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Hi! Essential addons?

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Yrol_Denjeah wrote:
A Quote from Cmdr Wyvern:
"Someone mentioned hardware capabilities, and that's a good point worth expanding on."

Uhm... "here"? °points at topic° This is about OXPs.
Yes, it is about oxps. But your hardware horsepower has a bearing on what oxps you can run, and/or how many, without getting framedrops or weird graphical effects. That was my point, see? :)
Yrol_Denjeah wrote:
Not to mention that "addon" is kinda the opposite of "essential".
"Essential" is kind of subjective here. You can play Oolite 'naked' without any oxps, turn on strict mode which disables oxps, or you can download and install a ginormous list.
Whatever rocks your ooniverse. Personally, I fly with the ginormous list option, including heavily shaderfied objects, because I can. :)
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Essential isnt subjective. You may prefer a ginormous list, but that hardly makes them essential.

I think its fair to say that there are no OXPs which are essential, but that doesnt mean you should use any, there are loads of great ones.
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Cmdr James wrote:
I think its fair to say that there are no OXPs which are essential...
:shock: How can you say this ?


The snork is as essential as it gets. 8)
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As Lingophiliac i feel the need for some clearance:

"Essential" is defined as
1. A necessary ingredient.
2. A fundamental ingredient.

However, to not let this turn into a war...

kneecaps, i found having the fuelstation.oxp combined with the
witchcraft...errrm witchdrive fuel injector ( included in oolite )
as very helpful for beginners, because it allows you to tactically
retreat from a pursuing enemy. without it, you might end up
as a collection of crystalized red drops in space.
(in a cutely insane, electronic, stuttering female voice)
Are you Afraid? What is it you Fear?
The End of your Trivial Existence? Ha!
When the History of my Glory is written,
your Species shall only be a Footnote
to my Magnificence.
I am SHODAN.
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
I'm still playing Oolite on a single core Athlon (2800+) and FX gfx (5950 ultra)... :roll:
Given the (lack of) power of some of my systems, I often think I'm playing Oolite on an Etch-a-Sketch :oops:
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Thargoid wrote:
DaddyHoggy wrote:
I'm still playing Oolite on a single core Athlon (2800+) and FX gfx (5950 ultra)... :roll:
Given the (lack of) power of some of my systems, I often think I'm playing Oolite on an Etch-a-Sketch :oops:
I did try and boost you up as far as a Vectrex (used to have one of these - thought it couldn't get any better!)
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Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
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Thargoid wrote:
Given the (lack of) power of some of my systems, I often think I'm playing Oolite on an Etch-a-Sketch :oops:
In my day we played elite with unfilled line vectors. And we were happy ;)
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Cmdr James wrote:
In my day we played elite with unfilled line vectors. And we were happy
On a tiny green line monitor, as well... and we were happy.
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Thargoid wrote:
Oolite on an Etch-a-Sketch
Now that is something I would like to try :|
..and the perfect complement to "Oolit- iMax-version" someone mentioned once
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