Planetfall OXP - Revision history

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 == Musings ==
-This oxp was never really developed except by Stranger and by Feudal States. Eric Walch ''did'' write [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=280360#p280360 PlanetFall with Landing Strip] (2008, link broken - see [[List of Lost OXP's]]). But there could be rather more done in terms of the landing process itself, as well as what one finds when one lands. The markets are just minimally tweaked copies of what is above. But, for example, on anarchies one should be able to buy all sorts of stuff - and possibly die in the process! Depending on where one lands in a multi-government, similar choices should be available. Stranger created different landing sites on the same planet: these could be combined with different markets, etc.
+The following is still relevant, despite Phkb's publication of PlanetFall2.
 [[File:Landing_at_Ismaan_(G7).png|thumb|right|600px|Landing at [[Sector7/Ismaan|Ismaan]] (G7), enabled by [[Planetfall OXP]].<br>Screenshot shows the [[Vimana-X HUD]] with its low altitude warning signs, a bevy of [[MFD]]s and the planet texture from [[Povray Planets]] ]]
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 :With the recent addition of atmospheric hues (and of possible night-lighting) this should be doable
 *traffic control and need for 3D terrain (ffutures, 5th July 2015)
 == Download ==

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-Land on planets!
+Land on planets! (The up-to-date version of this 2013 oxp will be found ''here'': [[Planetfall2 OXP]])
 [[File:PlanetFall planet3.png|right]]
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 Planetary take-off is via a launch booster, with control being returned to the Commander once orbital insertion is achieved.
 === Lore ===

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 === Basic ===
 *Planetfall Markets ([[User:Norby|Norby]]) [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=239233#p239233 Publication of OXP] (4th July 2015)
-*PlanetFall Market Saver ([[User:SMax|SMax]]) [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18330 BB Thread] (12th September 2016)
+*PlanetFall Market Saver ([[User:SMax|SMax]]) [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18330 BB Thread] (12th September 2016)
 === More involved ===

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 ==AddOns==
 === Basic ===
-*Planetfall Markets ([[User:Norby|Norby]]) [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=239233#p239233 Publication of OXP] (4th July 2015)
+*Planetfall Markets ([[User:Norby|Norby]]) [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=239233#p239233 Publication of OXP] (4th July 2015)
 *PlanetFall Market Saver ([[User:SMax|SMax]]) [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18330 BB Thread] (12th September 2016)
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 Also it's a delicate balance as to how high up to put the model of the location. Too low and it will crash into the planet and self-destruct (or indeed if it's spawned inside the planet this can make the game crash iirc), but too high and the player could fly beside or even below it, and get a view "underneath" it which looks very strange. And all this of course does not preclude the problems of ships firing at the locations, and things that may be needed to get around that (fast recharge rates, use of anti-scanner devices etc) or react to it (suitable AI etc).
-For your specific question, no I don't think it is possible to replace the tunnel animation. Jumping to a model in the middle of nowhere is simple enough (it isn't a witchspace jump per-se, just a change of player location). I really don't like the idea of ships getting shot down though, as I said before such game-ending scenarios are something I like to avoid.|Source=([http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=64255#p64255 Thargoid (2008)])}}
+For your specific question, no I don't think it is possible to replace the tunnel animation. Jumping to a model in the middle of nowhere is simple enough (it isn't a witchspace jump per-se, just a change of player location). I really don't like the idea of ships getting shot down though, as I said before such game-ending scenarios are something I like to avoid.|Source=([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=64255#p64255 Thargoid (2008)])}}
 === Tweaks ===
-Thargoid designed this OXP to be expandable, so OXP mission writers can use it as a base location for offering or staging missions. The associated BB thread contains some hints for doing this (see the discussion with PAGroove about adding in special landing sites for the Famous Planets oxp - several pages starting [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=65441#p65441 here] - 2009: Oolite Javascript is now more advanced and much more can be done).
+Thargoid designed this OXP to be expandable, so OXP mission writers can use it as a base location for offering or staging missions. The associated BB thread contains some hints for doing this (see the discussion with PAGroove about adding in special landing sites for the Famous Planets oxp - several pages starting [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=65441#p65441 here] - 2009: Oolite Javascript is now more advanced and much more can be done).
 == Musings ==
-This oxp was never really developed except by Stranger and by Feudal States. Eric Walch ''did'' write [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=280360#p280360 PlanetFall with Landing Strip] (2008, link broken - see [[List of Lost OXP's]]). But there could be rather more done in terms of the landing process itself, as well as what one finds when one lands. The markets are just minimally tweaked copies of what is above. But, for example, on anarchies one should be able to buy all sorts of stuff - and possibly die in the process! Depending on where one lands in a multi-government, similar choices should be available. Stranger created different landing sites on the same planet: these could be combined with different markets, etc.
+This oxp was never really developed except by Stranger and by Feudal States. Eric Walch ''did'' write [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=280360#p280360 PlanetFall with Landing Strip] (2008, link broken - see [[List of Lost OXP's]]). But there could be rather more done in terms of the landing process itself, as well as what one finds when one lands. The markets are just minimally tweaked copies of what is above. But, for example, on anarchies one should be able to buy all sorts of stuff - and possibly die in the process! Depending on where one lands in a multi-government, similar choices should be available. Stranger created different landing sites on the same planet: these could be combined with different markets, etc.
 [[File:Landing_at_Ismaan_(G7).png|thumb|right|600px|Landing at [[Sector7/Ismaan|Ismaan]] (G7), enabled by [[Planetfall OXP]].<br>Screenshot shows the [[Vimana-X HUD]] with its low altitude warning signs, a bevy of [[MFD]]s and the planet texture from [[Povray Planets]] ]]
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 ==Links==
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5357 Planetfall forum topic] (2008+)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5357 Planetfall forum topic] (2008+)
 *[[User:Thargoid|Thargoid's OXP page]].
 *[[Astronaut]] - do it in a spacesuit!
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10883 Sundog-style ground adventure - is this possible?] (2011) For Sundog see https://archive.org/details/160a_Sundog_Game_Disk
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10883 Sundog-style ground adventure - is this possible?] (2011) For Sundog see https://archive.org/details/160a_Sundog_Game_Disk
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=272050#p272050 Maintenance costs & PlanetFall OXP] (2020)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=272050#p272050 Maintenance costs & PlanetFall OXP] (2020)
 == Gameplay and Balance Indicator ==

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 *[[User:Thargoid|Thargoid's OXP page]].
 *[[Astronaut]] - do it in a spacesuit!
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=272050#p272050 Maintenance costs & PlanetFall OXP] (2020)

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	For your specific question, no I don't think it is possible to replace the tunnel animation. Jumping to a model in the middle of nowhere is simple enough (it isn't a witchspace jump per-se, just a change of player location). I really don't like the idea of ships getting shot down though, as I said before such game-ending scenarios are something I like to avoid.\|Source=([http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=64255#p64255 Thargoid (2008)])}}		For your specific question, no I don't think it is possible to replace the tunnel animation. Jumping to a model in the middle of nowhere is simple enough (it isn't a witchspace jump per-se, just a change of player location). I really don't like the idea of ships getting shot down though, as I said before such game-ending scenarios are something I like to avoid.\|Source=([http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=64255#p64255 Thargoid (2008)])}}

		+	=== Tweaks ===
		+	Thargoid designed this OXP to be expandable, so OXP mission writers can use it as a base location for offering or staging missions. The associated BB thread contains some hints for doing this (see the discussion with PAGroove about adding in special landing sites for the Famous Planets oxp - several pages starting [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=65441#p65441 here] - 2009: Oolite Javascript is now more advanced and much more can be done).

	== Musings ==		== Musings ==

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 * [http://app.box.com/shared/ukpzdfc4m9 ''Black Monk Monastery''] - Adds Black Monk Monasteries to the planet surface locations, complete with offerings of loans. The full Black Monks OXP also needs to be installed.
 * [http://app.box.com/shared/jqvmuxgr12 ''HoOpy casino''] - Adds HoOpy casinos to the planet surface locations, complete with gaming opportunities. The [[HoOpy_Casino|HoOpy casino OXP]] also needs to be installed.
-* [[In-System_Taxi| ''In-System Taxi'']] can offer fares to and from planet and moon surfaces. This OXP by Spara supercedes Planetfall Taxi, which is now retired. People using that OXP should consider IST instead.
+* [[In-System_Taxi| ''In-System Taxi'']] can offer fares to and from planet and moon surfaces. This OXP by Spara supercedes Planetfall Taxi, which is now retired. People should use IST instead.
 * [[In-System Cargo Delivery]] offers delivery missions to bases on the surfaces of the other planets in the system.
 * [http://app.box.com/shared/4mid9g8yg3 Planetfall Mission - OoHaul] - Adds an Oo-Haul distribution centre to the main planet, and a mission to escort a hauler from it out to either the witchpoint or constore. No other OXPs are essential, although for the constore variant mission the YAH/Your Ad Here! OXP needs to be installed. For full flavour the main Oo-Haul OXP should also be installed.
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 For your specific question, no I don't think it is possible to replace the tunnel animation. Jumping to a model in the middle of nowhere is simple enough (it isn't a witchspace jump per-se, just a change of player location). I really don't like the idea of ships getting shot down though, as I said before such game-ending scenarios are something I like to avoid.|Source=([http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=64255#p64255 Thargoid (2008)])}}
 == Musings ==
-This oxp was never really developed except by Stranger and by Feudal States. Eric Walch ''did'' write [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=280360#p280360 PlanetFall with Landing Strip] (2008, link broken - see [[List of Lost OXP's]]). But there could be rather more done in terms of the landing process itself, as well as what one finds when one lands. The markets are just minimally tweaked copies of what is above. But, for example, on anarchies one should be able to buy all sorts of stuff - and possibly die in the process! Depending on where one lands in a multi-government, similar choices should be available. Stranger created different landing sites on the same planet: these could be combined with different markets, etc.'' Cholmondeley April 2022''
+This oxp was never really developed except by Stranger and by Feudal States. Eric Walch ''did'' write [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=280360#p280360 PlanetFall with Landing Strip] (2008, link broken - see [[List of Lost OXP's]]). But there could be rather more done in terms of the landing process itself, as well as what one finds when one lands. The markets are just minimally tweaked copies of what is above. But, for example, on anarchies one should be able to buy all sorts of stuff - and possibly die in the process! Depending on where one lands in a multi-government, similar choices should be available. Stranger created different landing sites on the same planet: these could be combined with different markets, etc.
 == Download ==