Main station variety

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Re: Main station variety

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Addendum: the general commodity market outside the station gives the same glitched value.
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Bicorn wrote: Mon Jun 30, 2025 7:48 pm
Hmm, I just docked in a Proto-Coriolis at Beenri and the market lists slaves at 2576980475.5 cr/t. Did a value wrap around?
Does it look like a station from a very old OXP? In any case, try to identify exactly what station from which OXP, and Cholly will fix its market definition.
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Re: Main station variety

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Proto coriolis is from [EliteWiki] Solos Alt Stations

It changes the main station model and then adds some comms and questionable humour. It shouldn't do anything to commodity prices.
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I'll keep the save and experiment to see what might be causing it.
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Oops. Turns out I had forgotten to save, and when I got back to the system the price had normalised.
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Cholmondely wrote: Mon Jun 30, 2025 4:27 pm
So, if I understand properly, it sometimes replaces an icosahedron (of which there are 9 in G1 in the vanilla game: Aona, Edinso, Edle, Inera, Inines, Teraed, Usrarema, Zaatxe, & Zaonce).
Whee! Found my first globe station in Zaatxe. Glad to know the other alt-stations didn't overwrite them.
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Re: Main station variety

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Bicorn wrote: Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:47 pm
Don't you hate bugs that sense you're trying to examine them and hide?
Is that why we only ever end up with Thargons/Alien Items and never the Thargoids themselves?
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Re: Main station variety

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Cholmondely wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:13 pm
Bicorn wrote: Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:47 pm
Don't you hate bugs that sense you're trying to examine them and hide?
Is that why we only ever end up with Thargons/Alien Items and never the Thargoids themselves?
That does sometimes seem to be true of Thargoids too... it feels if I'm actively looking them in a system I never find any.
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Bicorn wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:42 pm
Cholmondely wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:13 pm
Bicorn wrote: Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:47 pm
Don't you hate bugs that sense you're trying to examine them and hide?
Is that why we only ever end up with Thargons/Alien Items and never the Thargoids themselves?
That does sometimes seem to be true of Thargoids too... it feels if I'm actively looking them in a system I never find any.
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Re: Main station variety

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Cholmondely wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 6:23 pm
Bicorn wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:42 pm
Cholmondely wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:13 pm


Is that why we only ever end up with Thargons/Alien Items and never the Thargoids themselves?
That does sometimes seem to be true of Thargoids too... it feels if I'm actively looking them in a system I never find any.
Almost always in Interstellar Space. Look there! See [EliteWiki] Misjump
Oh, I know how to force a misjump. I meant when I get the notice from the Welcome Mat OXP that an alien vessel has been detected; I run all over the system looking for the Thargoids and almost never find them.
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Speaking of misjumps, the last time I got one I saw a generation ship. Those things are huge. Unfortunately the Thargoids shot me up before I could get close enough to try docking with it.
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Re: Main station variety

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Bicorn wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:27 pm
Oh, I know how to force a misjump. I meant when I get the notice from the Welcome Mat OXP that an alien vessel has been detected; I run all over the system looking for the Thargoids and almost never find them.
I've never really bothered. But if you are up to them, our various Thargoid OXPs are jolly good fun. I've recently started with Thargoid Wars (top notch once you leave G1), Extra Thargoids and Thargorn Threat. Good fun - and add spice and variety.

So how long have you been Ooliting for? What got you started?
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Re: Main station variety

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Cholmondely wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 8:17 pm
So how long have you been Ooliting for? What got you started?
Well, I've always been aware of Elite by reputation but had never actually played it myself (only briefly watched someone else play) so when I found out there was a free remake I of course downloaded it. I first gave it a try a bit over a year ago, and have been enjoying it intermittently since.
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