Oolite Bulletins

Hoopy wrote:

Remember, when you first start you're very scared of anything attacking you, even at democracies.

Speak for yourself!

CTK

All interesting ideas, with an absolutely HUGE but... ...Oolite was designed to be a 21st Century upgrade of the original, and it was agreed very early on and is consistently maintained that the major tenets of gameplay will not be altered (another one of those sacred cows?). Changing the mass-locki...

To be honest you've described a lot of people's first feelings about Oolite very well. It does take a while to get going, and it isn't a kill-crazy thrash through the universe (until you get into some high tech level anarchy and ooooooh boy are you gonna have fun), and I believe the satisfaction tha...

Yeah, precisely my thoughts. In terms of the Instruction Manual, from my experience (and looking at the posts of other new folks) it has the feel of being written by an expert for an expert...so I think some basic stuff is missing which would help the new guy out, but there is some really helpful da...

It's worth pointing out though that it would be ace to be able to select from a larger pool of lasers with varying properties...many other previous space sims (I hesitate to make any connection to Oolite for fear of casting aspersions...) allow you this variety... Personally, I have read through the...

I seem to remember reading somewhere on the forum that the lasers couldn't be changed - or at least not simply. I felt the same as you when I first upgraded to a military laser, but having thought about it I think the balance is actually very good - you definitely get the extra bang, but at a cost -...

Completely forgot that I had installed the TGY OXP until I was passing through Tionisla on my way to elsewhere. Flew around looking at the spooky set-up, and admiring the view. Lovely little OXP. Then I remembered reading something on the forum about TGY, and remembered I had bought a quirium mine a...

Thanks that's perfect.

CTK

Hi guys&gals Great work on oolite all of you, for those of us who have the computing ability of slimy frogs, we salute you! Quick question though, can I update from v1.65 to v1.7 in one hit or do I need to remove and re-install? Also, will I lose my hard earned credit and blessed, blessed, mil l...