Tutorial

The In-game tutorial is accessed through the very first game screen after you have chosen Start New Commander.

To get to the Tutorial, click on Oolite and select "Start New Commander"

Then just select "Tutorial"

There are 9 lessons:

• 1 ... The HUD
• 2 ... Using the scanner
• 3 ... Flight training (includes dodging practice for dogfights)
• 4 ... Weapons systems
• 5 ... Missiles
• 6 ... Combat practice (teaching how to dogfight ... rather than sniping from a distance)
• 7 ... Docking practice
• 8 ... Information screens (F5 & F5F5, F6 & F6F6, etc)
• 9 ... System Navigation (from the Witchpoint beacon to the main orbital station)

The b and n buttons

One uses the n button to advance in each lesson.

The b button modifies the n button: It toggles the n-button between 3 functions:

next stage in lesson (default setting)

next lesson

restart lesson

So to skip several lessons one must press b ... n then b ... n and then b ... n repeatedly

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History

The in-game tutorial was introduced by Cim as part of the innovations in Oolite version 1.80 back in 2014.

Links

• The fons et origo of the thing? Feb 2013
• What topics should be in the Oolite tutorial Dec 2013
• Tutorial does not quite use Strict/Vanilla game mode
• Code includes possibility of including spoken instructions Jan 2014
• Help (2016) - how to dock?

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Explanations of things

• F3 page (ship outfitting)
• Short Range Chart (from pressing F6).
• F7 page (data on "system")
• F8 page (commodity market)

Assortment of help pages

• Contracts - cargo, parcel & passenger
• Misjump
• Using weapons of mass destruction
• How do I ... dock / succeed in trading / win a fight / configure my controller/joystick etc