Oolite Bulletins

Auto Crosshairs OXP ver. 1.1.1
Date: October 6th, 2014
Author: Wildeblood

Adds an equipment item which changes the way the gun-sight cross-hairs behave in Oolite. In standard Oolite the cross-hairs are static, and only differ in appearance depending on the type of weapons installed. Once the equipment (the Wildefire Systems Type 4 Gunsight) is purchased, the cross-hairs change shape to alert the pilot to the precise moment a target is centred. Please use responsibly - Wildefire Systems does not endorse or condone hostility between spacefarers.

The equipment can be bought at space ports with a technological level of 11 or above, for 1750 credits. No configuration is needed or normally possible. For players who can't resist tinkering inside OXPs, there is a parameter at the top of the javascript file (this.$precision = 2; // Whole number 1-5), you could experiment with.

Laser-ific Crosshairs OXP ver. 1.3
Date: October 6th, 2014
Author: Wildeblood

Adds a circular dial showing the laser heat level around the central cross-hairs. Compatible with most HUDs.

Shield-tastic Crosshairs OXP ver. 1.0
Date: October 8th, 2014
Author: Wildeblood

Adds two semi-circular indicators, showing the state of the shields, around the central cross-hairs. Compatible with most HUDs.

Alerting Crosshairs OXP ver. 1.0
Date: May 16th, 2013
Author: Wildeblood

Changes the way the gun-sight cross-hairs behave in Oolite. In standard Oolite the cross-hairs change appearance depending on the type of weapons installed. With this OXP installed the cross-hairs instead change depending on the current alert level. At green alert only a minimal centre-mark is shown. When other ships are in the vicinity the larger four-vaned cross-hair, previously associated with the pulse laser, appears. In combat situations the more complex cross-hair, previously associated with the military laser, appears.

The mining laser continues to have its distinctive gun-sight associated with it.

When the advanced space compass is set to its target tracking mode the combat cross-hairs appear, regardless of the current alert level.

No configuration is needed or possible.

Select-o-matic Crosshairs OXP ver. 1.0
Date: May 20th, 2013
Author: Wildeblood

Changes the way the gun-sight cross-hairs behave in Oolite. In standard Oolite the cross-hairs are static, and only differ in appearance depending on the type of weapons installed. With this OXP installed, the player can select the style of cross-hairs they want to use, regardless of which weapon type is in use, and change their selection as often as they wish to.

Place the Select-o-matic Crosshairs OXP into your "AddOns" folder. While in flight, select the item "Cross-hairs Selector" on the equipment menu (by pressing "N"). Then cycle through the range of available choices (press "n" or "b" for next or back) until the desired style appears. Only usable with Oolite 1.77 or later.

Does this mean you could effectively have a targeting assist crosshair so it would change colour when you are lined up with your target?

The cross-hair colour is set in the hud.plist file, not the crosshairs.plist file. So you've been able to do that for several years now...

reticle_target_sensitive = no;

I don't know how smooth switching either the cross-hair or HUD files frame-by-frame would be (I wouldn't try it).

Is it possible to use a combination of any two (or all) of the 3 OXPs to get the set of features one would like to have?

Is it possible to get round crosshairs with Select-o-matic?