Oolite Bulletins

Eat grub, housemaid!

... I mean thanks! What a great answer, that's exactly what I was looking for

Is the database readily accessible? Within the Oolite download?

Does anyone have a list of the taunts and insults the Thargoids use?

Disembodied wrote:

Originally I thought that "Strict Mode" was one where if you died, you died – you couldn't restore your pilot from saved in the event of death. There's a setting like that in the Escape Velocity games. I still wouldn't have used it, though!

At first that's what I thought too.

I use an emulator and play the originals for "strict mode".

You know I only got it when they started describing the invasion of San Franciso at the very end. At that point I kinda scratched my head and thought "hey, wait a minute..."

Doh!

If you haven't see this already, I strongly recommend watching this in-depth and serious analysis of X3: Reunion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi8n6uN091E

On the Pi-42 con station in Atrebibi I've noticed that they have some severe shortages with very hungry and very naked people. Indeed, food and textiles are trading at the same price as luxuries! A question of my own: I've seen a few people now extol the virtues of the high-end cargo hauling contrac...

What about the feasability of different laser animations?

I've been looking for an OXP that added some of the Amiga version flavour. More specifically, the military lasers which as I remember came out as a fast stream of laser pulses that made that sweet thumping sound on impact. Here is an example (this is the simple pulse laser): http://www.youtube.com/w...

Many thanks!

I installed the Ionics and ThargoidWars OXPs shortly before landing at Zaria, on arrival the mission text I get is from ThargoidWars concerning spy sattelites. No mention of Ionics mission. In my save game: <key>mission_ionics</key> <string>PRE_STAGE1</string> <key>mission_ionics_ramaza_status</key>...

Thank you commander, I owe you a drink! - on the company of course.

Stuck on the very first Taranis mission... what a disgraceful return to Elite after so many long years. So where is the bugger? Do I need to wait at the station till he launches and follow him through the wormhole? Cos I've been jumping round Reinen all day looking for the little blighter and he obv...