MFD

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The two "Useful MFDs" are shown in the upper corners of this "Coluber HUD"

Overview

A multi-functional display (MFD) provides extra information on your Heads-Up Display (HUD) during flight.

List of basic MFDs

There is a wide choice of MFD OXPs available in Oolite.

  • BroadcastComms MFD enables you to communicate with local ships
  • CommsLogMFD keeps a long record of previous (non-Broadcast Comms) messages which you can scroll through.
  • Combat MFD tells you about both your combat status and your target's!
  • Damage Report MFD lists what is damaged (more information available when docked).
  • Market Inquirer tells you the in-system published prices for the Oolite commodities (ie at major orbital stations and cruise ships).
  • Manifest MFD lists the contents of your cargo hold
  • Manifest Scanner lists the contents of other cargo holds!
  • Navigation MFD shows details of your hyperdrive status, the systems you are in and wish to jump to, etc.
  • Primeable Equipment MFD allows you to use a MFD to select your Primeable Equipment. Very useful if you have a large selection!
  • Range Finder MFD shows you .oxp scan results for escape capsules, black boxes, asteroids, ships, communication relays and cargo pods.
  • Ship's Library OXP comes with the Ship's Manual loaded. There are 5 other books you can add.
  • Station Dock Control allows you to see scheduled departures/arrivals at an orbital station.
  • Star System Lane Indicator MFD allows you to see if you are on a Star System Lane.
  • Telescope tells you what is visible in your viewscreens.
  • Technical Reference Library displays information about a targeted ship
  • Trophy Collector displays your last 10 kills
  • Useful MFDs gives 2: a general information and a cargo-list. Free!

OXPs with added MFDs

Other OXPs use an MFD to interact with what they do.

  • Bounty System - the new bounties can be displayed on an MFD
  • EscortDeck - the MFD shows the status of your escort ships - and governs their activities
  • Fighters - the MFD shows the status of your fighters - and governs their activities
  • Targeter OXP
  • Waypoint Here - the location of your waypoints can be displayed on an MFD
  • Strangers World - details of the sun (including solar flux), the planets and the moons are displayed in an MFD.

Managing MFDs

An important OXP for MFD users:

There are another two OXPs which enable you to juggle your MFDs

  • MFD Fast Configuration allows you to define sets of MFDs for display in different conditions (combat/docking etc.).
  • HUDSelector allows you to toggle between different HUDs with different MFD settings. It also records your MFD settings for a new game.

MFDs & HUDs

To add one or more MFDs to your HUD, you need a different HUD from that provided in the Vanilla game.

Depending on the HUD you choose you can have between 2 & 12 MFDs available for gazing at!

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