User:Phkb

About phkb

phkb stands for "play hard, kick butt", to which there is a long and funny story - but not funny enough for this forum. phkb's real name is Nick Rogers, which is what he tends to call himself, rather than an unpronounceable acronym.

Nick first played Elite on the Commodore 64 in the late 80's, rising to the level of Deadly before his C64 was "borrowed" and then never returned. He discovered Oolite at around version 1.70, and has been playing quite a bit since.

Sometime after the release of 1.80 he decided to try his hand at writing his own components and customisations for the game. He now requires a constant supply of dark side cookies to feed his habit.

Nick is currently CEO of Xenon Industries, whose operating mantra is to "make it look good". He's flying a customised Python Class Cruiser around galaxy 6, reveling in the extra cargo space that ship provides, but is struggling to dock without scraping the paintwork.

phkb's OXPs

AutoDock (v1.0.1 downloaded 2897 times) gives players without a docking computer the ability to use computer-controlled docking systems at main stations for a small fee. For Oolite 1.82 and above.

BroadcastComms MFD provides a way of communicating with other ships during flight.

Comms Log MFD displays all communications received by the player in a scrollable multi-function display, as well as an interface screen that provides access to the communications log while docked.

Damage Report MFD lists all damaged equipment in a MFD, as well as providing an interface screen that can help locate the closest system where repairs can be carried out.

Death Comms (v1.4 downloaded 3959 times) attempts to add a bit of flavour to battles by sometimes having ships give a final comms message when they die.

Email System gives pilots an email interface, and they will start receiving emails from GalCop and other entities, confirming actions that have taken place.

Laser Mount Switching System (LMSS) enables multiple lasers to be installed at each mount point, and easily switch between them during flight.

Ship Respray gives player the opportunity to purchase a new paint job for their ship.

Smugglers - The Galactic Underworld broadens the appeal of illegal goods by making it far more variable, adds smuggling compartments, and a Black Market interface, and generally tries to shake up the cargo business.

The Station Dock Control simulates the arrivals and departures of a space station, and gives the player full view of most ships docked at a station. This OXP is in Beta at the moment.

Xenon HUD groups important gauges around the crosshairs, and uses custom crosshair images.

Xenon UI adds computer console-like backgrounds to all the various displays, plus new title screen theme music.

phkb has authored a couple of font OXP's, which you can find on the Oolite Fonts page.

phkb is also the maintainer of Flight Log OXP, Generation Ships, Ace's ships (the Cruzer, Hornet and Night Adder) and the Illegal Goods Tweak OXP.

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