Hyperdrives

Overview

This OXP is designed to add some variety to the range and behaviour of the hyperdrives of various in-game ships. Some caution is advised as this will likely limit the range of both core and oxp player ships alike.

A ships hyperdrive determines both how far it can travel in a single jump (hyperspace range) and also how quickly it can initiate such a jump (hyperspace countdown). With the addition of various pieces of equipment, such as an extra energy unit or a wormhole scanner, the maximum range can be increased.

Player ships will no longer exhibit uniform hyperspace behaviour although non-player ships (were such behaviour is usually less obvious) remain unaffected. The maximum single jump range of 7.0 lightyears remains unaltered.

Features

• Hyperspace countdown time becomes a factor of ship size - generally speaking, the bigger the ship, the longer the countdown.
• Hyperdrive range becomes a factor of a ships 'tech level' (not using the shipyard value) - the higher the tech, the longer the range.
• Hyperdrive range can be boosted by purchasing various core items of equipment (and reduced should they become damaged).

There are now seven varieties of Hyperdrive available (ranges from 4.0 - 7.0ly).

The standard Cobra MkIII range is now reduced to 5ly (not quite enough to get from Lave to Zaonce).

This can be increased with

(1) a better Hyperdrive
(2) any of EEU, Galactic Hyperdrive and Wormhole Scanner will increase the range.

Requirements

• This OXP needs Oolite v1.80.

Download

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• This OXZ is available though the in-game Expansions Manager.
• http://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/2/20/Oolite.oxp.redspear.hyperdrives.oxz (6KB)

Quick facts

Version	Released	License	Features	Category	Author(s)	Feedback
0.3	2016-09-11	CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0	Tools	Mechanics OXPs	Redspear	http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17522