Oolite Bulletins

I somehow accidently turned on bounding box debug mode. Whilst it's quite handy for finding enemy ships (they get a purple bounding box round them) I suspect I should really it admit that it's cheating.

How do i turn it on/off in future?

I blame the cat - I was taking evasive action as she run all over my ship's controls...

To turn debug bounding boxes on:
Press 'p' to pause, then 'x'.
Once on, they remain on until you restart the game. See Commander McLane's response below for how to switch off. They are supposed to be enabled for the test versions of Oolite only.

[Edit: Well, human is error after all...]

Pause the game and press 'n'. (And you or the cat started it by pressing 'x' while the game was paused.)

There is a description of all the Oolite keycontrols here in the wiki.

i didn't think of looking on the wiki, thanks.

I looked through the keys config file (keyconfig.plist?) and didn't see it there so assumed it was a secret.

While I'm here - any idea why the next missile key doesn't seem to work? I've checked it's still mapped to 'y'.

Probably because you don’t have the necessary upgrade (Advanced targeting computer, or whatever it’s called multi-targeting system).

i bought one of those but it still didn't seem to work. I died shortly after so when i reloaded i didn't have it any more and i got my few hundred credits back... I'll have another go...

Although, thinking about it, shouldn't you still allowed to select which missile to use whether you've got a multi-targetter or not? For example if you're just starting out you may only be able to afford one ECM hardened missile so you would want to save it for someone nasty who evades your normal missiles.

Unfortunately, computers in the future are bodged together from old museum-quality vacuum tubes and Commodore 64 motherboards, and as such are very dumb and very expensive.

Alternatively, selecting the missile you want to use is a Macrosoft perpetual patent monopoly, so they can charge ridiculous sums of money for a minor software upgrade.

Wow, these future dystopias have some really wacky story elements, don’t they? Good thing the real world is nothing like that.

Ahruman wrote:

Wow, these future dystopias have some really wacky story elements, don’t they? Good thing the real world is nothing like that.

Who says it isn't?

Commander McLane wrote:

Ahruman wrote:

Wow, these future dystopias have some really wacky story elements, don’t they? Good thing the real world is nothing like that.

Who says it isn't?

Etymonline.com wrote:

sarcasm
1579, from L.L. sarcasmos, from Gk. sarkasmos “a sneer, jest, taunt, mockery,” from sarkazein “to speak bitterly, sneer,” lit. “to strip off the flesh,” from sarx (gen. sarkos) “flesh,” prop. “piece of meat,” from PIE base *twerk- “to cut” (cf. Avestan thwares “to cut”). Sarcastic is from 1695. For nuances of usage, see humor.

Etymonline.com wrote:

For nuances of usage, see humor.

And what's that?

“fluid or juice of an animal or plant”. Didn’t you follow the link? ;-)

funny.
'haberdasher' can have multiple interpretations in oolite.
seller of hats (aka trumbles)
peddler of small wares e.g. the small independent trader