Oolite Bulletins

Since I'm completely reshuffling my Add-ons folders from scratch anyway... which OXPs and OXZs, from the Manager or manually installed, would add the most depth, complications, immersitivity, and general busy-ness of the Maesin system?

Anarchies is obvious,and the Casino, Black Monks, taxi service, ads, fuel stations, convenience stores, disembarking to the station, and satellites seem like good picks. I want to dig up the respray that provides a rainbow-ish skin for a Cobra, but I forget the name of the one that adds pretty backgrounds to station menus... BGS? Xenon? I'm also open to suggestions for a HUD, and am probably going to merge the Captain Berf soundsets when I have a chance.

What's your advice for when I get back home to my laptop?

Don't know about Maesin, but I never go anywhere without Random Ship Names and Skilled NPCs.

DataPacRat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:27 pm

I forget the name of the one that adds pretty backgrounds to station menus... BGS?

That would be BGS.. but there's also Smivs' Better Screens.

Any suggestions for improving the system's astronomy - planets, stars, suns, and whatnot?

Eg, the expansion manager's "Additional Planets SR" collections, vs Distant Stars, vs Distant Suns, vs Realistic Stars, vs Solar Flares, vs System Features: Rings, vs System Features: Sunspots, vs Zygo's set, vs non-manager PovrayPlanets, DarkSpace, Sensible Sun, Graffiti Asteroids, etc, etc...

Which provide the best visual bang for the smallest hit to FPS? (I've got a dinky little 8-year-old laptop's GPU, after all.)


Similarly, anyone care to opine on soundsets? After playing Captain Berf's sets in VLC, I'm hesitating before installing them.

If you just want a standalone sound pack, I'd suggest Milinks and Aegidians  Custom Sounds, 'cause it is the most complete set.

Sidenote: If you are using BGS, then you don't need another sound pack. A modified Customsounds.OXP is integrated.