Oolite Bulletins

Cody wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:14 am

There is of course interstellar rescue - no OXP needed.

Is there? How does it work?

• kamikaze Thargoids: the three times I got dumped in with Thargoids in a failed witchspace jump I had enough fuel to inject away (and even clobber one or two with my rear laser). • kamikaze pirates: isn't the Missiles Modification .oxp supposed to help with this? • ECM hardened missiles: again, I'...

Was it an ECM-hardened missile by any chance? I think they are a bit too strong. Seem to take all 4 energy units + what's left of the shield at close range. Kinetic energy is taken into account when missile damage is calculated. A missile hitting you head-on will cause much more damage than a missi...

Aye, frustrating - but great fun. Made a good tale out of it too. Commander Cody has always flown a Cobra MkIII - there's nothing better! And yeah, she would've been iron-assed by then - kitted out with all the core equipment. So, my thoughts about MkIII are correct. Looks like there's no shame in ...

Playing Ironman is harsh - even heart-breaking! I played Elite: Dangerous as Ironman from scratch. Needless to say, I didn't get very far. In Oolite, I once tried to circumnavigate the fifth octant in Ironman mode. I got killed two jumps away from making it. Yeah, it's harsh. Sometimes it seems lik...

Is it possible to have these default textures rendered at a higher resolution on the fly? I don't think there is. I've tried playing with planet colors in planetinfo.plist to make such things less visible. Some planets look a bit better than others, but still not good enough. Eventually, I've switc...

If I understood it correctly, when you die you are going back to a new Jameson in Lave with 100Cr, right? Yeah, that's how crazy I am. I heard people talking about killing 300 without being killed once. I can only get up to 40ish. Or does "not being killed" mean ejecting in the escape pod?

A chance, yes! Back when docking protocols were disabled by default, I was running as an outlaw and rapid, queue-jumping, manual docking was the only way to go. I don't recall ever getting wiped-out by a launching ship. Unless you're unlucky enough to get one actually in the slot, you should be abl...

Cody wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:31 pm

Manual docking saves time, and if queues aren't to your liking, disable the docking protocols.

Isn't there a chance to hit some outgoing ship and crash if the docking protocol is disabled?

LittleBear wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:58 am

If you press Shift C you can dock instantly as long as you are not under attack.

Yeah, I know. I just don't see much reason why the normal docking should take so long with all those slow maneuvering back and forth.

... it's too much waiting, at least until fuel ejectors and docking computers are bought. You've not tried ILS? Ultra-fast docking on the tail of another ( read all the accompanying notes ) ... and ultra-fast suicide when it all goes pear-shaped! What I'm kind of afraid of is that due to some fancy...

LittleBear wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:59 pm

I've put my personal installs in a code tag below. I don't feel any of these unbalance the game (but it is very much personal choice) and they give you interesting things to do and speed up gameplay a lot.

That's quite a list. Thanks! I'll give it a try.

I would highly recommend you try it; I’ve done two broken adder starts and it’s always a blast. It’s also one of the better ways to improve your skill, particularly with a keyboard. Just make sure to remap yaw to “a” and “d” and injectors to “q,” because you’ll be using those a lot. Thanks I'll try...

As best I remember all the random hits ships are standard, but the higher paying ships have a higher chance of having equipment fitted. Oolite is fair in that any weapons OXPs you install are also available to NPCs. If you have Thargoid's mini-missiles installed (which allows you to have 3 micro mi...

... it's too much waiting, at least until fuel ejectors and docking computers are bought. You've not tried ILS? Ultra-fast docking on the tail of another ( read all the accompanying notes ) ... and ultra-fast suicide when it all goes pear-shaped! What I'm kind of afraid of is that due to some fancy...