NOVA MISSION...Broken?

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NOVA MISSION...Broken?

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Hi,

I've got a rating of Deadly, in G4, and have a Gal Hyperdrive.

I go to a system, fuel is gone, get to the station, message comes up, saying help us, etc, etc. But it only says 'Press Space Commander' and when I do, the Comms says 'Coward! You chose not to help the refugees!'

How do I, y'know, help them?

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You were offered no choices? I'm struggling to recall that mission screen, but you should be able to select one of two options.
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So, yeah. What do I do?
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I'm wondering if it's a clash with the user interface you have there.
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I'm also wondering that - definitely missing the yes/no choice:

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NO = "No, sorry.";
YES = "Okay, I’ll help.";
Try disabling that hud to check, perhaps?
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What do I do - OXPs I need to ditch?
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First thing I would try is to find out if it works without Xenon UI.
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If that doesn't work, please check your Latest.log (found here: ~\Oolite\oolite.app\Logs) for any error messages.
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No, thank the Oolite board... :wink:
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Cool! You should probably post details in the Xenon UI thread (as that may have a bug).
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Yep, found bug in Xenon UI. Update coming shortly!
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Nice picture... Might be an idea to bring the always white shining suns a bit more variety.
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Oolite's star colours do vary slightly (not all are white) - and this is a system gone nova (with Farsun installed):

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It only takes 30-40 seconds to burn-up there - and depending on its chart location, it has tactical possibilities.
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Ages ago there was a problem with being offered contracts that took you to that system after the nova, but I think it was fixed. The one time it happened to me I managed to forget that the nova system was there (since I'd been through all 8 galaxies again since that mission) so ended up jumping there. Fortunately I had enough fuel left to jump out to the next system on my route, but it would be a problem if the nearest system was more than 3.5 LY away...
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Ages ago, there was another way of completing the nova mission - but the Admiralty, in their infinite and unfathomable wisdom, nixed it.
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And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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