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'''Help & Advice Pages on this wiki and elsewhere.'''
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== Help, advice and tutorials on this wiki and elsewhere ==
  
 
How do I ... dock / succeed in trading / win a fight / configure my controller/joystick ''etc''
 
How do I ... dock / succeed in trading / win a fight / configure my controller/joystick ''etc''
  
*General: [[Oolite FAQ]]
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=== General ===
 
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*[[Oolite Instruction Manual]]: links to other pages
*Combat (Tactics): [[Oolite Tactics]], [[Laser tactics]], [[Missile tactics]]
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*[[Pilot's Reference Manual]]
*Combat (Thargoids): [[Dealing with Thargoids]]
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*[[Mr Gimlet]]'s Advice for New Commanders
 
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*[[Oolite FAQ]]
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*[[Ship's Library OXP]] includes an in-game readable '''Ship's Manual''' explaining how to trade, dock, prime optional equipment, ''etc''
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*Combat (Tactics):
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::[[Oolite Tactics]]: a couple of essays, advice for beginners, intermediate & advanced pilots, long list of OXPs
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::[[Laser tactics]]: pulse, beam & military lasers
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::[[Missile tactics]]: different missiles, ECM, MTS & STE
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::[[Using weapons of mass destruction]] (Quirium cascade bombs)
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::[[AFE FAQ4|Pre-Oolite combat]] for [[Classic Elite]], [[FE2]] & [[FFE]]
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::[[Dealing with Thargoids]]
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::[[Dealing with piracy (Oolite)|Dealing with piracy]]
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*Docking: [[How to Dock]]
 
*Docking: [[How to Dock]]
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*[[Dumping Cargo]]
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*[[Priming Equipment]] for .oxp's & [[MFD]]s
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*Trade: [[Trade (Oolite)]]
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*'''Elite/FE2/FFE''': For advice on trading & combat see [[AFE FAQ4]], [[Trade (classic Elite)]], [[Trade (FE2/FFE)]].
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*[[Dealing with piracy (Oolite)]]
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*See also the '''OoliteRS''' (Reference Sheets) and '''AdviceforNewCommanders''' which came as .pdfs in your original game download. ''Probably worth printing out!''
 
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*Trade: [[Oolite FAQ]] see Q: How do I make decent profits?
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*[[Career Options]]: Trader, Smuggler, Courier, Chauffeur, Miner, Bounty Hunter, Pirate, Rescuer
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:: ''also includes OXP Careers: Rescue Stations, Galactic Navy Reservist, Salvage Operator, Ship Escort Services, Jouster.''
  
 
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*Also see the '''OoliteRS''' (Reference Sheets) and '''AdviceforNewCommanders''' which came as .pdfs in your original game download.
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=== Keyboard ===
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You might find it helpful to reconfigure your keyboard:
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''Some people find it helpful to either move the position of the fire laser key, or to transpose the yaw & roll keys.''
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Other people find that their standard Gaelic-language keyboard fails to allow them to use their Torus drives, for example.
  
*[[Career Options]]:  Trader, Smuggler, Courier, Chauffeur, Miner, Bounty Hunter, Pirate, Rescuer
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See [[Keyboard Issues]] for links to solutions, discussions, OXPs and more!
:: also includes ''OXP Careers'': Rescue Stations, Galactic Navy Reservist, Salvage Operator, Ship Escort Services, Jouster.
 
  
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=== Monitors/Mice ===
=== Keyboard ===  
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*There are a handful of links at the bottom of the [[Joysticks and Gamepads]] page.
''You might find it helpful to reconfigure your keyboard:''
 
*[[Keyboard Cobra]] OXP retunes the navigation keys to be more precise helping accuracy with your laser.
 
*TSOJ [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=270930#p270930 suggests] rebinding the navigation keys in a more easy-to-use manner
 
*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11561 This] key-map [v.1.79] is a little dated, but is still helpful
 
*Foreign language [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20638 keyboards].
 
*Linux keyboards (non US) can be a major problem: see [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20822 here].
 
  
 
=== Joysticks/Controllers ===
 
=== Joysticks/Controllers ===
 
*[[Joysticks: Guide to Setting Up]] Controllers & Joysticks
 
*[[Joysticks: Guide to Setting Up]] Controllers & Joysticks
*[[Dizzy's guide to Setting up Joystick Axis Profiles in Oolite 1.80|Dizzy's guide to Setting up Joystick '''Axis Profiles''']]
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*[[Dizzy's guide to Setting up Joystick Axis Profiles|Dizzy's guide to Setting up Joystick '''Axis Profiles''']]
  
 
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=== The Dark Side ===
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== The Dark Side ==
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''ie: programming. For those untutored in these mysteries, one often starts with tweaking and then progresses further.''
 
*[[How to tweak OXZ's]]
 
*[[How to tweak OXZ's]]
 
*[[OXP howto]] create them - with another dozen links at the bottom
 
*[[OXP howto]] create them - with another dozen links at the bottom
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[[Category:Help pages]]

Latest revision as of 10:45, 24 June 2022

Shortcut: EW:HOW redirects here

Help, advice and tutorials on this wiki and elsewhere

How do I ... dock / succeed in trading / win a fight / configure my controller/joystick etc

General


  • Combat (Tactics):
Oolite Tactics: a couple of essays, advice for beginners, intermediate & advanced pilots, long list of OXPs
Laser tactics: pulse, beam & military lasers
Missile tactics: different missiles, ECM, MTS & STE
Using weapons of mass destruction (Quirium cascade bombs)
Pre-Oolite combat for Classic Elite, FE2 & FFE
Dealing with Thargoids
Dealing with piracy







  • See also the OoliteRS (Reference Sheets) and AdviceforNewCommanders which came as .pdfs in your original game download. Probably worth printing out!


  • Career Options: Trader, Smuggler, Courier, Chauffeur, Miner, Bounty Hunter, Pirate, Rescuer
also includes OXP Careers: Rescue Stations, Galactic Navy Reservist, Salvage Operator, Ship Escort Services, Jouster.

Keyboard

You might find it helpful to reconfigure your keyboard: Some people find it helpful to either move the position of the fire laser key, or to transpose the yaw & roll keys. Other people find that their standard Gaelic-language keyboard fails to allow them to use their Torus drives, for example.

See Keyboard Issues for links to solutions, discussions, OXPs and more!

Monitors/Mice

Joysticks/Controllers


The Dark Side

ie: programming. For those untutored in these mysteries, one often starts with tweaking and then progresses further.