Oolite Bulletins

Zireael wrote:

9) Integrate [wiki]Distant Suns[/wiki] it's universally acknowledged that default suns are too close

No it isn't.

It's true suns are unrealistically close in core, but I find using Distant Suns or other oxps which place them further away makes sunskimming impossibly tedious.

Wow. You know what? I play Oolite. It works. I don't care if thing X is eleventy-three times bigger/smaller/more purple than it "should" be or not. I don't care if things from fictional universe A don't match up with things in fictional universe B without having to adjust their scale or s...

Yes, it's not a gamebreaker but annoying when it happens.

Zoomable charts would also be nice, would mitigate this problem somewhat and would mean the short-range and long-range charts could be merged - although perhaps that's a suggestion that should have its own thread?

This. Games have moved on, what used to be a badge of honour is more likely to be a frustration to new players today. Moving on != improvement. There's nothing wrong with being frustrated, it's not much of a challenge to start with - after a few crashes you can learn to dock with speed redlining. A...

If we wanted to be be really faithful to Elite we could remove the docking buoy. That's what made it difficult for me all those years ago: not the rotation, the lining up. However, I'm not suggeting that we do that. For me, the only appeal to keeping the higher rotation would be to give beginners t...

Thanks for the greets guys. Cpt, I have been following that discussion, but like other threads, when I've thought of a contribution I scroll down and someone has already said what I was going to say. It's a bit of a problem with this board - it's very friendly, but this is clearly a front for long-r...

Choice is great, when it's an informed choice, otherwise the choice is a bit of an illusion. New players are unlikely to be able to make informed choices about which ones are likely to enhance their gameplay. I know people are just trying to be helpful when recommending OXP's, but I do feel it's oft...