Well, I got an intimidatingly comprehensive welcome message from @Cholmondely, so I guess I had better introduce myself....
Hello, I'm case, or "thelowercase" or "@iamthelowercase" if we're being formal :) I came across the name "oolite" browsing around the Ubuntu repos years ago, but paid it no mind until around November of last year when I started getting ahold of some joysticks. It's not (no longer?) in the Debian archives, but using @Hiran 's starter and doing a local-install of the linux binaries worked fine.
I think in my first run I loaded up 90% of the english version of Stranger's World. Then I came across a wiki article that suggested getting real familiar with the vanilla game before adding any expansions, so I ran a -strict save for a while. The save I'm currently running has most of Stranger's World back on, Power To Engines, Missionaries, a HUD, and a few other things.
The expansion manager in my install of the starter is a bit borked right now, and I haven't bothered to fix it yet. That's scheduled for after I get my new machine put together and running. Otherwise there would be a few more things installed :) Including re-activating Stranger's Hard Way, which I had turned off but now regret.
There was a break for several months where I was playing Elite: Dangerous more than Oolite, and I have thoughts on them, but this is not the post for that.
Introduce Yourself.
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