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Rather more excitement in interstellar space!
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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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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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This OXP makes much more of interstellar space/witch space, providing a wide range of encounters/adventures.
 
  
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It provides a chance that your escape pod will be rescued in interstellar space/witch space.
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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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==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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==General notes==
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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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* 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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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, but in a fairly trivial way, a few that I do not list here) - but it ''requires'' none of them. Most but not all of the packs are available via the in-game Expansions Manager. (The remainder will have to be downloaded and installed manually. The in-game expansions manager will suggest - as accompaniments to Interstellar Tweaks - only those packs that are available via that manager.)
  
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Note that it also provides an update for the unlicensed OXP [[Fuel Collector]] as well as vigorously expanding the [[Missionaries OXP]], but does not require either in order to run.
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:* [[Armoury]]
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:* [[Behemoth]]
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:* [[Breakable 'Standard' Equipment OXPs|Breakable WitchDrive]]
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:* [[BGS]]
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:* [[Escape Pod Locator OXP]]
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:* [[Extra Thargoids]]
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:* [[Fer-de-Lance 3G OXP]]
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:* [[Fuel Collector OXP]]
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:* [[Galactic Navy]] - not on Expansions Manager - see [[Galactic Navy OXP]] for download details - there are several variants and GN addons to choose from
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:* [[Generation Ships OXP]]
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:* [[User:Griff|Griff's]] shipset expansion packs (for, especially, nice looking thargoids!)
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:* [[Interstellar help OXP]] - with its 'Electronic Thumb'
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:* [[Military Fiasco]]
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:* [[Misjump Analyser]]
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:* [[Missionaries OXP]]
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:* mPakRedux (a.k.a. 'Rusties') - not on Expansions Manager - see [[Second-hand ships]] for download details
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:* [[Staer9 Spectre]] - not on Expansions Manager
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:* [[TCAT OXP|To Catch a Thargoid]]
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:* [[Thargoid Carrier]] - not on Expansions Manager (this will considerably increase the thargoid threat - though the Fer-de-Lance 3G OXP will somewhat offset that);
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:* [[Thargorn Threat]]
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:* [[Tionisla Orbital Graveyard]] together with its 'TOGY_Shipwreck pack'
  
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==Requirements==
 
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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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'''Compatibility'''
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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 increases if you have bought the 'electronic thumb' equipment.
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Interstellar tweaks tries to be compatible with the following expansion packs.
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* [[Thargoid Witchspace Drive]] - not on Expansions Manager
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* [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9242 Wormhole drones]  - not on Expansions Manager
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* [[Galactic Misjump OXP]] - not on Expansions Manager
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* [[Her Imperial Majesty's Space Navy]] (at least up to a point)
  
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=== Interstellar Tweaks expansion pack by [[User:Uk Eliter|Uk Eliter]] ===
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==Other points==
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[[File:IconBGS.png|right]]
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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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* 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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** [[Armoury]]
 
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** [[Behemoth]]
 
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** [[Breakable 'Standard' Equipment OXPs|Breakable WitchDrive]]
 
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** [[BGS]]
 
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** [[Escape Pod Locator OXP]]
 
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** [[Extra Thargoids]]
 
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** [[Fer-de-Lance 3G OXP]]
 
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** [[Fuel Collector OXP]]
 
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** [[Galactic Navy]]
 
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** [[Generation Ships OXP]] (note: ''this'' OXP - for one thing - make generation ships rarer);
 
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** [[User:Griff|Griff's]] shipset expansion packs (for, especially, nice looking thargoids!);
 
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** *[[Interstellar help OXP]]* with its ''Electronic Thumb''
 
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** [[Military Fiasco]]
 
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** [[Misjump Analyser]]
 
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** [[Missionaries OXP]]
 
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** *mPakRedux (a.k.a. 'Rusties');* - see [[Second-hand ships]] for download details
 
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** [[Staer9 Spectre]]
 
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** [[TCAT OXP|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]]
 
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** [[Wormhole restoration OXP]]
 
  
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* Interstellar Tweaks is compatible with [[Thargoid Witchspace Drive]]. Moreover, Interstellar Tweaks seems to work with the [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9242 Wormhole drones] expansion pack (that latter being, at the time of writing, a work-in-progress). Interstellar Tweaks should be compatible with cim's [[Galactic Misjump OXP]], too.
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* The difficulty of this expansion pack varies automatically, in various ways, with the player's [[Elite Rating]].
  
 
==License==
 
==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.  
 
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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==Acknowledgements==
 
==Acknowledgements==
  
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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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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
  
 
==Download==
 
==Download==
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*Rather older downloads are here: [[File:InterstellarTweaks.oxz]]
 
*Rather older downloads are here: [[File:InterstellarTweaks.oxz]]
  
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==Quick Facts==
 
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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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* The difficulty of this expansion pack varies automatically, in various ways, with the player's [[Elite Rating]].
 
  
 
{{Infobox OXPb| title = Interstellar Tweaks
 
{{Infobox OXPb| title = Interstellar Tweaks

Latest revision as of 15:08, 2 August 2026

Make interstellar space more exciting!

A special type of Thargoid.

.

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, but in a fairly trivial way, a few that I do not list here) - but it requires none of them. Most but not all of the packs are available via the in-game Expansions Manager. (The remainder will have to be downloaded and installed manually. The in-game expansions manager will suggest - as accompaniments to Interstellar Tweaks - only those packs that are available via that manager.)


Compatibility

Interstellar tweaks tries to be compatible with the following 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

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