Shipdata-overrides.plist
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shipdata-overrides.plist is added with oolite 1.72.
It loads after all the shipdata.plist data are read in. It contains the same keys as the normal shipdata.plist. Whenever it finds a match with a key that also exists in shipdata.plist of any oxp, it overwrites the entries defined in shipdata-overrides.plist but leaves the other as they were. e.g.
"adder-player" = { max_energy = 95; thrust = 25; };
Will change only the max_energy and the thrust of the adder-player ships. All other data remain unchanged.
See OXP_howto for a overview about the other plists.