Oolite Bulletins

Just adding to the collection (will add more here as I dig them up)

cbr wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 11:00 am

different name, same quality and price...

You know these are only reactions in imageformat and not actual oxp?!

cbr wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 7:34 pm

You know these are only reactions in imageformat and not actual oxp?!

Of course.

But if we have all the images together in one place, than those who created them will have their memories jigged and it will be easier to collectively put something together. Maybe you have everything so ordered that you can find it instantaneously (it would be super!), but I know that for me to find things, this sort of approach helps!

I hope to work my way through most of the screenshots thread over time, collating whatever goodies I can find.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 8:14 pm

I hope to work my way through most of the screenshots thread over time, collating whatever goodies I can find.

Alas, so many images are no longer there. Even fairly recent pics are beginning to disappear.

Does anybody know the algorithm for selecting ads from the total pool of available ads?

When a billboard is spawned, one of the installed sets is chosen at random and then ads from that set are being rotated in a fixed order starting with a random ad. If one of the ads in the chosen set is a "broken billboard" ad and that one is chosen as the first ad, then no rotation will happen.

While playing with the neons of set G, my remix neon did not animate properly.

could there be a typo 5 instead of 4 inside this oxz for the included neon?

While the constores don't allow manual refueling by disabling the F3 interface, in the background they still sell fuel. This becomes an issue with OXPs such as AutoRefuel, which automatically refuels the ship whenever possible.

The solution is to replace for every set (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) the following line in the shipdata.plist: with

Interesting thing I just noticed while looking at a YAH billboard in a Communist system:

The Cyrillic text spells out "НЮРОПОЛ" which could be rendered as "NEUROPOL" (possibly the original could be better written as "НЕВРОПОЛ"). Seems like the authorities here use mind control technology.

On a related note, I'm not sure which OXP I have that decorates dodecahedron stations with advertisements ... here I am getting the regular capitalist advertisements in the same system. I'm not sure that's intended. Also occurring in XenonUI:

readyready15728 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 5:32 am

Interesting thing I just noticed while looking at a YAH billboard in a Communist system:

The Cyrillic text spells out "НЮРОПОЛ" which could be rendered as "NEUROPOL" (possibly the original could be better written as "НЕВРОПОЛ"). Seems like the authorities here use mind control technology.

On a related note, I'm not sure which OXP I have that decorates dodecahedron stations with advertisements ... here I am getting the regular capitalist advertisements in the same system. I'm not sure that's intended. Also occurring in XenonUI:

Actually, its much more complicated than that!

There are three OXPs involved.

Commies has its own set of ads and they provide the propaganda.

Then YAH gives you the ads on the front of the station, non-Commie beacons, Trade Stations etc

And Market Observer has a third set of ads for your f8 screen (Market Ads). It's not Xenon UI.



Then we have the lore/rationalisations/handwavium

The main orbital stations (Corioli) belong and are paid for by GalCop. Some other stations belong to individuals (Rock Hermits) or to the Planetary Government (Royal Hunting Lodges, SLAPUs, Astrogulags, Hathors, Imperial Astrofactories etc). That is why so many of them are based around cheap Rock Hermits.

In a wealthy system, the govt can pay GalCop to upgrade the Coriolis to an ico or dodo. (All made in Communist Vetitice by GASEC).

In any event, the main orbital is run by GalCop but the planetary govt can pay and thus gain control over bits of it. Anarchies have no govt and no dosh and will not. A different story for Corporate states, needless to say!

So the Commie govt pays for the Commie beacon ads, while GalCop makes money from the YAH station ads and the corporation running the F8 software (CorCom Trading Systems?) gets money for the F8 ads, paying for Market Observer.

Read Malacandra’s Commie story (Oolite Fiction) for a useful description: Ships That Pass In The Night.



References:
1) Killer Wolf's Dynamic HUD (CorCom taken from Classic Elite's Space Trader's Flight Training Manual


2) See Market Observer wiki page for Spara's Market Ads rationalization (top line of his Overview). It was originally part of his Troomp.oxp!

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 7:21 am

readyready15728 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 5:32 am

Interesting thing I just noticed while looking at a YAH billboard in a Communist system:

The Cyrillic text spells out "НЮРОПОЛ" which could be rendered as "NEUROPOL" (possibly the original could be better written as "НЕВРОПОЛ"). Seems like the authorities here use mind control technology.

On a related note, I'm not sure which OXP I have that decorates dodecahedron stations with advertisements ... here I am getting the regular capitalist advertisements in the same system. I'm not sure that's intended. Also occurring in XenonUI:

Actually, its much more complicated than that!

I'm a 40K fan; I'm used to things being complex! In all seriousness, thanks for the extensive details from both the technical and lore standpoints.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 7:21 am

And Market Observer has a third set of ads for your f8 screen (Market Ads)...

So the Commie govt pays for the Commie beacon ads, while GalCop makes money from the YAH station ads and the corporation running the F8 software (CorCom Trading Systems?) gets money for the F8 ads, paying for Market Observer.

And, Wildefire Systems should be receiving a licensing micro-payment every time that HUD is displayed, but oddly we've never seen a cent from Spara.

Wildeblood wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 5:55 am

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 7:21 am

And Market Observer has a third set of ads for your f8 screen (Market Ads)...

So the Commie govt pays for the Commie beacon ads, while GalCop makes money from the YAH station ads and the corporation running the F8 software (CorCom Trading Systems?) gets money for the F8 ads, paying for Market Observer.

And, Wildefire Systems should be receiving a licensing micro-payment every time that HUD is displayed, but oddly we've never seen a cent from Spara.

Probably because they've displayed a Wildefire Systems ad on readyready15728's market screen! You will now have to sell off your Yurt to pay for the privilege!