LU Features

Though far from its main feature, new ship and station models are used in LU for various new ships and stations. New Models in Litcube’s Universe What a contentious subject. This was the portion of LU that was destined to prevent its own release. In this mod are several new ship models that I have […]

Each sector in LU has it’s own music track, and has the ability to accommodate 42 combat tracks. The State of Music Music in Litcube’s Universe has changed. There’s now a dedicated track per sector in the \soundtrack folder. However, you may notice that some music is used more than once. That’s because in the

Mobile Mining is a completely new system in LU which completely replaces the vanilla version. New ships, lasers, and commands. Introduction Here’s the quick and dirty. The Mobile Drilling System and Ore Collector have been re-purposed. Hit a rock with your MDS, and you have a chance of your ore collector popping something into your

Chaff is a new missile countermeasure used by all ships. M8s use them to an effective degree. Introduction Missile defense is a new system in LU designed around the “chaff” which is a re purposed mosquito missile. All ships have the ability to fire chaff. There is a hotkey available to the player to launch

Use the Military Logistics Command Center to organize your fleets. Design and plan specific orders for your ships to follow in an engagement. What is it? The MLCC is a system providing you a whole suite of features that enable you to automate outfitting, fuelling, rearming, calling in assists, and carrying out predefined attack strategies.

Marines can now be training in combat at various bases in the Universe. Function The old method of marine combat training which was included in older versions of Litcube’s Universe has been removed. The newer system simply implements a “combat/fight” training for marines as per the vanilla methods.

Hotkeys help you do things faster when you need them quick. There’s lots of them in Litcube’s Universe. Hotkeys Found in Vanilla Section of Controls Menu Hotkeys Found in Extensions Section of Controls Menu

The GUI went through many changes. Among the many tweaks, Litcube’s Universe comes packaged with several UIs to choose from. A Different Style A few things have changed in the GUI for LU. Most obvious is the graphical part of that. The GUI was done by myself, with the exception of the weapon icons. If

(Global Decision engine) How ships, stations, and other objects spawn in the Universe has changed slightly. Changes A few changes you might notice about the game’s galaxy engine: The jobs engine has also been rewritten, with a few added benefits. All variants of ships are chosen. In vanilla, only the first found ship with a

Used to ferry wares to and from sources to docks by following rules setup by your Dockware Manager. Function A simple command, the Freighter is designed to work with your dock and the dock’s source stations. Freighters should be homebased to a dock. Once the command is run, they’ll use your Dockware Manager’s source information to figure