New Player Question...

[MAWL]

Hi Everyone

I have just discovered Oolite and I am very pleased to have done so!

I am having a small problem : I cannot exit the station without getting targeted and attacked. I am merely trying to practice docking, and I cant even get a single landing off. Whats worse is when I defend myself often Galcop decides that I am also a criminal and blasts me to pixels. I tried starting some new games but it doesn't seem to help, as soon as I exit the station, the AI voraciously pursues me.

Does anyone have an idea as to how I can correct this behavior? It is preventing me from being able to enjoy the game

Thanks for any help.

[Disembodied]

Hi Everyone

I have just discovered Oolite and I am very pleased to have done so!

I am having a small problem : I cannot exit the station without getting targeted and attacked. I am merely trying to practice docking, and I cant even get a single landing off. Whats worse is when I defend myself often Galcop decides that I am also a criminal and blasts me to pixels. I tried starting some new games but it doesn't seem to help, as soon as I exit the station, the AI voraciously pursues me.

Does anyone have an idea as to how I can correct this behavior? It is preventing me from being able to enjoy the game

Thanks for any help.

Hi MAWL, welcome to the friendliest board this side of Riedquat! Can I ask, do you have anything in your cargo bay when you launch? You know, like slaves, narcotics or firearms? Because launching from a main station with those on board will get you into GalCop's bad books ...

If that's not the case, what version of the game are you running, and what (if any) OXPs do you have installed?

[danny_galaga]

Carrying slaves caught me out at first too

[MAWL]

I figured out the...er... problem. Twas I who forgot to remove Griff's script for his Kraits.

He should rename that OXP the Noob-Killer. That script has prob earned Elite status by now, lol. I've had no problems since removing it and am busy trading and running from pirates.

Thanks for the quick responses, I would have deleted the post but I had to wait for moderation to kick in.

[Cody]

Twas I who forgot to remove Griff's script for his Kraits.

Hi MAWL and welcome... you should try this version of the Griff Krait... it's much better.

[MAWL]

Hi MAWL and welcome... you should try this version of the Griff Krait... it's much better.

Thanks for the heads up, I'm downloading it right now.

[CommonSenseOTB]

Welcome MAWL. Nice avatar.

[Cmdr Wyvern]

Welcome MAWL. Nice avatar.

Trivia time! His av is the player ship from the old 80's arcade game Galaga.

[MAWL]

Thanks much for the welcome! I am finding these boards a delight to read, there are so many intelligent and well-informed players. I've chewed through many games in my day, and I must say I am impressed with the amount of community involvement that Oolite seems to enjoy.

I will add my accolades, and thank all the Devs and OXP writers, as well as the talented modelers who make this game such a boon to discover. So glad I dumped windows last week or I would never have stumbled upon this gem of a game!

I used to play Galaga(a port) on my NES back in the day, Cmdr Wyvern is correct. Unfortunately, I missed the original Elite. But, having now been made aware of it, the feat of coding it represents is astonishing I aspire to one day create something as elegant. Hopefully I will have something to offer the community as soon as I can find some time.

[danny_galaga]

How did I not notice that avatar?

[CommonSenseOTB]

I like your signature danny_galaga. How is life treating you in the corps by the way.

[danny_galaga]

I like your signature danny_galaga. How is life treating you in the corps by the way.

Wondering if anyone would notice! Funny thing is, about that time, I hadn't tried to salvage anything, and I didn't know how, so I just crashed into a container thinking that would do it Now I know you gotta skim over the top of stuff so your scoop is collecting it...

Mostly trading while ferrying passengers. Only at the 'mostly harmless' level but I'm chuffed to have gotten anything- I sure took a beating in my early encounters with baddies!

I'm sticking with standard Oolite for now, maybe later I'll try one of them there OXP things

[Smivs]

I'm sticking with standard Oolite for now, maybe later I'll try one of them there OXP things

That's usually a good idea...get used to the 'vanilla' game first. No reason not to make it look prettier though. There are some really nice replacement texture sets that make the ships, other objects and planets look a lot better without having any impact on gameplay.
Take a look here.

[MAWL]

Twas I who forgot to remove Griff's script for his Kraits.

Hi MAWL and welcome... you should try this version of the Griff Krait... it's much better.

Does this OXP replace Griff's Krait OXP?

[drew]

Thanks much for the welcome! I am finding these boards a delight to read, there are so many intelligent and well-informed players.

Those of us who are stupid and ignorant take a little longer to show up.

Cheers,

Drew.