loading up expansion packs

lug · Post by **lug** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:30 pm

I am a complete novice when it comes to computers,so please bear in mind!

I would like to add on some expansion packs but do not know how to, and could someone please tell me how to access music as my oolite plays without any background music.

Thanks in advance

Post by **another_commander** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:50 pm

Follow the link below for information about (almost) everything you will need to know about OXPs, together with a list of what is currently available for download:
http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/OXP

For your question regarding music, you may want to install the Hyperradio oxp. Link is here: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Hyperradio_js_OXP. The Custom Sounds OXP also features some background music. Link to download: http://oosat.alioth.net/files/CustomSounds.zip.

Hope this helps.

lug · Post by **lug** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:11 pm

Cheers for info,it says you have to move file to addon in oolite and i am not sure where this is?!! i probs sound dense and am when it comes to this kind of stuff.

Have saved the sounds to docs and opened and found relevant file but dont know where to put it now!!!!!

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:56 pm

If you open up Oolite's folder with Explorer you should see a folder called Oolite.app and a folder called AddOns. Unzip the OXP to desktop and you'll get a folder called "MyOXP" or whatever. Open this one and you'll see a folder that ends .oxp Highlight the .oxp folder and move it to the AddOns folder. Thats it the OXP is installed. Fire up Oolite and hold down the SHIFT key whist it load up. The OXP features are now added to the game.

Hoopy · Post by **Hoopy** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:58 pm

once you've got it all working it would be worth you suggesting some changes to the wording on the wiki so that the next person doesn't have to answer the same question.

continuous improvement, not making the same mistake twice and all that

I can't remember who the wiki editors are but I'm sure they're listening, erm, reading...

lug · Post by **lug** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:10 pm

Thanks for all your help worked out and done!

cheers again

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:51 am

@ another_commander: Congratulations to your promotion!

Post by **another_commander** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:56 am

Thanks

There have been a couple more promotions around. Kaks and Eric are now Commodores.

Hoopy · Post by **Hoopy** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:58 am

I wondered about that - from what I've seen on other PHP boards the admin can assign 'ranks' directly to users if they choose. I guess here you have to be of service to the board to get a funky new rank - seems a good deal to me. I'd best think of some ways to be useful

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:15 pm

While we don’t actually have formal criteria, I’ve been assigning ranks to a) people of service to despamulation efforts (currently not an issue), and b) contributors to Oolite itself.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:45 pm

@ another_commander: hey, well deserved!

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:38 pm

Congrats, another_commander!

Hoopy wrote:
I wondered about that - from what I've seen on other PHP boards the admin can assign 'ranks' directly to users if they choose. I guess here you have to be of service to the board to get a funky new rank - seems a good deal to me. I'd best think of some ways to be useful

Not necessarily useful in my case, more sort of notorious.....

Captain Hesperus

Hoopy · Post by **Hoopy** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:42 am

I'm sure the Trumbe Trade Federation didn't have to bribe Ahruman too much for you to get your title...