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by fronclynne
Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:18 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Galactic Navy [question]
Replies: 27
Views: 13050

Re: Galactic Navy [question]

Smivs wrote:
The same way a 2015 Ford Mondeo is better than a 1980 Ford Cortina.
If there was ever evidence that one should avoid posting whilst drunk…
by fronclynne
Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:55 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Adder. And now?
Replies: 23
Views: 10240

Re: Adder. And now?

Just trading gold, platinum, & gems from the rock hermits can be fairly profitable in short order. Ore processor can make things happen a bit faster
by fronclynne
Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:47 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Giant Space Pizza OXZ
Replies: 48
Views: 33461

Re: Giant Space Pizza

Any plans for some Real Tat® buyable at the visitor's centre, sort like the "I went to see the famous Tianve Pulsar and all I got was this lousy dashboard sticker!"?
by fronclynne
Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:48 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: 15KK CR in about two weeks
Replies: 14
Views: 11078

Re: 15KK CR in about two weeks

Just faff around till you can afford a python. Your first million can be had in less than 20 hours of gameplay from there, though admittedly it's the first 400k or so that take most of time.
by fronclynne
Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:08 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Thargoids
Replies: 7
Views: 5239

Re: Thargoids

Depending on which oxps you have installed, you can have both carrier & cruiser thargoids (& battleships too). The cruisers are tougher & have more lasers than the ordinary warships. The battleships are even tougher, & have plasma turrets in addition to lasers. The carriers launch wa...
by fronclynne
Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:47 am
Forum: Outworld
Topic: February's Reading Month!!!!
Replies: 24
Views: 12560

Re: February's Reading Month!!!!

What, no Fielding?
by fronclynne
Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:44 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Cargo contracts
Replies: 8
Views: 5085

Re: Cargo contracts

Some will probably consider it cheating worse than deflated balls, but I like the Police IFF Scanner oxp, as it lets you know approximately who will be the next prick to need a good shootin'.
by fronclynne
Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:47 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Cargo contracts
Replies: 8
Views: 5085

Re: Cargo contracts

If I'm not mistaken, amber (orange?) merely means that it's not deliverable on-time given the fewest number of jumps. You can still make it, you just have to make more short jumps. As far as why you were attacked, who knows? All kinds of piratical weirdos do ill-considered things, even within the st...
by fronclynne
Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:07 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: Split: Fines, people and stuff
Replies: 15
Views: 8435

Re: Fine amounts

Wildeblood wrote:
We need some of that fines policy in Australia for the stupid, trendy idiots who insist on reverse parking. Pray that fad never spreads to your countries, Northern Hemispherians.
You mean like reverse angled parking on a one-way street?
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by fronclynne
Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:43 pm
Forum: Testing and Bug reports
Topic: Text to speech idiosyncrasy
Replies: 13
Views: 8540

Re: Text to speech idiosyncrasy

Aren't roman numerals normally used as ordinals in English? eg "second", "tertius", wha-have-you.
by fronclynne
Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:46 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Will Oolite survive with the release of Elite Dangerous?
Replies: 94
Views: 55981

Re: Will Oolite survive with the release of Elite Dangerous?

Will Oolite survive the release of Zork: Dangerous? It is now official. Rolling Stone has confirmed: Oolite is dying One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Oolite community when IBD confirmed that Oolite market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 perc...
by fronclynne
Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:26 am
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: [RELEASE]FrizbeeV1.0
Replies: 7
Views: 5408

Re: [RELEASE]FrizbeeV1.0

s/SCOOP"/SCOOPS"/g

or in plain English:

all four instances of "EQ_FUEL_SCOOP" in Config/shipyard.plist should be "EQ_FUEL_SCOOPS"

Cheers.
by fronclynne
Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:17 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: [Retired] Troomp OXP 0.9
Replies: 40
Views: 12651

Re: [Wip] SothisTC

Is there room for a Bikeshed?
by fronclynne
Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:35 pm
Forum: Outworld
Topic: This looks bad: Amazon being Amazon?
Replies: 41
Views: 7358

Re: This looks bad: Amazon being Amazon?

What a load of paranoid twaddle.

Y'all wanted to "protect content creators", & now you don't? Please, tell me you've heard of the law of unintended consequences.
by fronclynne
Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:28 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Screenshots
Replies: 6853
Views: 2048168

Re: Screenshots

This is how Pythons are made (NSFT):

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