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by Cholmondely
Thu Mar 05, 2026 2:10 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Scripters cove
Replies: 1851
Views: 904974

Re: Scripters cove

Wildeblood's Manor did work for me eventually. I apologise for not confessing this to you earlier. My question is inspired by Murgh's new alpha Mission oxp . It is based on the vanilla goat soup F7 descriptions. The division of economies/political systems/species into exactly eight each. And the de...
by Cholmondely
Thu Mar 05, 2026 1:35 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Scripters cove
Replies: 1851
Views: 904974

Re: Scripters cove

Query: F7 screen "planet descriptions"... Is there any way of a second OXP selecting the display of Goat Soup F7 vs Famous Planets F7 - and then swapping the F7 description later? Or would this really need a rewrite of Famous Planets itself? I understand that the most recent F7 variants a...
by Cholmondely
Thu Mar 05, 2026 1:15 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Trivia
Replies: 18
Views: 16734

Re:

All the ships in Oolite are ridiculously large, even when you don’t take the tiny planets into account. Weren’t they at some stage converted from N ft to N m instead of 0.3048N m? If so, the sizes on feet were merely surprising, not silly. :-p Agreeing here! The adjustment from feet to meters was n...
by Cholmondely
Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:30 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Cloud City OXP
Replies: 27
Views: 15322

Re: Cloud City OXP

Dr Beeb dropped in last year. There is a newer model for a cloud cities which is available from Sol Command (Venusian Aerostat) Venusian Aerostats - (8).png I do not know if it has any docking bays - or if an external dock might be added. Or how easy it would be to convert to Oolite's ".dat&quo...
by Cholmondely
Thu Mar 05, 2026 10:57 am
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Scripters cove
Replies: 1851
Views: 904974

Re: Scripters cove

Query: F7 screen "planet descriptions". Ignoring the one-liner addons ("This planet has rings"), there are two possibilities for the planet descriptions - the vanilla game goat-soup one and those provided by eg. Famous Planets/The Assassins Guild etc. Is there any way of a second...
by Cholmondely
Mon Mar 02, 2026 4:42 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Console Log MFD
Replies: 3
Views: 4594

Re: Console Log MFD

Comments, feedback and suggestions welcome. Wiki page is now up: ConsoleLogMFD BUT! 1) I don't have any screen shots for it (AppleMac :mrgreen: ) - Thank you, Cbr! 2) I'm unsure exactly what a console message is supposed to be (the wiki programming pages have nothing to say on the subject!).
by Cholmondely
Fri Feb 27, 2026 1:30 pm
Forum: Testing and Bug reports
Topic: License text is 404 on oolite.readthedocs.io
Replies: 9
Views: 138

Re: License text is 404 on oolite.readthedocs.io

phkb wrote: Fri Feb 27, 2026 11:03 am
And I don't think a conversion to Manicheanism would preclude me working on my mods.
St Augustine of Hippo never worked on any Oolite OXPs back in his Manichean period. :(

Neither did Psattiq, Faustus of Mileve or khagan Bögü Qaghan. :cry:

Manicheanism is murder to Oolite modding!
by Cholmondely
Fri Feb 27, 2026 10:04 am
Forum: Testing and Bug reports
Topic: License text is 404 on oolite.readthedocs.io
Replies: 9
Views: 138

Re: License text is 404 on oolite.readthedocs.io

What wrong with just having normal .pdfs in the download? The ones we have been using up until now? Has this method stopped working? I'm just reminiscing about all the fun and games we had with Oolite.org being sold, with the original bulletin boards crashing and the bot invasions of this new bullet...
by Cholmondely
Sun Feb 22, 2026 1:12 pm
Forum: Oolite-Mac
Topic: The future for the Mac build
Replies: 24
Views: 5325

Re: The future for the Mac build

I've just had another stab with oolite-1.90a2-Mac-TestRelease (downloaded 8th June). Hi, where to download this (or any newer version) from? Any links? Best regards, G I think that I got it from https://app.box.com/s/p78wgne1fitzxyngn8suvtqvwn3h9pm1 Phkb was decent enough to have a couple of stabs ...
by Cholmondely
Thu Feb 19, 2026 8:25 pm
Forum: Porting to other platforms
Topic: Steam Deck
Replies: 5
Views: 143

Steam Deck

The following was posted on Reddit (r/Oolite) a week ago: Oolite on Steam Deck? HI there. In theory being a Linux also game it should work on the Steam Deck correct? Has anyone done this? If so, is it a complicated setup procedure? Thanks in advance! ( YoreHistory_YouTube ) And there has been one an...
by Cholmondely
Thu Feb 19, 2026 10:29 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Reddit's advice for Oolite players
Replies: 5
Views: 505

More wonderful tips from Reddit!

Top strategies for trading in Oolite Sources: r/Daytrading, r/TheRaceTo10Million, r/Forexstrategy +3 more Trading in Oolite can be a complex endeavor, but with the right strategies, you can navigate the markets effectively. Here are some of the top strategies shared by Redditors that can help you s...
by Cholmondely
Mon Feb 16, 2026 7:26 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Equipment Storage OXP
Replies: 26
Views: 20592

Re: Equipment Storage OXP

Heliosphan wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 2:19 pm
first time posting
Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to our merry throng!!
by Cholmondely
Mon Feb 02, 2026 11:12 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Science Fiction Trivia
Replies: 7688
Views: 2663728

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Summary: What is your favourite SF book. And why? 1) Ffutures: John Brunner's "Stand on Zanzibar" (1968) 2) Phkb: "Remnant Population" by Elizabeth Moon. 3) Wildeblood: John Brunner's "The Wrong End of Time" 4) Rock Doctor: Harry Harrison's "Make Room! Make Room!&q...
by Cholmondely
Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:44 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Code freeze coming up
Replies: 12
Views: 601

Re: Code freeze coming up

I think that this is relevant... but am not sure. I'm in G2 with a new Jameson (Start locations variety pack) and have Thargoid Wars running. At G2 Anvere, I launched due to a Thargoid raid. With no extra equopment worth a damn, and my pathetic combat skills, I ended up tagging along with a squadron...
by Cholmondely
Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:06 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Elite: Dangerous - first impressions
Replies: 44
Views: 35622

Re: Elite: Dangerous - first impressions

I purchased ED a few months ago. I only started it briefly but didn't like the whole walking around on the planet training part and haven't played it since. It looks like it needs a serious investment in time for me to learn the controls. I couldn't figure out what I needed to do to open a door lol...