Oolite Bulletins

A mission type that was previously unseen by me cropped up; Defend Satellites. The first satellite to defend was at another planet about 7000 kilometers away from the Main Station. Arrival was made in under the 5 minute attack limit by using my Torus Drive and avoiding combat on the way there. Once ...

One of the things that needs full control is labeled as System . Does System also have Read and Write Permissions? System relates to your Operating System - How Windows deals with files and folders. How to add System and the Read and Write Permissions to the Permissions lists (if they are not alread...

Have another idea as to what might be happening. The problem is in the execution of the explanation. My trying to tell you how to fix the problem is going to get extremely complicated and my fear is that we will both get lost in the translation. Your best bet is that once my theory is given that you...

Go to C:\Oolite\oolite.app\GNUstep\Defaults or the directory similar to this for your installation of the game. Open the file named .GNUstepDefaults in a text editor other than Windows Notepad - Notepad++ is a good option. Inside .GNUstepDefaults should be a line that points to your save game direct...

Really liking what has been presented so far. Looking forward to a working model whenever possible. Please let me know if the following scenario fits in with what you have in mind. On my third trip around the eight the endless wandering starts to wear a little thin. Time to find a good group of syst...

Geez - No wonder it would not work for me, left out almost every step. Thank you again for both the update and the scripting lesson, much appreciated.

Actually you should thank Spara, the creator of the Market Observer OXZ. He is the one who gave me the above answer when asked the same question, by me, about a year and half ago. This may be a single player game but we are all in it together.

The same one that is already sent when you do a Maintenance Overhaul would be fine. The two (overhaul and tune up) do basically the same thing so there is no need to come up with a whole new piece of script and descriptors just for the tune up. Is there a way to get the tune up script to call the ne...

phkb: Could you post a simple (or even not so simple) bit of script that would allow a purchased Maintenance Tune Up to send a Maintenance Email from your Email System OXZ. Had a look at it myself but my script-fu is weak in this area, never have done any work wherein one JavaScript had to call on t...

Taka: Ran into the same problem a while back. The Trader Rating is a function of the Market Observer OXZ. The two OXZ's are incompatible in that the Trader Rating function has no way of reading cargo that is placed into HyperCargo and thus returns with the lost cargo thing lowering your Trader Ratin...

Notepad leaves extra white space behind that can mess a script up. Give NOTEPAD++ a try. Simple learning curve and free.

Welcome aboard Commander. As for your journey to the Dark Side the best place to start is with the Oolite wiki. There are lots of pages there on how to create your own OXZs. The best place to start though is HERE . Once you have the basics down and want to move on to the even Darker Side of things w...

Are you dedicated to sticking with the vanilla game or are you are willing to modify it with OXZ's and OXP's? The mod route will solve this problem rather quickly with just a few additions like New Lasers, Multiple Lasers and Separated Lasers, Eco Lasers, Laser Cannons, you get the idea. The majorit...

Oh my - brought a tear to my eye. Also reminded me of my favorite bit from Emily Dickinson.

Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me.
The carriage held but just Ourselves
And Immortality.

Have a look HERE for specific information about the Laser Reductor. The other parts of that page will give you more insight into the other aspects of the Towbar.OXZ.