Oolite Bulletins

I managed to get Oolite running on my old Dell (by the best of luck) so time to dodge more dumb questions

<looks around - no penguinistas> Welcome aboard, Spudnic - you ask 'em, and I'll dodge 'em alright. <slips back into the shadows>

Welcome Spudnic to The Friendliest Playground This Side Of Riedquat™!


My answer will be to your first question: read the paralel page in our  wiki!

You will found the solution of your second question using Search here or at the top of this page!

So, what is your third question?


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P.S.: do not you see Cody here? I am a penguinista!

<waves to spudnic>
Welcome aboard.

G'day Spudnic, and welcome aboard!

I presume that was you who originally registered as Spudnik, Spudnic?

Cody wrote:

I presume that was you who originally registered as Spudnik, Spudnic?

Yes accidently put net instead of com on my (rarely used) provider's email...for some reason the registor didn't like yahoo or gmail.
BTW, I am old thus the learning curve has become sooo much steaper. Looking into some usb device to reduce keyboarding....any suggestions? I read about the Xbox drv on the wiki. Is that still the way to go?

<nods> Cool - your alter-ego has now been removed.

Spudnic wrote:

BTW, I am old...

Ha, a lot of us feel like that!

Spudnic wrote:

BTW, I am old thus the learning curve has become sooo much steaper. Looking into some usb device to reduce keyboarding....any suggestions? I read about the Xbox drv on the wiki. Is that still the way to go?

By "Xbox drv" I presume you're referring to this page on the Wiki?

If you have an XBox or similar style controller already laying around, then by all means try that out.. otherwise, if you're like most of us "retro" older farts around here, you'd probably feel more comfortable with a joystick than a controller. Linux handles most joysticks well, straight out of the box, with no need to install any software. I use a Saitek Cyborg Evo stick with my Linux Mint computers.. others will no doubt have other recommendations.

A new Xbox 360 wired controller is on the way. Only joystick I have used was on an Atari 2600

Making progress...however.....when I select V (external view) I cannot figure out how to return to the Internal fwd view (no ownship on the screen. The V key does not toggle back to internal and I haven't found another that does.

Simply press F1 (or 2, 3, 4) to return to internal view.

Cody wrote:

Simply press F1 (or 2, 3, 4) to return to internal view.

Thanks Cody.... suffered a little confusion with dual purpose keys depending on mode. I get it now. Another weird thing is seeing all the small ships comming in and out of station bays willy nilly and yet the beginners ship (MkIII) must be aligned perfectly to enter as if the ship is huge. Must be why its called a Game

Spudnic wrote:

... yet the beginners ship (MkIII) must be aligned perfectly to enter as if the ship is huge.

The Cowell & MgRath Cobra MK III is actually quite a large ship - 130x30x65m - so you gotta get it right.