User:Norby
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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. :)
Contents
My OXPs
New versions are available within the game and in OXZ list. Some old versions are in my box.
Activities
- FarPlanets - reach very far planets with fast drives.
- Gallery - review models of encountered ships and find more in exhibitions.
- Towbar - make money from derelict ships, earn high salvager rankings.
Ambience
- Headlights - Tune the light level on the dark side of objects like you have powerful headlights.
Equipment
- Detectors - show your energy on the HUD and more target informations.
- ILS - semi-automatic Instrument Landing System supports Injector speeds as well.
- OMGLaser - player can fit an ultimate laser into his Anaconda-class ship.
- Q-Charger (from v1.21) - I made awardable to NPC ships by ShipVersion OXP.
- Telescope - extended targeting and scanning features, auto steering, sniper ring and more.
- SafetyCatch - prevent accidental Q-Bomb and other mine launches when using missiles.
HUD
- Combat MFD - show many data of your ship and your target.
- HUD Selector - help to choose your HUD from more possibilities.
- NumericHUD (from v3.1) - I updated many parts for my OXPs, added MFDs and speedup.
Missions
- The Collector - find the rich man and do the jobs he offer. The story is affected by your choices.
Mechanics
- HardShips - all ship get 6 side armour, Hard ships get Hard Armour, new defensive equipments and Drones.
- ReverseControl - you can aim in the aft view as in the front view.
- SellAll - sell all cargo with one keypress and can sell to an alternative cutomer if the market is full.
- ShipVersion - all ship get version numbers, NPCs get extra equipments scaled with the version.
- TimeSlip - use Time Acceleration with Torus Jump Drive and Injectors.
- TorusToSun - reach the Sun and other places faster.
Misc
- Display reputation (in v1.2) - I added parcel reputation into the original OXP.
- HudRequests - tech demo and requests to make dynamic HUDs and a mini-game to earn highscores.
- LogEvents - write messages into Latest.log using all event handlers to help debugging OXPs and review battles.
Ships
- Andromeda - very large ship with decent cargo capacity and rare extensions.
- Carriers - build up your personal fleet and take with you on your Carrier.
- HardBase - one of the biggest playable entity with huge cargo capacity and almost no agility.
- MinerCobra - 75t cargo, miner laser and scoop in change of less energy, recharge and missile pylons.
- RocketMiner - can dock without rolling if well centered due to the barrel form (requested by my little son).
- RocketShips - 8 new ship, can fly faster for some cost, get secondary autofire weapons and malfunctions. ;)
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
Recommended OXPs
Starter kit (look&feel):
Asteroid_Storm BackGroundSet BountyStatus_OXP Cabal_Common_Library Combat_Simulator_OXP Commanders_Log_OXP DeepSpacePirates Display_reputation_OXP Escort_Formations Explorers'_Club_OXP Famous_Planets_OXP Flight_Log_OXP Gallery Griff_Industries Icesteroids Lave_Academy_OXP LogEvents MarketObserver Randomshipnames_OXP Realistic_Stars Satellites Snoopers Tionisla_Orbital_Graveyard Tionisla_Reporter Total_patrol_OXP Trophy_Collector Welcome_Mat_OXP
Nice OXPs since 2012:
Additional Planets Aliens Anarchies_Facelift APRIL_OXP Black_Monk_Monastery Breakable_Life_Support_System Bullet Drive BuoyRepair Camera_Drones CustomShields Distant_Suns EnergyBomb Escort_Contracts_OXP Feudal_States Friend_or_Foe Galactic_Navy_Additions GalTech_Escape_Pods Hired_Guns_OXP In-System_Market_Restore In-System_Taxi Market_Inquirer New_Cargoes NumericHUD Ore_Processor Planetfall_OXP Planetary_Compass_OXP PovrayPlanets_OXP Quirium_Cascade_Mine_Detector Random_Hits_OXP Rescue Stations ShieldCycler Skilled_NPCs_OXP Sonoran Start_Choices Stations_for_Extra_Planets System_Features_Rings Taxi_Galactica Trident_Down UPS_Courier Vector_OXP WildShips_OXP Xeptatl's_Sword ZygoCinematicSky&Nebulas
Best of my works based on feedbacks:
Gallery Telescope Towbar ShipVersion
I like more than 300 OXPs in total so I made an OXP Collection. There are many small but good OXP what you probably missed if you do not read through the OXP List, I grouped these to match different player levels.
Enjoy!
