Is there a way to change the ship shown at Oolite startup?

[RyanHoots]

When I start Oolite, a Cobra Mark III is on the screen, like it has been since I installed Oolite for the first time. Is there a way to change this, just for fun? Thanks.

[Capt. Murphy]

The model shown (and the ship you start in as a new Jameson) is whatever is ship is currently named "cobra3-player" in your shipdata.plist's. This may be the core model, or if you've got Smiv's or Neolite's installed there own versions which are named the same and overwrite the core version.

You can change this by making a little OXP with just a Config folder with a shipdata.plist in it. I have the following which makes the spinning Cobra and new Jameson ship the Griff version (which is not named "cobra3-player" so doesn't overwrite the core ship when installed).

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{
"cobra3-player" =
	       {
		like_ship = "griff_normalmapped_cobra_mkIII_scuffed_player";
		forward_weapon_type = "WEAPON_PULSE_LASER";
		}
}

However you could like_ship to any player version of any ship you've got installed.

edit to add - If you have Griff's installed alongside another reskin pack (Neolites, Smiv's, Deppsace etc) it is better to put this code in a shipdata-overrides.plist. (Thanks Eldon).

[RyanHoots]

Thank you, I'll try that. I'll be careful when I choose a ship, I don't want Jamesons getting a Constrictor!

[Smivs]

You see the Cobra 3 first because it's the first ship listed in the 'demoships.plist'. If you leave it running rather than start playing you will see most of the ships (but not all).
You can easily change this order by copying the demoships.plist, editing it to put whichever ship you want to come first (even a ship from an installed OXP) then putting your edited demoships.plist into your AddOns folder. You will then see your choice first - at startup.
Edit a copy, NOT the original, and don't use Notepad as it's got a nasty habit of adding unwanted characters and breaking things. Almost any other text editor is OK.

[Wildeblood]

You see the Cobra 3 first because it's the first ship listed in the 'demoships.plist'.

No, not so. If you completely delete the demoships file, you still see the Cobra 3 on the startup screen. I have tried it.