Library OXP - Revision history

Phkb at 04:31, 20 April 2026

2026-04-20T04:31:00Z

Cholmondely: Tweaks for readability

2026-01-09T07:38:58Z

Tweaks for readability

Phkb at 06:18, 29 December 2025

2025-12-29T06:18:01Z

Cholmondely: Added Phkb's new ancillary OXPs

2025-07-27T17:16:53Z

Added Phkb's new ancillary OXPs

Cholmondely: Added comparison of CCL with Library

2025-07-25T17:10:46Z

Added comparison of CCL with Library

Cholmondely: /* Music */ Added note on Tsoj's variant

2025-07-01T14:44:25Z

‎Music: Added note on Tsoj's variant

Cholmondely: Updated

2025-07-01T14:15:04Z

Updated

Cholmondely: /* Musings */ Fixed link

2025-05-07T08:19:27Z

‎Musings: Fixed link

Hiran: /* Musings */

2024-08-06T20:09:38Z

‎Musings

Cholmondely: Added Links

2024-07-21T06:41:15Z

Added Links

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 == Download ==
-Install like any other [[OXP]]. Library is on the in-game [[Expansions Manager]]. Or, if you prefer, [[media:Library_1.8.5.oxz|Library_1.8.5.oxz]]
+Install like any other [[OXP]]. Library is on the in-game [[Expansions Manager]]. Or, if you prefer, [[media:Library_1.9.oxz|Library_1.9.oxz]]
 === Previous Verions ===
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 {{Infobox OXPb| title = Library
 |image = [[Image:IconLib.png|100px]]
-|version = 1.8.5
+|version = 1.9
-|release = 2025-12-29
+|release = 2026-04-20
 |license = CC-by-nc-sa-4.0
 |features = Helper for OXPs

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 Reinventing the wheel is not everybody's taste, so here comes a collection of useful snippets and helpers.
-Its main purpose is to simplify or unify some common tasks used by OXPers. Library is the successor to [[CCL]], [[Hyperradio]] and [[OXPConfig]]. The library does not alter any native JS objects (like Array or String) to avoid clashes and does not clutter the global namespace.
+Library OXP's main function is to simplify or unify some common tasks used by OXPers. Library is the successor to [[CCL]], [[Hyperradio]] and [[OXPConfig]]. The library does not alter any native JS objects (like Array or String) to avoid clashes, and does not clutter the global namespace.
-*Adds '''Config for AddOns'''  to the [[F4 page (ship and system interfaces)|F4 ship-station interface]] screen (allows tweaking of compatible oxp's in-game)
+*Adds '''Config for AddOns'''  to the [[F4 page (ship and system interfaces)|F4 ship-station interface]] screen (allowing in-game tweaking of compatible OXPs)
 *Adds a '''PAD''' to the [[F4 page (ship and system interfaces)|F4 ship-station interface]] screen (for personal details, recalling (GNN) news flashes, storing data, ''etc''.)
 *Plays music during your game (which can be contextual, changing if inside the [[aegis]] or if attacked) - but needs a compatible music .oxp installed - see below for list
-*''Can'' be used by mission oxp's to display instructions (see Starmap below)
+*''Can'' be used by mission OXPs to display instructions (see Starmap below)
 *''Can'' be used to show an animated display and possibly even a [[Cutscene]] (see Animator below)
-*''Can'' be used by other oxp's to display information on the PAD about Guild memberships, NPC's met, peculiarities of systems, ''etc''. It already does this for the [[Galactic Navy OXP]].
+*''Can'' be used by other OXPs to display information on the PAD about Guild memberships, NPC's met, peculiarities of systems, ''etc''. It already does this for the [[Galactic Navy OXP]].
 *''Can'' be used by OXP ship designers to help display ships, exhausts, materials ''etc''. (see MatFinder and devtools below).
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 === More on the workings of Library.oxp ===
 Making sense of Library.
 <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"  data-expandtext="Show gory details" data-collapsetext="Hide gory details" style="overflow:auto;">
 [[Cabal Common Library OXP]] - Library's precursor - had these scripts
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 == Integration ==
 === Config for AddOns ===
-Over 30 OXP's use Library's "Config for AddOns" option on the F4 screen to allow configuration. Click this: [[File:IconLib.png|30px]] for a partial list.
+Over 60 OXP's use Library's "Config for AddOns" option on the F4 screen to allow configuration. Click [[File:IconLib.png|30px]] for a partial list.
 === Music ===

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 == Download ==
-Install like any other [[OXP]]. Library is on the in-game [[Expansions Manager]]. Or, if you prefer, [https://app.box.com/s/gqfc5nxse0k9yipm93wrjra7nqjzy89y Library 1.7.1] (oxz, 4.9 MiB)
+Install like any other [[OXP]]. Library is on the in-game [[Expansions Manager]]. Or, if you prefer, [[media:Library_1.8.5.oxz|Library_1.8.5.oxz]]
 == Tweaks ==
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 {{Infobox OXPb| title = Library
 |image = [[Image:IconLib.png|100px]]
-|version = 1.7.1
+|version = 1.8.5
-|release = 2018-11-19
+|release = 2025-12-29
 |license = CC-by-nc-sa-4.0
 |features = Helper for OXPs

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   *[[OXPConfig]] (done via the F2 page - press F7 when told to) by Svengali
   *[[Station Options]] by cag: this one is actually comprehensible! But the fabulous flood of detail for [[Telescope]]...
 ==Features==

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 * ''[[Lib_PAD|Lib_PAD.js]]'' - Unified logbook, mission-log, diary and interface. {{AV|1.7}}
 * ''[[Lib_Starmap|Lib_Starmap.js]]'' - In-System-Maps in 3D (docked and inflight) (see [[#Demos|Demos]]). {{AV|1.7}}
 == Integration ==

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 *[[Contextual Jukebox OXP]] by Arquebus of [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21111  YouTube fame] (2021: 115Mb)
 *DIY kit: [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21127 Dangerous Background Music OXP]: [[User:Tsoj|Tsoj]] (2021)
 === OXP's & Vanilla game integration for P.A.D. ===

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-* 2) [https://app.box.net/s/h78y01lg9b Library_devtools.oxp] (look in Test OXP's) - Something peculiar!
+::On your F4 screen under "Lib_MatEditor":
 ::On starting a game (if you have Library running too):
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 [[File:Library_devtools.values.png|150px]]
-::On your F4 screen (if you have Library running too) under "Lib_MatEditor":
+::On your F4 screen under "Lib_MatEditor":
-[[File:Lib_MatEditor_%281%29.png|150px]]
+[[File:Lib DevTools 1.png|150px]]
-[[File:Lib_MatEditor_%282%29.png|150px]]
+[[File:Lib DevTools 2.png|150px]]
 ----

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 :[[Cabal_Common_Library_Doc_SpecialMarkets|Cabal_Common_SpecialMarkets]], trading special goods
 :[[Cabal_Common_Library_Doc_OXPStrength|Cabal_Common_Strength]], environment control
-:''somewhere in all this is a ''random integer function'' which is used by [[Factions]] and is presumably still in Library somewhere... (like https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Cabal_Common_Library_Doc_Functions#rand.28.29)
+:''somewhere in all this is a ''random integer function'' which is used by [[Factions OXP]] and is presumably still in Library somewhere... (like https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Cabal_Common_Library_Doc_Functions#rand.28.29)
 The one change which ''would'' be very useful would be the ability to recall more than just the ''one'' most recent GNN news broadcast in the PAD.

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 == Tweaks ==
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=252499#p252499 To add a radio channel]
 == Musings ==
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 :[[Cabal_Common_Library_Doc_OXPStrength|Cabal_Common_Strength]], environment control
 :''somewhere in all this is a ''random integer function'' which is used by [[Factions]] and is presumably still in Library somewhere...
 The one change which ''would'' be very useful would be the ability to recall more than just the ''one'' most recent GNN news broadcast in the PAD.
-=== Possible Error ===
+== Links ==
-*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=270334#p270334 Error followed by Phkb's fix] (2020)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=21449 Library OXP logos and images] (2023-34)
 ==Quick Facts==