User:Cim - Revision history

Cholmondely: Added link

2021-11-03T11:05:55Z

Added link

Cholmondely: Tweaks! Added pictures

2021-11-03T10:24:54Z

Tweaks! Added pictures

Cholmondely: /* A New Game: Song of the Labyrinth */ Added Altmap

2021-05-16T11:47:15Z

‎A New Game: Song of the Labyrinth: Added Altmap

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added another

2021-03-23T08:35:21Z

‎Links: Added another

Cholmondely: Emphasised changes in v1.82 allowing war scenarios. Tweaks

2021-03-21T09:25:02Z

Emphasised changes in v1.82 allowing war scenarios. Tweaks

Cholmondely: Added analysis of catalyst OXPs

2021-03-20T20:04:30Z

Added analysis of catalyst OXPs

Cholmondely: Tagged as a Developer

2021-01-31T10:59:43Z

Tagged as a Developer

Cholmondely: Oops!

2021-01-17T19:29:44Z

Oops!

Cholmondely: /* Missions and activities */ Added Galactic Misjump

2021-01-17T19:28:36Z

‎Missions and activities: Added Galactic Misjump

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added another

2021-01-17T11:39:09Z

‎Links: Added another

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 Verson 1.82 came out in May 2015 with slightly dumber pirates due to the continuance of the sustained debate. Around this time cim developed another game using the Oolite mechanics - ''Song of the Labyrinth''.
-Cim faded away from being lead maintainer back into the joys of real life around 2015, leaving [[User:Another_commander|Another_commander]], getafix & [[User:Phkb|Phkb]] as the surviving designers.
+Cim faded away from being lead maintainer back into the joys of real life around 2015, leaving [[User:Another_commander|Another_commander]], [[User:getafix|getafix]] & [[User:Phkb|Phkb]] as the surviving designers.
 [[File:SOTL Altmap F6.png|thumb|right|320px|Cim's new map (SOTL Altmap) <br> The AT systems are uncolonised <br> Politics, economics, species ''etc'' are all different.]]

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-<blockquote>First played Elite back on the old BBC Model B, though never got further than Dangerous. Played Frontier and First Encounters when they came out, and enjoyed them despite the bugs. Again, didn't get past Dangerous. Discovered Oolite accidentally in late 2011 and thoroughly approve. Oolite was the first one where I made it to Elite ranking - probably because there's always something new to do!</blockquote>
+ First played Elite back on the old BBC Model B, though never got further than Dangerous. Played Frontier and First Encounters when they came out, and enjoyed them despite the bugs. Again, didn't get past Dangerous. Discovered Oolite accidentally in late 2011 and thoroughly approve. Oolite was the first one where I made it to Elite ranking - probably because there's always something new to do!
-Cim took up the baton of Lead Designer and ''his'' v1.80 debuted in June 2014. This introduced the [[Expansions Manager]] and the .oxz format - which on the one hand made life much easier for newcomers wishing to add expansions - but deterred the less adept from learning how to modify them! Earlier sustained debate about the feebleness of pirates led to the Great AI Revolution where the pirates were greatly 'beefed-up'. A lot of the core of today's Oolite is cim's work, including the Expansions Manager, the [[Tutorial]], the new Javascript based AI, the incorporation of the new ship models by [[User:Griff|Griff]] / [[User:CaptSolo|Captain Solo]], the OpenAL sound support, the multiple lasers, lots of the scripting one finds today and more.
+Cim took up the baton of Lead Designer and ''his'' v1.80 debuted in June 2014. This introduced the [[Expansions Manager]] and the .oxz format - which on the one hand made life much easier for newcomers wishing to add expansions - but deterred the less adept from learning how to modify them! Earlier sustained debate about the feebleness of pirates led to the Great AI Revolution where the pirates were greatly 'beefed-up'. A lot of the core of today's Oolite is cim's work, including the Expansions Manager, the [[Tutorial]], the new Javascript-based AI, the incorporation of the new ship models by [[User:Griff|Griff]] / [[User:CaptSolo|Captain Solo]], the OpenAL sound support, the multiple lasers, lots of the scripting one finds today and more.
 Verson 1.82 came out in May 2015 with slightly dumber pirates due to the continuance of the sustained debate. Around this time cim developed another game using the Oolite mechanics - ''Song of the Labyrinth''.
-Cim faded away from being lead maintainer back into the joys of real life around 2015, leaving [[User:Another_commander]], getafix & [[User:Phkb|Phkb]] as the surviving designers.
+Cim faded away from being lead maintainer back into the joys of real life around 2015, leaving [[User:Another_commander|Another_commander]], getafix & [[User:Phkb|Phkb]] as the surviving designers.
 == Not just OXPS ==
 * Rewrote the Game code:
-Scenario support has been significantly upgraded to let expansion authors make full use of it as their imaginations permit.
+ Scenario support has been significantly upgraded to let expansion authors make full use of it as their imaginations permit.
-−
-Expansion packs can now be restricted to only load in their own Scenarios, which means you can make much bigger changes than before without needing to worry about compatibility with other packs, and do things which just wouldn't have worked before.
+ Expansion packs can now be restricted to only load in their own Scenarios, which means you can make much bigger changes than before without needing to worry about compatibility with other packs, and do things which just wouldn't have worked before.
-:Make a mini-series of mission OXPs which wouldn't work if the player could bring their own ship and experience, or wander off mid-mission to go and trade for a bit.
+  •Make a mini-series of mission OXPs which wouldn't work if the player could bring their own ship and experience, or wander off mid-mission to go and trade for a bit.
-:Set the player in the middle of a major war between powers with definite front lines, regions, and battles - can they still make a living as a trader, pirate or bounty hunter when there's a full-scale Thargoid invasion on, and hundreds of systems have already completely fallen to them.
+  •Set the player in the middle of a major war between powers with definite front lines, regions, and battles - can they still make a living as a trader, pirate or bounty hunter when there's a full-scale Thargoid invasion on, and hundreds of systems have already completely fallen to them.
-:Completely rewrite the galaxies, ships, equipment and rules to make your own new space game with the Oolite engine (see "A New Game" below).
+  •Completely rewrite the galaxies, ships, equipment and rules to make your own new space game with the Oolite engine (see "A New Game" below).
 * Wrote the Ship's Manual which is contained inside his [[Ship's Library OXP]].
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 * Wrote [[Extracts from the Tre Clan]]: ''Oofaction'' which is available [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=200726#p200726 here] and is also downloadable as an ''Equipment OXP'' in the Expansions Pack Manager for your on-board Ship library (5 introductory lectures about the realities of life as a pilot).
-* Wrote a new [[History]] for the Ooniverse which is not dependant on that of the [[Frontier]] games.
+* Wrote a new [[History]] for the Ooniverse which is not dependent on that of the [[Frontier]] games.
 * Also [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=17671 analysed] the Oolite/Elite universe and how it could have come into being.
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 == My OXPs ==
-I have far more ideas for OXPs than I have time to implement, but here's what I've released so far. Ones with a † have been released in OXZ format for automatic download in Oolite 1.79 or later. All of them require Oolite 1.76 (or at least are untested in earlier versions) - where a later version is required this is noted in brackets.
+ I have far more ideas for OXPs than I have time to implement, but here's what I've released so far. Ones with a '''†''' have been released in OXZ format for automatic download in Oolite 1.79 or later. All of them require Oolite 1.76 (or at least are untested in earlier versions) - where a later version is required this is noted in brackets.
 === Missions and activities ===
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 These are OXPs I wrote once but no longer maintain. Feel free to take over any of them if you want!
-* [[Talkative_Space_Compass|Talkative Space Compass]] - an upgrade to the Advanced Space Compass (1.79 has a HUD component which does the same thing better)
+* [[Talkative_Space_Compass|Talkative Space Compass]] - an upgrade to the Advanced Space Compass (Oolite v.1.79 has a HUD component which does the same thing better)
-* [[Enhanced_Misjump_OXP|Enhanced Misjumps]] - an extra graphical effect for misjumps. (Other OXPs do misjump visual effects much better, and I'm not even sure if this one still works in 1.79)
+* [[Enhanced_Misjump_OXP|Enhanced Misjumps]] - an extra graphical effect for misjumps. (Other OXPs do misjump visual effects much better, and I'm not even sure if this one still works in v.1.79)
 * [[Galactic_Misjump_OXP|Galactic Misjumps]] - reach intergalactic space, if you dare. (Needs someone with more time to make something more interesting of it - it's just a proof-of-concept at the moment)
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 * [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17603 SOTL Exploration] - a totally different universe to explore from Oolite's standard 8 charts. These are not just rewrites of the gaming mechanism with a different look like [[Strangers World]], but  different games with different goals and equipment.
-'''SOTL Exploration''' - Save your dying human colony by prospecting for the resources needed to reach and settle new worlds!
+:[[SOTL Exploration]] - Save your dying human colony by prospecting for the resources needed to reach and settle new worlds!
-'''SOTL Altmap''' - Explore a new galaxy with different species, different commodities and differently equipped ships!
+:[[SOTL Altmap]] - Explore a new galaxy with different species, different commodities and differently equipped ships!
 == Testing OXPs ==
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 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15061 The Oolite NPC ecosystem (and other questions)]
-*Cim's collection of [https://cim.sotl.org.uk/games/ goodies]
+*Cim's [https://cim.sotl.org.uk/games/ collection] of goodies
 *See discussion in [[Lore]]

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 * [[Galactic_Misjump_OXP|Galactic Misjumps]] - reach intergalactic space, if you dare. (Needs someone with more time to make something more interesting of it - it's just a proof-of-concept at the moment)
-== A New Game: Song of the Labyrinth ==
+== 2 New Games: Song of the Labyrinth ==
-* [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17603 SOTL Exploration] - a totally different universe to explore from Oolite's standard 8 charts. (Sadly, only works with Oolite version 1.83 or earlier - which are [[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByCxD7Tzau-cfld6Q3BhTWcwY2hQbmIzUzV2N0tqN2p1dmlqMEZaeWYtMTZZeUdGY3FseXM here]). This is not just a rewrite of the gaming mechanism with a different look like [[Strangers World]], but a different game with different goals and equipment. Save your dying human colony by prospecting for the resources needed to reach and settle new worlds!
+* [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17603 SOTL Exploration] - a totally different universe to explore from Oolite's standard 8 charts. These are not just rewrites of the gaming mechanism with a different look like [[Strangers World]], but  different games with different goals and equipment.
 == Testing OXPs ==

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 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16828 Proposal for 1.82: support for economic changes]
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17047 Proposal for 1.82: updates to service level / maintenance]
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=17671 "Not in the manual" - setting and canon in the eight charts]

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 <blockquote>First played Elite back on the old BBC Model B, though never got further than Dangerous. Played Frontier and First Encounters when they came out, and enjoyed them despite the bugs. Again, didn't get past Dangerous. Discovered Oolite accidentally in late 2011 and thoroughly approve. Oolite was the first one where I made it to Elite ranking - probably because there's always something new to do!</blockquote>
-Cim took up the baton of Lead Designer and ''his'' v1.80 debuted in June 2014. This introduced the Expansion Manager and the .oxz format - which on the one hand made life much easier for newcomers wishing to add expansions - but deterred the less adept from learning how to modify them! Earlier sustained debate about the feebleness of pirates led to the Great AI Revolution where the pirates were greatly 'beefed-up'. A lot of the core of today's Oolite is cim's work, including the OXP Manager, the new Javascript based AI, the incorporation of the new ship models by Griff / Captain Solo, the OpenAL sound support, the multiple lasers, lots of the scripting one finds today and more.
+Cim took up the baton of Lead Designer and ''his'' v1.80 debuted in June 2014. This introduced the [[Expansions Manager]] and the .oxz format - which on the one hand made life much easier for newcomers wishing to add expansions - but deterred the less adept from learning how to modify them! Earlier sustained debate about the feebleness of pirates led to the Great AI Revolution where the pirates were greatly 'beefed-up'. A lot of the core of today's Oolite is cim's work, including the Expansions Manager, the [[Tutorial]], the new Javascript based AI, the incorporation of the new ship models by [[User:Griff|Griff]] / [[User:CaptSolo|Captain Solo]], the OpenAL sound support, the multiple lasers, lots of the scripting one finds today and more.
 Verson 1.82 came out in May 2015 with slightly dumber pirates due to the continuance of the sustained debate. Around this time cim developed another game using the Oolite mechanics - ''Song of the Labyrinth''.
-Cim faded away from being lead maintainer back into the joys of real life around 2015, leaving another_commander, getafix & phkb as the surviving designers.
+Cim faded away from being lead maintainer back into the joys of real life around 2015, leaving [[User:Another_commander]], getafix & [[User:Phkb|Phkb]] as the surviving designers.
-== Not OXPS ==
+== Not just OXPS ==
 * Wrote the Ship's Manual which is contained inside his [[Ship's Library OXP]].
-* Wrote [[Extracts from the Tre Clan]]: Oofaction which is available [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=200726#p200726 here] and is also downloadable as an ''Equipment OXP'' in the Expansions Pack Manager for your on-board Ship library (5 introductory lectures about the realities of life as a pilot).
+* Wrote [[Extracts from the Tre Clan]]: ''Oofaction'' which is available [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=200726#p200726 here] and is also downloadable as an ''Equipment OXP'' in the Expansions Pack Manager for your on-board Ship library (5 introductory lectures about the realities of life as a pilot).
 * Also [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=17671 analysed] the Oolite/Elite universe and how it could have come into being.
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 *[[Galactic Misjump OXP]]: ''reach intergalactic space, if you dare. (Needs someone with more time to make something more interesting of it - it's just a proof-of-concept at the moment)''
 *[[Camera Drones]] ''Camera Drones allows the definition of extra drone cameras by other OXPs. Read the readme file in the OXP download for more information.''
 == My OXPs ==
 I have far more ideas for OXPs than I have time to implement, but here's what I've released so far. Ones with a † have been released in OXZ format for automatic download in Oolite 1.79 or later. All of them require Oolite 1.76 (or at least are untested in earlier versions) - where a later version is required this is noted in brackets.
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 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=17671 "Not in the manual" - setting and canon in the eight charts]
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15061 The Oolite NPC ecosystem (and other questions)]
 *Cim's collection of [https://cim.sotl.org.uk/games/ goodies]

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 * [[RRS_Group|Rescue Stations]]† - a new organisation and station for stable systems, with a variety of missions available there (now maintained with graphics updates and more by Spara).
 * [[Combat Simulator OXP|Combat Simulator]]† - try out your ship in simulated dogfights.
-* [[Galactic Misjump]] - If you can get to interstellar space by misjumping between two systems, then you should be able to get to intergalactic space by misjumping between two galaxies...
+* [[Galactic Misjump OXP]] - If you can get to interstellar space by misjumping between two systems, then you should be able to get to intergalactic space by misjumping between two galaxies...
 === Variety and visual interest ===