User:Norby

First played Elite on Commodore +4 in 1987. This was the best game in my eyes at that time.

Found Oolite in jan 2013 and enjoy not only the game but OXP programming also as a hobby which can give me the feeling of freedom. I hope the result will entertain my sons and you also. :)

My OXPs

New versions are available within the game and in OXZ list. Some old versions are in my box.

Activities

• FarPlanets - reach very far planets with fast drives.
• Gallery - review models of encountered ships and find more in exhibitions.
• Towbar - make money from derelict ships, earn high salvager rankings.

Ambience

• Headlights - Tune the light level on the dark side of objects like you have powerful headlights.

Equipment

• Detectors - show your energy on the HUD and more target informations.
• ILS - semi-automatic Instrument Landing System supports Injector speeds as well.
• OMGLaser - player can fit an ultimate laser into his Anaconda-class ship.
• Q-Charger (from v1.21) - I made awardable to NPC ships by ShipVersion OXP.
• Telescope - extended targeting and scanning features, auto steering, sniper ring and more.
• SafetyCatch - prevent accidental Q-Bomb and other mine launches when using missiles.

HUD

• Combat MFD - show many data of your ship and your target.
• HUD Selector - help to choose your HUD from more possibilities.
• NumericHUD (from v3.1) - I updated many parts for my OXPs, added MFDs and speedup.

Missions

• The Collector - find the rich man and do the jobs he offer. The story is affected by your choices.

Mechanics

• HardShips - all ship get 6 side armour, Hard ships get Hard Armour, new defensive equipments and Drones.
• ReverseControl - you can aim in the aft view as in the front view.
• SellAll - sell all cargo with one keypress and can sell to an alternative cutomer if the market is full.
• ShipVersion - all ship get version numbers, NPCs get extra equipments scaled with the version.
• TimeSlip - use Time Acceleration with Torus Jump Drive and Injectors.
• TorusToSun - reach the Sun and other places faster.

Misc

• Display reputation (in v1.2) - I added parcel reputation into the original OXP.
• HudRequests - tech demo and requests to make dynamic HUDs and a mini-game to earn highscores.
• LogEvents - write messages into Latest.log using all event handlers to help debugging OXPs and review battles.

Ships

• Andromeda - very large ship with decent cargo capacity and rare extensions.
• Carriers - build up your personal fleet and take with you on your Carrier.
• HardBase - one of the biggest playable entity with huge cargo capacity and almost no agility.
• MinerCobra - 75t cargo, miner laser and scoop in change of less energy, recharge and missile pylons.
• RocketMiner - can dock without rolling if well centered due to the barrel form (requested by my little son).
• RocketShips - 8 new ship, can fly faster for some cost, get secondary autofire weapons and malfunctions. ;)

Documents

My Documents folder filled with Elite-related writings:

• Board Games
• Fictions
• Oolite keys and galaxy maps
• Paper Models of Oolite ships
• Quaternion calculator
• Shader tutorial

Recommended OXPs

Starter kit (look&feel):

Asteroid_Storm
BackGroundSet
BountyStatus_OXP
Cabal_Common_Library
Camera_Drones
Combat_Simulator_OXP
Commanders_Log_OXP
Display_reputation_OXP
Escort_Formations
Explorers'_Club_OXP
Famous_Planets_OXP
Flight_Log_OXP
Gallery
Griff_Industries
Icesteroids
Lave_Academy_OXP
LogEvents
MarketObserver
Randomshipnames_OXP
Realistic_Stars
Satellites
Snoopers
Tionisla_Orbital_Graveyard
Tionisla_Reporter
Total_patrol_OXP
Trophy_Collector
Welcome_Mat_OXP

Best of my works based on feedbacks:

Combat MFD
Gallery
ILS
Telescope
Towbar
ReverseControl
ShipVersion
TorusToSun

Nice OXPs since 2012:

Additional Planets
Aliens
Anarchies_Facelift
APRIL_OXP
Black_Monk_Monastery
Breakable_Life_Support_System
Bullet Drive
BuoyRepair
CustomShields
DeepSpacePirates
Distant_Suns
EnergyBomb
Escort_Contracts_OXP
Feudal_States
Friend_or_Foe
Galactic_Navy_Additions
GalTech_Escape_Pods
Hired_Guns_OXP
In-System_Market_Restore
In-System_Taxi
Market_Inquirer
New_Cargoes
NumericHUD
Ore_Processor
Planetfall_OXP
Planetary_Compass_OXP
PovrayPlanets_OXP
Quirium_Cascade_Mine_Detector
Random_Hits_OXP
Rescue Stations
ShieldCycler
Skilled_NPCs_OXP
Sonoran
Start_Choices
Stations_for_Extra_Planets
System_Features_Rings
Taxi_Galactica
Trident_Down
UPS_Courier
Vector_OXP
WildShips_OXP
Xeptatl's_Sword
ZygoCinematicSky&Nebulas

I like more than 300 OXPs in total so I made an OXP Collection. There are many small but good OXP what you probably missed if you do not read through the OXP List, I grouped these to match different player levels.

Enjoy!

Norby