User:Norby

First played Elite on Commodore +4 in 1987. This was the best game in my eyes at that time.

Found Oolite in jan 2013 and enjoy not only the game but OXP programming also as a hobby which can give me the feeling of freedom. I hope the result will entertain my sons and you also. :)

My OXPs

New versions are available within the game and in OXZ list. Some old versions are in my box.

Activities

EscortDeck - Build up your personal escort fleet. (1340 downloads)
FarPlanets - reach very far planets with fast drives. (133 downloads)
Gallery - review models of encountered ships and find more in exhibitions. (2158 downloads)
Towbar - make money from derelict ships, earn high salvager rankings. (1589 downloads)

Ambience

Ambiences recommended by Norby - install many graphical packs for better look and feel. (3013 downloads)
HD Backgrounds - Arrival reports show high-resolution background images. (5149 downloads)
Headlights - Tune the light level on the dark side of objects in space like you have powerful headlights. (1353 downloads)
Trails - NPC ships leaves condensation trails. (3457 downloads)

Dockables

Planetfall Markets enable markets in planets from Oolite 1.82. (4603 downloads)
Superhub for Extra Planets - Bigships can dock in more systems in the galaxy (2637 downloads).

Equipment

ILS - semi-automatic Instrument Landing System supports Injector speeds as well. (1455 downloads)
Laser Cooler - faster cooldown for much energy. (2718 downloads)
Q-Charger - I made awardable to NPC ships by ShipVersion OXP from v1.21. (3847 downloads)
Telescope - extended targeting and scanning features, auto steering, sniper ring and more. (4955 downloads)
SafetyCatch - prevent accidental Q-Bomb and other mine launches when using missiles. (7821 downloads)

HUD

Combat MFD - show many data of your ship and your target. (1818 downloads)
HUD Selector - help to choose your HUD from more possibilities. (4966 downloads)
NumericHUD - I updated many parts from v3.1 for my OXPs plus added MFDs and speedup. (2084 downloads)

Mechanics

HardShips - all ship get 6 side armour, Hard ships get Hard Armour, new defensive equipments and Drones. (1856 downloads)
ReverseControl - you can aim in the aft and side views as in the front view. (5833 downloads)
SellAll - sell all cargo with one keypress and can sell to an alternative customer if the market is full. (1397 downloads)
ShipVersion - all ship get version numbers, NPCs get extra equipments scaled with the version. (2172 downloads)
TorusToSun - reach the Sun and other places faster. (446 downloads)
VariableMasslock - based on ship mass from Adder at 17km to Anaconda at 26km. In addition asteroids turn off Torus when needed to prevent impact. (2740 downloads)

Misc

Display reputation - I added parcel reputation into the original OXP in v1.2. (10032 downloads)
LogEvents - write messages into Latest.log using all event handlers to help debugging OXPs and review battles. (6943 downloads)
Ship Storage Helper - I continued Capt Murphy's work on saving and restoring ships. (1322 downloads)
TimeControl - Time Acceleration with Injectors and Torus, stop in Red alert and near a Wormhole. (1285 downloads)

Missions

The Collector - find the rich man and do the jobs he offer. The story is affected by your choices. (9497 downloads)

Ships

Andromeda - very large ship with decent cargo capacity and rare extensions. (4455 downloads)
Carriers - build up your personal fleet and take with you on your Carrier. (3132 downloads)
EscortPack - Escort ships, escpecially useful with EscortDeck. (948 downloads)
MinerCobra - 75t cargo, miner laser and scoop in change of less energy, recharge and missile pylons. (2442 downloads)

Weapons

LaserCannons - powerful short range shots and derelict ship makers for large ships. (1013 downloads).

Best of my works

Based on feedbacks in the forum I think these are the most wanted packages:

Combat MFD
Gallery
HUDSelector
ILS Instrument Landing System
Telescope
Towbar
ReverseControl
ShipVersion
TorusToSun

My obsolete OXPs

I do not recommend to use these in regular games.

Detectors - show your energy on the HUD and more target informations. (174 downloads)
HardBase - one of the biggest playable entity with huge cargo capacity and almost no agility. (53 downloads)
HudRequests - tech demo and requests to make dynamic HUDs and a mini-game to earn highscores. (98 downloads)
OMGLaser - player can fit an ultimate laser into his Anaconda-class ship. (147 downloads)
RocketMiner - can dock without rolling if well centered due to the barrel form (requested by my little son). (50 downloads)
RocketShips - 8 new ship, can fly faster for some cost, get secondary autofire weapons and malfunctions. ;) (52 downloads)
TimeSlip - predecessor of TimeControl, use Time Acceleration Torus Jump Drive and Injectors. (113 downloads)

I like more than 300 OXPs in total so once before the OXZ era I made an OXP Collection but now you can use my recommendation packs. There are many small but good OXP what you probably missed if you do not read through both OXP List and OXZ list, I made groups for different player levels.

Recommended OXPs

My top favorites are listed in this post. I can recommend more depending on your experience.

The following collections are able to install many addons in one step.

Addons for Beginners

Addons_for_Beginners.oxz contain dependency links to install the following packages designed for new players. Please comment it in the forum. (downloaded 10668 times)

Ambience Collection
Combat Simulator
ETT Homing Beacon
Miner Cobra
Neo-Docklights
Lave Academy
Target Autolock
Tionisla Reporter
Traffic Control
Reverse Control
Ring Racer
Safety Catch
The Collector
Welcome Mat

Addons for Competent Commanders

Nice OXPs since 2012.

Aliens
Ambiences recommended by Norby
Anarchies Facelift
APRIL
Black Monk Monastery
Breakable Life Support System
Bullet Drive
BuoyRepair
CustomShields
DeepSpacePirates
EnergyBomb
Escort Contracts
Feudal States
Friend or Foe
Galactic Navy Additions
GalTech Escape Pods
Griff Industries
Hired Guns
Illegal Goods Tweak
ILS Instrument Landing System
In-System Market Restore
In-System Taxi
Laser Mount Switching System
Life in the Frontier
Market Inquirer
New Cargoes
NumericHUD
Ore Processor
Pirate Coves
Planetfall
Povray Planets
Quirium Cascade Mine Detector
Random Hits
Rescue Stations
ShieldCycler
Skilled NPCs
Sonoran
Stations for Extra Planets
Superhub
Superhub for Extra Planets
Taxi Galactica
Tionisla Orbital Graveyard
Torus To Sun
Total Patrol
Trident Down
UPS Courier
Variable Masslock
Vector
WildShips
Xeptatl's Sword
ZygoCinematicSky&Nebulas

Ambience Collection

Ambience_Collection.oxz contain dependency links to install the following ambience and similar packs in one step for better look and feel without changing the gameplay. Aimed to be suitable for all commanders. (downloaded 10583 times)

Asteroid_Storm
BetterBuoys
BackGroundSet
BGS Soundset by P.A. Groove
Cabal Common Library
Camera Drones
Captain Solo's Good Fortune
Combat MFD
Commanders Log
Communications Pack A
Contracted Goods Reminder
Delightful Docking
Display reputation
Email System
Explorers' Club
Extracts from the Tre Clan
Famous Planets
Fireworks
Flight Log
Gallery
Griff Station Bundle
HD Backgrounds
HD Backgrounds Image Pack A
HD Backgrounds Image Pack B
Headlights
HUDSelector
Hyperradio
Icesteroids
LogEvents
MarketObserver
MFD - CommsLog
MFD - Manifest
MFD - Navigation]
Randomshipnames
Random Player/Ship Name
Satellites
Snoopers
Ship Respray
Ship Storage Helper
Ship's Library
Ship's Library Book - Mutabilis
Ship's Library Book - Status Quo
System Features Rings
System Features Sunspots
TrackerCam
Trails
Trophy Collector
OXPConfig

Ambiences recommended by Norby

For at least Competent commanders Ambiences_recommended_by_Norby.oxz contain dependency links to install the following ambience and similar packs in one step for better look and feel. Beginners should use the Ambience Collection only. (downloaded 3013 times)

Additional Planets
Ambience Collection
Docking Fees
Escort_Formations
Headlights
MFD - BroadcastComms
Planetary Compass
Realistic Stars
Start Choices

Documents

My Documents folder filled with Elite-related writings:

Board Games
Fictions
Oolite keys and galaxy maps
Paper Models of Oolite ships
Quaternion calculator
Shader tutorial

Enjoy!

Norby