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Cholmondely: /* Links */ Fixed link (Flibble-alert!)

2024-07-28T06:19:09Z

‎Links: Fixed link (Flibble-alert!)

2024-03-18T04:34:58Z

Updating BB links

2024-02-29T01:56:13Z

Updating BB links

2023-08-11T07:40:25Z

‎Warning: Added note on Salvage Gangs

2022-10-25T14:52:56Z

‎Changelog

2022-10-25T14:51:55Z

‎Changelog

2022-10-25T14:50:55Z

‎Changelog

2022-10-25T14:50:28Z

‎Warning

2022-10-25T14:47:30Z

‎Description

2022-10-25T14:44:49Z

‎Description

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 === Links ===
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16916 BB-Link] (2014 - date)
-*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=41519#p41519 Is it possible to "steer" the player ship?] (2015)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=17276 Is it possible to "steer" the player ship?] (2015)

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 |category = Equipment OXPs
 |author = [[User:Norby|Norby]]
-|feedback = [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16916 BB-Link]
+|feedback = [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16916 BB-Link]
 }}
 === Links ===
-*[http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16916 BB-Link] (2014 - date)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16916 BB-Link] (2014 - date)
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=41519#p41519 Is it possible to "steer" the player ship?] (2015)

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 ===Tweaks===
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=285078#p285078 To make ILS removable (costs 25₢)] ([[User:Slartibartfast|Slartibartfast]], 2022)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=285078#p285078 To make ILS removable (costs 25₢)] ([[User:Slartibartfast|Slartibartfast]], 2022)
 :You might wish to consult [[How to tweak OXZ's]]
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 === Links ===
 *[http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16916 BB-Link] (2014 - date)
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=41519#p41519 Is it possible to "steer" the player ship?] (2015)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=41519#p41519 Is it possible to "steer" the player ship?] (2015)

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 === Warning ===
-If you do not know what you are doing, this can be a very effective way of visiting [[Church of Giles the Creator#Eschatology|St Giles in The Pool of Pellucid Placidity]]! Or losing cargo or damaging your craft! Note that as your shields improve ([[Shield Boosters]] & [[Military Shield Enhancement]]), the speed at which you can survive increases too! The most common issues are:
+If you do not know what you are doing, this can be a very effective way of visiting [[Church of Giles the Creator#Eschatology|St Giles in The Pool of Pellucid Placidity]]! Or losing cargo or damaging your craft! Note that as your shields improve ([[Shield Boosters]] & [[Military Shield Enhancement]]), the speed at which you can survive increases too!
 * the ship targeting something else which comes into its sight (beware of Telescope!) during the docking procedure - and either ILS looses its lock on the dock, or it fixates on another dockable and goes after that - in either case the change of direction can incur fatal consequences (this can actually happen ''inside'' the docking tunnel of hermits, for example);

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                     Frees ILS for NPC use once the player has docked.
                     ILS does not engage until the player's ship is in the "outside" side of the dock
-                    entrance's plane avoids trying to dock through the dock's walls...).
+                    entrance's plane (avoids trying to dock through the dock's walls...).
                     Stops Liners and Dredgers while player uses ILS to dock with them.
 .08.12. v1.13 Calculate Dock world-coordinates orientation by concatenating its orientation in

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                     recessed dock).
                     Extends the "ship must be in the outside side of the docking bay entrance for ILS
-                    to engage" rule to NPCs.
+                    to engage" rule to NPCs (to avoid them plastering themselves on the station back
 .08.08. v1.14 Makes asking for docking clearance necessary for the player to engage ILS.
                     Player gets ILS use when docking clearance is granted.

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 === Changelog ===
-.10.24. v1.15 Prevents docking upside-down when rotation is necessary.
+.10.24. v1.15 Prevents (hopefully :-) ) docking upside-down when rotation is necessary.
                     Do not use ILS to dock on Salvage Gangs (it does not work well with its deeply
                     recessed dock).

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	ILS will even convince those stubborn Liners to stop while you are docking. Dredgers will stop as you ask for docking clearance...		ILS will even convince those stubborn Liners to stop while you are docking. Dredgers will stop as you ask for docking clearance...

−	ILS will disengage automatically when the docking clearance expires, so beware when docking to stations that do not require docking clearance... Dredgers included: once the clearance expires, ILS will disengage and the Dredger will be free to start moving in "collision avoidance" mode. To avoid that, keep asking for docking clearance as you approach the dock (once each 30s should do it).	+	ILS will disengage automatically when the docking clearance expires, so beware when docking to stations that do not require docking clearance... Dredgers included: once the (non-required) clearance expires, ILS will disengage and the Dredger will be free to start moving in "collision avoidance" mode. To avoid that, keep asking for docking clearance as you approach the dock (once each 30s should do it).

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 * if in red alert, the weapons are offline
-Note that engaging automatically means there is NO on/off switch for ILS. The commander can stop the ship by reducing thrust to zero though (to avoid a collision, for example).
+Note that engaging automatically means there is NO on/off switch for ILS (though the commander can switch ILS off by unlocking the station). The commander can stop the ship by reducing thrust to zero though (to avoid a collision, for example).
 If the target lock is changed or removed, ILS disengages automatically... beware Telescope auto-locking!