Oolite Bulletins

sounds good to me, eg

28t/35t


erm while you are at it (steps from foot to foot while twisting cap in hands)

any chance of a target lock as well

aegidian wrote:

I think for v1.63 I should add a fuel-scoop status light to the hud.

I don't think so.

It cannot say 'unusable scoop', if your fueltanks are still half empty.
Fuelscooping is it's primary use.

A message when cargoscoop has failed should be enough.

Cargo hold status light... Green for space left, yellow for full, red for shot full of holes

Mind you, my favourite idea so far is a variant of TGHC's - showing the empty tonnage left. The reason I like the idea of having a number is so I can think, "OK - 10t left, scoop everything", or "Oops - 1t left, better just grab that cargo container and hope for platinum".

I get how to scoop up cargo. How do I scoop up fuel? Should I fly my ship near the sun? Any help will do.

Thanks!

For getting used to it, choose a sun with *big* corona.

Rule number one: you want to spend as little time as possible near the surface, so: fly into it at jumpspeed, when it says 'masslock' use injectors, untill your scoops start scooping. Then get the hell out of there, again using injectors, then jump. Or pre-set a system and hyperspace out (my preferred way, even with hard suns (with very small corona) that works, if you get your timing right.

I used to feel it was too much of a hassle, but now I do it virtually every time: instead of buying fuel, I exit the station, go to sun, fill 'er up, hyperspace out.

w/o fuel injectors, it's almost every time an assured suicide mission, mind you (can be done if you use the hyperspace trick) with fuel injectors, it's a piece of cake, after awhile.

BobSongs wrote:

I get how to scoop up cargo. How do I scoop up fuel? Should I fly my ship near the sun? Any help will do.

Thanks!

There is an excellent guide here:-
http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Fuel_Scoops#Use

How could I forget...