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by tomsk
Mon Mar 09, 2020 12:03 am
Forum: Testing and Bug reports
Topic: 'Faster' Maintenance Overhauls
Replies: 0
Views: 13193

'Faster' Maintenance Overhauls

Windows 10 Pro
Oolite v1.88 x64

The time taken for Maintenance Overhauls can be shortened by initiating the overhaul, then doing a quick save.
When you reload your commander, your ship is fully repaired, but the timestamp has only advabced a short time and not the full time required for the overhaul.
by tomsk
Sat May 08, 2010 10:45 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Can anyone help my son?
Replies: 13
Views: 4169

I don't know why, but he just does not see 'just playing a game' as a challange. He, like all his friends, want to go on-line to kick a real persons ass (as he puts it). Ahh..... teenagers. Send him out of Lave to Leesti with a fresh Cobra MkIII and 100Cr to his name. Tell him to pull back on his j...
by tomsk
Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:35 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Can't find the Tionisla graveyard
Replies: 21
Views: 5921

Q-bomb. You know you want to. :twisted:
by tomsk
Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:32 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Does the planets of our solar system appear anywhere?
Replies: 19
Views: 6723

Re: Does the planets of our solar system appear anywhere?

toxitalk wrote:
So is there any mods etc for oolite that will let me 'fly to the moon and back?'

Thanks
There is a mod that allows you to play any tune whilst docking, so you could dock to the sound of Sinatra singing. ;)
by tomsk
Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:40 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Happy 25th Anniversary - Elite
Replies: 34
Views: 10843

It said 'CLICK TO PLAY" and all I got was a video. :evil:
by tomsk
Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:00 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Wheel Reinvention - The Oolite Icon
Replies: 214
Views: 81172

Don't put a name in there.

Put a rank.
;)
by tomsk
Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:35 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: 2 Ships
Replies: 29
Views: 7621

One possible way to transfer cargo would be to record the amount of each commodity loaded in the ship and then awarding that to the player after he's transferred to his new ship. Thoughts? It would be rather difficult transferring 750 tons from an Anaconda to a Cobra - unless you can a hire u-haul ...
by tomsk
Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:13 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: calculating time adjustment for Witchspace jumps
Replies: 23
Views: 8550

HI, If your pressed for time it's also quicker to 'sun hop' rather than landing at the station, you also avoid the usual rush hours in the standard space lanes. Make sure you have a heat shield before getting fuel from the sun, or you'll have a bit of a sun burn that even camomile lotion won't help...
by tomsk
Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:44 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Announcement: Wormhole Scanner
Replies: 17
Views: 7777

Will the present me be able to warn a future me that I'm about to ambushed by past me?

If I eat my Shreddies will my ship fly faster?

:P
by tomsk
Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:19 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Big ship fight... v. cool!
Replies: 7
Views: 3136

hehe.
I nearly always go for the Condors, Constitutions and anything big when I see them. :twisted:

A hint
Get a docking computer
by tomsk
Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:09 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: An Exceedingly Odd Asteroid
Replies: 3
Views: 2952

Similar thing happened to me once. I came across a Supercobra - which was what I was also flying. As I hammered it with my millaser, I heard lasers hitting me. This was odd as there were no other ships around and the enemy SC was getting it on the belly so it couldn't have been him. I noticed that e...
by tomsk
Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:16 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: calculate distance between planets?
Replies: 23
Views: 8041

Disembodied wrote:
Absolutely. If you're making a jump into an Anarchy, make it a short one! There's very little that's worse than having to run through a bad-news system with nothing in the tank but fumes ...
Or buy an external fuel tank which mounts on a missile pylon.
by tomsk
Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:24 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: calculate distance between planets?
Replies: 23
Views: 8041

Here's what I worked out

Distance = INT(SQRT(INT(ABS(x_dest - x_start))^2+INT(INT(ABS(y_dest - y_start))/2)^2))*0.4

x_start, y_start : x, y co-ords of start planet
x_dest, y_dest : x, y co-ords of destination planet
by tomsk
Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:12 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Cute pet thingy...
Replies: 15
Views: 5013

@Lestradae
Maybe it's mutated into a Troomble
by tomsk
Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:55 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Oolite ships dimensions... feet or meters?
Replies: 21
Views: 7002

If the oolite ships are measure in metres, then they are huge! http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=wa16+9jn&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=15.372765,32.036133&ie=UTF8&ll=53.243007,-2.403919&spn=0.001897,0.003911&t=h&z=18 This is whe...