Telescope - Revision history

Cholmondely: Tweaks!

2021-11-28T09:36:54Z

Tweaks!

Cholmondely: /* Downloads */ Added download links to the most recent versions of everything (with dates for future reference)!

2021-11-28T08:56:08Z

‎Downloads: Added download links to the most recent versions of everything (with dates for future reference)!

Cholmondely: /* Downloads */ Added cag's v.2.0.1

2021-11-24T17:11:33Z

‎Downloads: Added cag's v.2.0.1

Cholmondely: Added a little more

2021-09-14T16:21:11Z

Added a little more

Cholmondely: Annotated some screen shots, more explanation, etc.

2021-09-14T16:09:36Z

Annotated some screen shots, more explanation, etc.

Cholmondely: /* Downloads */ Tweak

2021-09-14T14:49:40Z

‎Downloads: Tweak

Cholmondely: /* Keypress functions */ Added link to Station Options

2021-09-14T14:48:05Z

‎Keypress functions: Added link to Station Options

Cholmondely: /* Tweaking */ Added note on Station Options

2021-09-14T14:45:36Z

‎Tweaking: Added note on Station Options

Cholmondely: Added notes from PM from Norby on why 20-200 targets; fixed some typos, added a little structure.

2021-07-06T14:36:58Z

Added notes from PM from Norby on why 20-200 targets; fixed some typos, added a little structure.

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Cholmondely: /* Technical Informations */

2020-08-25T07:28:24Z

‎Technical Informations

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 [[Image:telescope6.png|thumb|600px|right|Telescope has placed mass-lock boundary lines around the various items showing where they inhibit the Torus drive. There are 3 unseen ships below and in front, as evidenced by the large yellow half-circles, one visible ship's light-ball to the left, with most of its boundary circle ''etc''. <br>
 The station in front has been targeted beyond the 25km boundary, as Telescope allows, and it is duplicated in the sniper ring at the top of the viewscreen]]
 == Quick start as Bounty Hunter ==
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 This OXP realizes some of the requests for an extended scanner described in [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13274 this] topic (2013).
-Telescope can an determine the direction, distance, orientation and legal status of all visible ships.
+Telescope can determine the direction, distance, orientation and legal status of all visible ships. <br>
 The detection range is equal to the scanner range if you use it without the Telescope Extender (still or willfully). It has the following features:
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 The first 4 functions are actually commands which happen instantly when activated.
-The "Step forward" and "Step back" will rescan if you step over the end of the target list only.
+The "Step forward" and "Step back" will rescan if you step over the end of the target list.
 The Target list contains hostiles first (if any), then all ships in normal scanner range (25.6km), followed by Cargo & Escape Pods, and finally ending with ships which are beyond the normal scanner range.
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 There are no passive gravity sensors so AutoScan will happen only if a new target arrives into the visible range.
 When you undock or arrive at a new system, the telescope scan is performed automatically but if you want to scan the final frontier then you must turn off your weapons.
  Cost: 10,000.0₢
  Techlevel: 5
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 Small Dish will not increase this range further so you can refund it when you buy a Large Dish.
-Ships over 1000t (Hard Anaconda and big OXP ships) can use the hull mass to refine the gravity signals to reach 4 times range than without Large Dish.
+Ships over 1000t (Hard Anaconda and big OXP ships) can use their hull mass to refine the gravity signals to reach 4 times range without the Large Dish.
 Will only show the nearest 200 targets to save CPU and avoid serious FPS drops in systems with many ships.
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 == Tweaking ==
-Rather than bother ripping open the OXZ, try [[Station Options]] which allows you to 'tweak' in an in-game manner via the F4 ship-station interface page.
+''Rather than bother ripping open the OXZ, try [[Station Options]] which allows you to 'tweak' in an in-game manner via the F4 ship-station interface page.''
-One of the issues with Telescope is the locking-on to distant targets which can add a lot of excitement and near-death experiences to docking whilst using  [[ILS]]. This can be prevented by judicious tweaking: set the default value of the $TelescopeGravLock variable in telescope.js to 0, which mean totally disabled, or to 1 which reduce it greatly but leave a minimal 1 degree cone around crosshairs to be able to lock far targets. See [[How to tweak OXZ's]] for more information if needed.
+One of the issues with Telescope is the locking-on to distant targets which can add a lot of excitement and near-death experiences to docking whilst using [[ILS]]. You target a Rock Hermit to dock with it, and Telescope then picks up on a distant ship and aims for that instead! ''Press Space, Commander''!  This can be prevented by judicious tweaking: set the default value of the $TelescopeGravLock variable in telescope.js to 0, which mean totally disabled, or to 1 which reduce it greatly but leave a minimal 1 degree cone around crosshairs to be able to lock distant targets. See [[How to tweak OXZ's]] for more information if needed, or use Station Options instead.
 === Instructions ===
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 ==Quick Facts==
 |version = 1.15
 |release = 2017-06-24
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 |feedback = [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14961 BB-Link]
 }}

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 == Downloads ==
 *Version 2.0.1 is '''not''' on the in-game eExpansions Manager. Look [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19651 here] - 3rd & 4th downloads.
 *[[Media:Telescope_1.15.oxz|Telescope 1.15]] ({{#downloads:Telescope_1.15.oxz}} downloads).

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 == Downloads ==
 *[[Media:Telescope_1.15.oxz|Telescope 1.15]] ({{#downloads:Telescope_1.15.oxz}} downloads).
 *[[Media:Telescope_Extender_1.0.oxz|Telescope Extender+Gravity Scanner 1.0]] ({{#downloads:Telescope_Extender_1.0.oxz}} downloads) - if you want über equipment which detects beyond the range of your scanner.

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		+	Telescope is an incredibly versatile and [[Station Options\|horrendously complex]] OXP. Telescope, laser-target-locker, identifier, & Torus Drive ''mass-lock'' avoider.
	[[Image:telescope6.png\|thumb\|600px\|right\|Telescope has placed mass-lock boundary lines around the various items showing where they inhibit the Torus drive. There are 3 unseen ships below and in front, as evidenced by the large yellow half-circles, one visible ship's light-ball to the left, with most of its boundary circle ''etc''. <br>		[[Image:telescope6.png\|thumb\|600px\|right\|Telescope has placed mass-lock boundary lines around the various items showing where they inhibit the Torus drive. There are 3 unseen ships below and in front, as evidenced by the large yellow half-circles, one visible ship's light-ball to the left, with most of its boundary circle ''etc''. <br>
	The station in front has been targeted beyond the 25km boundary, as Telescope allows, and it is duplicated in the sniper ring at the top of the viewscreen]]		The station in front has been targeted beyond the 25km boundary, as Telescope allows, and it is duplicated in the sniper ring at the top of the viewscreen]]

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 == Quick start as Bounty Hunter ==
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 In Red Alert the activate button steers to the nearest attacker. You can disable this by turning off the weapons, in which case you can lock and steer to any nearest target regardless of the alert condition.
 ===Auto scanning===
 Telescope checks for new targets every second and performs an autoscan if it finds one: simple light sensors can see new dots in the whole sky without using energy but must zoom with the main scope to determine the ship type which needs 2 energy points.
 The autoscan can be turned off if you set $TelescopeAutoScan false in the telescope.js file but it's usually worth the energy cost to get new information immediately.
 [[Image:telescope3.png|400px|right]]
 ===Far target locking===
-You can also lock far targets which are not in the normal scanner (beacons and planets are always lockable). The distance is shown before the name of the ship with Scanner Targeting Enhancement. The second line down shows the range of the virtual marker (which is always near the edge of the IFF Scanner).
+You can also 'lock' distant targets which are not shown within the normal scanner range (beacons and planets are always lockable).
 When a target flies too far and is lost, the telescope renames it as 'Lost target' until the next scan.
 === Masslock borders ===
-In green alert you will see circles around detected targets where these can block your [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Pilot%27s_Reference_Manual#Torus_Jump_Drive Torus Drive].
+In green alert you will see circles around detected targets where these can block your [[Torus Drive]].
-Without a [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Telescope#Telescope_Extender Telescope Extender] these are shown around planets and stations only, but if you buy one, it allows for detection of ships that you can see with your Mark I eyeball (escort ships at 2x, traders near 4x scanner range) and you will then get circles around all the  ships before you.
+Without a '''Telescope Extender''' these are shown around planets and stations only, but if you buy one, it allows for detection of ships that you can see with your Mark I eyeball (escort ships at 2x, traders near 4x scanner range) and you will then get circles around all the ships before you.
 Until you enter these circles you will stay in condition green, but cloaked ships can cause surprises.
-The colour of a masslock border is the same as the lightball in the middle (see [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Telescope#Lightballs above]).
+The '''colour''' of a masslock border is the same as the lightball in the middle (see Lightballs above).
 To get the shortest route, you can safely go forward near the largest circle without touching it or going inside. Imagine this is the border of a sphere so if you fly direct to the center then you will be masslocked sooner than if you flew to a point of the circle. If you steer just a little outside the circle, you will fly forward as near as possible without masslock.
 These are also a good indicator of the distance to the ships because the radius of the circles represent exactly one scanner range for the ship at its center.
 Planets have rings that are double its radius as they can masslock you within this range.
 You can also turn on masslock borders in non-green alerts also if you turn off your weapons.
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 You can buy cheap repairs for 1/10 the cost of the new equipment instead of the normal 1/2 price, but the following drawbacks will be applied:
-Telescope: one gets back the lightballs but the cheap repair will not fix the virtual model display, auto steering and sniper ring.
+'''Telescope''': one gets back the lightballs but the cheap repair will not fix the virtual model display, auto steering and sniper ring.
-Gravity Scanner: cheaper spare parts can interfere with the hyperdrive and thus often cause misjumps.
+'''Gravity Scanner''': cheaper spare parts can interfere with the hyperdrive and thus often cause misjumps.
-Small and Large Dish: uses less durable alloys and can break during hyperjump.
+'''Small and Large Dishes''': uses less durable alloys and can break during hyperjump.
-After a cheap fix you can buy the full repair which costs the difference between cheap and normal repair: 2/5 of the full price.
+After a cheap fix you can still buy the full repair which costs the difference between the cheap and normal repairs: 2/5 of the full price.
 You can only get a refund for fully repaired equipment.

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		+	==== Station Options ====
		+	Cag's oxp, [[Station Options]] allows you to customize every property via the F4 ship-station interface page.

	==Telescope Extender==		==Telescope Extender==

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	== Tweaking ==		== Tweaking ==
		+	Rather than bother ripping open the OXZ, try [[Station Options]] which allows you to 'tweak' in an in-game manner via the F4 ship-station interface page.
		+
	One of the issues with Telescope is the locking-on to distant targets which can add a lot of excitement and near-death experiences to docking whilst using [[ILS]]. This can be prevented by judicious tweaking: set the default value of the $TelescopeGravLock variable in telescope.js to 0, which mean totally disabled, or to 1 which reduce it greatly but leave a minimal 1 degree cone around crosshairs to be able to lock far targets. See [[How to tweak OXZ's]] for more information if needed.		One of the issues with Telescope is the locking-on to distant targets which can add a lot of excitement and near-death experiences to docking whilst using [[ILS]]. This can be prevented by judicious tweaking: set the default value of the $TelescopeGravLock variable in telescope.js to 0, which mean totally disabled, or to 1 which reduce it greatly but leave a minimal 1 degree cone around crosshairs to be able to lock far targets. See [[How to tweak OXZ's]] for more information if needed.

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-== Technical Informations ==
+== Technical Information ==
-Depending on Oolite v1.77. No shaders needed.
+Requires Oolite v1.77 or later. No shaders needed.
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 .04.08. v0.5  First working version.
 .03.31. v0.1  First test files.
 ==Quick Facts==