You have full control on how many commodities you buy and sell.You can buy individual or in lots. I never use + or - to buy cargo lots. I'm sure you had a look at the manual of course I can;'t remember top of my head what key it is. Pretty sure it is just left and right cursor like the manual says.
Sorry I took so long to get back to you on this but I am on several internet forums. Thanks, I will now use
+ and
- in future and have been when playing
Oolite just recently and it's been a huge help to me.
Styggron said:
Have you tried some of the OXP like the market trading assistant OXP ? It gives you extra columns so it keeps track o to it. what you paid so you don't need to write it down and can even auto trade things for you if you so wish it.
http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/OXP_List
Thing is the trading assistant does not seem to be there. I know it is on SSC (Space Sim Central). hmmmmm
Yep, I found it and have put it in with one of those
OXP's connected with it. I forget which one at the moment, but I believe it stops the
Trading-Assistant from buying illegal goods in systems that outlaw it.
Styggron said:
The witchspace burners change colours as you say and with the drive.....you got me there I never noticed.
Yep, I don't really have problem with the exhaust changing colour when using the
Witch-Space-Fuel-Injectors as I think that looks real cool. It just the fact that they appear to disappear when using the
Torus-Thru-Space-Drive. I think it might be because it is much faster that the exhaust appears to go invisable. Something to do with the huge increase in speed, I guess.
I have made two videos of me playing
Oolite (They were really meant to be one video, but my
Handy-Cam broke it into two.) and you can see what I mean in the second video.
Not really Playing Oolite, but just watching the title screen
No I am playing Oolite, but not for long as the batteries on my
Handy-Cam run down.
Styggron said:
As far as filling cargo and not wanting to sell, well, welcome to the world of trading.

Sounds like you are not selecting the correct cargo item to sell if I read your post correctly. You can of course completely control all of this as mentioned.
I have been actually. Though, the use of
+ and
- is huge help to me thank you very much.
tricky said:
Commodities: Left and right arrow keys allow your to buy and sell 1 cannister at a time.
Yep, I got that now. Thanks.
tricky said:
Exhaust colour: Handwavium explanation - as you increase speed more quirium fuel is injected into the engines and as such it changes the colour. Perfectly normal. Infact, you can change the standard colour with a custom ship OXP. Mine has a green exhaust at standard speeds changing to yellow and then a deep red (I think) at higher speeds.
I don't really have problem with the exhaust changing colour when using
Witch-Space-Fuel-Injectors. I just wanted to know if that was a mistake or not. I also thought that the exhaust appearing to disappear altogether when using the
Torus-Thru-Space-Drive seemed a bit off to me.
Don't forget to look at my videos linked above.