49:20Z

‎Turn rate in yaw/pitch channels: Oops!

Cholmondely: Edited up to Custom Altimeter

2020-12-30T08:42:42Z

Edited up to Custom Altimeter

Cholmondely: /* Overview */ Tweaks!

2020-12-28T17:30:53Z

‎Overview: Tweaks!

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 == Links ==
 *[[Strangers World]] (SW)
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20047 Discussion] on Bulletin Board
 *[[Solar Wind Flux]]
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 Sun skimming in vanilla Oolite seems to be an exotic ritual in the game. Almost all players try to do it just for curiosity ... and almost all players never use it in the regular game. Fuel is cheap and always available in (almost) any space port market, so you only have an urgent need for the risky voyage to extract fuel from the sun's corona if you are ''persona non grata'' on main station. You understand me, gentlemen.
-Solar Wind Scoop compensates the perpetual fuel consumption of the first module above by collecting the solar wind flux in the proximity of the sun (the minimum solar wind flux to allow this is 0.1 LY/min). Sometimes during solar flares, solar wind flux exceeds this minimal value even en-route from the entry witchpoint to the main orbital station - but as a rule you will need to journey closer to the sun to fill your tanks. Not as close and as hot an encounter as required for sun skimming. 5...10 solar radii will be sufficient. Solar wind collection is a fully automatic process, you only need Fuel Scoops installed. Once the solar wind collection has started you’ll see icon of the fuel scoop indicator on your HUD animate - and hear the usual “champing” noise.
+Solar Wind Scoop compensates the perpetual fuel consumption of the first module above by collecting the [[Solar Wind Flux]] in the proximity of the sun (the ''minimum'' solar wind flux to allow this is 0.1 LY/min). Sometimes during solar flares, solar wind flux exceeds this minimal value even en-route from the entry witchpoint to the main orbital station - but as a rule you will need to journey closer to the sun to fill your tanks. Not as close and as hot an encounter as required for sun skimming. 5...10 solar radii will be sufficient. Solar wind collection is a fully automatic process, you only need Fuel Scoops installed. Once the solar wind collection has started you’ll see icon of the fuel scoop indicator on your HUD animate - and hear the usual “champing” noise.
 To find information for the value of the solar wind flux in your area of space, lock your Advanced Space Compass onto the sun and switch an MFD onto the Sun Info page ([[Useful MFDs]] also gives this value now that Dybal has tinkered with it).

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 *[[Strangers World]] (SW)
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 == Links ==
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 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20047 Discussion] on Bulletin Board
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 == Dependencies and conflicts ==
-*You need [[Sun Gear OXP]] installed to collect '''solar wind flux'''.
+*You need [[Sun Gear]] installed to collect '''solar wind flux'''.
-*'''Hard Way''' conflicts with [[TorusToSun]] and [[Fuel Collector]] due to similar functionality.
+*'''Hard Way''' conflicts with [[TorusToSun]] and [[Fuel Collector OXP]] due to similar functionality.
-It is recommended, but not obligatory, to use [[Planetary Systems]] OXP, not [[Additional Planets OXP]], if you’ll have '''Hard Way''' installed. Hard Way OXP using event this.shipEnteredPlanetaryVicinity to switch altimeter onto nearest celestial body. It is safe for Planetary Systems / Moons - you’ll never have false switches because planets and moons widely separated. Having more tight planet-moon configurations in Additional Planets you’ll sometimes possibly have false switches due to overlapping horizons of this.shipEnteredPlanetaryVicinity event (3 planet/moon radii).
+It is recommended, but not obligatory, to use [[Planetary Systems]] OXP, not [[Additional Planets]], if you’ll have '''Hard Way''' installed. Hard Way OXP using event this.shipEnteredPlanetaryVicinity to switch altimeter onto nearest celestial body. It is safe for Planetary Systems / Moons - you’ll never have false switches because planets and moons widely separated. Having more tight planet-moon configurations in Additional Planets you’ll sometimes possibly have false switches due to overlapping horizons of this.shipEnteredPlanetaryVicinity event (3 planet/moon radii).
 == Game balance considerations ==

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 ===== Turn rate in yaw/pitch channels =====
-One can use both max_flight_pitch and max_flight_yaw parameters in the shipdata.plist, but usually the last is omitted and by default is equal to max_flight_pitch. It seems that the NPCs never use the yaw channel to change their own flight direction. It also seems also that some human players never use the yaw channel either: but for players with a joystick with a twisting z-axis there is an easy way to do it. A default max_flight_yaw equal to the max_flight_pitch seems to be too sensitive, especially for a joystick. Reducing the player ship’s turning in the yaw channel helps to ease precise aiming without switching control sensitivity. Too high a rate of turn in yaw channel is also contradicts my own perceptions, based on piloting a real glider in reality – turning an aircraft without banking is an extremely ineffective maneuver comparing with a more coordinated turn incorporating a roll.
+One can use both max_flight_pitch and max_flight_yaw parameters in the shipdata.plist, but usually the last is omitted and by default is equal to max_flight_pitch. It seems that the NPCs never use the yaw channel to change their own flight direction. It also seems also that some human players never use the yaw channel either: but for players with a joystick with a twisting z-axis there is an easy way to do it.
 ===== Ship dynamics as function of technical state =====

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 *Flight with '''Torus jump drive''' also requires extra fuel (total fuel consumption 0.1 LY/min).
 *Additional fuel consumption is needed to '''recharge the energy stack''' (energy regeneration after an enemy hit or a collision, firing the ECM and ore processing).
-*An attempt to use the ''Torus jump drive after burning up all fuel'' leads to a dramatic loss of energy and… Uh-oh! Press Space, commander!
+*An attempt to use the ''Torus jump drive after burning up all fuel'' leads to a dramatic loss of energy and… Uh-oh! [[Slang|Press Space, commander!]]
 *You have limited time to reach a station using your auxiliary unit. Press Space, commander, after auxiliary unit depletion! Or pull the hard Eject lever (I mean hit the E key twice, of course!) before the auxiliary unit shuts down, and continue the journey on board your escape capsule, if you have this device.
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 ===== Turn rate vs velocity =====
-There is Wildblood’s Bullet Drive OXP with maneuvering completely disabled in Torus drive mode. It’s consistent with original Elite lore, but seems too radical. So I’m realized my solution. Having ability to readjust course you can avoid most mass-locks on deep space dredgers – these huge ships are visible from enough distance to react before mass-locking.
+There ''is'' [[User:Wildeblood|Wildeblood]]’s Bullet Drive OXP with maneuvering completely disabled in Torus drive mode. It’s consistent with original Elite lore, but seems too radical. So I’ve realized my own solution. One still has the ability to readjust course to avoid most mass-locks with [[Deep Space Dredger]]s – these huge ships are visible from enough distance to react before mass-locking.
 ===== Turn rate in yaw/pitch channels =====
-You can use both max_flight_pitch and max_flight_yaw parameters in shipdata.plist, but usually the last is omitted and by default is equal to max_flight_pitch. Seems NPS never uses yaw channel to change flight directions. Seems also some human players never uses yaw channel too, but having joystick with rotating stick you have easy way to do it. Default max_flight_yaw equal to max_flight_pitch seems to be too sensitive, especially for joystick. Reducing player ship’s turn in yaw channel helps to ease precise aiming without switching control sensitivity. Too high rate of turn in yaw channel is also contradicts with my perception, based on piloting glider in real reality – turning aircraft without banking is extremely ineffective maneuver comparing with coordinated turn.
+One can use both max_flight_pitch and max_flight_yaw parameters in the shipdata.plist, but usually the last is omitted and by default is equal to max_flight_pitch. It seems that the NPCs never use the yaw channel to change their own flight direction. It also seems also that some human players never use the yaw channel either: but for players with a joystick with a twisting z-axis there is an easy way to do it. A default max_flight_yaw equal to the max_flight_pitch seems to be too sensitive, especially for a joystick. Reducing the player ship’s turning in the yaw channel helps to ease precise aiming without switching control sensitivity. Too high a rate of turn in yaw channel is also contradicts my own perceptions, based on piloting a real glider in reality – turning an aircraft without banking is an extremely ineffective maneuver comparing with a more coordinated turn incorporating a roll.
 ===== Ship dynamics as function of technical state =====
-So-called serviceLevel parameter is mostly hidden from player. Starting from 100 it gradually decreases with every hyperjump to 75 and remains frozen in this 75 value until next ship renovation. The only visible effect is decreasing sales price of the ship.
+The so-called serviceLevel parameter is mostly hidden from the player. Starting from a value of 100 it gradually decreases with every hyperjump to 75 and remains frozen at this 75 value until the next renovation/maintenance servicing of the ship. The only visible effect is the decreasing sales price of the ship.
-WTF, why I must pay 1...1.5% of ship price (1500+ credits for Cobra Mk III!) for just cosmetic renovation if I don’t have plans to sell my ship now or in the nearest appropriate system?
-Well, serviceLevel affects malfunction probability too, so in real reality you’ll invest in your security if misjump – sooner or later – is not your option. But in the game you always have save/load option. So increased malfunction probability is not enough motivation, and I know players who never spend money for ship maintenance overhaul.
+WTF, why I must pay 1...1.5% of ship price (1500+ credits for Cobra Mk III!) for just a cosmetic renovation if I don’t have plans to sell my ship now or in the nearest appropriate system?
-Situation will be different if ship performance will be function of ship technical state.
-If you have vanilla Cobra Mk III for example it has max speed 350 and energy recharge rate 4.0. Ship technical state degrades by time from initial 100 points to 75 points. Max speed of highly used Cobra is reduced to 328, energy recharge rate to 3.5.
+If you have a vanilla Cobra Mk III, for example, it has maximum speed of 350 and an energy recharge rate of 4.0. The ship technical state degrades over time from an initial 100 points to 75 points. The maximum speed of unmaintained Cobra is now reduced to 328, the energy recharge rate to 3.5.
-Wear & tear effect affects also fuel collection rate. If you have fuel collection rate 1.0 LY/min in vanilla Cobra Mk III, fuel collection rate of highly used Cobra drops to 0.8 LY/min.
+Wear & tear effect also affects the fuel collection rate. If you have fuel collection rate of 1.0 LY/min in a vanilla Cobra Mk III, the fuel collection rate of a highly used Cobra now drops to 0.8 LY/min.
 Next example, maybe more obvious.
-You just switched from your old good Cobra Mk III to Cobra III XT. She is pretty: max speed 375, thrust 36 and energy recharge rate 4.5. Well, if you’ll avoid regular maintenance, it performance will degrade to speed 352, thrust 32 and energy rechage rate 3.9 – almost similar to regularly overhauled Cobra Mk III. So the only your advantage in battle will be energy capacity 320 instead 256 – and maybe 6 missile hardpoints instead 4.
+You just switched from your old good Cobra Mk III to a Cobra III XT. She is pretty: max speed 375, thrust 36 and energy recharge rate 4.5. Well, if you’ll avoid regular maintenance, its performance will degrade to a speed of 352, thrust of 32 and energy recharge rate of 3.9 – almost similar to a regularly maintained Cobra Mk III. So the only your advantage in battle will be an energy capacity of 320 instead of 256 – and maybe the 6 missile hardpoints instead of 4.
-Jameson, Ooniverse is not as friendly personally to you as you like to think. Do regular maintenance to restore ship's maximum performance!
+Commander Jameson, the Ooniverse is not as friendly personally to you as you like to think. Do regular maintenance to restore your ship's maximum performance!
 == Custom Altimeter mode ==

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 '''Hard Way''' contains four modules, greatly altering the game mechanics:
-*Collapsible Shields and Fuel Consumption: ''everything consumes energy - and using the Torus drive now reduces one's shields.''
+*'''Collapsible Shields and Fuel Consumption''': ''everything consumes energy - and using the Torus drive now reduces one's shields.''
-*Gravity Well: ''the planetary and lunar gravity wells now exist and prevent Hyperspace/Witchspace jumps.''
+*'''Gravity Well''': ''the planetary and lunar gravity wells now exist - and inhibit Hyperspace/Witchspace jumps.''
-*Solar Wind Scoop:
+*'''Solar Wind Scoop''': ''allows scooping solar wind flux to compensate for everything now consuming energy.''
-*Warp Drive
+*'''Warp Drive''': ''speedier and speedier torus drive when not affected by local gravity, '''but''' manoeverability is inhibited and recency of maintenance is now vital.''
 === Collapsible Shields and Fuel Consumption ===