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With a deep abiding loathing of grammatical infelicities and typographical misdeeds, Cholmondeley is slowly assaulting the pages of this Wikipedia in an attempt to bring serenity and grammatical glory to its contents.
  
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'''Cholmondeley''' (Pronunciation: IPAc-en ˈ tʃ ʌ m l i ''or'' CHUM-lee). See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti ''Ghoti'' is pronounced ''Fish'']
   
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''If you can replace any of my ghastly screenshots with a better, please do so!''
  
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With a deep abiding loathing of grammatical infelicities and typographical misdeeds, Cholmondeley is slowly assaulting the pages of this Wikipedia in an attempt to bring serenity and syntactical splendour to its contents.
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''If you can replace any of my ghastly screenshots with a better: please, please do so!''
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I should mention that both Montana05 and Cody have been very helpful in all this. As have Stranger, Redspear, User2375 & Hiran. I think that I would have to argue that Hiran has really helped me make major improvements to the functionality of this wiki - both with his databases and his enthusiasm. If I've forgotten ''your'' name, I grovel!
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The following lists incorporate various musings!
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== List of recommended OXZs/OXPs (2021) ==
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These are the ones I like! I'm not personally into lots of different ships.
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=== Vital ===
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There is a ''lot'' of information in Oolite. These vital OXPs help give you access to the information you need to play/enjoy the game
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*[[Addons for Beginners (Vital Statistics)]] will download the following
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:*[[Ship's Library]] (with ships manual)
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:*[[XenonUI]] (handy guide to the buttons on your astrogation console)
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:*[[Technical Reference Library]] identifies ships when you target them (just ships)
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:*[[GalCop Galactic Registry]] - guide to the galaxy you are in
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:*[[Market Observer]] - useful statistics for analysing the F8 markets page (with Market Ads at the bottom)
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:*[[Vimana HUD]] (flashes warnings for High Temperature, Low Altitude, Low Energy & Low Shields)
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:*[[HUD Selector]] - optional extra (for selecting HUDs)!
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You might also care to add [[The Galactic Almanac OXZ]] - a guide to everything in your current solar system - stations, planetary bodies, rock hermits, ''etc''. (not yet on the in-game [[Expansions Manager]]).
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=== Ambience ===
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''These help bring the universe around you to life:''
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*[[BGS]] & BGS Soundset: enhances docking/witchspace travel ''etc''
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*[[Communications Pack A]]: NPCs come to life
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*[[Death Comms]]: dying NPCs come to life!
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*[[Engine Sound]]
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*[[GNN]]: News about the universe
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*[[Home System]]: invest in a solar system and become famous there!
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*[[Randomshipnames OXP]]
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*[[Random Station Names]]
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''These give the solar systems a bit more variety''
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*[[Solar Flares]]
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*[[System Features Rings]]
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*[[System Features Sunspots]]
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''These add bits of Oolite lore''
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*[[Famous Planets]]: expanded descriptions for the F7 screen
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*[[Galaxy Names OXP]]: places galaxy name at top of F6 screen
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*[[Riredi OXP]]: gives Riredi system some colour
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*[[Tianve OXP]]: gives Tianve system a lot of colour
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*[[Tionisla Orbital Graveyard]], Monuments & Wrecks, Chronicle Array: bring Tionisla to life with a marvellous cemetery
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=== Dockables ===
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*[[Lave Academy]]: has training courses in combat, docking & ship-handling!
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*[[Superhub]]: adds variety - and an ''easy'' dock
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*[[Torus station]]: adds variety
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=== Equipment ===
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*Deep Horizon Advanced Navigation Computer: enhances witchspace travel
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*[[Email System]]:
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*[[Fast Target Selector OXP]]: helps target missiles
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*[[Fuel Tank]]: an emergency fuel tank in case of need (many others also available)
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*[[NavalGrid OXP|Naval Grid Next]]: another defensive OXP (buy it to strengthen shields)
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*[[Police IFF Scanner Upgrade]]: advance warning about (some) pirates
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*[[Repair Bots]]: fixes broken equipment in flight
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*[[SniperLock]]: for targeting lasers - vital if your aim is as lousy as mine!
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*[[Welcome Mat]] warning if the system is currently pirate or Thargoid infested!
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=== HUDs ===
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*[[Vimana HUD]] - vital warning systems if altitude/energy/shields are too low ''etc''.
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=== Mechanics ===
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*[[AutoRefuel]] in case you forget!
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*[[BlOomberg Markets]] creates market fluctuations which are announced on GNN news
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*[[Illegal Goods Tweak]] solves issues with rescuing slaves
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*[[ReverseControl|Reverse Y Control]] helps when navigating looking at the F2 aft viewscreen
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*[[Traffic Lights OXP]] helps docking - and puts a time-limit on the wait
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=== Miscellaneous ===
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*[[Equipment 'Sell Item' Color]]: helps make sense of long lists of F3 shipyard outfitting options
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*[[LogEvents]]: helps track down problems if you need to ask for help
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*[[Montanas Resource Pack 01]]: adds ambience
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=== Retextures ===
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*[[Normal and Specular+Gloss Maps for Oolite v1.88+|Oolite v1.88 Base Shipset Normal and Specular/Gloss Maps]]: better textures for ships ''etc'', taking advantage of the major graphics improvements.
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=== Systems ===
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These give these systems much individual colour. If you can handle it, add [[Anarchies]] too!
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*[[Commies]]
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*[[Dictators OXP]]
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*[[Feudal States]]
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=== Optional - for difficulties with Combat ===
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*[[Modern Start]]
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*[[Barrel Roll OXP]]
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*[[Paddling Pool]]
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*[[Vimana HUD|Vimana Ship Overrides]]
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=== Intermediate ===
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*[[SW Economy]]: a much more realistic (but complex) trading system
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*[[Anarchies]]: gives anarchies colour - but makes the game a little tougher
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*[[Liners]]: adds ambience
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*[[Deep Space Dredger]]: adds ambience
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Look at [[Career Options]] for more tips if you favour a mining/piracy/courier ''etc'' career
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=== Advanced ===
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These all add a layer of realism to the universe - but increase the complexity of play.
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*[[Diplomancy OXP]]: visas & taxes
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*[[Strangers World]]: a much more realistic universe, and a much more realistic mechanic for the way your ship works (suite of oxps).
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*[[Weapon Laws OXP]]: restrictions on buying weapons - buying your first beam/military laser now becomes an adventure in its own right!
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*[[New Cargoes]]: more complex trade options needing better knowledge of the universe
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*[[Skilled NPCs]]: beefs up pirate combat skills
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*[[Smugglers - The Galactic Underworld]]: more import/export bans & smuggling to circumvent them
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== Some of the ''New'' Wiki pages ==
  
== Some of the ''New'' Wiki pages ==
   
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=== In-game equipment ===
  
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*[[Language]] tips and links for non-fluent English speakers
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*[[Torus Drive]] felt this was very much needed (I spent about a month with Shaky Drive .oxp installed - thanks to Norby's combination packs - and could not work out why I was not flying normally! - scoured the wiki, found nothing). This led to a reworking of the Equipment pages (originally for FFE) and the adding of Standard Equipment and a taster of .oxp equipment to what was previously just standard optional equiment.
 
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*[[Vimana HUD]]: wanted to raise awareness of an inspiring HUD
  
   
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*[[Expansions Manager]] born through not finding a guide to what the colours meant - and utter failure to use the '''x''' button for extraction.
  
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=== Game-play ===
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*[[Vanilla game]]
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*[[Expansions Manager]] born through not finding a guide to what the colours meant - combined with utter failure to use the '''x''' button for extraction.
 
*[[Tutorial]] to list the various lessons and re-iterate the method of stepping through it
  
*[[Tutorial]] to list the various lessons and re-iterate the method of stepping through it
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*Help pages: [[Priming Equipment]] (How to), [[Trade (Oolite)]], [[Trade (Classic Elite)]], [[Trade (FE2/FFE)]], [[Dumping Cargo]]
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*[[Witchpoint]]
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*[[Maps]], [[The Great Rift]]
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*[[Technology level]], [[Light Mach]], [[Aegis]]
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*[[Cheating]], [[Über]], [[Puzzles]]
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=== In-game equipment ===
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*[[Torus Drive]] felt this was very much needed (I spent about a month with Shaky Drive .oxp installed - thanks to Norby's combination packs - and could not work out why I was not flying normally! - scoured the wiki, found ''nothing''). This led to a reworking of the Equipment pages (originally for FFE) and the adding of '''Standard Equipment''' to both the page and the template. Also added a taster of .oxp equipment to what was previously just standard optional equipment.
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:Also added [[Altimeter]], [[Astrogation Console]], [[Cargo Hold]], [[Compass]], [[Engine]], [[Hyperspace Drive]], [[Life Support Systems]], [[Shields]], [[Ship's Hull]] & [[View Screen]]. No others left to do (unless I find some!)
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:New pages for F3, F5, F6, F7 & F8 pages
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*[[Decal]]
   
 
=== Out-game equipment ===
  
=== Out-game equipment ===
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*[[Buttonboxes]] raising awareness of putative Astrogation Boards!
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*[[Buttonboxes]] raising awareness of putative real-life Astrogation Boards!
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*[[Joysticks and Gamepads‎‎]] rehabilitated from an indirect - and with vital information about Precision Flying on it previously buried in the BB, linked to Linux page, Dizzy's page (& the Mac Thrustmaster Harness).
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*[[Joysticks and Gamepads‎‎]] rehabilitated from an indirect - and now with vital information about Precision Flying on it previously buried in the BB - linked to Linux page, Dizzy's page (& the Mac Thrustmaster Harness).
 
*[[Joysticks: Guide to Setting Up‎‎]] with a small selection of examples
  
*[[Joysticks: Guide to Setting Up‎‎]] with a small selection of examples
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*[[Keyboard Issues]]
   
 
=== OXPs ===
  
=== OXPs ===
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*[[Diplomancy OXP]]
  
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*[[OXZ List]] - redirect to http://www.oolite.org/oxps/
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*[[Her Imperial Majesty's Space Navy]]
  
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*New: ''eg'' [[Diplomancy OXP]], [[BPlanets]], [[Target System Plugins]], [[FPO Lave]] & [[FPO Zaonce]],
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*[[Ship's Library OXP]] with much detail about the excellent '''Ship's Manual''' and the [[Extracts from the Tre Clan]]: ditto
  
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*Old: ''eg'' [[Extra Thargoids]], [[Zieman's Habitat Orbital Station‎‎]], [[Shaky Drive]], [[Galaxy Names OXP]], [[Distant Realms]], [[NPC equipment damage OXP]], [[Ebortsa's lucky charm]], [[Antient Aliens]]
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*The [[Strangers World]] OXPs
  
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*Mouldy: ''eg'' [[Her Imperial Majesty's Space Navy]], [[Monument]], [[BioSphere station]], [[RS]]
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*[[Ship's Library OXP]] with much detail about the excellent '''Ship's Manual''' and the [[Extracts from the Tre Clan]]
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*The [[Strangers World]] OXPs (almost all) - and also a page on [[Solar Wind Flux]] to explain it.
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*[[User:Redspear|Redspear]]'s OXPs (some)
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*[[Mining IFF Scanner Upgrade]] - first OXP I've come across written by a woman!
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*[[Vimana HUD]]: wanted to raise awareness of an inspiring HUD
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*[[MFD]] with the missing MFD OXZs from the wiki
   
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*[[How to tweak OXZ's]] - started - needs an expert to go over it.
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*[[How to tweak OXZ's]] - started - needs an expert to go over it
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*[[Guide to Ambience OXPs]] - started
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*[[Guide to Ambience OXPs]] - mostly finished, unsure how to complete. But I think it now does what it should.
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*[[Guide to Unlisted OXPs]] - started - I've unearthed a handful in my digging
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*[[Guide to Unlisted OXPs]] - I've unearthed over 150 or so in my digging
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*[[Guide to Accuracy OXPs]] - contrasting the "missile locks" with the "laser locks"
   
 
=== People ===
  
=== People ===
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*[[User:Dybal]] - wanted to encourage the chap but very worried that I may have trodden on his corns instead!
  
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*[[User:Another_commander]] - see his superb essay about Oolite ''vs'' Elite combat
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*[[User:Astrobe]] - lots of recent OXZs not on this wiki
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*[[User:Captain Beatnik]] - lovely HUDs, ships - and Riredi orbital station is a must see!
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*[[User:ClymAngus]] - beautiful maps, fiction, aids for playing, and some ship OXPs - Cadaceus has a rather different philosophy behind it!
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*[[User:Diziet Sma]] - gave a lot to the community over the years
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*[[User:Dybal]] - wanted to encourage the chap but he left!
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*[[User:Gsagostinho]] - what an incredibly talented chap!
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*[[Jannah Berihn]] - her famous blueprints
 
*[[User:P.A. Groove‎]] with links to his music & films
  
*[[User:P.A. Groove‎]] with links to his music & films
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*[[User:Redspear]] & [[Weapon Laws OXP]]: felt this was needed. Lots of fascinating stuff but virtually nothing on wiki
  
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*[[User:Ramirez]] - with links to the archived version of his archive - seminal OXPs which have been kept updated
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*[[User:Redspear]] & [[Weapon Laws OXP]]: felt this was needed. Lots of fascinating & useful stuff but virtually nothing on wiki
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*[[User:Rorschachhamster]] of [[Satellites]] fame
 
*[[User:Stranger]] & some of his OXPs: felt need to raise awareness: virtually nothing on wiki
  
*[[User:Stranger]] & some of his OXPs: felt need to raise awareness: virtually nothing on wiki
 
*[[User:Uk Eliter]] & [[Fer-de-Lance 3G OXP]] - Put his excellent promotional material on wiki: learned ''use of tables''!
  
*[[User:Uk Eliter]] & [[Fer-de-Lance 3G OXP]] - Put his excellent promotional material on wiki: learned ''use of tables''!
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*[[User:Zieman]]
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And all the Developers for whom I could work out what they did!
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Some of the above I find quite admirable. Another_commander is very modest and has done so much for both our little community, and for the game. Our artists (of whatever bent) have had some truly inspirational ideas (Clym Angus, GS Agostinho, PA Groove). Stranger's work is just truly awesome. And then there are those I've not mentioned. And a lot of the work I'm unable to appreciate - such as that on ships for example. I really must mention phkb, too. Again, very modest. In the past year since I joined, he's been working away updating other departed authors' oxp's, as well as devising his own. When you look at his own, they are very unassuming (like him). And, like him, they make a massive difference to the game. I first noticed his common-sense oxp's (maintenance on demand, making planets look like their descriptions, e-mail system, XenonUI, liners markets, red fonts for "selling" items in the shipyard, ''etc''. But then he came out with his GalCop Galactic Registry and I discovered his GalCop Missions, Home System, Boradcast Comms, Smugglers...). He has added an entire new dimension to the game. Just look at the equipment he has created for GalCop Missions: Cargo Stopper, Ejection Damper, Range Finder, Seismic Resonance Scanner, Solar Activity Scanner, Mass Passenger Transport Module ... And then look at his Ship Configuration.oxp! And of course, his experiments: Pirate Player, Hermitage... Just Brilliant!
   
 
=== Lore ===
  
=== Lore ===
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*[[Lore]], [[History]], [[Law]], [[Economics]], [[Species]], [[The Eight]]
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*[[Lore]], [[History]], [[Time]], [[Law]], [[Economics]], [[Species]]
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*[[The Space Traders Flight Training Manual‎‎]]
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*[[Geography]], [[The Eight]], [[Distance (Oolite)]]
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*[[Slang]], [[Vanilla game]]
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*[[Religion]], [[‎Church of Giles the Creator]] with some theology, applied theology & eschatology.
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*[[Amnesty InterGalactic]], [[Edible Poets]]
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*[[Tibecea (Rough Guide)‎‎]] ''learned use of templates'' & added the various ship pages for the Rough Guide from the BB threads.
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*[[The Space Traders Flight Training Manual‎‎]], [[Oolite Literature]]
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*[[Combat Manoeuvers]],
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*[[Obnoxicorp]], [[Murgh Shipyards]], [[Zorgon Petterson Group]], [[Marine Trench Co.]], [[Aegidian Industries]], [[Lance & Ferman]]
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*[[Slang]], [[Sports]]
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*[[The Great Rift]]
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*Finally added in Captain Hesperus's [[Dicky-Bow Run‎]] which had been languishing in the back of our BB for 14 years!
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=== Talking about Oolite ===
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*[[Handwavium]]
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*[[Roll vs Yaw crusades]]
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*[[Galaxy Seeds]]
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*[[Oolite 2.0 or II]]
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=== Structure of this wiki ===
  
=== Structure of this wiki ===
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*'''Redirect pages''' for ANA, STE, MTS ''etc''.
  
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*With Hiran's help, new pages/redirects for all unlisted OXZ's in the Expansions Manager (zillions of the blighters!)
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*New categories: Lore & Stranger's World
  
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*'''Redirect pages''' for ANA, STE, MTS ''etc''. Also for most equipment listed in Hiran's invaluable [[Index of artefacts]]
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*Collecting the various Help pages and linking them together
  
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*New categories: Lore, Stranger's World, Racing, Classic Elites, Classic Ships, Lasers, Missiles & Bombs, Legacy Scripting, Concepts, Help pages
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*Collecting the various Help pages and linking them together with a new head page: [[How do I ...]].
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=== History of this wiki ===
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*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3693 Wiki and OXPs redux] (2007)
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*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2887 Oolite Wiki] (2007)
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=== The Dark Side ===
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*[[The Dark Side]]
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*[[Legacy Scripting]]
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*[[Brilliant but broken...‎‎]] guide to brilliant oxp's which need work...
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== Major Edits ==
  
== Major Edits ==
   
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=== Sorting out messes ===
 
*Adding links & lists of relevant OXPs to [[Hyperspace]]/[[Quirium]]/[[Witch Fuel Injectors]] ''etc''
  
*Adding links & lists of relevant OXPs to [[Hyperspace]]/[[Quirium]]/[[Witch Fuel Injectors]] ''etc''
 
*Sorting out the various [[Rock Hermit (Oolite)]] pages and their OXPs
  
*Sorting out the various [[Rock Hermit (Oolite)]] pages and their OXPs
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*Sorting out the ghastly [[Lave]] & [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20684 Tionisla] messes with lavish linking
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*Sorting out the ghastly [[Lave]] & [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20684 Tionisla] messes with lashes of lavish linking
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*More links for the [[Career Options]] page
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*Sorted out the [[Ascension]] - [[Sector1/Sori‎‎]] mess. Also referenced Ascension in [[Weapon Laws OXP]] for those using it.
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*More links for the [[Powers and Organisations‎‎]] page
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*Tried to sort out the muddle with 4/5 different library pages (library.oxp, cim's ship's library, spara's technical library, etc.) by adding a disambiguation section at the top of the most confusing pages: [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20830 BB beg].
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*Tidied up the [[OXP List‎]] page, reducing entry sizes to just the one line on my screen (11 inch?), and sorted out the Ship's Library oxps.
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*Tidied up the [[OXPList‎]] page, reducing entry sizes to just the one line on my screen (11 inch?), and sorted out the Ship's Library oxps.
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*Added in gubbins on the History of [[Oolite]]
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*Sorted out all but the gnat's link on [[Complete Ship List]]
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*Lore: rejigs of [[The Dark Wheel]] & [[Robert Holdstock]]
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*Linked all the various Thargoid OXPs together.
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*Links for downloading older versions of [[Oolite]]
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*Linked the various fuel tank OXPs together to enable comparison.
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*Trying to raise awareness of [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17603 SOTL] and [[Strangers World]].
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*Tried to make sense of the Racing pages [[Zorg Racing]], [[Ring Racer OXP]] ''et al''.
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*Linking together the disparate pages on systems/planets: the Oolite Planet List family with the Galaxy Guide family with the new pages on The Eight & Maps
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=== People matter ===
 
*Lots of work on [[User:Cim]] with links to the fascinating debates on the development of v1.80 & v.1.82
  
*Lots of work on [[User:Cim]] with links to the fascinating debates on the development of v1.80 & v.1.82
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*Ditto for [[User:Ahruman]]
 
*Editing various user pages and then pm-ing the people in a desperate attempt to draw them back. People are ''important'' and deserve recognition for the things they do right. I'm fed up with only ever blaming people for things they do wrong.
  
*Editing various user pages and then pm-ing the people in a desperate attempt to draw them back. People are ''important'' and deserve recognition for the things they do right. I'm fed up with only ever blaming people for things they do wrong.
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*Sorted out the [[Ascension]] [[Sector1/Sori‎‎]] mess. Also referenced Ascension in [[Weapon Laws OXP]] for those using it.
  
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*In the handful of cases where I've been able to contribute meaningfully to the various [[Frontier]] pages, I've done so too.
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*Tried to sort out the muddle with 4/5 different library pages (library.oxp, cim's ship's library, spara's technical library, etc.) by adding a disambiguation section at the top of the most confusing pages: [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20830 BB beg].
  
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*Adding in a little historical context and links to the [[Realistic Shipyards]] page
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*[[Snark]] was fun.
  
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*Listed Cody's fiction
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=== Unearthing treasures ===
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*Trying to raise awareness of [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17603 SOTL] and [[Strangers World]], so bunged in links right, left and centre!
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*Ditto with [[User:Redspear]]'s work
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*Links for downloading older versions of [[Oolite]]
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*[[Snark]] was fun. Montana05 was very helpful.
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*[[Passenger Coms]] [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3N9liG_EW8EMmN4MlhYQUx2Zlk/edit Passenger Coms] v0.5 by BryonArn (2014) - see [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=224131#p224131 here]: talking to your passengers! This was later included by Phkb in his [[Enhanced Passenger Contracts]].
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*[[Tetiri Planet Ring]] [[Sector5/Tetiri‎‎|Tetiri Planet Ring]]: artificial ring for Tetiri (2011-14) devised by [[User:P.A. Groove‎‎|P.A. Groove‎‎]] & [[User:Thargoid|Thargoid]].
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* Gsagostinho's station experiments [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18977 here]. (2017, unfinished, see picture at bottom of page).
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=== Lore ===
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*Rejigs of [[The Dark Wheel]] & [[Robert Holdstock]]
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*Rejig of [[GalCop]] & [[Oolite timeline]]
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*Rough Guide: [[Isence (Rough Guide)‎‎]], [[Qutiri (Rough Guide)]] and [[Zarece (Rough Guide)‎‎]]: built up the stubs; added to the [[Sector1/Digebiti]] page
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*More links for the [[Powers and Organisations‎‎]] page
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*Building up the Systems pages: Copied much of the planet-specific gubbins from the [[Powers and Organisations‎‎]] page and detailed ship histories onto the relevant planets pages.
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*Linking the better fiction to relevant pages in the wiki (''eg'' [[Species]]).
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*Added in gubbins on the history of the development of the game of [[Oolite]]
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*Fixed the ghastly travesty of the stubbish-status of the [[Royal Hunting Lodge]] and of [[Sector1/Digebiti]]
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=== Help pages ===
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*Links for the various Help pages (some of which have hopefully been thus rescued from utter obscurity)
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*Fleshed out [[Milkrun]] with sample routes and maps - also [[Short Range Chart‎]]
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*More links for the [[Career Options]] page
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=== Style ===
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*Replacing cr./cr/credits with ₢ (Dybal did it first!).
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== To do ==
  
== To do ==
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=== General Guide ===
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Guides to all the GUIs (if that is what these things are!)
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:[[F1 page (launch)]]
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::[[F1 page (forwards view)]]
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:[[F2 page (commander "jameson" options)]]
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::[[F2 page (aft view)]]
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:[[F3 page (ship outfitting)]]
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::[[F3F3 page (Dockyard ships for sale)]]
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::[[F3 page (left/port/larboard view)]]
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:[[F4 page (ship and system interfaces)]]
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::[[F4 page (right/starboard view)]]
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:[[F5 page (commander "jameson": details)]]
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::[[F5F5 page (ship's manifest)]]
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:[[F6 page (galactic chart "1")]]
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::[[F6F6 page (long range chart)]]
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:[[F7 page (data on "system")]]
  +
:[[F8 page (commodity market)]]
  +
::[[F8F8 page (commodity "item" information)]]
   
−
*Finish Stranger's oxp pages (almost there!)
  
  +
=== OXP programming pages ===
−
*Do Redspear's oxp pages
  
  +
I find these almost entirely incomprehensible. If I ever learn enough I would like to make them more accessible to the uninitiated. Aegidian wanted to teach people how to programme via Oolite. I wonder if the introduction of both Javascript and of the OXZ format has defeated that ambition.
   
−
*Go over ship's basic equipment [[Oolite Equipment|pages]] with new pages for installed stuff (like the Torus Drive) and with links to relevant .oxp's (started)
  
  +
=== Hiranical ===
−
*Do a [[Keyboard]]s page if I ever get enough information: [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273248#p273248 French keyboard keys troubleshooting] & [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273271#p273271 Nordic Keyboard]
  
  +
''This might be more than I can cope with!''
  +
:Humph! Now mostly done!!
  +
*Links for all names/terms appearing on "GUI" screens
   
−
*Enliven the [[Sector1/Digebiti]] page
  
  +
=== Pre-Hiranical ===
  +
*Finish Redspear's oxp pages (where he has rejigged everything several times and one can't work out what is what anymore!)
  +
  +
''Also'' swapping roll vs yaw. Could do with an OXP?
  +
  +
*Enliven the [[Sector1/Digebiti]] page (mostly done).
  +
  +
*[[First Finance]] [[Media:First Finance 0.3.0 beta.oxz | First Finance]] (downloaded {{#downloads:First Finance 0.3.0 beta.oxz}} times) by Ocz: [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17937 Beginning the game with a loan to pay off] - the loan! (2014)
  +
* [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16819 In-System Traders] by [[User:Spara|Spara]] (2014) adds in-system traders to a system with such stations (''eg'' other planets with stations).
  +
* [[Media:Loan Repayment 0.2.0 alpha.oxz | Loan Repayment]] (downloaded {{#downloads:Loan Repayment 0.2.0 alpha.oxz}} times) - the lenders! by Ocz as above (2014)
  +
* '''Risky Business.oxz''' (Phkb's collection below, 2020) aims to make Multi-Gov, Feudal and Anarchy systems more rewarding for traders, by tweaking prices on a few goods. Goods that are already over the average could be increased. Goods that are below the average could be reduced. Not all goods will be impacted at all locations.
   
 
*Finish incorporating [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16337 programming tweaks] from the BB onto the pages of relevant OXPs. (major project). Just a handful so far: [[Laser Booster OXP‎‎]], [[Commanders Log OXP‎‎]], [[Deep Space Dredger‎]] & [[Commies‎]].
 
*Finish incorporating [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16337 programming tweaks] from the BB onto the pages of relevant OXPs. (major project). Just a handful so far: [[Laser Booster OXP‎‎]], [[Commanders Log OXP‎‎]], [[Deep Space Dredger‎]] & [[Commies‎]].
−
*Update [OXPList] with OXZs from [http://www.oolite.org/oxps/ Expansion Packs list]
  
  +
*Extract lore from The Dark Wheel and incorporate into wiki pages
−
*Extract lore from The Dark Wheel ''etc'' and incorporate into wiki pages
  
  +
  +
=== WIP pages ===
  +
*Unfinished WIP pages (under construction)
  +
:[[Immersion]]
  +
:[[Realism]]
  +
:[[License]]
   
 
*[[User:Snork/to-do-list]] look over
  
*[[User:Snork/to-do-list]] look over
Line 84: Line 303:
 
*[[User:Tricky]] look over
  
*[[User:Tricky]] look over
 
*[[User:Zireael]] look over
  
*[[User:Zireael]] look over
  +
  +
== Musings ==
  +
*I think that the MFD in Ship's Library should be free to encourage in-flight use of the Ship's Manual
  +
*I think there should be a variant of [[Illegal Goods Tweak]] focusing more on the ethical than the legal - where you are not stopped by GalCop/Amnesty (as in the Vanilla game) but you can step forwards and free the slaves you bought/picked up.
  +
*It would be nice to get rid of those ghastly kilometres and use other units of measurement (miles, cavezzi, leagues, plethrons, versts ''etc'').
  +
*Does the AI recognise me when I return and carry on beating up on a pirate pack?
  +
*Apropos of Stranger's Roolite essay: some adventures or whatever giving purpose to various worlds. We have "anywhere" missions which fail to mark out places as special (eg. in RRS, Galactic Navy, GalCop Missions, Taxi Galactica, Random Hits... ).
  +
  +
The following call out for drama:
  +
::*Lave (Monument, Lave Academy, the moon, the planet)
  +
::*Tionisla (TOGY)
  +
::*Scandal-ridden Onrira (Obnoxicorp)
  +
::*Larais's industrial orange haze (what lies hidden there?).
  +
::*Tianve (Pulsar)
  +
::*The relationship between Lave and Zadies (both homes to significant bits of GalCop).
  +
::*Xexedi ''vs'' Laenin (home of the Comoonin) - and its three chums (Terea, Oresri & Xeoner)
  +
::*Ceesxe ''vs'' backwards Lave & Zadies
  +
::*Communist Vetitice & Inonri ''vs'' a local system
  +
::*Stuff about some of the more colourful famous planets (''eg'' Aesbion's invasion of Aronar).
  +
  +
Ideally one wants more than a mere mission. Something special which keeps one coming back, and marks out the system as special in some way.
  +
::*Special price for a commodity (New Cargoes - mission involves picking it up and then one returns with more of it)?
  +
::*Special servicing for some piece of equipment, which can only be done there?
  +
::*Something building on phkb's Home System or on Feudal States which gives one a stake on the planet. Politics (... Diplomancy).
  +
::*Romance?
  +
  +
== My oxp's ==
  +
*[[Addons for Beginners (Vital Statistics)]] - downloads useful oxp's for knowing what's what! On the Expansions manager
  +
*[[Lore Collection (Classic Elite)]] = downloads oxp's to recreate the world of Classic Elite's lore (rather than just that of the game code)
  +
  +
=== Tweaks to other oxp's ===
  +
*[[Broadcast Comms - Digebiti Variations]] - the real work was all done by Phkb! On the Expansions manager
  +
*Updates & corrections to the [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=278849#p278849 Famous Planets planetinfo.plist] - you need to tweak!
  +
  +
== OXP HowTo ==
  +
*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20937 Spara's intro to '''Dockable.oxp's'''] (2021) Override .oxp's, using the Debug Console, moving a station, fixing the market, issues with brackets.
  +
*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=277713#p277713 Phkb's intro to '''Mission.oxp's'''] (2021) This and following posts explain player choices, story-line plots, timers, world events ''etc''.
  +
*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21157 LittleBear's into to GNN Broadcasts & bar conversations] (2022)
   
 
== Links ==
  
== Links ==
−
* Alternative Galaxies for Oolite: [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12049 Galaxy seeds and system properties] 2012 thread
 +
* Alternative Galaxies for Oolite: [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12049 Galaxy seeds and system properties] 2012 thread; [https://github.com/thepleiadian OoniverseRepopulation] 2017 attempt.
  +
=== Fascinating threads ===
  +
*See the threads listed here: [[User:Cim]]
  +
*[http://www.bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?t=18097 The pain of flying an Andromeda...or any other big ship!] - see discussions on Trade/Economics
  +
*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3925 Wishes for Oolite's development] (Wolfspirit 2007) thread with several of his posts
  +
  +
=== Attempts to elicit a response ===
  +
*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21083 Stranger's Roolite Essay]
  +
*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20964 OXPs - Strategic thinking!]
  +
*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20904 Government Types (anarchy/corporate state etc)]
  +
  +
=== Other Links ===
  +
* [https://pioneerspacesim.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=596 Sunless Skies] - I came across this on the Pioneer BB. Very suggestive - I do like the interactions while docked and it would be super to have something similar in Oolite. Also to be able to build up the persona of one's in-game avatar in someway.
  +
 
* '''Quote''': ... Oolite is not "just a shooter" game. But it would be very interesting someday to see what it could be like if even half of the attention and effort that has gone into the combat related functions was expended on the economic and cultural possibilities [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=152334#p152334 Ganelon]
  
* '''Quote''': ... Oolite is not "just a shooter" game. But it would be very interesting someday to see what it could be like if even half of the attention and effort that has gone into the combat related functions was expended on the economic and cultural possibilities [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=152334#p152334 Ganelon]
 
* '''Inspiration''': [https://www.youtube.com/user/FatherJohnDane A man I would be honoured to meet]
  
* '''Inspiration''': [https://www.youtube.com/user/FatherJohnDane A man I would be honoured to meet]

Latest revision as of 10:09, 7 January 2022

Appointment new-flash (courtesy of Cody)

Cholmondeley (Pronunciation: IPAc-en ˈ tʃ ʌ m l i or CHUM-lee). See Ghoti is pronounced Fish

With a deep abiding loathing of grammatical infelicities and typographical misdeeds, Cholmondeley is slowly assaulting the pages of this Wikipedia in an attempt to bring serenity and syntactical splendour to its contents.

If you can replace any of my ghastly screenshots with a better: please, please do so!

I should mention that both Montana05 and Cody have been very helpful in all this. As have Stranger, Redspear, User2375 & Hiran. I think that I would have to argue that Hiran has really helped me make major improvements to the functionality of this wiki - both with his databases and his enthusiasm. If I've forgotten your name, I grovel!

The following lists incorporate various musings!

List of recommended OXZs/OXPs (2021)

These are the ones I like! I'm not personally into lots of different ships.

Vital

There is a lot of information in Oolite. These vital OXPs help give you access to the information you need to play/enjoy the game

You might also care to add The Galactic Almanac OXZ - a guide to everything in your current solar system - stations, planetary bodies, rock hermits, etc. (not yet on the in-game Expansions Manager).

Ambience

These help bring the universe around you to life:

These give the solar systems a bit more variety

These add bits of Oolite lore

Dockables

Equipment

HUDs

  • Vimana HUD - vital warning systems if altitude/energy/shields are too low etc.

Mechanics

Miscellaneous

Retextures

Systems

These give these systems much individual colour. If you can handle it, add Anarchies too!

Optional - for difficulties with Combat

Intermediate

Look at Career Options for more tips if you favour a mining/piracy/courier etc career

Advanced

These all add a layer of realism to the universe - but increase the complexity of play.

Some of the New Wiki pages

  • Language tips and links for non-fluent English speakers

Game-play

In-game equipment

  • Torus Drive felt this was very much needed (I spent about a month with Shaky Drive .oxp installed - thanks to Norby's combination packs - and could not work out why I was not flying normally! - scoured the wiki, found nothing). This led to a reworking of the Equipment pages (originally for FFE) and the adding of Standard Equipment to both the page and the template. Also added a taster of .oxp equipment to what was previously just standard optional equipment.
Also added Altimeter, Astrogation Console, Cargo Hold, Compass, Engine, Hyperspace Drive, Life Support Systems, Shields, Ship's Hull & View Screen. No others left to do (unless I find some!)
New pages for F3, F5, F6, F7 & F8 pages

Out-game equipment

OXPs

People

And all the Developers for whom I could work out what they did!

Some of the above I find quite admirable. Another_commander is very modest and has done so much for both our little community, and for the game. Our artists (of whatever bent) have had some truly inspirational ideas (Clym Angus, GS Agostinho, PA Groove). Stranger's work is just truly awesome. And then there are those I've not mentioned. And a lot of the work I'm unable to appreciate - such as that on ships for example. I really must mention phkb, too. Again, very modest. In the past year since I joined, he's been working away updating other departed authors' oxp's, as well as devising his own. When you look at his own, they are very unassuming (like him). And, like him, they make a massive difference to the game. I first noticed his common-sense oxp's (maintenance on demand, making planets look like their descriptions, e-mail system, XenonUI, liners markets, red fonts for "selling" items in the shipyard, etc. But then he came out with his GalCop Galactic Registry and I discovered his GalCop Missions, Home System, Boradcast Comms, Smugglers...). He has added an entire new dimension to the game. Just look at the equipment he has created for GalCop Missions: Cargo Stopper, Ejection Damper, Range Finder, Seismic Resonance Scanner, Solar Activity Scanner, Mass Passenger Transport Module ... And then look at his Ship Configuration.oxp! And of course, his experiments: Pirate Player, Hermitage... Just Brilliant!

Lore

Talking about Oolite


Structure of this wiki

  • With Hiran's help, new pages/redirects for all unlisted OXZ's in the Expansions Manager (zillions of the blighters!)
  • Redirect pages for ANA, STE, MTS etc. Also for most equipment listed in Hiran's invaluable Index of artefacts
  • New categories: Lore, Stranger's World, Racing, Classic Elites, Classic Ships, Lasers, Missiles & Bombs, Legacy Scripting, Concepts, Help pages
  • Collecting the various Help pages and linking them together with a new head page: How do I ....

History of this wiki

The Dark Side

Major Edits

Sorting out messes

  • Adding links & lists of relevant OXPs to Hyperspace/Quirium/Witch Fuel Injectors etc
  • Sorting out the various Rock Hermit (Oolite) pages and their OXPs
  • Sorting out the ghastly Lave & Tionisla messes with lashes of lavish linking
  • Sorted out the Ascension - Sector1/Sori‎‎ mess. Also referenced Ascension in Weapon Laws OXP for those using it.
  • Tried to sort out the muddle with 4/5 different library pages (library.oxp, cim's ship's library, spara's technical library, etc.) by adding a disambiguation section at the top of the most confusing pages: BB beg.
  • Tidied up the OXPList‎ page, reducing entry sizes to just the one line on my screen (11 inch?), and sorted out the Ship's Library oxps.
  • Sorted out all but the gnat's link on Complete Ship List
  • Linked all the various Thargoid OXPs together.
  • Linked the various fuel tank OXPs together to enable comparison.
  • Tried to make sense of the Racing pages Zorg Racing, Ring Racer OXP et al.
  • Linking together the disparate pages on systems/planets: the Oolite Planet List family with the Galaxy Guide family with the new pages on The Eight & Maps

People matter

  • Lots of work on User:Cim with links to the fascinating debates on the development of v1.80 & v.1.82
  • Ditto for User:Ahruman
  • Editing various user pages and then pm-ing the people in a desperate attempt to draw them back. People are important and deserve recognition for the things they do right. I'm fed up with only ever blaming people for things they do wrong.
  • In the handful of cases where I've been able to contribute meaningfully to the various Frontier pages, I've done so too.
  • Adding in a little historical context and links to the Realistic Shipyards page
  • Listed Cody's fiction

Unearthing treasures

  • Trying to raise awareness of SOTL and Strangers World, so bunged in links right, left and centre!
  • Ditto with User:Redspear's work
  • Links for downloading older versions of Oolite
  • Snark was fun. Montana05 was very helpful.

Lore

Help pages

  • Links for the various Help pages (some of which have hopefully been thus rescued from utter obscurity)
  • Fleshed out Milkrun with sample routes and maps - also Short Range Chart‎
  • More links for the Career Options page

Style

  • Replacing cr./cr/credits with ₢ (Dybal did it first!).

To do

General Guide

Guides to all the GUIs (if that is what these things are!)

F1 page (launch)
F1 page (forwards view)
F2 page (commander "jameson" options)
F2 page (aft view)
F3 page (ship outfitting)
F3F3 page (Dockyard ships for sale)
F3 page (left/port/larboard view)
F4 page (ship and system interfaces)
F4 page (right/starboard view)
F5 page (commander "jameson": details)
F5F5 page (ship's manifest)
F6 page (galactic chart "1")
F6F6 page (long range chart)
F7 page (data on "system")
F8 page (commodity market)
F8F8 page (commodity "item" information)

OXP programming pages

I find these almost entirely incomprehensible. If I ever learn enough I would like to make them more accessible to the uninitiated. Aegidian wanted to teach people how to programme via Oolite. I wonder if the introduction of both Javascript and of the OXZ format has defeated that ambition.

Hiranical

This might be more than I can cope with!

Humph! Now mostly done!!
  • Links for all names/terms appearing on "GUI" screens

Pre-Hiranical

  • Finish Redspear's oxp pages (where he has rejigged everything several times and one can't work out what is what anymore!)

Also swapping roll vs yaw. Could do with an OXP?

  • First Finance First Finance (downloaded 77 times) by Ocz: Beginning the game with a loan to pay off - the loan! (2014)
  • In-System Traders by Spara (2014) adds in-system traders to a system with such stations (eg other planets with stations).
  • Loan Repayment (downloaded 86 times) - the lenders! by Ocz as above (2014)
  • Risky Business.oxz (Phkb's collection below, 2020) aims to make Multi-Gov, Feudal and Anarchy systems more rewarding for traders, by tweaking prices on a few goods. Goods that are already over the average could be increased. Goods that are below the average could be reduced. Not all goods will be impacted at all locations.

WIP pages

  • Unfinished WIP pages (under construction)
Immersion
Realism
License

Musings

  • I think that the MFD in Ship's Library should be free to encourage in-flight use of the Ship's Manual
  • I think there should be a variant of Illegal Goods Tweak focusing more on the ethical than the legal - where you are not stopped by GalCop/Amnesty (as in the Vanilla game) but you can step forwards and free the slaves you bought/picked up.
  • It would be nice to get rid of those ghastly kilometres and use other units of measurement (miles, cavezzi, leagues, plethrons, versts etc).
  • Does the AI recognise me when I return and carry on beating up on a pirate pack?
  • Apropos of Stranger's Roolite essay: some adventures or whatever giving purpose to various worlds. We have "anywhere" missions which fail to mark out places as special (eg. in RRS, Galactic Navy, GalCop Missions, Taxi Galactica, Random Hits... ).

The following call out for drama:

  • Lave (Monument, Lave Academy, the moon, the planet)
  • Tionisla (TOGY)
  • Scandal-ridden Onrira (Obnoxicorp)
  • Larais's industrial orange haze (what lies hidden there?).
  • Tianve (Pulsar)
  • The relationship between Lave and Zadies (both homes to significant bits of GalCop).
  • Xexedi vs Laenin (home of the Comoonin) - and its three chums (Terea, Oresri & Xeoner)
  • Ceesxe vs backwards Lave & Zadies
  • Communist Vetitice & Inonri vs a local system
  • Stuff about some of the more colourful famous planets (eg Aesbion's invasion of Aronar).

Ideally one wants more than a mere mission. Something special which keeps one coming back, and marks out the system as special in some way.

  • Special price for a commodity (New Cargoes - mission involves picking it up and then one returns with more of it)?
  • Special servicing for some piece of equipment, which can only be done there?
  • Something building on phkb's Home System or on Feudal States which gives one a stake on the planet. Politics (... Diplomancy).
  • Romance?

My oxp's

Tweaks to other oxp's

OXP HowTo

Links

Fascinating threads

Attempts to elicit a response

Other Links

  • Sunless Skies - I came across this on the Pioneer BB. Very suggestive - I do like the interactions while docked and it would be super to have something similar in Oolite. Also to be able to build up the persona of one's in-game avatar in someway.
  • Quote: ... Oolite is not "just a shooter" game. But it would be very interesting someday to see what it could be like if even half of the attention and effort that has gone into the combat related functions was expended on the economic and cultural possibilities Ganelon
  • Inspiration: A man I would be honoured to meet
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