User:Thargoid
Thargoid is a small green furry creature from Alpha-Centuri (occasionally mistaken for a sick trumble), who in his spare time likes to wrestle balrogs, rescue dragons in distress from fiery damsels and paint dust motes in interesting but luridly invisible colours.
Some of the above may not be 100% accurate (he swears he's blue, not green).
He has also written a few OXPs for Oolite, and currently is taking a break from OXP'ing, much to the surprise of Mrs Thargoid and the little Thargons. But that doesn't seem to stop him writing and issuing them...
Released
All of my OXPs are available from my Box.Net space.
Particularly recommended for new Commanders
- Welcome Mat - Special software upgrade and optional equipment bolt-on for the ships communications software. By locking onto the system's witchspace beacon, detailed information with regard to it's planetary biography and system safety is downloaded after connection (which can take up to 60s). However if purchased the add-on equipment automatically deals with the connection and transfer, giving instant information. Designed to be compatible and adjustable with OXPConfig.
Download - Welcome Mat v1.11. (Requires minimum Oolite v1.72).
- Traffic Control - Adds traffic control personnel to each system main station. These welcoming folk guide the inexperienced Commander (or even old hands who've become too reliant on docking computers that they've now lost) in the delicate art of station approach and docking. Always ready with advice and a friendly greeting or parting word, just don't dally and block the approach lane of the station or else you'll feel their wrath!
Download - Traffic Control v1.11. (Requires minimum Oolite v1.72).
- Lave Academy - Introduces the Lave Academy Orbital Station to the Lave and optionally other systems. Also features three mini-games that test basic flight skills.
Download - Lave Academy v1.31. (Requires minimum Oolite v1.74).
- Flight Log - Adds a simple log of the last 10 systems visited in the current galaxy, which can be dumped out to latest.log. Your kills and profit/loss made whilst in-system are also logged.
Download - Flight Log v1.03. (Requires minimum Oolite 1.74).
- Docklights - Adds a trail of green docking lights in front of the system main station (tech level 3+ systems) to aid in docking. The lights turn red temporarily a ship is about to launch or dock.
Warning - this OXP has been reported to cause instabilities in some game installations - see its readme or wiki page.
Download - Docklights v1.02. (Requires minimum Oolite 1.76).
Equipment and weaponry
- Energy Equipment - Two new pieces of equipment, the emergency charge device (ECD) and the emergency energy unit (EEU). Both are single-use devices, the ECD a pylon-based player triggered device that adds a top-up to the ships energy banks, and the EEU a system-fitted version that is automatically triggered when energy levels become critical.
Download - Energy Equipment v1.11. (Requires minimum Oolite v1.74).
- Repair 'Bots - Pylon-stored and triggered nanobots, can repair damaged ships systems. Also now available a new repair system, which gives full damage control for any ship not already featuring it.
Download - Repair Bots v2.07. (Requires minimum Oolite v1.74).
- Target Autolock Plus - A software update for the standard scanner targeting enhancement equipment that automatically locks onto attacking ships if you have no prior target selected.
Download - Target Autolock Plus v1.12. (Requires minimum Oolite v1.74).
- Armoury - A meta-OXP featuring Anti-Missile System, Captured Thargons,Drones,Missile Rack and Probe OXPs plus some new mines, missiles, bombs and the Missile Machine.
Download - Armoury v1.10. (Requires minimum Oolite v1.74).
- IronHide - Enhanced armour for the ships hull to better protect against combat damage and general bumps and knocks.
Download - IronHide v2.00. (Requires minimum Oolite v1.75).
- Naval Grid - Military-grade energy grid to properly link the naval energy unit to military-boosted shields, enhancing recharging rates.
Download - Naval Grid v1.00. (Requires minimum Oolite v1.75).
- Cargo Shepherd - A handy little piece of pylon-mounted equipment that when launched attracts most free-floating cargo pods to it and holds them until you can scoop them. Useful for when your hold is too full to take everything in one go, as it also
