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There might be a more elegant way to do it, but Random Hits tests for player scooping with a script attached to the pod and setting a mission variable if the player has scooped the escape pod. this.shipWasScooped = function (scooper) { if (missionVariables.random_hits_status == "PODEDOUT")...

The change can be made anywhere in script (for example when you scoop the pod), it doesn't have to be under start.up. It will over-ride planetinfo at least until you re-load the game. If you want it to be permanent then you'd need another command under start.up making the change if a mission variabl...

You can set all the properties of a system with script. EG: // Set Up Orramaor. System.infoForSystem(6,73).description = "Orramaor is noted for the resort world of Apollodorus, where many of the residents of the nearby Sunset Retirement Home spend their days. It is reasonably well known as the ...

I had a look around the code for the Slaver Base when I was doing the naming code for the Galactic Almanac. They are spawned by RRS Group OXZ only when the player has a mission relating to the Slavers running. It can also spawn hermits infected with the plague requiring assistance. In both cases the...

Opps. That error must have been in since the first version! I've added a if (!missionVariables.random_station_names_compress) ... check to all the additions. This works and it stops the duplication by the Almanac if Compressed F7 is installed. With Strangers World installed though, testing with the ...

I'm very sorry to hear that Commander.

Ever thus shall dictators fall! Glad to see you completed it and it seems not to have any bugs. I'll convert it to OXZ format and put it on the Expansion Manager in the next few weeks. I playtested Victim 11 and it does still work. It will run once you have made at least 1 jump after seeing the mess...

Are you sure they are blowing up? Could they be doing something else?

The Trumble Inside(tm) guidance system is immune to ECM, but it is quite slow for a missile and it can be destroyed by laser and plasma fire. 5km is the absolute maximum distance at which the trumble pilot is capable of spotting the Dreadnaught, but ideally you should be closer. You must also lock t...

Range. The Daemon Class Cruiser is an absolute beast and you have no chance against 5 of them at close range. Although you only need to destroy the Vengeance, his four escorts, War, Famine, Death and Pestilence will also attack you as soon as you open up on the Flagship. You can't survive the combin...

Your hull temp increases in proportion to your distance from the sun. Even when you are a long way from the sun (way out of fuel scooping range), your temperature will be increasing (but very slowly). Stay a good way from the sun, at the point where your temp is gradually increasing and this will sl...

Random Hits checks to see if Random Ship names is installed. If it is then it will assign a name to the target's ship from Random Ships names. The target will be described by their ship name in the mission description eg: "flying a nearly new Sidewinder, the Bewitching Bargain" and they'll...

When spawned by the mission script, the target's name is added to the displayname, so he should appear as "Sidewinder: Archdruid Smith" (or whatever) when targeted.

I use Xenon HUD as it has a nice transparent uncluttered feel. Clear HUD is also a good one for a minimalist.

I'd install Solos Alt Stations and Z-Groovy Small System Stations as these OXZs replace the Main Station with various alternatives.