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Cholmondely: /* Planetary OXP comparisons */ Updated

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 === More planets and moons ===
 [[File:GalacricAlmanacMFD-10.png|thumb|right|200px|[[The Galactic Almanac OXZ|Galactic Almanac's]] MFD numbers all planets and their orbital stations]]
 * The very first attempt to do this was Charlie's. He wrote an initial [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=37543#p37543 Plannets.oxp] back around 2006, then got distracted by his Orb.oxp, then was swallowed up by Real Life ... and that was that!
 * [[System Redux (Oolite)]] fully mapped out every system (with planets, moons and stellar environment).
-The first version ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=45888#p45888 April-2007]) just added extra planets and moons. By mid 2008 it was also changing the main planet to resemble the [[Vanilla game]]'s F7 description (or the [[Famous Planets]] description. Last version was 2011.
+The first version ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=45888#p45888 April-2007]) just added extra planets and moons. By mid 2008 it was also changing the main planet to randomly resemble the [[Vanilla game]]'s F7 description (or the [[Famous Planets]] description. Last version was 2011.
 * Lestradae proposed another OXP along these lines in Dec 2007. It never happened, but the [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=4088 debate about it] was interesting.
 * [[System Demux (Oolite)]] (2010) provided a selection of textures for planets and moons.
-* [[Orbits]] adds more planets but with the [[Vanilla game]] textures (2010)
+* [[Orbits]] adds more planets to systems but uses the [[Vanilla game]] texturing for the main planet (2010) - it forms the basis of Strangers World's Planetary Systems.
 * [http://deephorizonindustries.com/DH-Systems.html DeepHorizon - Systems]: (2011) [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=239951#p239951 Issues] with v1.82 and onwards?
 * [[PovrayPlanets OXP|Povray Planets]] (2013): 8 Povray Galaxy Sets and Famous Planets (F7 descriptions) individually maps out every System's main planet in the 8 galaxies.
 * [[Additional Planets]] (SR) adds random textures to extra planets/moons only (2013-7).
-* [[BPlanets]] for system 1.90 (2020 ...) - New-fangled textures for the 119 earth-like main planets in Galaxy 1, with city night-lights (Jan 2021 - had hoped to eventually cover the other main planets too).
+* [[Planetary Systems]] & [[Moons]] in the [[Strangers World]] suite - randomly textures every System's main planet as well as adding moving planets & moons (2013-20). [[Sun Gear]] provides the MFD
-* [[Planetary Systems]] & [[Moons]] in the [[Strangers World]] suite - maps out every System's main planet, rest is randomised (most recent versions 2020). [[Sun Gear]] provides the MFD
+* [[BPlanets]] for system 1.90 (2020) - New-fangled textures for the 119 earth-like main planets in Galaxy 1, with city night-lights (Jan 2021 - had hoped to eventually cover the other main planets too).
 === Planetary OXP comparisons ===

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 * [[PovrayPlanets OXP|Povray Planets]] (2013): 8 Povray Galaxy Sets and Famous Planets (F7 descriptions) individually maps out every System's main planet in the 8 galaxies.
 * [[Additional Planets]] (SR) adds random textures to extra planets/moons only (2013-7).
-* [[BPlanets]] for system 1.90 (2020 ...) - Graphics for the 119 earth-like main planets in Galaxy 1 (Jan 2021 - hopes to cover the other main planets too).
+* [[BPlanets]] for system 1.90 (2020 ...) - New-fangled textures for the 119 earth-like main planets in Galaxy 1, with city night-lights (Jan 2021 - had hoped to eventually cover the other main planets too).
 * [[Planetary Systems]] & [[Moons]] in the [[Strangers World]] suite - maps out every System's main planet, rest is randomised (most recent versions 2020). [[Sun Gear]] provides the MFD

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 ! Functionability
-| Lost & Broken || Lost, Broken? || Old <br> ''Unfinished'' || Old || Recent || Recent <br> ''Unfinished'' || Recent || Recent <br> ''Unfinished''
+| Lost & Broken || Lost, Broken? || Old <br> ''Unfinished'' || Old || Recent || Up-to-date <br> ''Unfinished'' || Recent || Recent <br> ''Unfinished''
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 ! Details all of Galaxy 1

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 ! Functionability
-| Broken || Broken? || Old <br> ''Unfinished'' || Old || Recent || Up-to-date <br> ''Unfinished'' || Up-to-date || Up-to-date <br> ''Unfinished''
+| Lost & Broken || Lost, Broken? || Old <br> ''Unfinished'' || Old || Recent || Recent <br> ''Unfinished'' || Recent || Recent <br> ''Unfinished''
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 ! Details all of Galaxy 1
-| Yes || Yes || Yes? || Yes || Yes || Not yet || Yes || Not yet
+| Yes (randomly) || Yes (randomly) || Yes (randomly) || Yes || Yes || Not yet || Yes (randomly) || Not yet
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 ! Retextures main planet?

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 === Simpler tweaks ===
 * [https://drive.google.com/file/d/17oT5yeqdqiIjAd7cXVJ3rOa2eU4fCS0S/edit Darker Planets.oxp] (2020) by Vaxon ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=271766#p271766 I think if the planet colors were darker the original planets would look better. This makes land/sea darker and sets random land percentage for all planets] ''ie'' without regard to the F7 description).
-* Planet Forest & Planet Ocean: see below for description and pictures
+* [[Planet Forests and Oceans]]: see below for description and pictures
 * Planetary Rings - see [[System Features: Rings]] - this also adds mention of rings on the F7 screen!
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 Image:FPO Tibionis.png |<center>Tibionis ([[Famous Planets Overhaul (FPO)]])</center>
 </gallery>
-''Note that Planet Forest (and Planet Ocean) act on the vanilla game texture, altering it to better match the F7 description ("Tibionis is most noted for the Tibionisian deadly goat and its vast rain forests").''
+''Note that [[Planet Forests and Oceans]] act on the vanilla game texture, altering it to better match the F7 description ("Tibionis is most noted for the Tibionisian deadly goat and its vast rain forests").''
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 Image:Isinor (Phkb'd).png |<center>Isinor (Planet Oceans)</center>
 </gallery>
-* [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20179 Planet Forests and Oceans] (2019) ensures [[Vanilla game]] planets & F7 descriptions match (this [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13047 became an issue] with Oolite v.1.77)! As for '''Isinor''' just above (''"This world is very fabled for its unusual oceans"'') and '''Tibionis''' further above (''"Tibionis is most noted for the Tibionisian deadly goat and its vast rain forests."'').
+* [[Planet Forests and Oceans]] (2019) ensures [[Vanilla game]] planets & F7 descriptions match (this [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13047 became an issue] with Oolite v.1.77)! As for '''Isinor''' just above (''"This world is very fabled for its unusual oceans"'') and '''Tibionis''' further above (''"Tibionis is most noted for the Tibionisian deadly goat and its vast rain forests."'').
 * [[Famous Planets OXP|Famous Planets]] gives the F7 description (and, once upon a time, even theme music!) for the Povray Planets OXPs - see below.
 :So, for example, the Vanilla Game's Zaonce (''This planet is a tedious place'') becomes ''The Galactic Register called Zaonce a tedious place. They didn't correct it in later issues. Zaonce is actually one of the best-guarded, fun-packed secrets of Galaxy 1. Tourists will find attractions like the monstrous Hurricane Kev, dominating a huge swathe of the northern hemisphere. The planet is also known for the Zaonce Aurodrome, Zanadoo Zoo, Chateau d'if, and the perpetual parties going on in virtually every hotel on the planet.''
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 *[[Darkside Moonshine Distillery]] adds flavour to the Tortuga Expanse and similar backward regions in the other 7 galaxies
 *Many of the [[:Category:Missions OXPs|Missions OXPs]] add flavour to their relevant galaxies (see below)
-:[[Sector1/Lave|Lave]] - there are over half-a-dozen oxps adding a moon, stations, monuments, ships, ''etc''.
+:[[Sector1/Lave|Lave]] - there are over half-a-dozen oxps adding planetary textures (one also has city lights), a moon, stations, monuments, ships, ''etc''.
-:[[Sector1/Diso|Diso]] - Diso OXP - old but adds nebulae, planets and another station
+:[[Sector1/Diso|Diso]] - Diso OXP - ''old'' but adds nebulae, planets and another station
 :[[Sector1/Tionisla|Tionisla]] - the famous Tionisla Orbital Graveyard and the Tionisla Chronicle Array
-:[[Sector1/Riredi|Riredi]] - Riredi OXP - adds special station and planet texture
+:[[Sector1/Riredi|Riredi]] - Riredi OXP - adds special station and planet texture with city lights
-:[[Sector1/Lerelace|Lerelace]] - Taranis OXP - adds extra station
+:[[Sector1/Lerelace|Lerelace]] - Taranis OXP - adds extra station  and planet texture with city lights
 :[[Sector1/Rexebe|Rexebe]] - Mandotech Shipyard - adds extra station
-:[[Sector1/Tianve|Tianve]] - Tianve OXP - adds pulsar, extra station, extra ships and planet texture with city lights
+:[[Sector1/Tianve|Tianve]] - Tianve OXP - adds pulsar, nebulae, extra station, extra ships and planet texture with city lights
 *Galaxy 2
 :([[Ionics OXP]] affects the north-east corner of Galaxy 2)
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 :[[Sector6/Oresmaa|Oresmaa]] (Mandotech Shipyard)
 :[[Sector6/Teesso|Teesso]] (Lave Academy)
-:[[Sector6/Veisin|Veisin]] (Draven OXP)
+:[[Sector6/Veisin|Veisin]] (Draven OXP) - adds station and also a planet texture with city lights
 *Galaxy 7
 :([[The Assassins Guild OXP]] individuates quite a number of the systems in Galaxy 7)

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 Image:Lave (BPlanets).png |<center>Lave ([[BPlanets]])</center>
 Image:Oolite-879.png |<center>Lave ([[FPO Lave]])</center>
 </gallery>
-''Again, the Povray Planets & Stranger's World textures are specific for Lave. As are the BPlanets (Lave is one of the 119 earth-like planets included in this oxp) and the FPO textures (one of 100-odd). FPO Lave is an improved stand-alone oxp, the 100-odd specific planet textures in the FPO suite lack normal maps. <br> There is also [[Lave is Earth 8k]] which is not shown here, but which includes city night-lights.''
+''Again, the Povray Planets & Stranger's World textures are specific for Lave. As are the BPlanets (Lave is one of the 119 earth-like planets included in this oxp) and the FPO textures (one of 100-odd). FPO Lave is an improved stand-alone oxp, the 100-odd specific planet textures in the FPO suite lack normal maps. Lave OXP's Lave includes city night-lights and the moon, Basta.<br> There is also [[Lave is Earth 8k]] which is not shown here, but which also includes city night-lights.''
 === F7 screen "planet descriptions" ===

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 ...Quasars, Binary Stars, Black Holes ''etc''.<br>
 Alas, we don't have much of this stuff in Oolite. See [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20974 Cool OXPs for celestial objects]. But we ''do'' have:
-*A Pulsar - see [[Tianve OXP]]
+*A Pulsar - see [[Tianve OXP]] (recently rejigged by Phkb)
 *Comets - see [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4578 Frame's Solar Systems OXP] (don't forget to change "www.box.net" to "app.box.net"!) - this needs the lost .oxp [[System Redux (Oolite)|System Redux]].

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	There are also one or two ideas ''here'': [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12041 Are there any Black Holes OXPs?] (2012).		There are also one or two ideas ''here'': [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12041 Are there any Black Holes OXPs?] (2012).
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		+	And a Black Hole WIP here: [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21486 (Demo) Black Holes] (Phkb, 2023)

	As regards '''Binary systems''', the vanilla game code currently allows only one star (light-emitting object) in each solar system. But see the discussion [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=288386#p288386 here]. And the link to Frame's YouTube film above.		As regards '''Binary systems''', the vanilla game code currently allows only one star (light-emitting object) in each solar system. But see the discussion [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=288386#p288386 here]. And the link to Frame's YouTube film above.