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<p>Arquebus: /* Touchportal */</p> <hr /> <div>There are a number of buttonboxes/control panels/instrument panels which can be bought to add to the immersive experience. These include the following:<br /> [[File:Roolite HUD.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Part of the legendary ''Steel Battalion Controller'' (2002)]]<br /> *'''Blackhog''' (3 versions for flight sims and an upcoming 4th for space sims) ''Windows compatible''<br /> *'''Elgato''' Streamdeck (3 sizes) ''Windows &amp; AppleMac compatible''. '''Oolite-compatible!'''<br /> *'''Saiteck''' (maybe 4/5 versions for flight sims) ''Windows compatible''<br /> *'''Thrustmaster''' Cougar Pack. ''Windows compatible''. <br /> *'''VKB''' (1 version, an upcoming second) ''Windows compatible''<br /> *'''Virpil''' (1 version) ''Windows compatible''<br /> *Various hand made alternatives can be found on ''eg.'' Etsy.com (search under Simulator).<br /> ''Linux compatibility'' does not yet seem to be on offer.<br /> <br /> These can combine with (for example) a [[Joysticks and Gamepads|joystick and throttle]] to give one a feeling of ''actually'' flying a cobra, the buttonbox serving as one's [[Astrogation Console|astrogation panel]].&lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> __TOC__<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> [[File:Arquebus's Touch Portal.png|thumb|right|320px|Arquebus's Touch-portal page for his Smart-phone &lt;br&gt; ''Click'' to expand!]]<br /> == Software ==<br /> === Touchportal ===<br /> [https://www.touch-portal.com/ Touch-portal] transmogrifies your smartphone into a buttonbox. It works like the Elgato does, in effect replicating elements of your keyboard but with custom-designed buttons. On the minus side you do not get the &quot;haptic feel&quot; of a real keyboard with pressable buttons. On the positive side you can include gauges (if you know how!) and change the background colour/design. <br /> <br /> Since you can design the keys, you can for example group the 7 missile keys together, give them a distinctive colour and then name them according to what they actually do!<br /> <br /> Arquebus has created the profile on the right for playing in oolite (which he uses in conjunction with his joystick).<br /> <br /> You can download his profile from [https://tinyurl.com/43tcyjdh here] (updated 18 Oct '24).<br /> <br /> See [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=21135 Touch Portal] (2021)<br /> <br /> == Hardware ==<br /> === Blackhog ===<br /> {| cellspacing=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; text-align=&quot;center&quot;<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:Plantilla-cabecera9.png|200px|thumb|&lt;br&gt;|Plantilla-cabecera &lt;br&gt; Waiting for this one since 2017]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:Front-view-03-A-web-1.jpg|200px|thumb|&lt;br&gt;|A-explorer]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:Blackhog.jpg|200px|thumb|&lt;br&gt;|A-explorer: optional mount]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:B-explorer-02-1-300x300.jpg|200px|thumb|&lt;br&gt;|B-explorer]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:Front-view-03-C-web-1.jpg|200px|thumb|&lt;br&gt;|C-explorer]]<br /> |}<br /> Blackhog's various ''explorers'' seem to be made of metal. The optional mount allows the throttle unit of a [[Joysticks and Gamepads|Hotas]] to be mounted on it.<br /> <br /> Their plastic ''Plantilla-cabecera'' was avowedly designed with ''Elite Dangerous'' in mind back in 2017. Perhaps software issues impeded its production? Or maybe the designer left the company? Or they vowed to disavow plastic?<br /> <br /> === Elgato's Streamdeck ===<br /> <br /> [[File:Elgato Streamdeck.jpg|300px|thumb|left|medium-sized Streamdeck (only 15 buttons)]]<br /> Elgato's Streamdeck is ''not'' counted as one of the four joystick controllers for Oolite. <br /> <br /> It is made of a tough durable plastic with LCD programmable buttons which can also work as toggles where the picture on the button changes when it is depressed.<br /> <br /> One programmes each of the buttons individually for its effect in Oolite. One also chooses one's own images for each button.<br /> <br /> The StreamDeck shown on the left is the medium sized version (15 buttons). <br /> <br /> The Streamdeck shown below is the largest of the 3 sizes - the XL - (with 32 buttons). It has been programmed for 3 different conditions: docked, in-flight and combat.<br /> <br /> [[File:Streamdeck Regular Docked.png|thumb|400px|left|'''Regular ''Docked'' Astrogation Panel''' &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Notice that not all the buttons have been assigned. &lt;br&gt;<br /> * The buttons are colour co-ordinated with their functions &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Pressing the launch key in the top left-hand corner not only launches one's ship (F1) but also toggles the 'astrogation panel' to the one beneath for flight. &lt;br&gt;<br /> * The 8 keys on the top row merely mimic the F1 - F8 array on the computer keyboard. &lt;br&gt;<br /> * The confirm key is needed for the AppleMac to ''confirm'' the instruction to save a commander (Command-R). &lt;br&gt;<br /> * The yellow keys are the arrow buttons and the enter/return key. For manipulations on the F3, F4, F6 &amp; F8 screens. &lt;br&gt;<br /> * The white ''gold'', ''platinum'' and ''gem'' keys do nothing but merely remind one of the prices above which to sell and below which to buy!]]<br /> [[File:Streamdeck Regular Flight.png|thumb|400px|firht|'''Regular ''in-Flight'' Astrogation Panel''' &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Note that F1-F4 have been replaced by other commands. &lt;br&gt;<br /> * ECM, ESC, Fuel Injection &amp; Witchspace drive icons nabbed from [[Coluber HUD CH01]]; compass, docking, barrel roll &amp; speed icons nabbed from [[Vimana HUD]] &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Yellow direction &amp; red speed keys necessitated by the owner's HOTAS exhibiting inebriated behaviour during steering - and the throttle and yaw not working for AppleMacs!]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Streamdeck Regular Combat.png|thumb|400px|left|<br /> '''Regular ''Combat'' Astrogation Panel''' &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Grouping of mauve missile buttons greatly facilitates the dying braincells of the owner! &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Yellow direction arrow keys have had the ''precision flying'' '''control''' key incorporated]] &lt;br&gt;<br /> [[File:Streamdeck Strict Flight.png|300px|thumb|right|Streamdeck ''Strict Flight'' Astrogation Panel]]<br /> [[File:Streamdeck Strict Combat.png|300px|thumb|right|Streamdeck ''Strict Combat'' Astrogation Panel]]<br /> <br /> These smaller layouts (and a third layout for the ''Docked'' state) were composed for teaching purposes, and thus are as simple as possible. They have been designed for playing the '''strict version''' of Oolite without any .oxps whatsoever.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> *[[File:Stream Deck - Oolite Profiles.streamDeckProfilesBackup.oxz]]: 3 sets each of 3 consoles (docked, in-flight &amp; combat)<br /> '''Strict Play''' with ''standard equipment'' buttons only, for learners. The basic equipment for the in-game [[Tutorial]]. No distractions!<br /> '''Strict Play''' adding ''standard '''optional''' equipment'' (''ie.'' Fuel Injectors, Docking Computers, ECM ''etc'') to limit complexity.<br /> '''Normal Play''' adding .oxp equipment buttons (''ie.''adds fast activations, equipment priming &amp; MFD's). <br /> *This is '''not''' an &quot;.oxz&quot;; so you will need to ''delete'' the &quot;.oxz&quot; ending of the filename to use this!<br /> <br /> ''Galcop Health Warning''<br /> <br /> It should be emphasised that the author of this page is by no means an expert in any of this. The designs you see are constantly evolving and are not necessarily the most sensible. You yourself could undoubtedly do far, far better! But you ''can'' download his attempts just above and then tweak them to death.&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> === Saitek ===<br /> <br /> [[File:Saitek instrument panel.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Saitek Instrument Panel]]<br /> [[File:Saitek multi panel.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Saitek Multi Panel]]<br /> [[File:Saitek radio panel.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Saitek Radio Panel]]<br /> [[File:Saitek switch-panel.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Saitek Switch-Panel]]<br /> <br /> The gauge in the Saitek Instrument Panel actually works - unlike the Thrustmaster offering below (but maybe not for Oolite). There are quite a number of different settings (15, but for avionics, rather than space, so far). But if you have the programming skills ....<br /> <br /> The gauges can be mounted side by side and top to bottom to make say a block of 2x3.<br /> <br /> The other panels can be mounted on top of each other.<br /> <br /> All of these are Windows complaint. It seems that the non-gauge panels ''might'' work with X-Plane 10 on an AppleMac. Not a word about Linux. This does not of course intimate that any of them are '''Oolite compliant!''' But Presti70 managed to hack his Steel Batallion Controller to work with Oolite, so if you have the skills...<br /> <br /> Note that [https://www.spadnext.com/home.html SPADneXt] produces alternate drivers for Saitek which are more flexible than Saitek's own drivers.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ----<br /> <br /> === Thrustmaster Cougar Pack ===<br /> <br /> [[File:Thrustmaster Cougar.png|300px|thumb|left|Thrustmaster ''Cougar Pack'']] &lt;br&gt;<br /> While this ''looks'' like a gauge, the gauge itself is only a paper insert! &lt;br&gt;<br /> What ''does'' work are the buttons on the rim. &lt;br&gt;<br /> 20 backlit buttons and then another four switches. &lt;br&gt;<br /> The lighting is adjustable. &lt;br&gt;<br /> It is uncertain as to whether this would be compatible with Oolite. &lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> === The Russians/Belorussians: VKB &amp; Virpil ===<br /> [[File:VKB SEM (Side Extension Module).png|500px|thumb|left|'''VKB''' SEM ''Side Extension Module'']]<br /> [[File:Virpil Button Box.png|300px|thumb|right|'''Virpil''': VPC Control Panel - #1 ''made out of metal'']]<br /> If you go back a thousand years or so, there were ''three'' Russias: '''White Russia''' (Belorussia); '''Red Russia''' (Ruthenia) and '''Black Russia''' (the fertile black arable land of the Ukraine). &lt;br&gt;<br /> Belorussia is West of modern Russia bordering Lithuania, Poland and the Ukraine (''Modern Russia'', which had yet to be conquered by the Bogatyrs of Old Kiev or the Ukrainians). &lt;br&gt;<br /> The Bogatyrs were Norsemen who fought their way down the Volga, conquering as they went. Some of them ended up as the elite Varangian Guard of fabled Byzantium. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Other Norsemen invaded French Normandy, using it as a springboard to conquer England in 1066. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Others took over Iceland and then made their way westwards to North America. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Yet others invaded Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea! Busy chaps, those Norsemen!<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> [[File:Etsy button box.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Button box found on etsy.com]]<br /> === Etsy's Offerings ===<br /> Etsy.com has a selection of rehabilitated gubbins made by the various companies listed above, as well as some hand made goods. &lt;br&gt;<br /> No details were found as to how one links the hand-made items to the game in such a way as to make them useful, but presumably this information is known to the manufacturers! &lt;br&gt;<br /> One needs to search under ''simulator'' to find the various offerings for sale.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> == Hand-made ==<br /> There are several threads discussing this:<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=281219#p281219 Arduino &amp; Raspberry] (2021: woven into a thread on TouchPortal)<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=13036 Calling all Raspberry Pi owners...] (2012-6)<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=11698 For the raspberry] (2012)<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=7&amp;t=11376 David Braben's Raspberry Pi PC launched] (2011-3)<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=7&amp;t=12299 Homemade Space-Flightsimulator Oolite Cockpit Panel] (2012: Arduino)<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=16549 Physically make your own Oolite Keyboard] (BangBangDuck, 2014) <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> *[[Astrogation Console]]<br /> *[[Keyboard Issues]] - problems with using your astrogation console<br /> *[[Joysticks and Gamepads]]<br /> *Presti70 modified the [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=5719 Steel Battalion VT Controller] for Oolite (2009). ClymAngus adds many links to other hardware possibilities.<br /> :*[https://www.svg.com/113674/untold-story-insane-game-controller-ever-made/ The Untold Story Of The Most Insane Game Controller Ever Made (2018)]<br /> *You can of course, always make your own: [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=278601#p278601 One armed man's child-sized cobra]<br /> {| cellspacing=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; text-align=&quot;center&quot;<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:One_armed_man-0990.jpg|200px]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:One_armed_man-0988.jpg|200px]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:One_armed_man-0999.jpg|200px]]<br /> |}<br /> :DavidTQ's version (comes with some oofiction in his BB thread: [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=11&amp;t=6307 Deadly (interior) designs]<br /> :[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;t=12418 Who can make an OXP for the Cockpit makers ?] (2012) An OXP to interface with a home-made cockpit<br /> [[File:DavidTQ interior.png|thumb|center|200px|Click to enlarge!]]<br /> [[Category:Factual]]</div>

Arquebus https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Buttonboxes&diff=84503 2024-10-19T01:48:19Z

<p>Arquebus: /* Software */ updated touch portal profile link</p> <hr /> <div>There are a number of buttonboxes/control panels/instrument panels which can be bought to add to the immersive experience. These include the following:<br /> [[File:Roolite HUD.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Part of the legendary ''Steel Battalion Controller'' (2002)]]<br /> *'''Blackhog''' (3 versions for flight sims and an upcoming 4th for space sims) ''Windows compatible''<br /> *'''Elgato''' Streamdeck (3 sizes) ''Windows &amp; AppleMac compatible''. '''Oolite-compatible!'''<br /> *'''Saiteck''' (maybe 4/5 versions for flight sims) ''Windows compatible''<br /> *'''Thrustmaster''' Cougar Pack. ''Windows compatible''. <br /> *'''VKB''' (1 version, an upcoming second) ''Windows compatible''<br /> *'''Virpil''' (1 version) ''Windows compatible''<br /> *Various hand made alternatives can be found on ''eg.'' Etsy.com (search under Simulator).<br /> ''Linux compatibility'' does not yet seem to be on offer.<br /> <br /> These can combine with (for example) a [[Joysticks and Gamepads|joystick and throttle]] to give one a feeling of ''actually'' flying a cobra, the buttonbox serving as one's [[Astrogation Console|astrogation panel]].&lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> __TOC__<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> [[File:Arquebus's Touch Portal.png|thumb|right|320px|Arquebus's Touch-portal page for his Smart-phone &lt;br&gt; ''Click'' to expand!]]<br /> == Software ==<br /> === Touchportal ===<br /> [https://www.touch-portal.com/ Touch-portal] transmogrifies your smartphone into a buttonbox. It works like the Elgato does, in effect replicating elements of your keyboard but with custom-designed buttons. On the minus side you do not get the &quot;haptic feel&quot; of a real keyboard with pressable buttons. On the positive side you can include gauges (if you know how!) and change the background colour/design. <br /> <br /> Since you can design the keys, you can for example group the 7 missile keys together, give them a distinctive colour and then name them according to what they actually do!<br /> <br /> Arquebus has created the profile on the right for playing in oolite (which he uses in conjunction with his joystick).<br /> <br /> You can download his profile from [https://tinyurl.com/43tcyjdh here].<br /> <br /> See [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=21135 Touch Portal] (2021)<br /> <br /> == Hardware ==<br /> === Blackhog ===<br /> {| cellspacing=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; text-align=&quot;center&quot;<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:Plantilla-cabecera9.png|200px|thumb|&lt;br&gt;|Plantilla-cabecera &lt;br&gt; Waiting for this one since 2017]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:Front-view-03-A-web-1.jpg|200px|thumb|&lt;br&gt;|A-explorer]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:Blackhog.jpg|200px|thumb|&lt;br&gt;|A-explorer: optional mount]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:B-explorer-02-1-300x300.jpg|200px|thumb|&lt;br&gt;|B-explorer]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:Front-view-03-C-web-1.jpg|200px|thumb|&lt;br&gt;|C-explorer]]<br /> |}<br /> Blackhog's various ''explorers'' seem to be made of metal. The optional mount allows the throttle unit of a [[Joysticks and Gamepads|Hotas]] to be mounted on it.<br /> <br /> Their plastic ''Plantilla-cabecera'' was avowedly designed with ''Elite Dangerous'' in mind back in 2017. Perhaps software issues impeded its production? Or maybe the designer left the company? Or they vowed to disavow plastic?<br /> <br /> === Elgato's Streamdeck ===<br /> <br /> [[File:Elgato Streamdeck.jpg|300px|thumb|left|medium-sized Streamdeck (only 15 buttons)]]<br /> Elgato's Streamdeck is ''not'' counted as one of the four joystick controllers for Oolite. <br /> <br /> It is made of a tough durable plastic with LCD programmable buttons which can also work as toggles where the picture on the button changes when it is depressed.<br /> <br /> One programmes each of the buttons individually for its effect in Oolite. One also chooses one's own images for each button.<br /> <br /> The StreamDeck shown on the left is the medium sized version (15 buttons). <br /> <br /> The Streamdeck shown below is the largest of the 3 sizes - the XL - (with 32 buttons). It has been programmed for 3 different conditions: docked, in-flight and combat.<br /> <br /> [[File:Streamdeck Regular Docked.png|thumb|400px|left|'''Regular ''Docked'' Astrogation Panel''' &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Notice that not all the buttons have been assigned. &lt;br&gt;<br /> * The buttons are colour co-ordinated with their functions &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Pressing the launch key in the top left-hand corner not only launches one's ship (F1) but also toggles the 'astrogation panel' to the one beneath for flight. &lt;br&gt;<br /> * The 8 keys on the top row merely mimic the F1 - F8 array on the computer keyboard. &lt;br&gt;<br /> * The confirm key is needed for the AppleMac to ''confirm'' the instruction to save a commander (Command-R). &lt;br&gt;<br /> * The yellow keys are the arrow buttons and the enter/return key. For manipulations on the F3, F4, F6 &amp; F8 screens. &lt;br&gt;<br /> * The white ''gold'', ''platinum'' and ''gem'' keys do nothing but merely remind one of the prices above which to sell and below which to buy!]]<br /> [[File:Streamdeck Regular Flight.png|thumb|400px|firht|'''Regular ''in-Flight'' Astrogation Panel''' &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Note that F1-F4 have been replaced by other commands. &lt;br&gt;<br /> * ECM, ESC, Fuel Injection &amp; Witchspace drive icons nabbed from [[Coluber HUD CH01]]; compass, docking, barrel roll &amp; speed icons nabbed from [[Vimana HUD]] &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Yellow direction &amp; red speed keys necessitated by the owner's HOTAS exhibiting inebriated behaviour during steering - and the throttle and yaw not working for AppleMacs!]]<br /> <br /> [[File:Streamdeck Regular Combat.png|thumb|400px|left|<br /> '''Regular ''Combat'' Astrogation Panel''' &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Grouping of mauve missile buttons greatly facilitates the dying braincells of the owner! &lt;br&gt;<br /> * Yellow direction arrow keys have had the ''precision flying'' '''control''' key incorporated]] &lt;br&gt;<br /> [[File:Streamdeck Strict Flight.png|300px|thumb|right|Streamdeck ''Strict Flight'' Astrogation Panel]]<br /> [[File:Streamdeck Strict Combat.png|300px|thumb|right|Streamdeck ''Strict Combat'' Astrogation Panel]]<br /> <br /> These smaller layouts (and a third layout for the ''Docked'' state) were composed for teaching purposes, and thus are as simple as possible. They have been designed for playing the '''strict version''' of Oolite without any .oxps whatsoever.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> *[[File:Stream Deck - Oolite Profiles.streamDeckProfilesBackup.oxz]]: 3 sets each of 3 consoles (docked, in-flight &amp; combat)<br /> '''Strict Play''' with ''standard equipment'' buttons only, for learners. The basic equipment for the in-game [[Tutorial]]. No distractions!<br /> '''Strict Play''' adding ''standard '''optional''' equipment'' (''ie.'' Fuel Injectors, Docking Computers, ECM ''etc'') to limit complexity.<br /> '''Normal Play''' adding .oxp equipment buttons (''ie.''adds fast activations, equipment priming &amp; MFD's). <br /> *This is '''not''' an &quot;.oxz&quot;; so you will need to ''delete'' the &quot;.oxz&quot; ending of the filename to use this!<br /> <br /> ''Galcop Health Warning''<br /> <br /> It should be emphasised that the author of this page is by no means an expert in any of this. The designs you see are constantly evolving and are not necessarily the most sensible. You yourself could undoubtedly do far, far better! But you ''can'' download his attempts just above and then tweak them to death.&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> === Saitek ===<br /> <br /> [[File:Saitek instrument panel.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Saitek Instrument Panel]]<br /> [[File:Saitek multi panel.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Saitek Multi Panel]]<br /> [[File:Saitek radio panel.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Saitek Radio Panel]]<br /> [[File:Saitek switch-panel.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Saitek Switch-Panel]]<br /> <br /> The gauge in the Saitek Instrument Panel actually works - unlike the Thrustmaster offering below (but maybe not for Oolite). There are quite a number of different settings (15, but for avionics, rather than space, so far). But if you have the programming skills ....<br /> <br /> The gauges can be mounted side by side and top to bottom to make say a block of 2x3.<br /> <br /> The other panels can be mounted on top of each other.<br /> <br /> All of these are Windows complaint. It seems that the non-gauge panels ''might'' work with X-Plane 10 on an AppleMac. Not a word about Linux. This does not of course intimate that any of them are '''Oolite compliant!''' But Presti70 managed to hack his Steel Batallion Controller to work with Oolite, so if you have the skills...<br /> <br /> Note that [https://www.spadnext.com/home.html SPADneXt] produces alternate drivers for Saitek which are more flexible than Saitek's own drivers.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ----<br /> <br /> === Thrustmaster Cougar Pack ===<br /> <br /> [[File:Thrustmaster Cougar.png|300px|thumb|left|Thrustmaster ''Cougar Pack'']] &lt;br&gt;<br /> While this ''looks'' like a gauge, the gauge itself is only a paper insert! &lt;br&gt;<br /> What ''does'' work are the buttons on the rim. &lt;br&gt;<br /> 20 backlit buttons and then another four switches. &lt;br&gt;<br /> The lighting is adjustable. &lt;br&gt;<br /> It is uncertain as to whether this would be compatible with Oolite. &lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> === The Russians/Belorussians: VKB &amp; Virpil ===<br /> [[File:VKB SEM (Side Extension Module).png|500px|thumb|left|'''VKB''' SEM ''Side Extension Module'']]<br /> [[File:Virpil Button Box.png|300px|thumb|right|'''Virpil''': VPC Control Panel - #1 ''made out of metal'']]<br /> If you go back a thousand years or so, there were ''three'' Russias: '''White Russia''' (Belorussia); '''Red Russia''' (Ruthenia) and '''Black Russia''' (the fertile black arable land of the Ukraine). &lt;br&gt;<br /> Belorussia is West of modern Russia bordering Lithuania, Poland and the Ukraine (''Modern Russia'', which had yet to be conquered by the Bogatyrs of Old Kiev or the Ukrainians). &lt;br&gt;<br /> The Bogatyrs were Norsemen who fought their way down the Volga, conquering as they went. Some of them ended up as the elite Varangian Guard of fabled Byzantium. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Other Norsemen invaded French Normandy, using it as a springboard to conquer England in 1066. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Others took over Iceland and then made their way westwards to North America. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Yet others invaded Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea! Busy chaps, those Norsemen!<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> ----<br /> [[File:Etsy button box.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Button box found on etsy.com]]<br /> === Etsy's Offerings ===<br /> Etsy.com has a selection of rehabilitated gubbins made by the various companies listed above, as well as some hand made goods. &lt;br&gt;<br /> No details were found as to how one links the hand-made items to the game in such a way as to make them useful, but presumably this information is known to the manufacturers! &lt;br&gt;<br /> One needs to search under ''simulator'' to find the various offerings for sale.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> == Hand-made ==<br /> There are several threads discussing this:<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=281219#p281219 Arduino &amp; Raspberry] (2021: woven into a thread on TouchPortal)<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=13036 Calling all Raspberry Pi owners...] (2012-6)<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=11698 For the raspberry] (2012)<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=7&amp;t=11376 David Braben's Raspberry Pi PC launched] (2011-3)<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=7&amp;t=12299 Homemade Space-Flightsimulator Oolite Cockpit Panel] (2012: Arduino)<br /> *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=16549 Physically make your own Oolite Keyboard] (BangBangDuck, 2014) <br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> *[[Astrogation Console]]<br /> *[[Keyboard Issues]] - problems with using your astrogation console<br /> *[[Joysticks and Gamepads]]<br /> *Presti70 modified the [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=5719 Steel Battalion VT Controller] for Oolite (2009). ClymAngus adds many links to other hardware possibilities.<br /> :*[https://www.svg.com/113674/untold-story-insane-game-controller-ever-made/ The Untold Story Of The Most Insane Game Controller Ever Made (2018)]<br /> *You can of course, always make your own: [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=278601#p278601 One armed man's child-sized cobra]<br /> {| cellspacing=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; text-align=&quot;center&quot;<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:One_armed_man-0990.jpg|200px]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:One_armed_man-0988.jpg|200px]]<br /> | align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;|[[File:One_armed_man-0999.jpg|200px]]<br /> |}<br /> :DavidTQ's version (comes with some oofiction in his BB thread: [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=11&amp;t=6307 Deadly (interior) designs]<br /> :[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;t=12418 Who can make an OXP for the Cockpit makers ?] (2012) An OXP to interface with a home-made cockpit<br /> [[File:DavidTQ interior.png|thumb|center|200px|Click to enlarge!]]<br /> [[Category:Factual]]</div>

Arquebus https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Oolite_Main_Page&diff=81290 2024-02-28T18:35:22Z

<p>Arquebus: </p> <hr /> <div>{| cellspacing=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;width:75%&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;{{Click || image=oolite-logo3.png | link= Oolite | width=128px | height=128px }}[https://www.oolite.space Oolite] is a space sim game, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.<br /> <br /> It was written by [[User:Aegidian|Giles Williams]] as a response to the withdrawal of [[Elite: The New Kind]] from the internet. Although inspired by the work of [[Christian Pinder]], following [[David Braben]] and [[Ian Bell]], the work is an independent interpretation and expansion of the original game.<br /> <br /> Oolite is designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified using simple, free graphics packages and text-editors.<br /> <br /> Oolite is offered for free under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GNU General Public License version 2], with the data files (ship models, graphics etc.) dual licensed under both the GPL and the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons License].<br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;'''[[:Category:Oolite|Oolite article index]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Instruction Manual|Instruction Manual]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information on how to play Oolite, including installing the game and the keyboard controls.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[OXP|Expand Oolite via OXPs]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information on how to find, install, and create Oolite's expansion packs. The [[OXP List]] has them all.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite FAQ|FAQ]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Frequently asked questions about how to get started, gameplay and various subjects.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[https://bb.oolite.space/ Oolite Discussion ]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> The friendliest Board this side of Riedquat: a place to discuss Oolite, OXPs, game tactics etc.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Ships|Ships]]'''&lt;/font&gt;, &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Stations|Stations]]'''&lt;/font&gt;, &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Equipment|Equipment]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding the ships, stations and equipment in Oolite, both native and OXP. Explains what they are, what they do and how to use them.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Developer's Corner]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Documentation how to develop the Oolite project itself.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Missions|Missions]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding the missions in Oolite, both native and OXP.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite_planet_list|Planet List]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding all planets that exist in the Oolite Galaxies, together with maps of all the galaxies.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Powers and Organisations|Powers &amp; Organisations]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Some histories of the various corporations and powers, both legal and illicit, that exist in the Oolite galaxies.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[:Category:Oolite_stories|Oolite Fiction]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Links to the various novellas, short stories and episodes written about the 'Ooniverse'...<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Language|Languages]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Oolite en Français, Oolite auf Deutsch, Oolite Italiano, Оолит по-русски, Oolite en español<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| border=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;margin: 1em auto 1em auto;&quot;<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: #ffaaaa;padding: .6em 3em 1em;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;'''Important Note'''&lt;/center&gt;<br /> Oolite.org is currently down. Try http://oolite.space/ instead. <br /> <br /> To rejig your in-game [[Expansions Manager]] to the new address, see [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=288785#p288785 here] and a_c's following post.<br /> <br /> (''Cholmondeley 13:36, 29 March 2023 (BST)'')<br /> <br /> Alternatively you can use [[Oolite Starter]] which updates the oxz list automatically &lt;br&gt;(and which also manages your oxps, ''and'' marries different cocktails of oxps and oxzs to your various saved games).<br /> |}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Oolite]]</div>

Arquebus https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Oolite_Main_Page&diff=81253 2024-02-25T18:04:19Z

<p>Arquebus: </p> <hr /> <div>{| cellspacing=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;width:75%&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;{{Click || image=oolite-logo3.png | link= Oolite | width=128px | height=128px }}[https://www.oolite.space Oolite] is a space sim game, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.<br /> <br /> It was written by [[User:Aegidian|Giles Williams]] as a response to the withdrawal of [[Elite: The New Kind]] from the internet. Although inspired by the work of [[Christian Pinder]], following [[David Braben]] and [[Ian Bell]], the work is an independent interpretation and expansion of the original game.<br /> <br /> Oolite is designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified using simple, free graphics packages and text-editors.<br /> <br /> Oolite is offered for free under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GNU General Public License version 2], with the data files (ship models, graphics etc.) dual licensed under both the GPL and the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons License].<br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;'''[[:Category:Oolite|Oolite article index]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Instruction Manual|Instruction Manual]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information on how to play Oolite, including installing the game and the keyboard controls.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[OXP|Expand Oolite via OXPs]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information on how to find, install, and create Oolite's expansion packs. The [[OXP List]] has them all.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite FAQ|FAQ]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Frequently asked questions about how to get started, gameplay and various subjects.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[http://aegidian.org/bb/ Oolite Discussion Forum]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> The friendliest Board this side of Riedquat: a place to discuss Oolite, OXPs, game tactics etc.<br /> <br /> (NOTE: This iteration of the Oolite Forum is permanently offline as of 24-02-2024. For the time being, try [https://discord.gg/yxSKB2JS69 Discord]. Updates as events warrant.)<br /> &lt;!--The BB is currently off-line. There is a temporary information and contact point at [http://www.smivsonline.co.uk/oolite-messages.htm Smivsonline].<br /> <br /> Many Commanders are staying in touch on the [irc://irc.oftc.net/oolite Oolite chat room]. See the contact page above for details.--&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Ships|Ships]]'''&lt;/font&gt;, &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Stations|Stations]]'''&lt;/font&gt;, &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Equipment|Equipment]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding the ships, stations and equipment in Oolite, both native and OXP. Explains what they are, what they do and how to use them.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Developer's Corner]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Documentation how to develop the Oolite project itself.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Missions|Missions]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding the missions in Oolite, both native and OXP.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite_planet_list|Planet List]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding all planets that exist in the Oolite Galaxies, together with maps of all the galaxies.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Powers and Organisations|Powers &amp; Organisations]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Some histories of the various corporations and powers, both legal and illicit, that exist in the Oolite galaxies.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[:Category:Oolite_stories|Oolite Fiction]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Links to the various novellas, short stories and episodes written about the 'Ooniverse'...<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Language|Languages]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Oolite en Français, Oolite auf Deutsch, Oolite Italiano, Оолит по-русски, Oolite en español<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| border=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;margin: 1em auto 1em auto;&quot;<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: #ffaaaa;padding: .6em 3em 1em;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;'''Important Note'''&lt;/center&gt;<br /> Oolite.org is currently down. Try http://oolite.space/ instead. <br /> <br /> To rejig your in-game [[Expansions Manager]] to the new address, see [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=288785#p288785 here] and a_c's following post.<br /> <br /> (''Cholmondeley 13:36, 29 March 2023 (BST)'')<br /> <br /> Alternatively you can use [[Oolite Starter]] which updates the oxz list automatically &lt;br&gt;(and which also manages your oxps, ''and'' marries different cocktails of oxps and oxzs to your various saved games).<br /> |}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Oolite]]</div>

Arquebus https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Oolite_Main_Page&diff=81252 2024-02-25T18:02:40Z

<p>Arquebus: </p> <hr /> <div>{| cellspacing=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;width:75%&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;{{Click || image=oolite-logo3.png | link= Oolite | width=128px | height=128px }}[https://www.oolite.space Oolite] is a space sim game, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.<br /> <br /> It was written by [[User:Aegidian|Giles Williams]] as a response to the withdrawal of [[Elite: The New Kind]] from the internet. Although inspired by the work of [[Christian Pinder]], following [[David Braben]] and [[Ian Bell]], the work is an independent interpretation and expansion of the original game.<br /> <br /> Oolite is designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified using simple, free graphics packages and text-editors.<br /> <br /> Oolite is offered for free under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GNU General Public License version 2], with the data files (ship models, graphics etc.) dual licensed under both the GPL and the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons License].<br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;'''[[:Category:Oolite|Oolite article index]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Instruction Manual|Instruction Manual]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information on how to play Oolite, including installing the game and the keyboard controls.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[OXP|Expand Oolite via OXPs]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information on how to find, install, and create Oolite's expansion packs. The [[OXP List]] has them all.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite FAQ|FAQ]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Frequently asked questions about how to get started, gameplay and various subjects.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[http://aegidian.org/bb/ Oolite Discussion Forum]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> The friendliest Board this side of Riedquat: a place to discuss Oolite, OXPs, game tactics etc.<br /> <br /> (NOTE: This iteration of the BB is permanently offline as of 24-02-2024. For the time being, try [https://discord.gg/yxSKB2JS69 Discord]. Updates as events warrant.)<br /> &lt;!--The BB is currently off-line. There is a temporary information and contact point at [http://www.smivsonline.co.uk/oolite-messages.htm Smivsonline].<br /> <br /> Many Commanders are staying in touch on the [irc://irc.oftc.net/oolite Oolite chat room]. See the contact page above for details.--&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Ships|Ships]]'''&lt;/font&gt;, &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Stations|Stations]]'''&lt;/font&gt;, &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Equipment|Equipment]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding the ships, stations and equipment in Oolite, both native and OXP. Explains what they are, what they do and how to use them.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Developer's Corner]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Documentation how to develop the Oolite project itself.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Missions|Missions]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding the missions in Oolite, both native and OXP.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite_planet_list|Planet List]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding all planets that exist in the Oolite Galaxies, together with maps of all the galaxies.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Powers and Organisations|Powers &amp; Organisations]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Some histories of the various corporations and powers, both legal and illicit, that exist in the Oolite galaxies.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[:Category:Oolite_stories|Oolite Fiction]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Links to the various novellas, short stories and episodes written about the 'Ooniverse'...<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Language|Languages]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Oolite en Français, Oolite auf Deutsch, Oolite Italiano, Оолит по-русски, Oolite en español<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| border=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;margin: 1em auto 1em auto;&quot;<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: #ffaaaa;padding: .6em 3em 1em;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;'''Important Note'''&lt;/center&gt;<br /> Oolite.org is currently down. Try http://oolite.space/ instead. <br /> <br /> To rejig your in-game [[Expansions Manager]] to the new address, see [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=288785#p288785 here] and a_c's following post.<br /> <br /> (''Cholmondeley 13:36, 29 March 2023 (BST)'')<br /> <br /> Alternatively you can use [[Oolite Starter]] which updates the oxz list automatically &lt;br&gt;(and which also manages your oxps, ''and'' marries different cocktails of oxps and oxzs to your various saved games).<br /> |}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Oolite]]</div>

Arquebus https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Oolite_Main_Page&diff=81251 2024-02-25T18:02:15Z

<p>Arquebus: notification of the end of the original BB</p> <hr /> <div>{| cellspacing=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;width:75%&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;{{Click || image=oolite-logo3.png | link= Oolite | width=128px | height=128px }}[https://www.oolite.space Oolite] is a space sim game, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.<br /> <br /> It was written by [[User:Aegidian|Giles Williams]] as a response to the withdrawal of [[Elite: The New Kind]] from the internet. Although inspired by the work of [[Christian Pinder]], following [[David Braben]] and [[Ian Bell]], the work is an independent interpretation and expansion of the original game.<br /> <br /> Oolite is designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified using simple, free graphics packages and text-editors.<br /> <br /> Oolite is offered for free under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GNU General Public License version 2], with the data files (ship models, graphics etc.) dual licensed under both the GPL and the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons License].<br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;'''[[:Category:Oolite|Oolite article index]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Instruction Manual|Instruction Manual]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information on how to play Oolite, including installing the game and the keyboard controls.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[OXP|Expand Oolite via OXPs]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information on how to find, install, and create Oolite's expansion packs. The [[OXP List]] has them all.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite FAQ|FAQ]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Frequently asked questions about how to get started, gameplay and various subjects.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[http://aegidian.org/bb/ Oolite Discussion Forum]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> The friendliest Board this side of Riedquat: a place to discuss Oolite, OXPs, game tactics etc.<br /> (This iteration of the BB is permanently offline. For the time being, try [https://discord.gg/yxSKB2JS69 Discord]. Updates as events warrant.)<br /> &lt;!--The BB is currently off-line. There is a temporary information and contact point at [http://www.smivsonline.co.uk/oolite-messages.htm Smivsonline].<br /> <br /> Many Commanders are staying in touch on the [irc://irc.oftc.net/oolite Oolite chat room]. See the contact page above for details.--&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |colspan=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Ships|Ships]]'''&lt;/font&gt;, &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Stations|Stations]]'''&lt;/font&gt;, &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Equipment|Equipment]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding the ships, stations and equipment in Oolite, both native and OXP. Explains what they are, what they do and how to use them.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Developer's Corner]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Documentation how to develop the Oolite project itself.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> <br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite Missions|Missions]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding the missions in Oolite, both native and OXP.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Oolite_planet_list|Planet List]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Information regarding all planets that exist in the Oolite Galaxies, together with maps of all the galaxies.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Powers and Organisations|Powers &amp; Organisations]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Some histories of the various corporations and powers, both legal and illicit, that exist in the Oolite galaxies.<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |- valign=&quot;top&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[:Category:Oolite_stories|Oolite Fiction]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Links to the various novellas, short stories and episodes written about the 'Ooniverse'...<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |width=&quot;300&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid #cfcfbf; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f0f0ff; vertical-align: top;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;<br /> &lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;'''[[Language|Languages]]'''&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> Oolite en Français, Oolite auf Deutsch, Oolite Italiano, Оолит по-русски, Oolite en español<br /> <br /> &lt;/center&gt;<br /> |}<br /> <br /> <br /> {| border=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;margin: 1em auto 1em auto;&quot;<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: #ffaaaa;padding: .6em 3em 1em;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;'''Important Note'''&lt;/center&gt;<br /> Oolite.org is currently down. Try http://oolite.space/ instead. <br /> <br /> To rejig your in-game [[Expansions Manager]] to the new address, see [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=288785#p288785 here] and a_c's following post.<br /> <br /> (''Cholmondeley 13:36, 29 March 2023 (BST)'')<br /> <br /> Alternatively you can use [[Oolite Starter]] which updates the oxz list automatically &lt;br&gt;(and which also manages your oxps, ''and'' marries different cocktails of oxps and oxzs to your various saved games).<br /> |}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Oolite]]</div>

Arquebus https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=OXP&diff=81137 2024-02-09T06:52:10Z

<p>Arquebus: /* Finding OXPs */ Updated link to the OXZ list so that it actually goes to the list</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:oolite-oxp-icon.png|128px|right|OXP icon]]<br /> An '''OXP''' ('''O'''olite e'''X'''pansion '''P'''ack) is an enhancement to the game [[Oolite]]. An OXP could be a new game object (such as a ship, space station or a moon), a mission, or a combination of several elements. OXPs can use all of the facilities of Oolite, including some that are not used in the standard, unexpanded game. Please note that if you run Oolite in 'Strict Play' mode (set via pressing F2 when docked or paused and then selecting 'Reset to Strict play'), OXPs are not loaded.<br /> <br /> An '''OXZ''' is an OXP in a particular '''Z'''ipped format to make it easier for Oolite to process and for players to install - to find out what's inside one, use your unzipping tool of choice on it.<br /> <br /> == Finding OXPs ==<br /> === OXP's ===<br /> *The '''[[OXP List]]''' provides the most comprehensive list of Oolite OXP expansion packs.<br /> *[[Guide to Unlisted OXPs]] has 100 or so (which are not listed elsewhere).<br /> === OXZ's ===<br /> *The [http://www.oolite.space/oxps/#oxp '''OXZ List'''] provides the most comprehensive list of Oolite OXZ expansion packs (but only those uploaded to the in-game Expansions Manager).<br /> *Just for fun, the [[Index of artefacts]] provides the most comprehensive analysis of these Oolite OXZ expansion packs...<br /> *there are just a handful of oxz's (mostly experimental, but including some excellent ones by phkb) not listed on the Expansions Manager/OXZ List. They are mostly in the [[Guide to Unlisted OXPs]] mixed in with everything else.<br /> *Check out the [[Oolite Starter]] which makes management of the expansions in your Ooniverse refeshing like a sip of properly chilled gin and tonic.<br /> <br /> === Old versions ===<br /> For purely historical purposes (or a touch of nostalgia if you've been around Oolite for a long time) you might want to look at [http://oosat.alioth.net The Oolite Satellite Resource Site] ('''Oosat2''', quite broken but still accessible, 2006-11-04 until 2007-03-03) or the even older [http://capnhack.com/hosting/oolite/Oolite/OoSat.html Captain Hack OoSat Site] ('''Oosat1''', beginning until 2006-10-14). Oosat may have originally been hosted here on Alioth.net, as was '''Oldsat'''. They had a tendency to go off-line or to crash, losing all information. Search on the BB if you are curious!<br /> <br /> For your curiosity and maybe one or the other odd find there is also the [[OXP Attic]] which houses derelict OXPs from times long past. Also see [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=20721 Recovering Lost Oxp's].<br /> <br /> == OXPs suitable for new players ==<br /> &lt;!--<br /> It is suggested that players new to the game should be careful when choosing OXPs. The basic game is extremely well-balanced and has stood the test of time, but many OXPs change the balance and dynamics of the game.<br /> <br /> To make an informed choice as to what OXPs you might want, you do need to understand the way the standard game works first, so it is recommended that new players should consider playing Oolite without game-changing OXPs for a while.<br /> <br /> However, many OXPs will just enhance eye-candy and ambience - they make the game look better, or add features which make the Oolite experience more enjoyable without affecting the way the game plays.<br /> <br /> To help, a [[OXP_List_for_New_Players| list of suitable OXPs for newcomers]] has been compiled. These are OXPs that will not affect gameplay but are worthwhile additions for the new player who wants a diverse and visually exciting Ooniverse. <br /> --&gt;<br /> <br /> Everyone has their own idea of what OXPs should be in a starter pack, or which are just best. There are several threads on the Forum on this topic, perhaps the best-balanced and most useful for newcomers being [http://oolite.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=11885 this one]. <br /> <br /> == Suitability for simpler or for more difficult/advanced gaming ==<br /> There exists a way of marking an OXP's difficulty level according to the author's belief. You can find the [[OXP_Levelindicators|level indicators]] on the wiki.<br /> <br /> Another system in progress is [[Template:IconOXP]].<br /> <br /> ==Player recommendations==<br /> These commanders have put together lists of their personal favourites:<br /> *[[User:Cpt|Cpt]] (2013)<br /> *[[User:JazHaz|JazHaz]] (2013)<br /> *[[User:Zireael|Zireael]] (2014)<br /> *[[User:Norby#Recommended_OXPs|Norby]] (2015-7): includes packages of recommended OXPs for new players, the more experienced ''etc''.<br /> *[[User:CaptSolo|CaptSolo]] (2020)<br /> <br /> == Help with OXPs ==<br /> <br /> Information on OXPs can also be found on the [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewforum.php?f=4 Expansion Pack Forum], the Friendliest Board This Side of Riedquat. The helpful people there will be happy to assist you with any questions you have about OXPs.<br /> <br /> == Tweaking your OXPs ==<br /> Do you prefer a louder ''beep'' for audible docking clearance? Would you rather your Commander's Log also recorded purchases &amp; repairs? Do you want your Laser Booster to activate automatically upon launch? <br /> <br /> You will find recipes for modifying some of the OXPs [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=216177#p216177 here].<br /> <br /> == Installing an OXP ==<br /> <br /> OXPs are installed to the folder or directory ('folder' and 'directory' are synonyms) named '''AddOns'''. Read on, we will also tell you where to find that folder.<br /> <br /> === In OXZ format ===<br /> Download the OXZ file, and save it to your AddOns folder. <br /> <br /> Many OXZ format expansion packs can also be downloaded and installed for you from the [[Expansions Manager]] in Oolite. These will be placed in a separate folder which Oolite manages ('''ManagedAddOns''') - any you download yourself should go in the '''AddOns''' folder so that Oolite doesn't accidentally overwrite them.<br /> <br /> If you want to inspect an OXZ you've downloaded with the expansion pack manager, copy it out of the '''ManagedAddOns''' folder first, then open it with your unzipping program. Some versions of the Expansions Manager can do this for you when you press the ''x'' key.<br /> <br /> === In OXP format ===<br /> Typically, an OXP is downloaded as a ZIP file though occasionally other compression tools such as 7z or rar have been used. Unzip it to find a folder with a name ending .oxp<br /> <br /> After unzipping the file, make sure that it is ''only'' the OXP folder that put into the AddOns directory - some zipped OXPs can contain a top level folder with a readMe file, and the actual OXP folder is a level further down. If this is the case, move the folder with the '''.oxp''' extension into the AddOns folder.<br /> <br /> Sometimes the zipped files contain several folders, make sure you only copy the folder -or file for Macintoshes- ending with '''.oxp''' into the AddOns folder. This folder is found in different locations, depending on the platform.<br /> <br /> If you have followed these instructions and OXPs are not being recognised by the game make sure that your commander is a normal game. If you started your commander using the &quot;Strict Mode&quot; starting option, no OXPs will ever be used.<br /> <br /> == Locating your AddOns folder ==<br /> <br /> === Mac OS X ===<br /> Found in the folder that contains the Oolite application.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Alternatively you can also have the '''AddOns''' folder in your user area at '''~/Library/Application&amp;nbsp;Support/Oolite/AddOns/'''. When both places contain an '''AddOns''' folder, both contents are read with the content in the user libraries loading last.<br /> <br /> '''Troubleshooting:''' If you get an error saying &quot;The item could not be moved because &quot;AddOns&quot; cannot be modified&quot;, that can happen if you weren't the user that installed Oolite.<br /> The solution is to put the OXPs of your choice in '''~/Library/Application&amp;nbsp;Support/Oolite/AddOns/''' instead (you may need to create this folder).<br /> The error could also be triggered because you’re running from the disk image, you’ll need to copy the game somewhere else. Having done so, if you still get the error, use the Get Info command on the AddOns folder, open the Ownership &amp; Permissions pane and check that it says You Can: Read &amp; Write.<br /> <br /> === Linux ===<br /> The location of the AddOns folder will depend on whether you chose to install Oolite to 'Home' or 'System'.<br /> <br /> If you chose the 'Home' installation, the AddOns directory is located in '''~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/AddOns'''. The AddOns folder should be in the top level of the Oolite install directory (at the same level as the oolite.app folder) You may have to create it.<br /> <br /> If you chose the 'System' installation, the AddOns directory will be '''~/.Oolite/Add-ons'''. You may have to create it. Note that this is a 'hidden' directory, and so you may have to turn on 'Show hidden files' in your file manager before you can see it.<br /> <br /> An alternative location for a 'System' installation is the '''/opt/Oolite/AddOns''' directory, but most users find this less convenient than '''~/.Oolite/Add-ons'''.<br /> <br /> === Windows ===<br /> The AddOns folder should be in the top level of the Oolite install directory (at the same level as the oolite.app folder). Historical: if you are using the GNUStep dedicated versions (pre-Jan 2006), then the AddOns folder must be created inside the oolite.app folder.<br /> <br /> == Caveats ==<br /> If you purchase a ship that is an OXP ship and save the game, you will only be able to load that commander as long as this OXP is installed in AddOns. If it's not, Oolite will give you an error instead of trying to load the commander.<br /> <br /> == Managing a stable of OXPs ==<br /> Nowadays we download OXZs through the in-game Expansions Manager - and it manages them for us. But if we tweak one, it usually becomes an OXP and must then be kept in the AddOns folder. Some older oxps have yet to be turned into OXZs and some experimental OXPs are in a similar position.<br /> <br /> So, if you have large numbers of these oxps, see the following threads from the BB.<br /> *Issues with [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273473#p273473 single OXPs]<br /> *Issues with [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273490#p273490 multiple OXPs]<br /> *Issues with different copies of the game on the [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=272073#p272073 same hard drive]<br /> *If you found a nice set of expansions and want to share that with others, consider using the [[Oolite Starter]]. It allows you to export and send expansion sets to other players, who then can activate it on their side.<br /> <br /> == Diagnostics ==<br /> With some OXPs installed, the directory structure will look something like this:&lt;br&gt;<br /> :'''...\AddOns\Basic-debug.oxp'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> :'''...\AddOns\Cabal_Common_Library1.5.1.oxp'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> :'''...\AddOns\Explorers'_Club_1.3.1_2012-01-21.oxp'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> :'''...\AddOns\halsis.oxp'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> :'''...\AddOns\Material Test Suite v1.2.oxp'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> with other directories and files under each of the .oxp directories. You should only find .oxp directories immediately under a \AddOns directory.<br /> <br /> If none of your OXPs are working, are you playing in Strict Mode? Try starting a new commander from the Normal Start and see if the OXPs work then.<br /> <br /> If you edit the contents of one of your OXPs and cannot see the change, restart Oolite holding down &lt;Shift&gt; to force Oolite to re-read all the OXP files.<br /> <br /> If an OXP you installed is not working or is misbehaving, check the [[Latest.log]] file - you should see a list of the OXPs you have installed. You should see a trend in the names which will tell you if you have installed an OXP within another OXP (move it) or two versions of an OXP (remove the older one) or it is absent suggesting you put it in the wrong place or did not get the .oxp directory extension correct (did you unzip the OXP?).<br /> <br /> If you know how, a system-wide search for any directory ending in &quot;.oxp&quot; should pull up the OXPs you have installed and they should only appear immediately beneath a '''\AddOns''' directory and never inside another .oxp directory (this is an easily-done error when extracting a zip file).<br /> <br /> Note that an OXP in the AddOns folder ''trumps'' an 'identical' OXZ in the ManagedAddOns folder. So if the OXP is an older version, it will [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=218632#p218632 disable] the newer OXZ.<br /> <br /> === AppleMacs ===<br /> ... Strict semicolon parsing is a Mac thing. Windows and Linux use GNUstep to parse plists and that apparently is more relaxed syntax-wise than whatever it is that the Mac uses. <br /> ::[[User:Another_commander|Another_commander]] from [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=262814#p262814 A possible solution?] (2018).<br /> <br /> ... the libraries in the Mac seems to be less tolerant of some things than the GNUStep libraries on Linux:<br /> :*lists are enclosed in '&lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;'''('''&lt;/font&gt;' '&lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;''')'''&lt;/font&gt;' with items separated by '&lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;''','''&lt;/font&gt;' and there must ''not'' be a comma after the last item in the list.<br /> :*objects are enclosed in '&lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;'''{'''&lt;/font&gt;' '&lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;'''}'''&lt;/font&gt;' and consist of pairs: &lt;key&gt; = &lt;value&gt;.<br /> :*Each key/value pair must have a '&lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;''';'''&lt;/font&gt;' at the end, even the last pair in the object<br /> :*''if'' the object is a value in a key/value pair in another object, it's closing '&lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;'''}'''&lt;/font&gt;' must be followed by a '&lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;''';'''&lt;/font&gt;'.<br /> ::lifted from a PM from [[User:Dybal|Dybal]] (2020)<br /> <br /> == Creating an OXP ==<br /> It is intended to be easy to create expansion packs. Take a look at the [[OXP howto|How to make OXPs]] page for more information.<br /> <br /> '''Context''': [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=275434#p275434 What can OXP's ''not'' change?] (2021)<br /> <br /> Older OXPs (from [[User:Aegidian|Aegidian]]'s day were written in [[Legacy Scripting]]. Modern OXPs are written in JavaScript. Specifically oolite.jsVersion 185, an Oolite specific variant of '''ECMAv5'''. It is the same Spidermonkey version (1.8.5 - March 2011) that Firefox 4 shipped with many years ago, but it is a special build for Oolite. This is the version that we have almost always had and it has not changed between versions of the game. It is unlikely to change in the future (due to the [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=256623#p256623 immense amount of work] involved in tampering with it!).<br /> <br /> [[File:Plist-XML-ASCII-ill.png|thumb|right|702px|XML (left) &amp; OpenStep (right)]]<br /> Legacy script comes in two versions: XML &amp; OpenStep. <br /> <br /> === OXP resources ===<br /> *Here is an [[index of artefacts]] already created in OXPs.<br /> *[[Documenting your artefacts]] (OXP, ships and equipment)<br /> *[[OXP howto]]<br /> *[[Publishing your OXP]]<br /> <br /> *[https://github.com/cim--/oxp-build-scripts OXP Packaging Scripts] Cim's collection for Linux (2015)<br /> <br /> == Loading Order of OXPs ==<br /> OXPs loaded after other OXPs will &quot;trump&quot; the earlier OXPs in terms of their effects on the game. It is a similar situation with the vanilla game code, where the OXPs trump or overwrite the relevant sections of the basic oolite game. &lt;br&gt;<br /> The loading order under Macs and Windows is alphabetical, while Linux is unpredictable. There is no solution for Linux load ordering as yet ([http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=261821#p261821 Svengali 2018]).<br /> <br /> *[[Handling OXP Dependencies with JavaScript]] - how to determine the loading order<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=189416#p189416 Nested OXP's in AddOns folder] (2012)<br /> *[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=231750#p231750 Cim on the subject] (2015)<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;t=8928 OXP loading order] discussion, including Ahruman on the subject (2011)<br /> <br /> == AddOns and Managed AddOns folders ==<br /> All versions of Oolite have an AddOns folder. Only versions 1.79 (2013) and onwards have the Managed AddOns folder.<br /> <br /> The contents of the '''AddOns folder''' must ''not'' be zipped if they are to be recognised by Oolite - so OXZs will not work if they are in there.<br /> <br /> The contents of the '''Managed AddOns''' folder must contain a [[Manifest.plist]] if they are to be recognised by your [[Expansions Manager]] (or by [[Oolite Starter]]). The Expansions Manager only checks ''this'' folder, not the AddOns folder.<br /> <br /> == OXP Lists ==<br /> *[http://www.oolite.org/oxps/ Expansion Manager OXZ list] - orderable<br /> *[[OXP List]] - orderable<br /> *[[Guide to Unlisted OXPs]] - with links at the bottom to older lists<br /> <br /> *[[Brilliant but broken...]] great oxp's that need updating/fixing... (do you have the skills?)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Oolite expansion packs]]<br /> [[Category:Factual]]</div>

Arquebus https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Expansions_Manager&diff=78738 2023-03-29T17:43:19Z

<p>Arquebus: /* Using the Expansion Pack Manager (EPM) */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Expansions Manager.png|right|thumb|500px|In-game Expansions Manager (Surround is from [[XenonUI]])]]<br /> The Expansion Pack Manager was devised by [[User:Cim|Cim]] for Oolite v.1.80 (2014), and ushered in the move from [[OXP]]s to OXZs.<br /> <br /> == Using the Expansion Pack Manager (EPM) ==<br /> <br /> *Note that there are many Expansions (OXPs/OXZs) which are not listed in the Manager. See [[Guide to Unlisted OXPs]]<br /> *Note that the Expansions Manager depends on ''this'' wiki - if this wiki is down (and you are - for example - looking at a backup of this page), you will need a [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273722#p273722 workaround].<br /> <br /> '''The arrow keys &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;←&lt;/font&gt; &amp; &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;→&lt;/font&gt; skip between pages - and the arrow keys &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;↓&lt;/font&gt; &amp; &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;↑&lt;/font&gt; move up and down within a page.'''<br /> <br /> '''Press &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt; i &lt;/font&gt; for more information on your chosen expansion pack''': The URL for even more information is copied to your clipboard automatically when you do this (unless your computer runs Unix and you are playing Oolite v.1.90 or older). <br /> <br /> '''Press &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt; f &lt;/font&gt; to filter the selection of 700-odd listed expansion packs.''' (''eg'' Search for keyword, Search for author, list only uninstalled packs ''etc'')<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {| border=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;margin: 1em auto 1em auto;&quot;<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: #ffaaaa;padding: .6em 3em 1em;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;'''Important Note'''&lt;/center&gt;<br /> Oolite.org is currently down. Try http://oolite.space/ instead. <br /> <br /> To rejig your in-game [[Expansions Manager]] to the new address, see [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=21368 here] and a_c's following post.<br /> <br /> (''Cholmondeley 13:40, 29 March 2023 (BST)'')<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Guide to Expansions Manager list colours ==<br /> :'''Yellow''' Ready to download and install.<br /> :'''White''' Installed and at the current version.<br /> <br /> :'''Cyan''' Installed; updated pack available for download.<br /> :'''Orange''' Ready to download, but Oolite will also download extra packs to make it work.<br /> :'''Brown''' Conflicts with an already installed pack.<br /> :'''Gray''' Incompatible with this version of Oolite.<br /> <br /> :'''Red''' Manually installed: cannot also be installed automatically (''eg''. a tweaked oxp in the AddOns folder)<br /> :'''Blue''' Installed but no longer available for download.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> == Downloading and Unzipping an Expansion for Tweaking ==<br /> <br /> ''or for extracting information - for example, [[User:Ramirez|Ramirez]]'s oxz's contain glorious .pdf's stashed full of information!''<br /> <br /> *Go to the '''Expansion Pack Manager''' in game.<br /> *Select '''List installed expansion packs''' (the ''second'' choice at the bottom of the screen).<br /> *It will now show you the list of OXZ files in your ManagedAddOns folder.<br /> *Highlight the one you want to fiddle with and press &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;'''x'''&lt;/font&gt;.<br /> <br /> *Oolite will then extract the OZX to your AddOns folder and add .off to the end of the expanded (was .oxz but is now .oxp) folder.<br /> *Change this '''.off''' to '''.oxp''' or '''.txt''' and tweak away to your heart's delight!<br /> <br /> *Oolite will now ignore the original version and will run the newly-expanded OXP version in AddOns (with any changes you now make to it).<br /> ''If you make a mess of it, deleting the .oxp version (in the AddOns folder) will cause Oolite to go back to using the OXZ version (in the Managed AddOns folder).''<br /> <br /> === Tweaking OXPs ===<br /> (''adapted from LittleBear's [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273769#p273769 BB post]'')<br /> *The Windows text editor sneaks in invisible bits of code which muck up the OXPs: '''Avoid it like the plague!'''<br /> *To edit I'd recommend Edit Pad Lite 8. It's free, won't mess up the file format and is colour coded (so will highlight code typos).<br /> *''Eg''. If you have missed a ''',''' or a '''&quot;''' in a text string, it will show up as ''white'' rather than ''yellow'', so you can quickly see the mistake. ;-)<br /> <br /> *Been a bit of a blessing when I've been C&amp;Ping long lists of procedurally generated text from my latest.log to my array file.<br /> <br /> *See discussion [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273782#p273782 here] for AppleMac suggestions.<br /> *See [[How to tweak OXZ's]] for more tweakish details.<br /> <br /> == Scenario OXP's ==<br /> These OXP's create a scenario and force all other oxp's out of the game (unless you tweak the scenario to let one or two back in!). The only examples so far are the SOTL oxp's. There is an issue with the Expansions Manager:<br /> But ... one reason I didn't put SOTL in the manager is that [[SOTL Exploration]] depends on Loader, so if you install Exploration, you get the Loader OXP too (ie: Song_of_the_Labyrinth_Startup_1.1). Loader can't depend on Exploration, because if it did, Exploration won't load in the core scenario, and then Loader won't load because Exploration isn't there, and then you can't actually start the scenario game. But that means when you're installing from the manager, if you install Loader it can't then auto-install Exploration ... and then if you try to run Loader it'll probably go wrong with an entirely unhelpful error message.<br /> <br /> The manager ideally needs a new relationship type adding to handle that sort of &quot;install-time but not run-time&quot; dependency, but I never got round to that. (Cim 2021).<br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273236#p273236 Expansion Manager Pack] Suggestions for change (2020).<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&amp;t=18077 copy information_url to clipboard] (2016-21).<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&amp;t=16888 User tags for expansions] (2014)<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=16790 Are OXZ's an improvement ...] over OXP's (2014).<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=16610 OXZ and balance] What should go on the Expansions Manager? (2014)<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=210354#p210354 Cim's announcement] of the concept (2013)<br /> <br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;t=20932 Oolite's interaction with Expansion Packs] (2021)<br /> <br /> === Download Counter for oxp's ===<br /> *[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=287386#p287386 Suggestions for fixing it] (2022)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Oolite]][[Category:Factual]][[Category:Help pages]]</div>

Arquebus https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Expansions_Manager&diff=78737 2023-03-29T17:40:56Z

<p>Arquebus: /* Using the Expansion Pack Manager (EPM) */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Expansions Manager.png|right|thumb|500px|In-game Expansions Manager (Surround is from [[XenonUI]])]]<br /> The Expansion Pack Manager was devised by [[User:Cim|Cim]] for Oolite v.1.80 (2014), and ushered in the move from [[OXP]]s to OXZs.<br /> <br /> == Using the Expansion Pack Manager (EPM) ==<br /> <br /> *Note that there are many Expansions (OXPs/OXZs) which are not listed in the Manager. See [[Guide to Unlisted OXPs]]<br /> *Note that the Expansions Manager depends on ''this'' wiki - if this wiki is down (and you are - for example - looking at a backup of this page), you will need a [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273722#p273722 workaround].<br /> <br /> '''The arrow keys &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;←&lt;/font&gt; &amp; &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;→&lt;/font&gt; skip between pages - and the arrow keys &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;↓&lt;/font&gt; &amp; &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;↑&lt;/font&gt; move up and down within a page.'''<br /> <br /> '''Press &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt; i &lt;/font&gt; for more information on your chosen expansion pack''': The URL for even more information is copied to your clipboard automatically when you do this (unless your computer runs Unix and you are playing Oolite v.1.90 or older). <br /> <br /> '''Press &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt; f &lt;/font&gt; to filter the selection of 700-odd listed expansion packs.''' (''eg'' Search for keyword, Search for author, list only uninstalled packs ''etc'')<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {| border=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;margin: 1em auto 1em auto;&quot;<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: #ffaaaa;padding: .6em 3em 1em;&quot;|<br /> &lt;center&gt;'''Important Note'''&lt;/center&gt;<br /> Oolite.org is currently down. Try http://oolite.space/ instead. <br /> <br /> To rejig your in-game [[Expansions Manager]] to the new address, see [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;p=288796#p288796 here] and a_c's following post.<br /> <br /> (''Cholmondeley 13:40, 29 March 2023 (BST)'')<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Guide to Expansions Manager list colours ==<br /> :'''Yellow''' Ready to download and install.<br /> :'''White''' Installed and at the current version.<br /> <br /> :'''Cyan''' Installed; updated pack available for download.<br /> :'''Orange''' Ready to download, but Oolite will also download extra packs to make it work.<br /> :'''Brown''' Conflicts with an already installed pack.<br /> :'''Gray''' Incompatible with this version of Oolite.<br /> <br /> :'''Red''' Manually installed: cannot also be installed automatically (''eg''. a tweaked oxp in the AddOns folder)<br /> :'''Blue''' Installed but no longer available for download.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> == Downloading and Unzipping an Expansion for Tweaking ==<br /> <br /> ''or for extracting information - for example, [[User:Ramirez|Ramirez]]'s oxz's contain glorious .pdf's stashed full of information!''<br /> <br /> *Go to the '''Expansion Pack Manager''' in game.<br /> *Select '''List installed expansion packs''' (the ''second'' choice at the bottom of the screen).<br /> *It will now show you the list of OXZ files in your ManagedAddOns folder.<br /> *Highlight the one you want to fiddle with and press &lt;font color=&quot;Red&quot;&gt;'''x'''&lt;/font&gt;.<br /> <br /> *Oolite will then extract the OZX to your AddOns folder and add .off to the end of the expanded (was .oxz but is now .oxp) folder.<br /> *Change this '''.off''' to '''.oxp''' or '''.txt''' and tweak away to your heart's delight!<br /> <br /> *Oolite will now ignore the original version and will run the newly-expanded OXP version in AddOns (with any changes you now make to it).<br /> ''If you make a mess of it, deleting the .oxp version (in the AddOns folder) will cause Oolite to go back to using the OXZ version (in the Managed AddOns folder).''<br /> <br /> === Tweaking OXPs ===<br /> (''adapted from LittleBear's [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273769#p273769 BB post]'')<br /> *The Windows text editor sneaks in invisible bits of code which muck up the OXPs: '''Avoid it like the plague!'''<br /> *To edit I'd recommend Edit Pad Lite 8. It's free, won't mess up the file format and is colour coded (so will highlight code typos).<br /> *''Eg''. If you have missed a ''',''' or a '''&quot;''' in a text string, it will show up as ''white'' rather than ''yellow'', so you can quickly see the mistake. ;-)<br /> <br /> *Been a bit of a blessing when I've been C&amp;Ping long lists of procedurally generated text from my latest.log to my array file.<br /> <br /> *See discussion [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273782#p273782 here] for AppleMac suggestions.<br /> *See [[How to tweak OXZ's]] for more tweakish details.<br /> <br /> == Scenario OXP's ==<br /> These OXP's create a scenario and force all other oxp's out of the game (unless you tweak the scenario to let one or two back in!). The only examples so far are the SOTL oxp's. There is an issue with the Expansions Manager:<br /> But ... one reason I didn't put SOTL in the manager is that [[SOTL Exploration]] depends on Loader, so if you install Exploration, you get the Loader OXP too (ie: Song_of_the_Labyrinth_Startup_1.1). Loader can't depend on Exploration, because if it did, Exploration won't load in the core scenario, and then Loader won't load because Exploration isn't there, and then you can't actually start the scenario game. But that means when you're installing from the manager, if you install Loader it can't then auto-install Exploration ... and then if you try to run Loader it'll probably go wrong with an entirely unhelpful error message.<br /> <br /> The manager ideally needs a new relationship type adding to handle that sort of &quot;install-time but not run-time&quot; dependency, but I never got round to that. (Cim 2021).<br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=273236#p273236 Expansion Manager Pack] Suggestions for change (2020).<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&amp;t=18077 copy information_url to clipboard] (2016-21).<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&amp;t=16888 User tags for expansions] (2014)<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=16790 Are OXZ's an improvement ...] over OXP's (2014).<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=16610 OXZ and balance] What should go on the Expansions Manager? (2014)<br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=210354#p210354 Cim's announcement] of the concept (2013)<br /> <br /> *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;t=20932 Oolite's interaction with Expansion Packs] (2021)<br /> <br /> === Download Counter for oxp's ===<br /> *[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=287386#p287386 Suggestions for fixing it] (2022)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Oolite]][[Category:Factual]][[Category:Help pages]]</div>

Arquebus https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php?title=Contextual_Jukebox_OXP&diff=76318 2022-10-27T20:57:50Z

<p>Arquebus: </p> <hr /> <div>Arquebus' Music OXP for Oolite<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> This OXP needs [[Library OXP]] to function properly. It provides music for various different flight conditions in-game (Red Alert, Flight, arrival at [[Aegis]], ''etc''.)<br /> <br /> The music was composed by Eric Matyas (https://soundimage.org/), Professor in the Film department at Valencia College (Orlando, Florida).<br /> <br /> Used under royalty-free license as outlined here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/<br /> <br /> == Download ==<br /> *[https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tphkcwqb7p1i9nc/AABjmkZBPtCAeHddJ22y9VkGa?dl=0 Contextual Jukebox OXP] (2021: 115Mb) <br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> *[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;t=21128 (WIP) Contextual Jukebox OXP] (2021-22)<br /> *Author: Arquebus of [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=21111 YouTube fame] <br /> *Eric Matyas: https://soundimage.org/<br /> <br /> {{ambience-OXP}} <br /> [[Category:Sound Sets OXPs]]</div>

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