View Screen

The view screen shows several items.
*The view!
*The Vanilla-game HUD, at the bottom of the screen. This includes the red Scanner, the blue/green Compass, green/yellow gauges, missile pylon display etc.
*The central green cross-hairs (obscured by the planet) are used for accurate orientation of the ship during navigation and docking manoeuvers, as well as having obvious functions in combat.
*This screen shot does not show the Comms Log: the Comms Log (of messages to you from stations, ships, etc.) is also displayed on the View Screen: press >> ` << - the "grave accent" - to recall it after it fades. The last "messager" will be identified on the scanner
*There is also a Message Log which displays information about targeted ships, some warnings etc.

Overview

The Sanya Amiya TLF glare-reducing view screen shows a processed view of the exterior of the ship using feed from four digiFeed cameras mounted on the contours of the hull. The views are displayed at 4 terapixel resolution and are intelligently processed before being displayed to reduce glare from solar objects and to enhance the available light, allowing greater clarity.

During flight, the four available cameras are quickly selected:

• Forward View
  Press f1 or 1.
• Aft View
  Press f2 or 2.
• Port View
  Press f3 or 3.
• Starboard View
  Press f4 or f.

Other view functions may also be called upon at any time, using the astrogation console:

• Status screen
  Press f5 or 5
  Displays present location and condition, fuel, economic and legal status, and lists the installed equipment.
• Manifest screen
  Press f5 or 5 twice
  Displays the contents of the hold, and any eventual contract commitments.
• Short Range Chart
  Press f6 or 6
  Shows a proximate system chart with quick-info and current hyperjump range perimeter with the available fuel.
• Galactic Chart
  Press f6 or 6 twice
  Shows the entire galactic sector and enables planet name-search.
• System Data screen
  Press f7 or 7
  Displays essential information on the present nearby system.
• Local Commodity Market
  Press f8 or 8
  Displays local market prices, although no interaction is possible unless docked.

Note that the View Screen (in the Vanilla game HUD) contains two invisible MFDs which become activated if you have any relevant OXP's loaded.

Tutorial

The in-game Tutorial includes a familiarisation package for this View Screen and HUD.

OXPs

The Comms Log as shown on the CommslogMFD

Comms Log

• CommsLogMFD saves old CommsLog messages, and puts all this on an MFD
• Communications Pack A: more in-flight messages from NPC ships
• Death Comms: more in-flight messages from NPC ships

• See Communication for yet more OXP's

Glare

• Glare Clarifier allows you to purchase sun-specs' to further cut the solar glare: BB thread, User:Wildeblood (2014)
• Glare Filter ditto: BB thread, Spara (2014)
• Fighter HUD (Oolite) also includes glare filters
• Xenon HUD includes a change of screen for sun-glare to enhance readability of the HUD and MFDs

MFD's

• There are zillions of these. See MFD's for the list. Note that the Vanilla game HUD only allows two. Other HUDs allow as many as 15!

Telescope

• Telescope adds lightballs (showing legal status), masslock borders, distant beacons and sniper rings

Other sniping

• Sniper Camera System HUD modifies the viewscreen for sniping

Pulse Laser crosshairs

Crosshairs

• For modifications of the Crosshairs see

• HUD images here: (CB-HUD, ChupacabraHUD, Coluber, Dangerous, Deeper Space, G-HUD, Klepto-HUD, MilSpec, Nova Lux, Numeric, Sniper Camera System, Steampunk, Xenon, Vimana)
• Guide to Accuracy OXPs: Target Reticle & Auto-Crosshairs

Links

• Communication
• Target - Viewscreen, Compass & Telescope OXP "targets"

Colours/Gamma Correction/Colour Blindness

Go into the game options and bump the Gamma setting up a few notches.. it helps make ships stand out more against the background, in a similar way to changing the monitor brightness, but unlike changing the brightness setting, it doesn't reduce the blackness of space.. try playing around with the Gamma level until you get the effect you want. You can really make the ships "pop" against the background, making them considerably easier to spot.

See http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/gamma_calibration.php for more detail

These improvements have been included in the new Nightlies for Oolite v.1.91 (see the bottom of this page)

• HDR Displays (2022)
• Sky Colors Gamma Correction (2022)
• Accessibility for those with Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia (2022)

Screens/Monitors

• oolite cockpit/increasing the viewing angle (2012-15): a 180° angle for multiple screens
• Changing the Field of View (2017) - the current range is from 30 degrees to 80 degrees.

Multiple Screens

• oolite cockpit/increasing the viewing angle (2012-15): a 180° angle for multiple screens
• Multiple screens discussion (2013)
• External dashboards (2021)

Headtracking (Free-View)

• Getafix's YouTube Demo (2015)
• Oolite Headtracking BB Thread (2015)
• 3d cockpit idea BB Thread (2017)

Oolite Equipment Standard Equipment Astrogation Console • Cargo Hold • Compass • Energy banks • Engine/Main Drive • HUD • IFF Scanner • Life Support Systems • Missile • Pulse Laser • Shields • Ship's Hull • Torus Jump Drive • View Screen • Witchspace/Hyperspace Drive Optional Equipment Advanced Navigational Array • Advanced Space Compass • Cargo Bay Expansion • Docking Computers • E.C.M. System • Escape Pod • Extra Energy Unit • External Heat Shielding • Fuel Scoops • Galactic Hyperdrive • Integrated Targeting System • Military Shield Enhancement • Multi-Targeting System • Naval Energy Unit • Passenger Berth • Scanner Targeting Enhancement • Shield Boosters • Target System Memory Expansion • Witchdrive Fuel Injectors • Wormhole Scanner Weapons Beam Laser • ECM Hardened Missile • Energy Bomb • Military Laser • Mining Laser • Missile • Pulse Laser • Quirium Cascade Mine • Twin Plasma Cannon