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===Background of this oxp=== |
===Background of this oxp=== |
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| − | The original Elite was written for slow computers |
+ | The original Elite was written for slow computers that could not cope with too much action. So ships were only added near the player's location. When the player left them behind they were removed from the system. (Player-centred game.) |
| − | Oolite was developed for much faster computers. With Oolite the system is populated first and than the player is put in the middle of it. That means there is also a lot of action in places the player can not see. But more ships still means more calculations so there was made a choice to only add ships at routes the player is likely to travel along. This is the spacelane: witchpoint --> main planet, and in a lesser extend: main planet --> sun. Outside these routes the space is quite empty. When you see ships outside these lanes they are usually added by an other oxp. DeepSpecePirates.oxp also adds ships outside the spacelanes, based on the players location, direction and speed. This way you can meet random ships everywhere in the universe. |
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| + | Oolite was developed for much faster computers. Initially the system is populated. Then the player is put in the middle of it. A lot of action happens in places the player cannot see. |
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| − | This brings realism into the behaviour of traders. In plain Oolite the area around the space lanes is free of piracy and it would be more logic when a trader would make a small detour to avoid lurking pirates in this situation. With this oxp trader behaviour makes more sense. There are also pirates outside the lanes. By travelling inside the lanes traders have a higher change of getting help from police or bounty hunters when attacked. Avoiding the space lanes becomes now dangerous for the trader or player. Most of the times the player still will manage to reach the station save when he avoid the crowded space lane, but there is no longer a guarantee this route is free of pirates. |
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| + | But more ships mean more calculations, so a choice was made to place ships along the routes a player is likely to travel (i.e., the space lanes: from the witch point beacon to the planet, and, to a lesser extent, from the planet to the sun.) Outside the lanes space is normally quite empty. (Ships spotted outside the lanes were probably added by some other OXP.) |
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| + | DeepSpacePirates.OXP was designed to add ships outside the space lanes--based on the player's location, direction and speed. Random ships can be encountered anywhere in the universe, bringing a realism to the player's experience. |
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| + | Without this OXP the area outside the space lanes is free of piracy. Players often make a small detour and leave the lanes to avoid lurking pirates within. |
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| + | This OXP makes travel within the lanes a better option by increasing the player's chance of getting assistance from GalCop (the police) and/or from bounty hunters who are only too willing to make a kill. Leaving the lanes is more like a short-cut through a dark alley: no more guarantees of a risk-free flight. |
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===Encounters=== |
===Encounters=== |
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Revision as of 08:26, 24 July 2008
Contents
Overview
This is just a basic oxp that increases the chance of an encounter with pirates outside the space lanes and in deep space. This is the area were the pirates start their career and do their combat practice. Some of these pirates still have a clean status as they never have been caught in the action by an official copper or never let a victim escape to report the crime.
Minimum version requirement Oolite 1.71
Background of this oxp
The original Elite was written for slow computers that could not cope with too much action. So ships were only added near the player's location. When the player left them behind they were removed from the system. (Player-centred game.)
Oolite was developed for much faster computers. Initially the system is populated. Then the player is put in the middle of it. A lot of action happens in places the player cannot see.
But more ships mean more calculations, so a choice was made to place ships along the routes a player is likely to travel (i.e., the space lanes: from the witch point beacon to the planet, and, to a lesser extent, from the planet to the sun.) Outside the lanes space is normally quite empty. (Ships spotted outside the lanes were probably added by some other OXP.)
DeepSpacePirates.OXP was designed to add ships outside the space lanes--based on the player's location, direction and speed. Random ships can be encountered anywhere in the universe, bringing a realism to the player's experience.
Without this OXP the area outside the space lanes is free of piracy. Players often make a small detour and leave the lanes to avoid lurking pirates within.
This OXP makes travel within the lanes a better option by increasing the player's chance of getting assistance from GalCop (the police) and/or from bounty hunters who are only too willing to make a kill. Leaving the lanes is more like a short-cut through a dark alley: no more guarantees of a risk-free flight.
Encounters
Currently it adds pirates and asteroids. Frequency of adding depends on government type and distance to the spacelane. The chance of adding is much higher just outside the lanes than in deep space.
Download Link
Update Notes
The version posted on the Wiki is the latest version of this OXP. Version 0.16
Installing and Playing
To play the OXP, unzip the download file. This will create a folder named "Missile Analysor". Open this folder and you will see a folder named "Missile Analysor.oxp" and a readme. Move the Missile Analysor.oxp folder to AddOns. As with all OXPs, its the folder ending .oxp that you need to put in Oolite's AddOns folder, otherwise Oolite will not read it.
