Oolite Bulletins

Based on discussions in another thread, the idea was raised of having yaw be a purchasable upgrade.

And here it is! Yaw Boosters adds the... well, "Yaw Boosters" to the game, available in TL13 systems for 2500 cr. If you don't have this item, yaw will be disabled.

It's all configurable, though. If you think "no yaw at all" is a bit harsh, you can find the settings to change it in Library Config. You can also set what value is applied to yaw when the boosters are purchased. It is compatible with Ship Configuration, but if there are other mods out there that play with the yaw setting I'll probably need to apply a tweak or two. Let me know if you're aware of any.

And that's it really. Download a copy here: YawBoosters.oxz

If some other players can give it a test drive that would be super. If no error reports surface, I'll add it to the manager in a day or so.

phkb wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:42 am

You can also set what value is applied to yaw when the boosters are purchased.

Good move

Tried it out twice now. Seems to work just fine!

I rather think that  Keyboard Cobra might faff with yaw (as well as pitch & roll). But it is not on the Expansions Manager and the download link is broken!

Possibly one or two of the more involved missions OXPs might tweak things here, I don't know.

I doubt that  Bullet Drive and  Shaky Drive are what you are thinking of. Or Stranger's  Hard Way. These only affect yaw in the Torus Drive. And  Dangerous Keyconfig OXP just reassigns the keys to those E:D uses (Yaw is now a & d).

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 1:08 pm

I doubt that [EliteWiki] Bullet Drive and [EliteWiki] Shaky Drive are what you are thinking of. Or Stranger's [EliteWiki] Hard Way. These only affect yaw in the Torus Drive. And [EliteWiki] Dangerous Keyconfig OXP just reassigns the keys to those E:D uses (Yaw is now a & d).

Looks like the only one that will have an issue is Hard Way, and... *sigh* It doesn't honour the max_flight_yaw value your ship may have defined, and instead makes it just 25% of the pitch value. So, that fancy ship you bought that has high values for pitch roll *and* yaw? Too bad, yaw gets reduced to 25% of pitch, but *only* after the warp drive is used.

So, not only does it not honour the shipdata setting, it applies its rules inconsistently. Players will rightly believe there is a bug, when that have a sprightly yaw setting when they launch, but it suddenly becomes lethargic after using the warp drive.

I really don't want to fix another OXP, particular one that I don't use myself, so I'm just going to flag it as incompatible with Yaw Boosters for now. If someone else wants to fix Hard Way they are more than welcome to jump in.