Oolite Bulletins

They're back. Twice in quick succession after I posted the above, I got bushwacked by a gaggle of pirates at witchpoints. From which I learnt some stuff: Don't bother trying to run away in a Python, even with injectors ablaze it's too slow. If you use your energy bomb, don't forget to buy another one.

Master Bates wrote:

Probably just random chance

I didn't think it should make any difference. It just seemed a strange that as soon as I got the Python, the number of pirates seemed to plummet. I think it's time for some deep space pirates.

Thanks for the replies.

I've bought a Python (I still have the commander with the Cobra to return to) to see how I got with a decent sized cargo hold. I tend to do a little bit of everything, mining a few asteroids when they appear, bounty hunting, trading, whatever opportunity presents itself. Since buying the Python I've...

I've restarted the game, attempted to load the OXP save (it's a constore), and this is the log file [log.header]: Opening log for Oolite version 1.73.4 (x86-32 test release) under Windows at 2009-10-22 22:21:29 +0100. 2 processors detected. Oolite Options: [Procedural Planets] [Docking Clearance] [W...

An update: the joystick thing may have been spurious, now I can't get it to work at all. I crash every time.

Fair enough. Thanks.

I've been doing some mining using this oxp. Whenever it converts a splinter to gold/platinum/gems it doesn't adjust the payload accordingly. My first asteroid yielded 13 splinters (counted 'em), and I ended up with 5t alloys, 5t minerals, and 3 splinters converted to a total of 2kg gold and 14 kg pl...

zevans wrote:

On which version of Oolite? Trunk, 1.7something, or 1.65?

Oops, good point, sorry. It's 1.73.4.

I loaded the Save Anywhere oxp, and it failed to work, I either ended up crashing and dying upon restore, or was left just outside the station I saved at. The problem seems to be that I've got my throttle under joystick control, on the third axis. With the throttle set too high I crash, with it set ...

I got new drivers from the Nvidia site. I've reinstalled 1.73.4, and I'm getting visible text now, even without disabling the splash screen, so everything seems ok at first glance. I'll look into that IE add-on for Firefox as well. It's 25 years or more since I played this game, a real blast from th...

System Info Renderer: GDI Generic Adapter RAM: 256MB Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor Display: 1440x900x32bpp (60 Hz) Operating System: Microsoft Word XP Home Edition Processor: Intel Pentium CPU 3.00GHz OpenGL Version: 1.1 Driver version: 6.14.10.5673 03-Aug-04 DirectX Version: 9.0c - August 2004 Sh...

I did that, and had to download something called .NET, and I still have no idea what I'm looking for, I'm afraid. There was a "download OpenGL drivers" selection, and that took me to a page which required IE, and I don't run IE.

Sorry to be a nuisance, but how do I download new drivers?

Here is the link to 1.72.2: http://prdownload.berlios.de/oolite-linux/Oolite-1.72.2-test.exe Can you please post the log after this has been run? You will need to uninstall 1.73.4 first. Uninstalled 1.73.4, deleted C:\oolite Installed 1.73.2 (which went in to "Program Files\oolite" direct...

Please post the Latest.log file found inside oolite.app/Logs. Here it is [log.header]: Opening log for Oolite version 1.73.4 (x86-32 test release) under Windows at 2009-09-28 20:31:00 +0100. 2 processors detected. Oolite Options: [Procedural Planets] [Docking Clearance] [Wormhole Scanner] [Target I...

another_commander wrote:

Do you have an NVidia GeForce? Just add the switch -nosplash to the game's startup shortcut and it will work.

I do have GeForce, and did as you suggested. It make no difference (apart from the splash screen not appearing, of course).

1.65 appears ok at first glance.