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[[Interstellar Tweaks]] expansion pack by [[User:Uk Eliter|Uk Eliter]]
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Make interstellar space more exciting!
  
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[[File:RebelThargoid.jpg|thumb|300px|right| A special type of Thargoid.]].
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[[File:Genship.png|thumb|300px|right|Interstellar Tweaks interacts intelligently with many other OXPs, adding depth to Oolite. The little blob on the upper right is an enormous Galactic Navy [[Behemoth]]! ]]
  
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==REQUIREMENTS==
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==Overview==
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* This expansion pack requires Oolite version *1.82* or above.
 
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* Various expansion packs are recommended (but not necessary) to complement this one. See the 'General notes' section below.
 
  
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==GENERAL NOTES==
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This OXP makes misjumps a little more likely and, fairly often, generates one of various (mostly) exciting witchspace scenarios.
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* This expansion pack makes misjumps a little more likely and, fairly often, modifies what happens when one misjumps. One can encounter only the navy, or only thargoids, or empty witchspace or . . various other things. The expansion pack also gives you a chance of having your escape pod rescued in interstellar space by any nearby behemoths or leviathans (presuming you have such ships installed). That chance increased if you have the 'electronic thumb' equipment.
 
  
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* The load that Interstellar Tweaks will place on your computer will be, for the most part, light to moderate (and, mostly, via CPU much more than RAM and graphics card). But if you have many of the expansion packs recommended below installed, then that will increase the load.
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==Requirements==
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* The expansion pack requires Oolite version ''1.82'' or above.
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* The pack draws upon various other expansion packs, if they are installed. (See below.)
  
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* The difficulty of this expansion pack varies automatically, in various ways, with the player score.
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==General notes==
  
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* This expansion pack makes various uses of numerous other expansion packs, when they are installed. Most of those expansion packs are listed below. The ones marked '*' are especially recommended for use with Interstellar Tweaks.
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The scenarios at issue include, but are not limited to, the following things happening within interstellar space.
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** Armoury;
 
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** *Behemoth;*
 
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** Breakable WitchDrive (preferably version 1.3 or above);
 
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** *Electronic Thumb;*
 
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** Enhanced MisJump (which changes the 'tunnel' effect when one misjumps);*
 
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** *Escape Pod Locator;*
 
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** *Extra Thargoids (use version >= 3.0 );*
 
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** *Fer-de-Lance 3G (use version >= 5.01 [NB the version!] );*
 
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** *Fuel Collector* [patching no longer necessary with this version of Interstellar Tweaks]
 
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** *Galactic Navy;*
 
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** Generation Ships (note: the present expansion pack will - for one thing - make generation ships rarer);
 
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** Griff's shipset expansion packs (for, especially, nice looking thargoids!);
 
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** Interstellar Help;
 
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** *Military Fiasco;*
 
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** Misjump Analyzer;
 
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** Missionaries;
 
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** *mPakRedux (a.k.a. 'Rusties');*
 
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** Spectre [patch no longer necessary]
 
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** TCAT (= 'To Catch a Thargoid');
 
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** Thargoid Carrier (this will considerably increase the thargoid threat - though it can be offset somewhat via my Fer-de-Lance 3G expansion pack);
 
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** *Thargorn_Threat (preferably version 1.5.2 or above);*
 
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** Wormwhole Restoration.
 
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* Interstellar Tweaks is compatible with THARGOID WITCHSPACE DRIVE. Moreover, Interstellar Tweaks seems to work with the WORMWHOLE DRONE expansion pack (that latter being, at the time of writing, a work-in-progress). Interstellar Tweaks should be compatible with cim's 'Galactic Misjump', too.
 
  
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==LICENSE==
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* Encountering the navy battling thargoids (though some other OXPs provide something on those lines).
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* Having your escape pod rescued. (Hooray! The chance of rescue is increased by having the [https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Interstellar_help_OXP#Need_help_yourself.com 'electronic thumb'].)
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* Encountering bounty hunters. (Hooray?)
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* Encountering pirates. (Boo?)
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* Developing 'witchspace sickness'. (Definitely boo.)
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* Ending up in a high radiation area, which can kill you whilst you are there but has no long-lasting effects. (So, mostly: boo.)
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* Meeting rebel thargoids. (Hooray!)
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* Finding derelicts within interstellar space.
  
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This expansion pack is released under the Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike 3.0 license. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.  
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Also, though this is something that happens when one leaves witchspace: this OXP gives you a chance of ending up near - or, er, very near - the system's sun. (Er . . handy?)
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==Relation to other expansion packs==
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'''OXPs which Interstellar Tweaks enhances/uses'''
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Interstellar Tweaks can draw upon all of the following (and indeed more, but in a fairly trivial way). Yet, Interstellar Tweaks does not ''require'' any of them.
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:* [[Armoury]].
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:* [[Behemoth]].
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:* [[Breakable 'Standard' Equipment OXPs|Breakable WitchDrive]].
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:* [[Escape Pod Locator]].
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:* [[Extra Thargoids]].
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:* [[Fer-de-Lance 3G]].
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:* [[Fuel Collector]].
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:* [[Galactic Navy]] - which is not in the expansion-pack manager; see [[Galactic Navy OXP]] for download details; there are several variants to choose between.
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:* [[Generation Ships]].
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:* [[User:Griff|Griff's]] shipset expansion packs - for, especially, nice looking thargoids!
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:* [[Interstellar Help]].
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:* [[Military Fiasco]].
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:* [[Missionaries]].
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:* mPakRedux (a.k.a. 'Rusties') - not in the expansion-pack manager; see [[Second-hand ships]] for download details.
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:* [[TCAT OXP|To Catch a Thargoid]].
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:* [[Thargoid Carrier]] - not in the expansion-pack manager (and the Carrier OXP will considerably increase the thargoid threat - though the Fer-de-Lance 3G OXP will somewhat offset that).
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:* [[Thargorn Threat]]. This one makes the thargoids more dangerous, but not as dangerous as if one installed Thargorn Threat but ''not'' Interstellar Tweaks!
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:* [[Tionisla Orbital Graveyard]], together with its 'TOGY_Shipwreck pack'.
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When one installs Interstellar Tweaks via the in-game expansion-pack manager, that manager will suggest some of the foregoing OXPs - but only, for one thing, those that are actually available via that manager. (A word here on the other exceptions - i.e., the OXPs of which this one can make use, but which it does not suggest for installation, even though they are in the Manager. Each such other OXP either adds little to Interstellar Tweaks or else add things that one might not want or at least do not need. Of the OXPs that are ``not`` in the Manager, Interstellar Tweaks benefits from, especially, the Missionaries OXP. One should consider too the Thargoid Carrier OXP.)
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'''Compatibility'''
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Interstellar tweaks tries to be compatible with the following, further, expansion packs.
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* [[Galactic Misjump]] - not in the expansion-pack manager.
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* [[Galactic Navy]] - not in the expansion-pack manager.
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* [[Her Imperial Majesty's Space Navy]] - at least up to a point.
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* [[Misjump Analyser]].
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* [[Staer9 Spectre]] - not in the expansion-pack manager.
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* [[Thargoid Witchspace Drive]] - not in the expansion-pack manager.
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* [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9242 Wormhole drones] - not in the expansion-pack manager.
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* [[Wormhole Restoration]].
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==Other points==
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* The load that Interstellar Tweaks will place on your computer will be, for the most part, light to moderate (and, mostly, via CPU much more than RAM and graphics card). That is so especially for Interstellar Tweaks version ≥ 7.5. Yet, if you install many expansion packs with which Interstellar Tweaks can interact, then that will increase the load.
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* The difficulty of this expansion pack varies automatically, in various ways, with the player's [[Elite Rating]].
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==License==
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This expansion pack is released under the Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike 3.0 license. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.  
  
 
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Your fair use right and other rights are in no way affected by the above.
 
Your fair use right and other rights are in no way affected by the above.
  
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==ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS==
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==Acknowledgements==
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My thanks to the following (from some of whom I have adapted code).
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*Another Commander
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*Arexack Heretic
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*Capt. Murphy
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*Cholmondely
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*cim
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*Commander McLane
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*Draco Caeles
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*Duggan
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*Dr Nil and other contributors to the 'Your Ad Here' expansion pack
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*Eric Walch
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*Gimi
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*Norby
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*phkb
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*SirAdrian
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*Thargoid
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*Solonar
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*Switeck
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==Download==
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*Downloadable through the in-game [[Expansions Manager]]
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*Or here: [[File:Oolite.oxp.UK_Eliter.InterstellarTweaks.oxz]]
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*Rather older downloads are here: [[File:InterstellarTweaks.oxz]]
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==Required game version; resource usage==
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{{IconOXP|ooVersion="1.82"|oxpCPU="Medium"|oxpMEM="Low"|oxpGPU="Medium"}}
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==Bias==
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[[File:Tag-colour-green.png]]
  
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My thanks to the following (from some of whom I have adapted code): Another Commander; Arexack Heretic; Capt. Murphy; cim; Commander McLane; Draco_Caeles; Duggan; Dr Nil and other contributors to the 'Your Ad Here' expansion pack; Eric Walch; Gimi; Norby; phkb; SirAdrian; Thargoid; Solonar; Switeck - and probably others that I fear I have forgotten.
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==Summary table==
  
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==Quick Facts==
 
 
{{Infobox OXPb| title = Interstellar Tweaks
 
{{Infobox OXPb| title = Interstellar Tweaks
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|version =  
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|version = 8.0
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|release =  
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|release = 2026.09.15
 
|license = CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
 
|license = CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
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|features =  
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|features = Surprises!
 
|category = Mechanics OXPs
 
|category = Mechanics OXPs
 
|author = [[User:Uk Eliter|Uk Eliter]]
 
|author = [[User:Uk Eliter|Uk Eliter]]
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|feedback =  
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|feedback = [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11864 BB Thread]
 
}}
 
}}
  
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*[[File:InterstellarTweaks.oxz]]
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Note: ''VERSION 8 IS BUGGY. Version 8.01 will be along soon!''
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[[Category:Thargoids]]

Latest revision as of 16:31, 19 September 2026

Make interstellar space more exciting!

A special type of Thargoid.

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Interstellar Tweaks interacts intelligently with many other OXPs, adding depth to Oolite. The little blob on the upper right is an enormous Galactic Navy Behemoth!

Overview

This OXP makes misjumps a little more likely and, fairly often, generates one of various (mostly) exciting witchspace scenarios.

Requirements

  • The expansion pack requires Oolite version 1.82 or above.
  • The pack draws upon various other expansion packs, if they are installed. (See below.)

General notes

The scenarios at issue include, but are not limited to, the following things happening within interstellar space.

  • Encountering the navy battling thargoids (though some other OXPs provide something on those lines).
  • Having your escape pod rescued. (Hooray! The chance of rescue is increased by having the 'electronic thumb'.)
  • Encountering bounty hunters. (Hooray?)
  • Encountering pirates. (Boo?)
  • Developing 'witchspace sickness'. (Definitely boo.)
  • Ending up in a high radiation area, which can kill you whilst you are there but has no long-lasting effects. (So, mostly: boo.)
  • Meeting rebel thargoids. (Hooray!)
  • Finding derelicts within interstellar space.

Also, though this is something that happens when one leaves witchspace: this OXP gives you a chance of ending up near - or, er, very near - the system's sun. (Er . . handy?)

Relation to other expansion packs

OXPs which Interstellar Tweaks enhances/uses

Interstellar Tweaks can draw upon all of the following (and indeed more, but in a fairly trivial way). Yet, Interstellar Tweaks does not require any of them.

When one installs Interstellar Tweaks via the in-game expansion-pack manager, that manager will suggest some of the foregoing OXPs - but only, for one thing, those that are actually available via that manager. (A word here on the other exceptions - i.e., the OXPs of which this one can make use, but which it does not suggest for installation, even though they are in the Manager. Each such other OXP either adds little to Interstellar Tweaks or else add things that one might not want or at least do not need. Of the OXPs that are ``not`` in the Manager, Interstellar Tweaks benefits from, especially, the Missionaries OXP. One should consider too the Thargoid Carrier OXP.)

Compatibility

Interstellar tweaks tries to be compatible with the following, further, expansion packs.

Other points

  • The load that Interstellar Tweaks will place on your computer will be, for the most part, light to moderate (and, mostly, via CPU much more than RAM and graphics card). That is so especially for Interstellar Tweaks version ≥ 7.5. Yet, if you install many expansion packs with which Interstellar Tweaks can interact, then that will increase the load.
  • The difficulty of this expansion pack varies automatically, in various ways, with the player's Elite Rating.

License

This expansion pack is released under the Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike 3.0 license. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

You are free:

  • to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work;
  • to make derivative works.

But only under the following conditions.

  • Attribution: you must give the original author credit.
  • Non-commercial use: you may not use this work for commercial purposes.
  • Share Alike: if you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license materially identical to this one.

Your fair use right and other rights are in no way affected by the above.

Acknowledgements

My thanks to the following (from some of whom I have adapted code).

  • Another Commander
  • Arexack Heretic
  • Capt. Murphy
  • Cholmondely
  • cim
  • Commander McLane
  • Draco Caeles
  • Duggan
  • Dr Nil and other contributors to the 'Your Ad Here' expansion pack
  • Eric Walch
  • Gimi
  • Norby
  • phkb
  • SirAdrian
  • Thargoid
  • Solonar
  • Switeck

Download

Required game version; resource usage

Minimum Oolite versionCPU usage mediumMemory usage lowGPU usage medium

Bias

Tag-colour-green.png

Summary table

Version Released License Features Category Author(s) Feedback
8.0 2026.09.15 CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Surprises! Mechanics OXPs Uk Eliter BB Thread

Note: VERSION 8 IS BUGGY. Version 8.01 will be along soon!

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