User:Stranger - Revision history

Cholmondely: Updated link

2026-07-02T08:03:27Z

Updated link

Cholmondely: Updated links

2026-06-29T15:15:42Z

Updated links

Cholmondely: /* Fiction */ Added link, tweak

2026-06-29T09:26:16Z

‎Fiction: Added link, tweak

Cholmondely: /* Playing Stranger's World - conflicts/issues */ Linked in Phkb's advice on Revolutionary Astrofarms

2026-05-17T16:09:34Z

‎Playing Stranger's World - conflicts/issues: Linked in Phkb's advice on Revolutionary Astrofarms

Cholmondely: /* Playing Stranger's World - conflicts/issues */ Added another misplaced station

2026-04-22T09:02:31Z

‎Playing Stranger's World - conflicts/issues: Added another misplaced station

Cholmondely: Added Phkb's WildShips Facelift, updated notes on station placements & SWEconomy

2026-03-18T10:50:17Z

Added Phkb's WildShips Facelift, updated notes on station placements & SWEconomy

Cholmondely: /* Miscellaneous */ Updated with download links

2025-03-26T13:33:51Z

‎Miscellaneous: Updated with download links

Cholmondely: /* Equipment */ Sorted out links, added note

2024-08-25T11:57:20Z

‎Equipment: Sorted out links, added note

Cholmondely: /* Solar systems (Moons, planets & stars) */ Sorted out links, added note

2024-08-25T11:52:39Z

‎Solar systems (Moons, planets & stars): Sorted out links, added note

Cholmondely: /* Note */ Sorted out links, added note

2024-08-25T11:50:15Z

‎Note: Sorted out links, added note

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 There are some other stations which can also end up in the middle of nowhere, such as [[Navy SecCom Station|Galactic Navy SecCom Stations]] and the [[Darkside Moonshine Distillery]]
 === Economics ===
-SW Economy is not yet fully implemented. On the [[F6 screen (galactic chart "1")|F6 maps]], the mining/extractive worlds appear identical to the poor agricultural worlds, with the same icon (you need to check the ''name'' of the system on the F6 maps where "M" is now added to denote a mining world). This is presumably due to issues with the vanilla game code, limiting the economy icons to just the eight.
+SW Economy is not yet fully implemented. On the [[F6 screen (galactic chart)|F6 maps]], the mining/extractive worlds appear identical to the poor agricultural worlds, with the same icon (you need to check the ''name'' of the system on the F6 maps where "M" is now added to denote a mining world). This is presumably due to issues with the vanilla game code, limiting the economy icons to just the eight.
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 * [[Planetary Systems|Planetary Systems Texture Pack H]] textures for the above - Mercury, Pluto & Venus analogs - and super-Earths
 * [[Sun Gear]] creates more realistic solar systems with solar winds and with main planets in habitable zones. Requires Habitable Main Planets.oxp
-* [[Combo F7 Layout]] changes the spacing on the [[F7 page (data on "system")]] to make the extra Strangers World information (solar, local economy, etc.) fit.
+* [[Combo F7 Layout]] changes the spacing on the [[F7 screen (data on "system")]] to make the extra Strangers World information (solar, local economy, etc.) fit.
 * [[SW Economy]] provides a more meaningful economy for Oolite: planet size & economy are now relevant to production, each commodity (''eg'' textiles) can be valuable, and water, oxygen & medicine are added to the mix.
 :''Only available through the [[Roolite]] site:''
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 *The type of sun you are flying to becomes much more important. So, trading between Isinor and Ensoreus, with Hard Way you have little fuel for errors when you arrive at either Ensoreus or Isinor (both tend to be pirate-infested). Stopping off in the Bemaera system becomes much more important - especially since you do not need to dock - the sun type is such that you can scoop fuel pretty closely to the witchpoint beacon, ''if'' you have fuel scoops fitted.
 *Torus travel is now dangerous. If you fly by accident into a group of pirates, they will scrag you! With your shields down to 25% when you exit torus, you are much more vulnerable until your shields have fully recovered. And when you start adding more shield equipment it has a ''much'' greater effect. So the Naval Grids OXP, for example, allows recharging the shields more quickly, but at the price of depleting your energy banks more quickly. With the Vimana HUD, one gets warning signs for low shields, followed by warning signs for low energy. With an [[Extra Energy Unit]], a (civilian) [[NavalGrid OXP|energy grid]] and [[Shield Boosters|shield boosters]] all installed, it can take 15km of full speed travel in a Cobra Mk.3 (after exiting Torus) to recharge both your shields and then another 10km until your energy banks have recovered! And if you exit Torus, deplete your energy banks and then re-enter Torus, when you exit the second time it can take forever to return to normal. When you combine this with the limited manoeuverability of Torus (pathetic yaw and feeble pitch), it all starts becoming much more of a skill.
-*SW Economy changes trading too. Not all high tech industrial planets have computers for sale, but the relative weightlessness of luxuries changes the ability to make good profits at the system which make both. The lack of agricultural products (food, textiles, wines, furs and medicine) from small sized agriculturals (which are now mining systems) changes profits on agricultural exports. The details on the F7 page (GDP, planet radius and TL) gain a new significance.
+*SW Economy changes trading too. Not all high tech industrial planets have computers for sale, but the relative weightlessness of luxuries changes the ability to make good profits at the system which make both. The lack of agricultural products (food, textiles, wines, furs and medicine) from small sized agriculturals (which are now mining systems) changes profits on agricultural exports. The details on the F7 screen (GDP, planet radius and TL) gain a new significance.
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 == Playing Stranger's World - conflicts/issues ==
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 There are some other stations which can also end up in the middle of nowhere, such as [[Navy SecCom Station|Galactic Navy SecCom Stations]] and the [[Darkside Moonshine Distillery]]
 === Economics ===
-SW Economy is not yet fully implemented. On the [[F6 page (galactic chart "1")|F6 maps]], the mining/extractive worlds appear identical to the poor agricultural worlds, with the same icon (you need to check the ''name'' of the system on the F6 maps where "M" is now added to denote a mining world). This is presumably due to issues with the vanilla game code, limiting the economy icons to just the eight.
+SW Economy is not yet fully implemented. On the [[F6 screen (galactic chart "1")|F6 maps]], the mining/extractive worlds appear identical to the poor agricultural worlds, with the same icon (you need to check the ''name'' of the system on the F6 maps where "M" is now added to denote a mining world). This is presumably due to issues with the vanilla game code, limiting the economy icons to just the eight.
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 == Fiction ==
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=21097 Hermit] started in 2012, translation from 2021.
   Who am I ... Where am I ...
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   – Pupils are reacting, boss. The brain is intact.
   The medistim injector pressed against my shoulder. I fell again into unconsciousness, but it was a deep dreamless sleep, not the emptiness of nothingness.
-  – Creator Giles! – Jeff exclaimed. – It was a fire ship with a cascade bomb!
+  – Giles the Creator! – Jeff exclaimed. – It was a fire ship with a cascade bomb!
   A bubble of blue flame swelled as it approached the station. The chain reaction captured more and more ships and secondary explosions turned the fireball into a bunch of stuck berries. Having run out of fuel, the reaction died out – the wave front slowed down its rapid expansion. The blinding fire dimmed, transformed into a translucent residual glow, and faded into the black sky. The station survived, but the swarm of ships in front of it disappeared, evaporated without a trace. The merchants disappeared, the GalCop patrol ships that were on duty in the control zone of the station disappeared. Jeff and I were left alone in the free space.
   But not for long.

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 :This issue has been fixed by [[User:Phkb|Phkb]] for the stations in Commies (CommiesOrbitUpdate).
 :Problem stations include the [[Hathor Trade Station]] & [[Revolutionary Astrofarm]]s
 === Other stations ===
 There are some other stations which can also end up in the middle of nowhere, such as [[Navy SecCom Station|Galactic Navy SecCom Stations]] and the [[Darkside Moonshine Distillery]]

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 :See the discussion [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21298 here].
 :[[User:Alnivel|Alnivel]] has come up with a partial fix (August 2022) for this which will be found [https://www.dropbox.com/s/rckt7m0ct5pgxew/SWBeforePopulators.oxz?dl=1 here]: it does so at the cost of dismantling the dynamic orbits which Strangers World implements.
-:This issue has been fixed for the stations in Commies (CommiesOrbitUpdate) and for the [[Hathor]] stations.
+:This issue has been fixed by [[User:Phkb|Phkb]] for the stations in Commies (CommiesOrbitUpdate).
 === Other stations ===
-There are some other stations which can also end up in the middle of nowhere, such as [[Revolutionary Astrofarm]]s & [[Navy SecCom Station|Galactic Navy SecCom Stations]].
+There are some other stations which can also end up in the middle of nowhere, such as [[Navy SecCom Station|Galactic Navy SecCom Stations]] and the [[Darkside Moonshine Distillery]]
 === Economics ===
 SW Economy is not yet fully implemented. On the [[F6 page (galactic chart "1")|F6 maps]], the mining/extractive worlds appear identical to the poor agricultural worlds, with the same icon (you need to check the ''name'' of the system on the F6 maps where "M" is now added to denote a mining world). This is presumably due to issues with the vanilla game code, limiting the economy icons to just the eight.

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 * ''Phkb's contribution:'' [https://app.box.com/s/5xbksy48qr9cp31z2wpef6wjla05s3ih/folder/11831459238 CommiesOrbitUpdate] fixes the now bizarre positioning of SLAPUs & CZGFs.
 * ''Phkb's contribution:'' [[Silicone Sealant]] temporarily plugs otherwise fatal [[Fuel Leaks]].
 * ''Phkb's contribution:'' [https://app.box.com/s/5xbksy48qr9cp31z2wpef6wjla05s3ih/folder/11831127345 SW Economy v.3.9.1] marks mining worlds as different and fixes disparities in the prices of commodities on them. [[Library.oxp]] is needed to configure it.
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 The vast distances change the nature of the game when it comes to in-system missions. Many of these which involve time-limits are broken by the increased distances. And if one uses the [[The Galactic Almanac OXZ|Galactic Almanac]] which replaces the [[Planetary Compass]], Stranger's replacement for these missions ([[In-System Cargo Delivery]]) is also broken as it relies on Planetary Compass.
 === Solar stations ===
-The distances are created initially by [[Sun Gear]] which moves the sun well away from the planet, but then tweaked by [[Planetary Systems]] which adds more planets and changes their positions each time one leaves and reenters the system. This means that the sun's position is also changed a second time. Hence some stations which are placed, for example, in solar orbit are left stranded when the sun is moved to another position and end up in the middle of nowhere!
+The distances are created initially by [[Sun Gear]] which moves the sun well away from the planet, but then tweaked by [[Planetary Systems]] which adds more planets and changes their positions each time one leaves and reenters the system. This means that the sun's position is also changed a second time.
 :See the discussion [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21298 here].
 :[[User:Alnivel|Alnivel]] has come up with a partial fix (August 2022) for this which will be found [https://www.dropbox.com/s/rckt7m0ct5pgxew/SWBeforePopulators.oxz?dl=1 here]: it does so at the cost of dismantling the dynamic orbits which Strangers World implements.
 === Economics ===
-SW Economy is not yet fully implemented. The mining/extractive worlds appear identical to the agricultural worlds, with the same icons and the same market prices. The only difference is the lack of agricultural goods and the presence of mining materials. So the trade run between agricultural worlds and "mining worlds" will not yield much of a profit.
+SW Economy is not yet fully implemented. On the [[F6 page (galactic chart "1")|F6 maps]], the mining/extractive worlds appear identical to the poor agricultural worlds, with the same icon (you need to check the ''name'' of the system on the F6 maps where "M" is now added to denote a mining world). This is presumably due to issues with the vanilla game code, limiting the economy icons to just the eight.
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 * [[Green Jameson]] changes the reputation of a young Jameson to make him less liable to pirate attacks.
 * [[Hard Eject]] reduces insurance cover so that only half of lost equipment is replaced (''ie'': shown as damaged on the F5 screen)
-* ''Not by Stranger!'' [[XenonUI]] has an AddOn for SWEconomy using Stranger's nomenclature (Xenon UI SW Economy Addition).
+* ''Phkb's contribution:'' [[XenonUI]] has an AddOn for SWEconomy using Stranger's nomenclature (Xenon UI SW Economy Addition).
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 ==== Equipment ====
 The changes in Astronomy & Physics have led to some new equipment. Vast solar systems where all travel costs fuel - and where one cannot scoop solar flux due to distance from the sun, means that one needs more fuel (and an MFD to display Solar Wind Flux rating). Further, the gravity well of the planet now relates to its mass/size so the vanilla game altimeter is no longer as reliable. With so many in-system cargo deliveries involving planetary landings, a better altimeter is needed. (Roolite's Planet Land adds more to the planets surface - choices of landing sites, different views, ''etc'').
 * [[InternalFuelTank|Internal Fuel Tank]]: a single-use fuel tank using 5t of free space in the cargo bay. Select/activate as primed equipment.
 * [[SW HUD CAI]]: modernised CB HUD with MFDs and customised SW altimeter for Hard Way.oxp (conflicts with SW HUD DAI)
 * ''Not by Stranger!'' [[Useful MFDs]] has been modified by [[User:Dybal|Dybal]] to include a rating for the all-important [[Solar Wind Flux]] (also downloadable in the Expansions Manager).
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 * [[Combo F7 Layout]] changes the spacing on the [[F7 page (data on "system")]] to make the extra Strangers World information (solar, local economy, etc.) fit.
 * [[SW Economy]] provides a more meaningful economy for Oolite: planet size & economy are now relevant to production, each commodity (''eg'' textiles) can be valuable, and water, oxygen & medicine are added to the mix.
-* [[SW Population]] - changes the population statistics, increasing populations for agricultural worlds, decreasing populations for industrials.
+:''Only available through the [[Roolite]] site:''
-* [[SW Resident Filter]] - changes the system species in 64 systems, increasing the proportion of humanoids. No more democratic insect worlds!
+* '''SW Population''' - changes the population statistics, increasing populations for agricultural worlds, decreasing populations for industrials.
 ==== Space Stations ====
 * [[OrbitalStations|Orbital Stations]] enables orbital stations to dynamically orbit planets!

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 [[File:Zadies (FPO).png|300px|thumb|right|Zadies from Famous Planets Overhaul (FPO)]]
-Of the oxps listed below, [[Leesti is Moon]], [[SWHUDDAI|SW HUD DAI]] (default altimeter), [[Hard Eject]] & [[Here be Dragons]] do not seem to be essential parts of Stranger's Ooniverse. However, adding in '''Here be Dragons''' ''will'' help emphasise the very different feel of his Ooniverse.
+Of the oxps listed below, [[Leesti is Moon 8k|Leesti is Moon]], [[SWHUDDAI|SW HUD DAI]] (default altimeter), [[Hard Eject]] & [[Here be Dragons]] do not seem to be essential parts of Stranger's Ooniverse. However, adding in '''Here be Dragons''' ''will'' help emphasise the very different feel of his Ooniverse.
-[[SW Equipment]] (a full suite of equipment designed for Stranger's Ooniverse), [[Planet Land]] (with several hundred landing sites on moons & planets), [[System Make Up]] (which further details the solar systems) and [[Universal Sky]] (making the skies more representational of what one really sees) have yet to be made available here (they are available through the Roolite website for Cyrillic readers!). There is also a several hundred page long instruction manual for the world and its oxp's! It might just be worth learning Russian!
+'''SW Equipment''' (a full suite of equipment designed for Stranger's Ooniverse), '''Planet Land''' (with several hundred landing sites on moons & planets), '''System Make Up''' (which further details the solar systems) and '''Universal Sky''' (making the skies more representational of what one really sees) have yet to be made available here (they are available through the Roolite website for Cyrillic readers!). Aspects of these older OXPs are incorporated into the newer ones currently on the in-game [[Expansions Manager]]. There is also a several hundred page long instruction manual for the world and its oxp's! It might just be worth learning Russian!
 ==OXPs==