Tutorial

The In-game tutorial is accessed through the very first game screen after you have chosen Start New Commander.

There are 9 lessons:

• 1 ... The HUD
• 2 ... Using the scanner
• 3 ... Flight training (includes dodging practice for dogfights)
• 4 ... Weapons systems
• 5 ... Missiles
• 6 ... Combat practice (teaching how to dogfight ... rather than sniping from a distance)
• 7 ... Docking practice
• 8 ... Information screens (F5 & F5F5, F6 & F6F6, etc)
• 9 ... System Navigation (from the Witchpoint beacon to the main orbital station)

The b and n buttons

One uses the n button to advance in each lesson.

The b button modifies the n button: It toggles the n-button between 3 functions:

next stage in lesson (default setting)

next lesson

restart lesson

So to skip several lessons one must press b ... n then b ... n and then b ... n repeatedly

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History

The in-game tutorial was introduced by Cim as part of the innovations in Oolite version 1.80 back in 2014.

Links

• The fons et origo of the thing? Feb 2013
• What topics should be in the Oolite tutorial Dec 2013
• Tutorial does not quite use Strict/Vanilla game mode
• Code includes possibility of including spoken instructions Jan 2014
• Help (2016) - how to dock?

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Explanations of things

• F3 page (ship outfitting)
• Short Range Chart (from pressing F6).
• F7 page (data on "system")
• F8 page (commodity market)

Assortment of help pages

• Contracts - cargo, parcel & passenger
• Misjump
• Using weapons of mass destruction
• How do I ... dock / succeed in trading / win a fight / configure my controller/joystick etc