Commies

Commies OXP

Communism is the state in which people work for the betterment of all, not for personal acquisition and advancement. Many communist worlds are economic powerhouses in which all citizens are employed by the state in farms or factories to fuel the economy, even convicted criminals are put to useful labour in the Asteroid Mines. Unlike other systems, communist planets communicate freely with each other, exchanging technology and resources. It is for this reason that many unique space stations and ship may be found, such as the Solar Laboratory And Production Unit (SLAPU), the Collective Zero Gravity Factory, the Worker's Commuter transport ship, the Commissariat Limousine and the Ray Police Cruiser. Communist states dislike the corrupting influence of other commercialistic governments, even to the point that they insist that GalCop have only a minimal presence in their spacelanes. It is the role of the People's Police and the Thought Police to patrol these regions, in their unique Ray Mark One police ships.

Ships

Commies.oxp contains the following ships: Ray Mk I, Giant Ray, Mining Pods, Scavenger Rays, Sturgeon Mk I, Worker's Commuter and Astrogulag Mining Pod
and stations: Astro Mines, Collective Zero-G Factory and Solar Laboratory and Production Unit

Download

At the box: "Commies 2.11" Newest version, released 22 May 2010

Commies can also be found at the site of Dr Nil: Commies 2.07

Version 2.10 or newer has some smaller bugfixes and is recommended for Oolite 1.73 or newer.

History

v 2.11 - Improved the smoothened shape of some of the stations.
v 2.10 - Fixed bug with wrong role for ecm proof missiles.
v 2.09 - Centred the stations so the are now centred in the players target-reticule.
- Changed the addition distance for solar stations from a general distance into a value relative to the sun radius.
- Stations no longer explode because of being added to close near big suns. With smaller suns the distance is even closer to the sun now.

Known Problems

It is reported that users of a "nVidia GeForce 7950" might expect crashes in combination with this (and some other) oxp. When you have such an old card, please read the enclosed read-me file how to fix the problem.