Traffic Control OXP
Overview
A little script which gives each system main station a traffic control department, whose job it is to guide new Commanders (and a few old hands who have become too reliant on docking computers) on the best route for manual approach and docking into the station. They oversee all traffic from station aegis and planetary approach right up until the actual docking itself. Also they keep an eye on ships leaving the station and wish people a bon voyage. Just don't dally in the approach lane and get in everyone's way, or you'll feel their wrath!
Requirements
This OXP requires at least version 1.88 of Oolite.
The traffic controllers also assume that any Commander's ship equipped with Docking Computers can look after itself in terms of approach and docking.
Version History
09/10/2008 - Version 1.00, Initial release. 04/11/2008 - Version 1.01, scripting update for v1.72+ compatibility. 24/05/2010 - Version 1.10, fortified equipment damage checking for 1.74 13/02/2011 - Version 1.11, removal of upper limit, to allow running with 1.75 08/07/2020 - Version 2.00, updated by Milo; set minimum Oolite version to 1.88; fixed errors if navigation buoy is destroyed; corrected planet approach guidance (follow green circle, not square, if ship has a basic compass); added additional hints for new players (until they buy docking computers); set up recurring reminders to "clear the lane" when not supposed to be there; integrated docking advice with docking clearance protocol for main stations that require clearance; added warning messages to fugitive players entering station aegis or requesting docking clearance; added responses to being detected using cloaking devices in the station aegis (this OXP now declares it illegal to cloak within main station aegis and introduces a small bounty for the first offence, which will be increased for non-fugitive players each time they are detected still cloaked after the initial offence; however, entering the aegis cloaked and never interacting with the station will not impose a penalty as the traffic controllers are unaware of the trespass); added a 1000 credit fine (or equivalent bounty) to the arrival report when docking at main stations while cloaked (even if fast-docking is used); added considerations for nova systems (traffic control will leave a recording when sun has gone nova) and for Buoy Repair, ILS and AutoDock OXPs
Download
The latest version, Traffic Control v2.0.0, can be downloaded from the wiki by clicking on the link.
The previous version, Traffic Control v1.11, can be downloaded from Box.Net by clicking on the link.
