Oolite Bulletins

Long range scanning is no problem. For example, see my Welcome OXP which does a count of various ship types within the whole system to determine whether the system is "safe" or not. The OXP is neat (installed it yesterday, as a matter of fact). As you say, the tricky part would be additio...

I agree that there is room for a 'Military Targetting System' or something - your scanner can already show all objects in space around your ship, so why do you have to aim your laser-sights in order to target one? PgUp/PgDn to cycle through all objects in your vicinity makes sense IMO..

As I currently find myself in the same situation (hunting down a dastardly rodent skulking in a 'barley' space-worthy Mosquito Sport, perhaps this could be the trigger for a new piece of equipment: the long-range scanner. This scanner would scan an appreciable portion of the current system, and allo...

I managed to get to Offender quite interestingly too - flying towards a planet with a Viper around when a lone-wolf pirate came up dead ahead. Within laser range his radar image suddenly turned red, so of course I blasted him before he could do me in (not being quite iron-ass yet). Collected the bou...

Hi guys, I've just come back to Oolite after a long hiatus and first of all, great stuff - keep up all the good dev work! (Both core & OXP) Got a few comments about station approaches though, especially after finally getting around to getting a docking computer (which I'm afraid, still appears t...