HardShips - Revision history

Cholmondely: Added Gameplay and Balance Indicator

2024-04-09T23:22:02Z

Added Gameplay and Balance Indicator

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-03-18T04:33:42Z

Updating BB links

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-02-29T01:53:47Z

Updating BB links

Cholmondely: /* Recommended OXPs */ Note on IronHide

2021-07-16T11:08:31Z

‎Recommended OXPs: Note on IronHide

Cholmondely: /* Additional Armour Equipment */

2020-08-21T13:54:20Z

‎Additional Armour Equipment

Cholmondely: /* Additional Armour Equipments */

2020-08-21T13:53:50Z

‎Additional Armour Equipments

Cholmondely: /* Additional Core Hull Equipment */

2020-08-21T13:45:40Z

‎Additional Core Hull Equipment

Cholmondely: /* Dummy Equipments */

2020-08-21T13:42:39Z

‎Dummy Equipments

Cholmondely: /* Engine Repair Bot */

2020-08-21T13:37:03Z

‎Engine Repair Bot

Cholmondely: /* Equipment Box */

2020-08-21T13:36:14Z

‎Equipment Box

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 .03.31. v0.1  First test files.
+== Gameplay and Balance Indicator ==
 ==Quick Facts==

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 |category = Mechanics OXPs
 |author = [[User:Norby|Norby]]
-|feedback = [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15551 BB-Link]
+|feedback = [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15551 BB-Link]
 }}

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 ===Recommended OXPs===
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12507 CustomShields] OXP to put shields into NPC ships, Hard Shields is player-only without this.
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12507 CustomShields] OXP to put shields into NPC ships, Hard Shields is player-only without this.
 *[[Detectors]] OXP to show important ship data including facing armour value in the target box.
 *[[Griff_Industries|Griff's replacement shipset]] supported with hard and granite textures.

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 *[[Detectors]] OXP to show important ship data including facing armour value in the target box.
 *[[Griff_Industries|Griff's replacement shipset]] supported with hard and granite textures.
 *[[Numeric_Style_HUDs|NumericHUD v3.11]] to show Shield Capacitor values.
 *[[RealisticDamage_OXP|Realistic Damage]] OXP to fear for your ASS (oh sorry I said).
 *[[Shield_Equalizer_%26_Capacitors_OXP|Shield Equalizer and Capacitors]] OXP if you want to use Big Shield Capacitors.
 *[[ShipVersion]] OXP to maintain balance with awarded equipments from HardShips OXP to NPCs.
+<br>
 ===License===

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 ''A surprise can happen due to the game mechanics: a frontal hit can damage the Additional Aft Armour (just as for any other equipment).
-But this is rare enough, so one accept it as an unlucky hit which managed penetrate the entire ship.''
+But this is rare enough, so one can accept it as an unlucky hit which managed penetrate the entire ship.''
   Cost: 2*5000.0 Cr.

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 ==Defensive Equipments==
-===Additional Armour Equipments===
+===Additional Armour Equipment===
-The Front and Aft side can hold an extra layer standard armour which is repairable in dock only (and for a fee), so give an one-time defense only.
+The Front and Aft sides can hold an extra layer of standard armour which is repairable in dock only (and for a fee), thus giving a one-time defense only.
-Other sides can not hold additions, it would be too much extra mass to any ship.
+Other sides cannot take these additional layers: it would be too much extra mass for any ship.
-If an Additional Armour Equipment damaged then the defense still remain in this fly but need repair when docked to use again.
+If an Additional Armour Equipment is damaged then the defense still remains for this flight only - but will need repair when docked to be usable again.
-The repair team can not restore the armour value of a damaged equipment, furthermore wipes the remaining armour value after landing to prevent accidents in dock, but the equipment remain in damaged status to can buy repair.
+If the repair team can not restore the armour value of the damaged equipment, then it wipes the remaining armour value after landing to prevent accidents in dock. The now non-functional equipment will remain in damaged status until repaired.
-If you do not pay the repair then you will undock without working additional defense.
+That is, depsite it working after the initial damage, if you do not pay for the repair then you will now undock without this functional additional defense.
-A surprise can happen due to the game mechanics: a frontal hit can damage the Additional Aft Armour also as any other equipments.
+''A surprise can happen due to the game mechanics: a frontal hit can damage the Additional Aft Armour (just as for any other equipment).
-But it is rare enough to accept as an unlucky hit which managed to go through the whole ship.
+But this is rare enough, so one accept it as an unlucky hit which managed penetrate the entire ship.''
   Cost: 2*5000.0 Cr.
   Techlevel: 5
 ===Additional Core Hull Equipment===

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 ===Additional Core Hull Equipment===
-Doubles the damage amount before start to get internal damage or Fuel Leak.
+Doubles the damage absorbed before one starts to get internal damage or a Fuel Leak.
-Repaired in-flight automatically as the normal part of the Core hull due to it is not an armour.
+It is automatically repaired in-flight as the normal part of the Core hull due to it not being an armour.
-If the equipment is damaged then repairable in dock only, but the added hull remains as an one-time defense.
+If the equipment is damaged then it is repairable in dock only, but the added hull remains as a one-time defense.
-You can fix all of the Additional equipments in one step when docked in all system, but you can buy in tech level 5 or above.
+You can fix all of the Additional equipment in one step when docked in any system, but you can only buy in tech level 5 or above.
-The showed price is enough to fix a single damaged equipment, if all three damaged then will deduct three times more.
+The displayed price is enough to fix one single damaged equipment - if all three are damaged then the shipyard will deduct three times more.
   Cost: 5000.0 Cr.
   Techlevel: 5
 ===Dummy Equipments===

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 ===Dummy Equipments===
-Many metal fragments placed between equipments to take out damage with high odds, but take cargo space also.
+Many metal fragments are placed between pieces of equipment to absorb damage with high odds, but the fragments also take up cargo space.
-There are different packages: 1t, 5t, 10t, 50t and 100t with 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 times higher odds to damage before others.
+There are different packages: 1t, 5t, 10t, 50t and 100t with 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 times higher odds to absorb damage before the equipment does.
-You can buy all of them if you have 166t cargo space and use together because the size of the fragments are different and can put the small ones into the remaining spaces of the large ones.
+You can buy all of them if you have 166t cargo space and use them together because the size of the fragments are different and one can put the small ones into the remaining spaces of the large ones.
-But never found these in the buyable ships by default, so you must get it by hand after bought a new ship.
+These are never found in the default buyable ships, so you must install them after buying a new ship.
-(Technically not possible, a bug in Oolite v1.77 cause sometime disappearing eqipments with cargo space reqirement in shipyard.plist.)
+(This is because it is technically not possible: a bug in Oolite v1.77 causes occasional disappearance of equipment with a cargo space requirement in the shipyard.plist.)
 Fortunately you can buy worthless metals in all systems. :)
   Cost: 10.0 Cr./1 t
   Techlevel: 1
 ===Engine Repair Bot===

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 ===Engine Repair Bot===
-Can fix damaged Injectors, Q-charger and Broken Engines in a minute to help survive and run from a bad situation.
+Can fix damaged Injectors, Q-charger and Broken Engines within a minute, to help survive and run from a bad situation.
 Need 1t Machinery for each fix.
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   Cost: 1000.0 Cr.
   Techlevel: 5
 ===Equipment Box===

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 ===Equipment Box===
-This armoured box can defend all equipments. This will be damaged first, the equipments later only.
+This armoured box can defend all equipment. This will be damaged first, the equipment will be damaged only afterwards.
-Does not require cargo space but you can place into the ship a single Equipment Box only.
+Does not require cargo space but you can place into the ship only one single Equipment Box.
-More specific boxes available also which placed inside this box to save the most important equipments which can help in retreat.
+More specific boxes are available which are placed inside this box to save the most important equipment which can help in retreat.
-Other equipments can not be boxed separatedly due to not enough space in the ships, these guarded by the general Equipment Box only.
+Other equipment can not be boxed separately due to lack of space in the ship: these are guarded by the general Equipment Box only.
-Can not fit any of the boxes into ships under 30t.
+One cannot fit any of these boxes into ships under 30t.
   Cost: 100.0 Cr.
   Techlevel: 1
 ===Electronics Box===