[RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.2.3 released 9 February 2013)

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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.0.6 released 21 April 2012)

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Hm. I don't remember that I ever got one like that. At the end of the countdown, with no large ship/station to mass-lock you, but with losing either equipment or cargo? That doesn't ring a bell. I don't think that I had that even once.
It is something that was changed in 1.75 I think. Before, you got the rare malfunction after you jumped. Somehow it felt as wrong and now you get the equipment malfunction before the jump and the jump aborts because of this. Fuel leaks still happen after the jump. The chances for both are not raised, but after a jump you just missed the malfunctions in the old situation :)
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.0.6 released 21 April 2012)

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[immersion mode]Phew, that might have been a nasty misjump, instead of losing a bit of kit/cargo.[/immersion mode]
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.0.6 released 21 April 2012)

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It's core behaviour, yes. Only 1 in 4 witchdrive malfunctions actually causes a misjump.
Ah, right. My poor Commander Jack recently spent nearly all his spare cash on a wormhole scanner, and it got damaged pre-jump before he'd even had a chance to use it. Now he can't even afford to get it repaired :cry:
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.0.6 released 21 April 2012)

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Smivs wrote:
cim wrote:
It's core behaviour, yes. Only 1 in 4 witchdrive malfunctions actually causes a misjump.
Ah, right. My poor Commander Jack recently spent nearly all his spare cash on a wormhole scanner, and it got damaged pre-jump before he'd even had a chance to use it. Now he can't even afford to get it repaired
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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1.1.0 is now out - download link in the first post has been updated.
What's new:
  • You can now get a list of the major imports and exports of a system while docked at one of its stations.
  • TraderNet runs "Know Your Good" articles giving a bit of information on trade goods, where to trade them, and "typical" prices.
  • A few tweaks to option order on the buy/sell screens
  • Import prices are now slightly more generous, to make Food, Textiles and Minerals easier to sell at a profit
  • Snoopers is no longer required. TraderNet is now accessed from the main New Cargoes menu if you have a subscription.
Two reasons for the Snoopers change - firstly New Cargoes was pushing huge numbers of requests to Snoopers, which meant that it could overwhelm any other OXP that wanted to use Snoopers, and secondly the TraderNet information is something you might want to read more than once. You can now read the last 20 bulletins.

Hopefully all of this should make it a little easier to get started on making a small profit without giving away all the secrets.
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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The new version is a beauty. I'm especially grateful for the "Know Your Goods" articles on TraderNet, and hope they may finally help me find out how to make a profit on hideously expensive stuff like Antique AIs. The only time I've made a profit on those was after scooping some from the wreckage of a pirate.
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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I want to download 1.10 but can't access the download link.
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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pagroove wrote:
I want to download 1.10 but can't access the download link.
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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Ok. :). I'il try it later today.
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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One obvious typo that has been bugging me for a while is the "Scupltures" cargo, apparently sold in Atage among other places. Could you fix that in the next version?
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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One obvious typo that has been bugging me for a while is the "Scupltures" cargo, apparently sold in Atage among other places. Could you fix that in the next version?
And while you're at it, in [size=120]cargotypescavenger.js[/size]:

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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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Download of 1.1.0 should be working again now.

Thanks for the spelling reports - they'll be fixed in the next version.
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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From [wiki]New Cargoes Trading Advice[/wiki]:
If you want to get paid, you have to take the quickest possible route, which is going to mean lots of short jumps through systems you might rather avoid. Any serious damage to your ship you probably won't have time to repair, either.
So does that mean that a lot of 2-4LY jumps can cover the same distance faster than a few ~6.5LY jumps? I never noticed that before. Is that why other traders keep beating me to my destination whenever I take an open contract?
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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BuggyBY wrote:
From [wiki]New Cargoes Trading Advice[/wiki]:
If you want to get paid, you have to take the quickest possible route, which is going to mean lots of short jumps through systems you might rather avoid. Any serious damage to your ship you probably won't have time to repair, either.
So does that mean that a lot of 2-4LY jumps can cover the same distance faster than a few ~6.5LY jumps? I never noticed that before. Is that why other traders keep beating me to my destination whenever I take an open contract?
Yes. :roll:
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Re: [RELEASE] New Cargoes OXP (1.1.0 released 17 May 2012)

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BuggyBY wrote:
So does that mean that a lot of 2-4LY jumps can cover the same distance faster than a few ~6.5LY jumps?
Yep... check it out on the long-range chart. The [EliteWiki] Advanced Navigational Array is very useful.
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And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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