Shipdata.plist - Revision history

Phkb: /* scan_description */

2026-05-18T00:32:51Z

‎scan_description

2025-08-11T09:39:16Z

‎missile_role: Added link

2025-07-29T21:38:28Z

‎Developer Note: Added another link

2025-07-29T15:16:42Z

‎frangible: Added link about NPC reactions

2025-07-25T07:18:59Z

‎auto_weapons: Added note on OXPs

2025-07-12T22:48:50Z

‎accuracy: Added more

2025-07-12T22:26:34Z

‎starboard_weapon_type: Added note

2025-07-12T22:26:01Z

‎port_weapon_type: Added note

2025-06-16T06:42:56Z

‎New-style subentity definition: Added note on weapon_range values

2025-05-25T05:51:49Z

‎model_scale_factor

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:32, 18 May 2026
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	"scan_description" = "Unclaimed rock";		"scan_description" = "Unclaimed rock";
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		+	Note: There was a bug in version 1.90 where setting this property in shipdata.plist would cause a game fault. The issue was fixed in 1.92. To set the property in versions prior to 1.92, use the [[Oolite_JavaScript_Reference:_Ship#scanDescription\|scanDescription]] property of the ship object.

	== scanner_display_color1 ==		== scanner_display_color1 ==

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   "missile_role" = "EQ_THARGON";
 == model ==

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 ==== Developer Note ====
-Oolite uses scan_class internally to determine the behaviour of some ships (particularly with regard to who may shoot whom without incurring legal penalties). Bear this in mind and don't allocate CLASS_POLICE or CLASS_THARGOID to ships lightly!
+*Oolite uses scan_class internally to determine the behaviour of some ships (particularly with regard to who may shoot whom without incurring legal penalties). Bear this in mind and don't allocate CLASS_POLICE or CLASS_THARGOID to ships lightly!
 == scan_description ==

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   "frangible" = no;
-−
 == fragment_chance ==
 Determines if a ship breaks apart into fragments and generates parts with role "wreckage". By chance factor, or true/false. Default is 90% chance.

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 {{oolite-prop-added|1.79}}
-This parameter if true (the default is false) indicates to the Oolite system populator (and potentially to OXPs) that they may change the weapons, missile load, equipment and other such parameters of this ship to make it better fit its role. This allows you to specify a single hull for multiple roles, and have the ship re-equipped to suit those roles. Ships intended for general addition to the spacelanes in standard roles and not intended to be significantly different in difficulty to the core ships should probably turn this on.
+This parameter if true (the default is false) indicates to the Oolite system populator (and potentially to OXPs) that they may change the weapons, missile load, equipment and other such parameters of this ship to make it better fit its role. This allows you to specify a single hull for multiple roles, and have the ship re-equipped to suit those roles. Ships intended for general addition to the spacelanes in standard roles and not intended to be significantly different in difficulty to the core ships should probably turn this on. OXPs: For example, [[Skilled NPCs]] only affects those ships with this parameter set to true.
 Example:

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   "accuracy" = 8.3;
-:See Cim's detailed explanation [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=173293#p173293 here] (2012)
+In detail, and so far, and none of this applies to Thargoids:
 :Compare with [[Shipdata.plist#reaction_time|reaction_time]]

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   "starboard_weapon_type" = "WEAPON_BEAM_LASER";
-NPCs with side lasers will use yaw to line up their shots - but no core NPC has side lasers. ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=234057#p234057 Cim, 2015])
+No vanilla game NPCs have side lasers. OXP ships who do have side lasers will also use yaw to line up their shots. ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=234057#p234057 Cim, 2015]). Some earlier OXPs ''did'' add side lasers, but the then vanilla game code could do nothing with them!
 == subentities ==

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   "port_weapon_type" = "WEAPON_BEAM_LASER";
-NPCs with side lasers will use yaw to line up their shots - but no core NPC has side lasers. ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=234057#p234057 Cim, 2015])
+No vanilla game NPCs have side lasers. OXP ships who do have side lasers will also use yaw to line up their shots. ([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=234057#p234057 Cim, 2015]). Some earlier OXPs ''did'' add side lasers, but the then vanilla game code could do nothing with them!
 == reaction_time ==

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 | '''weapon_energy''' || number || Weapon energy for '''ball_turret''' subentities. Default: 25; maximum 100.
 |}
-See [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12085 New range of turrets] for more information on turret subentities (2012 discussion about modelling, quaternions, ''etc'').
+See [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12085 New range of turrets] for more information on turret subentities (2012 discussion about modelling, quaternions, ''etc''). <br>
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← Older revision		Revision as of 05:51, 25 May 2025
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	model_scale_factors on subentities will be ignored - the value for the main entity will be used instead.		model_scale_factors on subentities will be ignored - the value for the main entity will be used instead.
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		+	Note: is the [[Oolite_JavaScript_Reference:_Ship#setMaterials\|ship.setMaterials]] method is used, the model_scale_factor will be reset on that ship instance.

	Example:		Example: