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I suppose that after playing for 7 or 8 years it's no problem to handle those odds, but for a new player it kills the immersion if you die and respawn constantly at your last 'save' or the only option is to run away. Kind of boring for a space combat game. And doesn't exactly build your combat skil...

Oh, on the topic of Famous Planets, I see it's gotten updated recently. Any non-spoilery hints about what's new with it? v.3.0 (never in Expansions Manager) 1) FIX: Multiple spelling mistakes corrected 2) FIX: Galaxy 7 systems correctly placed in G7 rather than G8 3) NEW: A handful of new lore-base...

...During the slower parts of a trip (like waiting on docking queue) I often spend time thinking about the what life down there on the surface (or up in at the station) is like. Famous Planets gives more detail for selected systems (100 or so) in G1 & G2 (on your F7 screen). And Phkb has transm...

cbr wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:21 pm

bugger...

Goodness! Where on Tionisla did you find that?

And, I hate to have to mention it, but is that really a bug?

or bug-eyed er, bugs? :( If you are really missing your bug-eyed bugs, don't forget that there may be more than just the one species on any planet. Only the dominant one is listed. So for all we know, Tionisla may well be crawling with all sorts of variety of bug-eyed bugs! All you have to do is mo...

3) Descriptions.plist for "Enhanced" You mention commas at the end of lines 578 & 579. does the comma go after the semicolon on line 579? 578 "You're too good for me - I give in!", 579 );, 578 "You're too good for me - I give in!" <------- bung on a comma 579 "...

In extremis, you could change the font and include the file inside your OXP. But I doubt that there are very many spare characters to play around with. Unless there is some way of adding more known to our Admiralty. Actually, it must be possible. Krager is translating everything into Russian (writt...

In extremis, you could change the font and include the file inside your OXP. But I doubt that there are very many spare characters to play around with. Unless there is some way of adding more known to our Admiralty.

The way I imagine it, the ones that don't have a colour adjective are either multicoloured or their colour isn't vivid enough to catch attention. Or maybe the Old Galactic Catalogue Entry report on them was made by a lobstoid whose eyeballs operate at a different wavelength? https://wiki.alioth.net...

Hmm, nope, I added a manifest and it still doesn't work. No, the Manifest only helps Oolite (and the Expansions Manager/Oolite Starter) to recognise an OXP. It has no effect on whether it works! Have you tried a linter? *https://www.jslint.com/ seems to be good for Oolite's version of Javascript. *...

Ok, I've moved things around a bit. Is this what you are suggesting: https://images2.imgbox.com/e1/34/dMC1Kwt3_o.png https://images2.imgbox.com/f5/20/jdfntTz7_o.png 1) As previously adumbrated, I'd add in "Visit" just before "Royal Court Offices". Might it make more sense to lea...

"Riredi is very fabled for the Rirediian mountain slug. These gigantic creatures are isles of flourishing life on the barren planet and each of them forms a complete ecosystem. Dealing with radioactives is strictly prohibited on this world because radiation is harmful to the slugs . Riredi is ...

I'm not conflating anything - I meant the cases where the inhabitants of a specific planet are given both the "fierce" and "harmless" adjectives. See for example the inhabitants of Soinuste in Chart 1. Well spotted. To me, fierce signals intent whilst harmless refers to ability....

So what does v.0.8 add?

And that's it. Now the three different types of alien ships can have their own responses. Let me know if something doesn't make sense. I'll give it a try. Might take a while to be able to properly test it, because the alien ships are so rare. You can tweak the populator ( System Populator & Ool...