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by kermit
Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:40 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: question: witchspace countdown....
Replies: 16
Views: 7597

I'm a little bit 'luckier' with the [shift] key & opening other programs Since I run it from a USB Flash Drive AND I also have a USB program launcher (Pstart) on the Drive - I found that by holding the [Shift] key while clicking the [Pstart] Launch option starts up with no problem at all If you ...
by kermit
Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:32 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: question: witchspace countdown....
Replies: 16
Views: 7597

Many thanks for that - it made it very clear

It could explain why some 'alterations' I've done to 'fighterHUD' (like moving the clock over) has never shown up

Quite simply - this newbie didn't know about the Cache file
by kermit
Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:07 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: question: witchspace countdown....
Replies: 16
Views: 7597

Awww shame - I was looking forward to shorter Witchspace countdowns, but now I have to wait for v1.72 - dam :cry: But what's this about 'holding shift' when restarting Oolite ?? :? What is it/will it suppose to do ? When do we hold shift down ? > When we double-click 'RunOolite.bat' > When Oolite ma...
by kermit
Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:42 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: question: witchspace countdown....
Replies: 16
Views: 7597

... and done. A new key in shipdata.plist has been added, namely hyperspace_motor_spin_time . If not set, it defaults to 15.0 seconds countdown. If set, the countdown time will be whatever number you set it to. Can we have a little bit more info - I like the idea of smaller ships having faster witc...
by kermit
Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:13 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Problems changing HUDs
Replies: 10
Views: 4689

Thanks for the info - got a reply from similar post I done on another thread

See it here @
https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=59626#59626
by kermit
Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:12 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: about Figther HUD
Replies: 11
Views: 6060

Thanks for that tip Thargoid except the only 'shipdata.plist' file I can find is in 'oolite.app\Contents\Resources\Config' so I guess that's the one The layout in this file is different as well (is this because I'm running v1.65 ??) <key>cobramk1-player</key> <dict> <key>aft_eject_position</key> <st...
by kermit
Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:09 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: Problems changing HUDs
Replies: 10
Views: 4689

Don't know what I'm doing wrong - I'm trying to use FighterHUD MkII At first I had the problem with it being in the middle of the screen - but that fixed, however I've now got another weird problem I Downgraded my Cobra MkIII to a Cobra Mk I (To get more money quickly) - & the HUD changed to the...
by kermit
Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:39 pm
Forum: Expansion Pack
Topic: about Figther HUD
Replies: 11
Views: 6060

I've got a different problem with FighterHUD I've just downgraded to a Cobra Mk1 but the HUD has changed to the default Oolite version I quit Oolite & restarted - FighterHUD shows up on main screen - but when I try to load in my commander file - it reverts back to the Oolite version Is there a f...
by kermit
Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:37 pm
Forum: Oolite-PC
Topic: Running OOLite from USB Flash Drive - Question
Replies: 4
Views: 3956

Many thanks for those couple of tips, although Micha - I got a little confused :? (which isn't that diificult) I'm guessing that the line 'Set BASE=%~dp0' somehow knows where the BAT file is running from & it's this that is 'put in place' of '%BASE% in the following lines My path is '?:\Games\Oo...
by kermit
Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:34 am
Forum: Oolite-PC
Topic: Running OOLite from USB Flash Drive - Question
Replies: 4
Views: 3956

Running OOLite from USB Flash Drive - Question

OK - I remember playing Elite way back on a spectrum, & glad a friend told me about this version HOWEVER - I'd like to play this 'anywhere' (e.g @ work,home, friends house) by putting it on a USB flash drive - which I have & it runs (abit a little slow on accessing) The problem is the saving...