OOLITE(6)

NAME
Oolite - a space-sim game

SYNOPSIS
oolite

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the Oolite.

Oolite is a port of the space-sim game Oolite to the GNUStep/OpenGL linux platform.

FAQ

What is the purpose of the game?
To fly from planet to planet, buying and selling goods, shooting pirates or committing acts of piracy. There's no goal other than perhaps to achieve the rank of ELITE.

I'm still confused, how do I play?
Documentation can be found in the /usr/share/doc/oolite directory. The PLAYING.TXT document gives a basic overview of the controls but for a full explanation please see the Oolite Reference Sheet ( OoliteRS.pdf ) which is suitable for printing out.
For the nostalgic, Ian Bell's Flight Training Manual for the original BBC Elite is still a very good introduction to the game and can be easily found online.

What do the various colors represent on the radar?
    • White - unpowered items that can't mass-lock the in-system drive.
    • Green/Yellow - navigation buoys.
    • Yellow - powered craft.
    • Red - powered craft identified as hostile.
    • Green - space stations.
    • Green/Red - thargoids
    • Purple - police
    • Blue/Red - police on intercept
    • Red/Yellow - active mine (about to detonate)

AUTHOR
Oolite was written by Giles Williams and other, and it was ported to the GNU/Linux operating system by the The original version can be found at

This manual page was written by Eddy Petrisor <eddy.petrisor@gmail.com>, for the Debian project and updated by Michael Werle <micha@michaelwerle.com> (but may be used by others).