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. If you absolutely have to have a pronunciation, then he would suggest adding an "i" and "o" to make it "pihkob", PIH-kob.

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 can be spotted in various locations in G7, piloting a (now) slightly used Yasen-N, but still seems to spend a lot of time writing expansion packs.

phkb's OXPs

You can download all these OXP's via the download manager within Oolite itself. Or you can download them from here. It's up to you!

Category	Description of OXP	Gameplay Balance	Download count	Min Oolite version
Equipment	AutoDock gives players without a docking computer the ability to use computer-controlled docking systems at main stations for a small fee.	green	2897	1.82
Miscellaneous	Auto-prime equipment helps pilots manage connections between MFD's and primable equipment items by auto-priming the equipment whenever the MFD is changed or selected.	green	197	1.86
Mechanics	Bounty System changes the way bounties are stored and processed, making the bounty system a bit deeper and richer.	orange	2617	1.82
HUDs	BroadcastComms MFD provides a way of communicating with other ships during flight.	green	6129	1.80
Equipment	Bulk Cargo Processor provides a way to quickly dump or destroy cargo in your hold during flight.	green	597	1.82
Miscellaneous	Bulletin Board Contracts moves all the cargo, passengers and parcel contracts onto the Bulletin Board, instead of having three different F4 interface screens. Smuggling contracts from the Smugglers OXP are also moved onto the Bulletin Board. Can optionally include Escort Contracts, Rescue Station missions, Random Hits contracts, In-System Taxi contracts and Mining Contracts.	green	1256	1.84
Miscellaneous	Bulletin Board System is a utility designed to help OXP authors add custom missions to the Oolite universe.	green	3813	1.82
HUDs	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.	green	11516	1.80
Miscellaneous	Compressed F7 Layout compresses all the information on the F7 screen, removing all the blank lines, as well as moving data from Distant Suns and Explorers Club into the top part of the screen. Requires the System Data Config OXP.	green	206	1.86
HUDs	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.	green	3775	1.82
Ambience	Death Comms attempts to add a bit of flavour to battles by sometimes having ships give a final comms message when they die.	green	3959	1.80
Mechanics	Display Current Course displays your current course on contract detail screens (and most other mission screens that display a long range chart), enabling the player to see if their current course is similar to the proposed course.	blue	2490	1.80
Equipment	Email System gives pilots an email interface, and they will start receiving emails from GalCop and other entities, confirming actions that have taken place.	green	13666	1.80
Miscellaneous	Equipment Remove Item Color changes the color of equipment items described as "Remove", to make them stand out from standard equipment items.	green	246	1.86
Mechanics	Escape Pod Tweaks changes the way escape pods are processed to make it more logical.	green	272	1.86
Equipment	Fast Target Selector helps pilots target ships on their scanner quickly and easily, and also highlights the current target on the scanner.	blue	3400	1.80
Mechanics	Fuel Tweaks attempts to make fuel scooping a more desirable pastime by adding Quirium Fuel as a new commodity, and by providing functions and controls to change the way fuel is handled at stations.	orange	671	1.82
Ambience	GalCop Galactic Registry give pilots access to galactic chart data to aid in course plotting.	green	4357	1.80
Missions	GalCop Missions adds a number of replayable missions, accessible through the Bulletin Board System, to give players more things to do in and around each system.	green	746	1.84
Missions	GalCop's Most Wanted expands on the Bounty System by adding a list of criminals who have a significant bounty with GalCop. The player can try to track down these bounties down by using logic and deduction about where those targets are likely to be.	orange	281	1.82
Ships	Illicit Unlock unlocks player versions of all the core ships, including the Constrictor, Gecko, Krait and Sidewinder.	green	2014	1.82
Equipment	Laser Mount Switching System (LMSS) enables multiple lasers to be installed at each mount point, and easily switch between them during flight.	blue	4747	1.80
Mechanics	Manual Witchspace Alignment (v1.5 download) makes the process of entering hyperspace a bit more interactive by requiring the player to manually align their ship with a hyperspace destination beacon.	orange	240	1.86
HUDs	MFD Fast Configuration helps pilots manage MFD configurations by providing up to 6 different sets that can be loaded quickly and easily.	green	1924	1.82
Mechanics	Modern Start adds new starting options to the game, providing a small selection of equipment that is considered standard in many other space combat/trading games.	a_violet	1291	1.80
Miscellaneous	Ship Comparison helps players in the market for a new ship, by providing a means by which the specifications of up to 3 different ships can be viewed at once.	green	2772	1.80
Mechanics	Ship Configuration aims to make the process of adding equipment to your ship more deliberate by adding space and weight factors to all equipment in all ships.	red	1109	1.82
Mechanics	Ship Repurchase aims to make escape pods a more integral part of the player's life, by forcing the player to eject and by giving the player options about the replacement ship they will receive when they are rescued.	red	107	1.86
Ambience	Ship Respray gives players the opportunity to purchase a new paint job for their ship.	green	10222	1.80
Mechanics	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.	orange	2445	1.82
Mechanics	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.	green	4958	1.80
Miscellaneous	System Data Config allows OXP configuration of the layout of the System Data (F7) screen.	green	244	1.86
HUDs	Xenon HUD groups important gauges around the crosshairs, and uses custom crosshair images.	green	3880	1.82
Ambience	Xenon UI adds computer console-like backgrounds to all the various displays, plus new title screen theme music.	green	4462	1.80

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

Maintainer

phkb is the maintainer of the following OXP's

• Ace's ships (the Cruzer, Hornet and Night Adder)
• Deep Horizon Advanced Navigation Computer (v1.0.3 download, downloaded 578 times)
• Deep Horizon Emergency Witchspace Initiator (v1.0.0 download, downloaded 271 times)
• Dictators
• Flight Log
• Free Trade Zones
• Generation Ships
• Hyperspace Hangar
• Illegal Goods Tweak
• Imperial AstroFactory
• Satellites
• Selezen's Spy Hunter mission pack
• Skilled NPC's
• Tionisla Chronicle Array
• Tionisla Orbital Graveyard
• Tionisla Reporter
• Trophy Collector
• UPS Courier
• Waypoint Here
• Z-GrOovY Small System Stations (downloaded 1103 times)

Alternate Download Location

An alternative download location for most of these OXP's can be found on Box.com

HTML Galaxy Maps

phkb has also put together a downloadable version of the New Galaxy Guide, which provides a way for players to have offline access to most of the information contained on the Wiki pages.

See this BB Link for details.
The zip package can be downloaded from here: OoliteGalaxyMaps.zip

You will need a browser that supports HTML5.

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