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* Download the OXZ (listed under ''Equipment'' in the Expansions Manager). |
* Download the OXZ (listed under ''Equipment'' in the Expansions Manager). |
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* You get access to the books in your library when you are docked - Try the '''F4''' interface and look towards the end of the list under '''Ship Systems'''. Note that your library does not give you comparisons of Spacecraft & Orbital Stations - for that you need '''View Ship Specifications''', which is called the ''Ship Library'' when you are inside it! |
* You get access to the books in your library when you are docked - Try the '''F4''' interface and look towards the end of the list under '''Ship Systems'''. Note that your library does not give you comparisons of Spacecraft & Orbital Stations - for that you need '''View Ship Specifications''', which is called the ''Ship Library'' when you are inside it! |
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− | * You can also buy an in-flight reader for 200₢. This will provide an [[MFD]] |
+ | * You can also buy an in-flight reader for 200₢. This will provide an MFD. It will need priming with the n/b keys to allow you to scroll through your books (see [[Priming Equipment]]). Note that even the [[Vanilla game]] HUD supports 2 MFDs. See [[MFD]] for details on managing them (using the :/; keys). Your MFD might not show all the illustrations. But only the Ship's Manual has any, the other books don't. |
The Library comes with your '''Ship's Manual''': |
The Library comes with your '''Ship's Manual''': |
Revision as of 13:51, 16 June 2021
Disambiguation: Oolite abounds with libraries!
Are you looking for 1 A Library in the programmer's sense: reusable code that people writing OXPs can use. That is to say instead of everyone writing a javascript method to land on a planet, one person does so and everyone else uses that: •Library.oxp •Cabal Common Library.oxp 2 A library of books or of ship/station descriptions: •Ship Library on the starting game screen - descriptions of ships, stations, asteroids and missiles mostly from the Vanilla game •View Ship Specifications - as above, but on the F4/4 Ship-Station Interface screen when docked •Gallery OXP does something similar to the above but with all encountered items •Technical Reference Library OXP - similar to Gallery but includes non-encountered ships. •Ship's Library OXP: by Cim (with the Ship's Manual; a half-dozen library books are addable)- see below on this page The last four are accessed through the F4/4 Ship-Station Interface screen when docked - all under Ship Systems
The Ship's Library OXP was devised by Oolite's last Lead Developer Cim who also wrote a couple of books for it!
Overview
- Download the OXZ (listed under Equipment in the Expansions Manager).
- You get access to the books in your library when you are docked - Try the F4 interface and look towards the end of the list under Ship Systems. Note that your library does not give you comparisons of Spacecraft & Orbital Stations - for that you need View Ship Specifications, which is called the Ship Library when you are inside it!
- You can also buy an in-flight reader for 200₢. This will provide an MFD. It will need priming with the n/b keys to allow you to scroll through your books (see Priming Equipment). Note that even the Vanilla game HUD supports 2 MFDs. See MFD for details on managing them (using the :/; keys). Your MFD might not show all the illustrations. But only the Ship's Manual has any, the other books don't.
The Library comes with your Ship's Manual:
Ship's Manual Contents
- Tip of the Day (varies!)
Ship controls and information displays
- Ship Systems Controls
- Station Systems Controls
- Standard In-flight Controls
Ship equipment, both standard and optional
- Standard Equipment
- Trading Equipment
- Combat Equipment
- Extra Equipment
A brief introduction to life in space
- Galactic Cooperative
- Interactions with other pilots
- Planetary Governments
- Planetary Economics
- Species of the Cooperative
- Thargoids
- History
A guide to Ship Identification and capabilities
Thanks
Supplementary Volumes
You can also download (via the in-game Expansions Manager: also under Equipment) the following volumes:
- Captain Solo's Good Fortune by Captain Solo himself!
- Extracts from the Tre Clan Addresses on Interplanetary Life: lectures on the nomadic life of a space-farer (also by Cim).
- Ship's Library Book - Status Quo: Volume 1 of Drew Wagar's series
- Ship's Library Book - Mutabilis: Volume 2 of Drew Wagar's series
- The Traders Almanach link is here: this is an oxp (not an oxz), but is full of advice on what to trade between 90 or so planets in Galaxy 1!
Links
- See the bulletin board discussion here (2013+)
Tweaks
- How to make the MFD free: See Phkb's Tweak here (2021)
You may wish to consult How to tweak OXZ's
Gameplay and Balance indicator
Cim's Ship's Manual is top-notch. Lots of valuable game information. And his Extracts from the Tre Clan are also well worth reading. Tweak the OXP to make the MFD free and read en-route from witchpoint beacon to planet!