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Hiran: /* Check Partition (3) */

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‎Check Partition (3)

Hiran: /* The problem vanished */

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Hiran: /* The problem vanished */

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‎The problem vanished

Hiran: /* Example Scenarios */

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‎Example Scenarios

Hiran: /* Example Scenarios */

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‎Example Scenarios

Hiran: /* Ben's problem in one expansion */

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‎Ben's problem in one expansion

Hiran: /* Ben's problem in one expansion */

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‎Ben's problem in one expansion

Hiran: /* Ben's problem in one expansion */

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Hiran: /* Ben's problem in one expansion */

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 He has only one expansion installed, so this one must be the culprit.
-Now Ben can go to the Oolite bulletin board and ask for help on expansion C.
+Now Ben can go to the Oolite bulletin board and ask for help on expansion C. The author of that expansion is happy to hear his expansionn is getting used and fexes the bug in no time. Ben is happy, too.
 == Sarah's problem between two expansion ==

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 Test D#, K#: Problem occurs
-Test D#: Problem is gone
+Test D#: Problem is goneTest C, D#, E, F, K#: Problem occurs
 Just to be sure, Ben also tests the counterpart:
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 Test K#: Problem is gone
-Now Ben is sure: There is something going on between expansion D and K. He goes to the Oolite bulletin board and asks for help. And learns that both expansions implement a shuttle - but in incompatible ways.
+Now Ben is sure: There is something going on between expansion D and K.
 [[Category:Help pages]]

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	Test C, D#, E, F, K#: Problem occurs		Test C, D#, E, F, K#: Problem occurs

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 Sarah is quite new to Oolite. Since she heard from Ben about the game she immediately installs several expansions, though not the exact same set as Ben. To stay simple we just call them with one letter each:
 A, B, C, D#, E, F, K#
 Sarah plays the game and gets frustrated. For some reason she cannot dock via the shuttle. When she presses the button the shuttle launches from her ship, but then she can see it going to various places, spending time, going elsewhere but just not to the station the way it works for Ben. She suffers an incompatibility between expansions D# and K# (mind the #) but nobody knows about it. With no better plan in mind Ben helps her find this wiki page and she starts applying the algorithm to find the culprit.
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 She restores the files from her backup.
 [[Category:Help pages]]

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 == Ben's problem in one expansion ==
-Ben loves playing Oolite, and over time he accumulated a couple of expansions. For stay simple we just call them with one letter each:
+Ben loves playing Oolite, and over time he accumulated a couple of expansions. To stay simple we just call them with one letter each:
-A, B, C, D, E, F, G
+A, B, C*, D, E, F, G
 One day Ben discovers a strange, annoying behaviour. His ship kills counter does not increase reliably when he blows up some ship.
-Ben has a problem in expansion C (note the asterisk), but he does not know. With no better plan in mind he finds this wiki page and starts applying the algorithm to find the culprit.
+Ben has a problem in expansion C* (note the asterisk), but he does not know. With no better plan in mind he finds this wiki page and starts applying the algorithm to find the culprit.
 === Prerequisite ===
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 === Check Partition (1) ===
-Ben creates the list of his expansions: A, B, C, D, E, F, G
+Ben creates the list of his expansions: A, B, C*, D, E, F, G
-Then he deletes half of the expansions, so he is left with A, B, C, D
+Then he deletes half of the expansions, so he is left with A, B, C*, D
 Then he performs the test, as written down above. And he can see the odd behaviour again.
 He has more than one expansion installed, so he repeats the Check Partition step.
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 === Check Partition (2) ===
-Ben creates the list of his expansions: A, B, C, D
+Ben creates the list of his expansions: A, B, C*, D
 Then he deletes half of the expansions, so he is left with A, B
 Then he performs the test, as written down above. And he can confirm that the kill count increases as expected.
-With the two expansions installed the problem does not occur. He restores the expansions from the other half (C, D) and repeats the Check Partition step.
+With the two expansions installed the problem does not occur. He restores the expansions from the other half (C*, D) and repeats the Check Partition step.
 === Check Partition (3) ===
-Ben creates the list of his expansions: C, D
+Ben creates the list of his expansions: C*, D
-Then he deletes half of the expansions, so he is left with C
+Then he deletes half of the expansions, so he is left with C*
 Then he performs the test, as written down above. And he can see the odd behaviour again.
 He has only one expansion installed, so this one must be the culprit.
 Now Ben can go to the Oolite bulletin board and ask for help on expansion C.
 [[Category:Help pages]]

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 Ben loves playing Oolite, and over time he accumulated a couple of expansions. For brewity we just call them with one letter each.
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+[[https://cdn-0.plantuml.com/plantuml/png/SoWkIImgAStDuIfAJIv9p4lFILLmH68x8R6T5HAB5PISjPIGn5oGsAv8R3SajZkNGsfU2j0E0000]]
 One day Ben discovers a strange, annoying behaviour. His ship kills counter does not increase reliably when he blows up some ship.

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 - Switch to the F5 screen and check the kill count after
 - It is expected to see the kill count increased by one
 [[Category:Help pages]]