@Winston: At present, i'm at work, so can't really upload too much, so maybe (if you wanted to) you could do the honours (alioth&berlios) till i'm a bit more settled. Thanks if you can Don't worry if you can't.
1. The commander's name keeps getting munged up so you see something like "Command sshttertexxxvv".
2. The first time I saved, the file went to C:\Program Files\Oolite\oolite.app\oolite.app\GNUstep\Defaults.
I just jumped through my first hyperspace cloud - that's cool. Also, thanks be to whoever fixed the space compass in the Windows version.
I lost my old save file with the fully fitted Cobra and about 100,000CR. Starting again... just did enough runs to go from 100CR to buying the docking computer, large cargo hold, and advanced targetting. Things should move on more quickly now!
Oolite is a bit harder than the 8-bit Elites. Added to that, you can quite easily be mugged by more ships than the 8-bit Elites could contain in a single system!