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==Overview==
 
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After more than a year of hard work I release the latest and probably last incarnation of the Famous Planets series: Famous Planets 2.5.oxp. The amount of work in creating this OXP was a bit to much to be honest. I'm glad it's done. Special thanks go to Cmdr. Cheyd who managed to make this OXP compatible with future releases of System Redux while maintaining compatibility with current versions of Sys Redux (v.2.5). System Redux is not needed for this OXP to function properly. However it is '''VERY BIG in size: 631 mb.''' That's because I decided to release in one package to make installation easier.  
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This OXP adds descriptive texts to the F7 screen. These expand on the original ([[Galactic Catalogue]]) descriptions and include elements from Oolite fiction.
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The descriptions tie in with the Povray Planets textures - and also with supply and demand for the New Cargoes commodities.
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I hope you have fun with it. I'm glad it's released.
 
  
Youtube promo vid:  
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This OXP works in tandem with the Povray Planets set that you can read all about in [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11594&hilit=povray+planets this thread.] The Povray Planets OXPs include the original FP textures.
  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13bq-R0jWnA
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I hope you have fun with it. I'm glad it's released.  
  
==Credits==
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13bq-R0jWnA Youtube promo video]
  
* Ideas and planets by: P.A. Groove.
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Note: this no longer includes any changes to the Vanilla game description of Lave (you need [[Lave OXP]] for that).
* Additional planets by: Cmd Cheyd, Stromboli, Pangloss, Capt Kev.
 
* Planetary descriptions by: P.A. Groove, Drew Wagar (Galaxy2).
 
* Proof reading by: Disembodied (Galaxy 1) UK Eliter, Allikat , Drew Wagar (Galaxy2).
 
* Coding/Testing and Compiling: Thargoid, Cmd Cheyd, Svengali, Lestradae, UK Eliter.
 
* Additional artwork: P.A. Groove.
 
* Music composed by: P.A. Groove.
 
* www.myspace.com/pagroovemusic
 
  
 
==Features==
 
==Features==
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*The unique planetary textures for 89 planets throughout Galaxy 1 and Galaxy 2 are now in the Povray Planets OXP. To see these textures you need the '''Povray Sets''' also (see below).
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*More Planet descriptions for the F7 screen than in v 2.5. Also some famous places in other galaxies get some text (especially Galaxy 7). Many descriptions are true to the described planets in Drew Wagar's novellas [[Status Quo]] and [[Mutabilis]]. Others are short extracts from the excellent [[Rough Guide]] by Disembodied that can be found on the wiki. Further descriptions were contributed by many others (see credits).
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* Unique planetary textures for more than 89 planets throughout Galaxy 1 and Galaxy 2.
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[[image:Newdes.png|400px|right|Example of a ''Famous Planets'' description on the F7 screen]]
* A nice PDF Planet Guide with a screen shot of each planet.
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== Changes from older versions==
* Nearly all planets have HD textures up to 4096 x 2048 Resolution.
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*Textures: The textures themselves are not in this oxp anymore. Those textures are now in the Povray Planets OXP (it makes the updating process easier if one need not download massive texture files as well when only the textual descriptions have been tweaked!).  
* Planet descriptions for the F7 screen. Many descriptions are true to the described planets in Drew Wagar's novellas Status Quo and Multabilis. Others are short extracts from the excellent Rough Guide by Disembodied. Further descriptions where contributed by Drew Wagnar, Pangloss, Cmdr. Cheyd and complimented by Alikat and UK-eliter.
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*Music: The music packs have also been taken out of the 2009 version of this oxp (10 tunes for the first 10 famous planets - Diso, Isinor, Lave, Leesti, Lerelace, Reorte, Teraed, Tianve, Tionisla & Zaonce - and a general Oolite tune). I want to make some new music and/or make a hyperradio station pack for the [[Hyperradio js OXP|Hyperradio OXP]] by Svengali.
* For ten Famous Planets (Lave, Zaonce, Reorte, Tionisla, Tianve, Teraed, Leesti, Isinor, Diso and Lerelace) the OXP provides a theme tune which plays on arrival from witchspace and on launch from the main station (only Galaxy 1).
 
* Famous Planets Oolite theme song.
 
* Starting with v2.5.1 it is compatible with [[System_Redux_(Oolite)|System Redux]] and [[OXP_List|Deep Horizon - Systems]]. Additionally it's settings can be adjusted via [[OXPConfig]].
 
 
 
==See Also==
 
Also available is the [[Famous_Planets_Liners_OXP|Famous Planets Liners]] add-on OXP.
 
  
== Configuration==
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== Povray Planets OXPs ==
Via editing or OXPConfig it's settings can be adjusted:
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Download the '''original textures''' from [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11594 here]. One set for each galaxy. Note that there are two different renderings of the first galaxy, this link only gives the later version which is a different vintage from the other seven galaxies.
  
* '''this.audio''' - Boolean. Music. Default true.
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== Famous Planets Liners OXP ==
* '''this.doTexture''' - Boolean. Texture main planet. Default true.
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This is still available here: [[Famous_Planets_Liners_OXP|Famous Planets Liners]] add-on OXP. This is not the same as the [[Liners]] oxp - Famous Planets Liners runs liners along the four trade routes in Galaxy 1.
* '''this.texTarget''' - Boolean. Texture target systems. Default false.
 
* '''this.exSys''' - Number. Exclude systems, specially for OXPs like [[Diso_OXP|Diso]], [[Lave_OXP|Lave]] or [[Tianve_OXP|Tianve]]. Default 0.
 
  
 
== Requirements ==
 
== Requirements ==
* Latest version needs Oolite v1.75.3.
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* Latest version needs Oolite v1.77
 
* No dependencies.
 
* No dependencies.
  
==Download==  
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== Download/Installation ==  
{{OXPLevel}}
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*Downloadable through the in-game [[Expansions Manager]].
{{OXPConfig-small}}
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*Or download in OXZ format [[Media:Famous_Planets_2.7.oxz|here]] for Oolite 1.79 or later (downloaded {{#downloads:Famous_Planets_2.7.oxz}} times).
Famous Planets OXP 2.5 is available:<br>
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* Download and install the Povray sets if you also want to ''see'' the Famous Planets (rather than just read about them!).
* [http://deephorizonindustries.com/pagroove/Famous%20Planets%20v2.5.zip Famous Planets v2.5.zip] (631 MB).
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==Credits==
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*''Ideas and 'Famous' planets by: [[User:P.A. Groove|P.A. Groove]]''
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*''Additional planets: Cmd. Cheyd, Stromboli, Pangloss, Capt Kev''
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*''Special credits: Submersible. For integrating the Famous Planets OXP into the excellent Povray Planets OXP and seeding the eight galaxies with excellent textures for all 2048 planets. Wow!''
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*''Planetary descriptions by: P.A. Groove, Drew Wagar, Fatleaf, Cody, Disembodied''
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*''Proof reading planetary text and/or manual: Cody, Disembodied (Galaxy 1), Cim, UK Eliter, Allikat, Drew Wagar (Galaxy 2), Snork''
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*''Coding/testing and compiling: Submersible, Thargoid, Cmd. Cheyd, Svengali, Lestradae, UK Eliter'
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== Musings ==
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[[File:New Cargoes icon.png|right |link=New Cargoes|Famous Planets adds crucial information for New Cargoes]]
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Adding depth to planets started with Murgh's [[Lave OXP]] & [[Diso OXP]]. [[Tianve OXP]] then followed with its Pulsar. There was also the [[Rough Guide]] providing a bit more lore for other planets.
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PAGroove's Famous Planets was a massive attempt to add colour to every planet in the Galaxy, starting with his initial 10 and then expanding along Trade Route 1 to Tianve, to number around 40. He then added another 40 in Galaxy 2. By this stage, Famous Planets was a monster - over 300Mb - in the early days when it took yonks to download! Submersible then started his Povray Planets which provided high-res textures for every main planet in Galaxy 1 (and, eventually the other 7 galaxies too). PAGroove's Famous Planets textures were added to Povray, and this made the new OXP smaller, especially when the music was removed. This is what is now on the Expansions Manager.
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[[User:Stranger]] has since produced his [[Famous Planets Overhaul (FPO)]] oxp's. They add another 100-odd textures for galaxies 1 & 2 and are massive. They also contain the original music. Also see [[FPO Lave]] & [[FPO Zaonce]] - which are in the [[Expansions Manager]].
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Stranger is allegedly adding to his FPO. There is also the new alpha version of [[Life in the Frontier]] which might include some of the Famous Planets F7 screen descriptions in the on-station experience (Disembark and meet a feline from a sky-city in Zarece, for example)!
  
A update to 2.5.1 is available:<br>
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== Tweaks ==
* [http://www.box.net/shared/klhjkxh5ah9zl73csiur Update_FamousPlanet2.5.1.zip] (16.7 KB).
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*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=278849#p278849 Corrections & Updates] to the descriptions (2021). Adds in Lave, Riedquat, Isinor, Ceesxe, Tianve ''etc''. See [[How to tweak OXZ's]] for more detail.
  
Note: The update contains only script and planetinfo.plist! You will need the main package as well. The update is already compatible to Deep Horizon - Systems.
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== Links ==
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*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5011 BB Thread]
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*A number of the later planet pages in the [[Rough Guide to the Ooniverse]] are based on the Famous Planets descriptions.
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*Author: [[User:P.A. Groove|P.A. Groove]]
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*[[Famous Planets Overhaul (FPO)]] Stranger's update of the original OXP (c. 100 detailed Planetary textures for Galaxy 1)
  
Otherwise if you also use Deep Horizon - Systems you need an updated script for Famous Planets2.5:<br>
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== Gameplay and Balance Indicator ==
* [http://deephorizonindustries.com/pagroove/FP2_DH-Sys_Script.zip FP2_DH-Sys_Script.zip] (3 KB).
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{{OXPLevel|0}}
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This oxp merely adds ambience and does not affect game play.
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[[File:Tag-colour-green.png|right]]
  
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{{OXPConfig-small}}
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{{Ambience-OXP}}
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{{Required OXP|Cabal Common Library}}
  
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[[Category:Famous Planets| ]]
[[Category:Famous Planets]]
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[[Category:OXPConfig-compatible OXPs]]
 
[[Category:OXPConfig-compatible OXPs]]

Latest revision as of 13:15, 16 June 2024

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Overview

Famous Planets
Download Link See Download
Version 2.7
History 2013-23-02
Stations No
Ships No
Missions No
Equipment No
Alternative HUD
Available
No
Sound Set
Available
No
Category Ambience OXPs
Author Pagroove

This OXP adds descriptive texts to the F7 screen. These expand on the original (Galactic Catalogue) descriptions and include elements from Oolite fiction.

The descriptions tie in with the Povray Planets textures - and also with supply and demand for the New Cargoes commodities.


This OXP works in tandem with the Povray Planets set that you can read all about in this thread. The Povray Planets OXPs include the original FP textures.

I hope you have fun with it. I'm glad it's released.

Note: this no longer includes any changes to the Vanilla game description of Lave (you need Lave OXP for that).

Features

  • The unique planetary textures for 89 planets throughout Galaxy 1 and Galaxy 2 are now in the Povray Planets OXP. To see these textures you need the Povray Sets also (see below).
  • More Planet descriptions for the F7 screen than in v 2.5. Also some famous places in other galaxies get some text (especially Galaxy 7). Many descriptions are true to the described planets in Drew Wagar's novellas Status Quo and Mutabilis. Others are short extracts from the excellent Rough Guide by Disembodied that can be found on the wiki. Further descriptions were contributed by many others (see credits).


Example of a Famous Planets description on the F7 screen

Changes from older versions

  • Textures: The textures themselves are not in this oxp anymore. Those textures are now in the Povray Planets OXP (it makes the updating process easier if one need not download massive texture files as well when only the textual descriptions have been tweaked!).
  • Music: The music packs have also been taken out of the 2009 version of this oxp (10 tunes for the first 10 famous planets - Diso, Isinor, Lave, Leesti, Lerelace, Reorte, Teraed, Tianve, Tionisla & Zaonce - and a general Oolite tune). I want to make some new music and/or make a hyperradio station pack for the Hyperradio OXP by Svengali.

Povray Planets OXPs

Download the original textures from here. One set for each galaxy. Note that there are two different renderings of the first galaxy, this link only gives the later version which is a different vintage from the other seven galaxies.

Famous Planets Liners OXP

This is still available here: Famous Planets Liners add-on OXP. This is not the same as the Liners oxp - Famous Planets Liners runs liners along the four trade routes in Galaxy 1.

Requirements

  • Latest version needs Oolite v1.77
  • No dependencies.

Download/Installation

  • Downloadable through the in-game Expansions Manager.
  • Or download in OXZ format here for Oolite 1.79 or later (downloaded 7691 times).
  • Download and install the Povray sets if you also want to see the Famous Planets (rather than just read about them!).

Credits

  • Ideas and 'Famous' planets by: P.A. Groove
  • Additional planets: Cmd. Cheyd, Stromboli, Pangloss, Capt Kev
  • Special credits: Submersible. For integrating the Famous Planets OXP into the excellent Povray Planets OXP and seeding the eight galaxies with excellent textures for all 2048 planets. Wow!
  • Planetary descriptions by: P.A. Groove, Drew Wagar, Fatleaf, Cody, Disembodied
  • Proof reading planetary text and/or manual: Cody, Disembodied (Galaxy 1), Cim, UK Eliter, Allikat, Drew Wagar (Galaxy 2), Snork
  • Coding/testing and compiling: Submersible, Thargoid, Cmd. Cheyd, Svengali, Lestradae, UK Eliter'

Musings

Famous Planets adds crucial information for New Cargoes

Adding depth to planets started with Murgh's Lave OXP & Diso OXP. Tianve OXP then followed with its Pulsar. There was also the Rough Guide providing a bit more lore for other planets.

PAGroove's Famous Planets was a massive attempt to add colour to every planet in the Galaxy, starting with his initial 10 and then expanding along Trade Route 1 to Tianve, to number around 40. He then added another 40 in Galaxy 2. By this stage, Famous Planets was a monster - over 300Mb - in the early days when it took yonks to download! Submersible then started his Povray Planets which provided high-res textures for every main planet in Galaxy 1 (and, eventually the other 7 galaxies too). PAGroove's Famous Planets textures were added to Povray, and this made the new OXP smaller, especially when the music was removed. This is what is now on the Expansions Manager.

User:Stranger has since produced his Famous Planets Overhaul (FPO) oxp's. They add another 100-odd textures for galaxies 1 & 2 and are massive. They also contain the original music. Also see FPO Lave & FPO Zaonce - which are in the Expansions Manager.

Stranger is allegedly adding to his FPO. There is also the new alpha version of Life in the Frontier which might include some of the Famous Planets F7 screen descriptions in the on-station experience (Disembark and meet a feline from a sky-city in Zarece, for example)!

Tweaks

Links

Gameplay and Balance Indicator

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This oxp merely adds ambience and does not affect game play.

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