Oolite Bulletins

The problem is that the Oooniverse witchspace distance calculation algorithms are based on the original Elite ones, and emulate them down to the bit, including the rounding errors. I accept that. Original Elite was was written for a computer which had 32 kB RAM (including display and floppy control...

In euclidean space (which on this scale the real universe is) it is impossible in a triangle to have one side longer than the sum of the length of the other two sides. Also in non-euclidean space straight line is shortest distance between two points! I tested oolite_1.74.0.2787-0jaunty~trunk1_i386....

Oolite v1.73.4 Ubuntu 9.04:

Galactic chart 2:
From Xeisare to Teonan 6.8 ly, 46.2 h.

From Xeisare to Legeara 2.8 ly, 7.8 h
From Legeara to Teonan 3.6 ly, 13.0 h
2.8 ly + 3.6 ly = 6.4 ly

(I tried trunk version, but it did not start)

- jkn

Hello and thanks for your replies! Oolite 1.73.5 reads keyconfig from /usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications/oolite.app/Resources/Config/keyconfig.plist Normally in Unix and Linux 'ls -lu' tells when file was last read. But not in Ubuntu 9.10 :( This confused me. Usually games have configuration file in user...

Oolite v1.73.4, Ubuntu 9.04 (are there packages for 9.10?, I could test.) I cannot 'Switch Advanced Space Compass mode'. I need 'Alt Gr' for \. Perhaps this confuses Oolite. I have /usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications/oolite.app/AddOns/Config/keyconfig.plist /usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications/oolite.app/Resourc...