Oolite Bulletins

Beta 1.5 (finishing off at the moment) will make telescope and the MFD computable as the MFD will now read the target markers added by telescope. As far as the Almanac is concerned, the MFD will only show objects transmitting a beacon readable with an ASC. So if you haven't added a beacon to your st...

But he had an Offender Tag Officer. It was self-defence.

Really like the Telescope Options add on as I prefer not to have the mass lock rings visible. I've had the same odd issue as Arquebus however, including it breaking my save file. I installed V2 of Telescope, Gravity Extender and Station Options. All worked perfectly and I used the Options to turn of...

EDITED as found the cause of the bug wasn't what I first thought! EDIT 2 : This Bug is fixed by Cag's Version 2.0 of Telescope. I’ve been mainly focusing on optimising the MFD code and adding the ships to the database (just 10 more to check now). However, I have found the problem with Planet and Sta...

No problems. My writing and Oolite playing time are pretty much the same thing as I've been writing the OXZ as I play. The new Jameson I started is now deadly and I've ticked off all the Explorers Club Goals playtesting with System Redux installed. Its one of those things that should really work wit...

Rock Hermits not appearing on the ASC or the Galactic Almanac Screens is normal Oolite behaviour. Apart from some unique ones such as the Link Base, Rock Hermits do not transmit ID-Beacons so will not be listed by the Galactic Almanac or on the ASC. If however you have Rock Hermit locator installed ...

Sorry for the delay in replying. Had to work out how to optimise the identification code first to make it playable. I'm afraid I've been more geeky than just checking the manifest for the writer, as the same writer often releases ships and stations through different design companies in terms of lore...

The MFD is now done. In fight Data on the system is shown at the top (name, tech level, government, economy, inhabitants, local star name and number of worlds and stations present). Data on the current object targeted with the ASC is displayed underneath. For natural objects this is the name, class ...

I'd recommend distant suns. Most Suns are moved further out and dimmed. Cooler and dimmer stars with subtle colours are also added. Occasionally you will come across a system with a star as bright as the default as it is an unusual super-massive star but that's kinda okay when it's an occasional fea...

@Cholmondely. The Almanac does not change the stations or types of stations present in the game, it just names any stations / planets / moons which are present. Unless you have an OXZ installed which changes Lave Station from the default Coriolis then it will be a Coriolis, but with the name assigne...

@Cholmondely Could you take this Beta 1.4 out for a spin? What it should do is this: If Strangers World replaces the main station then it should be named as the main station. If Strangers World adds additional stations then these should all be named using the same names pool as those used by Extra S...

Hmm. If they were the main station then they would be named as the main station. Oolite will only allow one station in the system to be the main station. Every other station is added as an OXZ station, so he will be adding them by a custom role as this is the only way to add stations. You can replac...

Thanks. I'm a bit short of Oolite time atm, but would you mind just testing something for me with the Stranger stations which are currently unamed. Bear with me as I'll just have to give a quick summary of what these two OXZs are doing and how the Galactic Almanac works with either OXZ installed. Th...

Updated the Wiki and the first post with a link to B1.3.

Thanks Guys, I'm totally stumped as to why windows did not throw a wobbely and refuse to run with the double comma. Not quite as dramatic as the case where "a man's life hung upon a comma" (https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/jun/27/the-man-hanged-because-of-a-comma)! I'll upload a ...