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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
A multi-functional display (MFD) provides extra information on your Heads-Up Display ([[HUD]]) during flight. | A multi-functional display (MFD) provides extra information on your Heads-Up Display ([[HUD]]) during flight. | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 4 March 2021
Contents
Overview
A multi-functional display (MFD) provides extra information on your Heads-Up Display (HUD) during flight.
List of basic MFDs
There is a wide choice of MFD OXPs available in Oolite.
- BroadcastComms MFD enables you to communicate with local ships
- CommsLogMFD keeps a long record of previous (non-Broadcast Comms) messages which you can scroll through.
- Combat MFD tells you about both your combat status and your target's!
- Damage Report MFD lists what is damaged (more information available when docked).
- Market Inquirer tells you the in-system published prices for the Oolite commodities (ie at major orbital stations and cruise ships).
- Manifest MFD lists the contents of your cargo hold
- Manifest Scanner lists the contents of other cargo holds!
- Navigation MFD shows details of your hyperdrive status, the systems you are in and wish to jump to, etc.
- Primeable Equipment MFD allows you to use a MFD to select your Primeable Equipment. Very useful if you have a large selection!
- Range Finder MFD shows you .oxp scan results for escape capsules, black boxes, asteroids, ships, communication relays and cargo pods.
- Ship's Library OXP comes with the Ship's Manual loaded. There are 5 other books you can add.
- Station Dock Control allows you to see scheduled departures/arrivals at an orbital station.
- Star System Lane Indicator MFD allows you to see if you are on a Star System Lane.
- Telescope tells you what is visible in your viewscreens.
- Technical Reference Library displays information about a targeted ship
- Trophy Collector displays your last 10 kills
- Useful MFDs gives 2: a general information and a cargo-list. Free!
OXPs with added MFDs
Other OXPs use an MFD to interact with what they do.
- Bounty System - the new bounties can be displayed on an MFD
- EscortDeck - the MFD shows the status of your escort ships - and governs their activities
- Fighters - the MFD shows the status of your fighters - and governs their activities
- Targeter OXP
- Waypoint Here - the location of your waypoints can be displayed on an MFD
- Strangers World - details of the sun (including solar flux), the planets and the moons are displayed in an MFD.
Managing MFDs
An important OXP for MFD users:
- MFD Restore After Load records your MFD settings for a new game.
There are another two OXPs which enable you to juggle your MFDs
- MFD Fast Configuration allows you to define sets of MFDs for display in different conditions (combat/docking etc.).
- HUDSelector allows you to toggle between different HUDs with different MFD settings.
MFDs & HUDs
To add one or more MFDs to your HUD, you need a different HUD from that provided in the Vanilla game.
Depending on the HUD you choose you can have between 2 & 12 MFDs available for gazing at!
