Time - Revision history

Cholmondely: /* Time in Stations */ Added in the craboids

2026-03-27T12:42:10Z

‎Time in Stations: Added in the craboids

Cholmondely: Added another link

2025-12-09T15:00:23Z

Added another link

Cholmondely: Added Cody's explanation

2025-12-09T14:55:35Z

Added Cody's explanation

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added another

2024-04-19T12:01:07Z

‎Links: Added another

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-03-18T14:27:47Z

Updating BB links

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-02-29T03:36:22Z

Updating BB links

Cholmondely: /* The Dark Side */ Added another

2023-01-17T18:01:59Z

‎The Dark Side: Added another

Cholmondely: /* The Dark Side */ Added another link

2022-11-07T21:09:43Z

‎The Dark Side: Added another link

Cholmondely: /* OXPs */ Added Scriptable Pause

2022-09-30T08:39:56Z

‎OXPs: Added Scriptable Pause

Cholmondely: Added time in station section

2022-09-02T05:58:27Z

Added time in station section

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 *It would seem that docking and launching are instantaneous. Whilst docking is, launching silently adds 10 minutes to your clock! And using the waltzless setting on the Docking Computer adds yet another 20 minutes...
 *Work in the [[F3 page (ship outfitting)|ship's chandlery]] also adds time, as displayed there.
 *Loading/unloading cargo does not do so in the [[Vanilla game]], but the Cargo_Handling.oxp takes care of that.
 *Various of the activities offered by [[Life in the Frontier]] also take time.
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 == OXPs ==
 *[[Useful MFDs]] shows the time in the more usual format, but starting from 21st March 3142 (to fit in with Selezen's timelines!). It ''can'' be tweaked.

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   But I think I'll plump for the great Pyramid. ''Aegidian''
-The above quotes are from [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1252 The Clock] (2006)
+The above quotes are mostly from [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1252 The Clock] (2006)
 === First view ===

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   PLAYER_SHIP_CLOCK_START is defined as 2084004 * 86400
-is the number of seconds in a day, so the clock itself stores seconds since a (presumably arbitrary) epoch. 2084004 is the number of days since this  epoch. This means the epoch starts 5705 (Earth) years before Oolite starts. ''Winston''
+is the number of seconds in a day, so the clock itself stores seconds since a (presumably arbitrary) epoch. 2084004 is the number of days since this epoch. This means the epoch starts 5705 (Earth) years before Oolite starts. ''Winston''
-−
   '''2084004 is 1st Jan 3015'''

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 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9993 Debate] on time passing in witchspace tunnels (2011).
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21094 Stranger's Essay] on Economics & Trade contains some notes on the time needed for docking and loading cargo (see the Volume of Trade section).
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5577 Poll: How long (game-time) have you played Oolite?] (2009)

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 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=275195#p275195 Debate] on time passing in witchspace tunnels (2021).
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9993 Debate] on time passing in witchspace tunnels (2011).
-*[http://oolite.bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21094 Stranger's Essay] on Economics & Trade contains some notes on the time needed for docking and loading cargo (see the Volume of Trade section).
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21094 Stranger's Essay] on Economics & Trade contains some notes on the time needed for docking and loading cargo (see the Volume of Trade section).
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5577 Poll: How long (game-time) have you played Oolite?] (2009)

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   But I think I'll plump for the great Pyramid. ''Aegidian''
-The above quotes are from [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1252 The Clock] (2006)
+The above quotes are from [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1252 The Clock] (2006)
 === First view ===
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 === Third view ===
-[[User:Cim|Cim]]'s: the date is '''5709 years''' after the Birds & Frogs of Galaxy 6 first communicated with each other! Based on his reasoning in [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=17671 "Not in the manual" - setting and canon in the eight charts].
+[[User:Cim|Cim]]'s: the date is '''5709 years''' after the Birds & Frogs of Galaxy 6 first communicated with each other! Based on his reasoning in [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=17671 "Not in the manual" - setting and canon in the eight charts].
 === Fourth view ===
 Disembodied's: Time is relative to the ''system'' you are in:
-{{QuoteText|Text=You could put the every year/every four years thing down to an inevitable confusion about what "year" means to a Tiaredi. Common parlance in the Co-operative defines "year" as being one orbit of a planet around its star; however, to the average Tiaredi, a "year" actually means four orbits, due to the synodic cycle of the planet Tiared and the system's major gas giant. To avoid confusion, a four-orbit period should be called a Year, with a capital Y, or (better) a Great Year. Naturally, this does not actually avoid confusion.|Source=([http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=274875#p274875 Disembodied on the 4-yearly or annual Zero-G hockey Galactic Cup])}}
+{{QuoteText|Text=You could put the every year/every four years thing down to an inevitable confusion about what "year" means to a Tiaredi. Common parlance in the Co-operative defines "year" as being one orbit of a planet around its star; however, to the average Tiaredi, a "year" actually means four orbits, due to the synodic cycle of the planet Tiared and the system's major gas giant. To avoid confusion, a four-orbit period should be called a Year, with a capital Y, or (better) a Great Year. Naturally, this does not actually avoid confusion.|Source=([https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=274875#p274875 Disembodied on the 4-yearly or annual Zero-G hockey Galactic Cup])}}
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 === Meta-gaming OXP's===
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=280118#p280118 Scriptable Pause] by [[User:Astrobe|Astrobe]] (2017): Pauses your game while you take a break if your ship encounters a "Red Alert" situation
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=280118#p280118 Scriptable Pause] by [[User:Astrobe|Astrobe]] (2017): Pauses your game while you take a break if your ship encounters a "Red Alert" situation
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12439 Penalize Death.oxp] Making death hurt (2012). By Spara.
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12439 Penalize Death.oxp] Making death hurt (2012). By Spara.
 == Links ==
 *[[HUD]] - to see where the ship's clock is on the viewscreen!
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1336 Witchspace Time Expansion] - includes Aegidian's comments on the creation of the clock (2006)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=1336 Witchspace Time Expansion] - includes Aegidian's comments on the creation of the clock (2006)
 *[[History]] for Cim's history.
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 *[[Time scales in Oolite]] for programming notes.
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=275195#p275195 Debate] on time passing in witchspace tunnels (2021).
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=275195#p275195 Debate] on time passing in witchspace tunnels (2021).
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9993 Debate] on time passing in witchspace tunnels (2011).
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9993 Debate] on time passing in witchspace tunnels (2011).
-*[http://oolite.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21094 Stranger's Essay] on Economics & Trade contains some notes on the time needed for docking and loading cargo (see the Volume of Trade section).
+*[http://oolite.bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21094 Stranger's Essay] on Economics & Trade contains some notes on the time needed for docking and loading cargo (see the Volume of Trade section).
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5577 Poll: How long (game-time) have you played Oolite?] (2009)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5577 Poll: How long (game-time) have you played Oolite?] (2009)
 *[[Distance (Oolite)]]
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 === The Dark Side ===
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3333 Changing the clock using an OXP] (2007)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3333 Changing the clock using an OXP] (2007)
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18056 Disabling the "adjusting" comment] when one comes out a jump, for example (2016)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18056 Disabling the "adjusting" comment] when one comes out a jump, for example (2016)
 *[[Oolite JavaScript Reference: Clock]]
 [[Category: Lore]] [[Category:Help pages]] [[Category:Concepts]]

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 == OXPs ==
 *[[Useful MFDs]] shows the time in the more usual format, but starting from 21st March 3142 (to fit in with Selezen's timelines!). It ''can'' be tweaked.
-* [https://app.box.com/s/9rz2f16e3ohulnke0mk42d9lbylyq791 Cargo_Handling.oxp]- by [[User:Phkb|Phkb]] (2018): Loading/unloading cargo now takes time
+*[[Diplomancy]] by Commander Day - buy time-limited visas for visiting system stations
-=== Death ===
+*[https://app.box.com/s/9rz2f16e3ohulnke0mk42d9lbylyq791 Cargo_Handling.oxp] by [[User:Phkb|Phkb]] (2018): Loading/unloading cargo now takes time
 *[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12439 Penalize Death.oxp] Making death hurt (2012). By Spara.

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 == Time in Hyperspace/Witchspace Tunnels ==
-Since the ship's energy banks & shields do not recharge in the tunnel - and neither does the laser or cabin temperatures change, it has been argued that this proves that time does not pass there - even though it may take a couple of days to journey 7ly from an external perspective (and hence the ship clock has to re-adjust). There are arguments against this, that time passes normally and one thus avails oneself of the ship facilities in this time.
+Since the ship's energy banks & shields do not recharge in the tunnel - and neither do the laser or cabin temperatures change, it has been argued that this proves that time does not pass there - even though it may take a couple of days to journey 7ly from an external perspective (and hence the ship clock has to re-adjust). There are arguments against this, that time passes normally and one thus avails oneself of the ship facilities in this time. See the links to the Oolite BB below for more details.
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 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=275195#p275195 Debate] on time passing in witchspace tunnels (2021).
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9993 Debate] on time passing in witchspace tunnels (2011).
 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5577 Poll: How long (game-time) have you played Oolite?] (2009)