Oolite Bulletins

With the introduction of the AppImage build, there has been some discussion on folders, particularly for OXPs. I have an AddOns folder in GNUstep/Applications/Oolite and one in GNUstep/Applications/Oolite-trunk . I can have different expansions in each of these folders to customize my game differen...

Solar flares indeed. https://i.postimg.cc/QdsDQfZT/NL-at-Elks.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/BnNrxsgG/NL-ranch.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/vHskkDqK/NL-north-Polson.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/9Mx0SvVS/NL.jpg I hope others here saw this last night, it was really colorful and bright. Couldn't help but share and t...

I’d probably use station.dataKey = “station-key-name” to be very specific, or station.hasRole(“some-role”) to be slightly more generic. Thanks phkb, I found the station.dataKey worked and from my testing now makes everything compatible with the Galactic Almanac. I've uploaded a new version to box: ...

Ok, I've figured out what the problem is with Witchfire Whiskey not available in the market. The Galactic Almanac changes the name of the stations but that is how I have coded the commodity to show up in the distilleries, like this. if (station && station.name === "Darkside Moonshine Di...

1 but they never have Witchfire in stock, is my config buggy There should be small quantities in stock if you are at a Distillery and not a Saloon. The only thing I can think of is that another OXP that affects markets might be interfering. I'll be gone for the week but I'll see if I can get it fig...

I get exactly the same issues on a second machine running LinuxMint 22.1. The first was 21.3. I get the same result with LinuxMint 20.3. Flatpak is part of Mint's default package management system so if it is broken it would be by the developers of Mint. I've got other flatpaks installed and they s...

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 10:38 am

Alas, our local light pollution clobbered it for me.

I'm lucky enough to live where there is very little of that.
I really hoped some of our friends here had at least caught a glimpse. I have only seen the intensity and colors like that once or twice before, but I do see it reasonably often.

Any one else catch this last night? I got some ok pictures but my friend that lives a little farther north sent me this picture.

I said a moon far from the main station which would of course mean away from the space lane and your critique is thus valid. I should have suggested the main planet (of another system) when wishing to avoid the main station. I still think it would be a good risk to help balance rewards, jumping to ...

Considering that option, we then might wish to remove the requirement for docking computers for example Wouldn't this be a good risk factor to help balance any rewards the player might reap? In my experience the traffic on such routes is not as congested as the main lane so I think the risk may not...

I don't really think planetfall needs to do anything other than allow the player to land on planets. Planets offer a great alternative to the main station for OXP authors that want to create content that would not make sense on a police station but are not capable of creating models for their own st...

I noticed a post on Roolite saying that it didn't work. Well, that's news to me. Now there are problems, the dock looks like hell, but it does work and is unlikely to be fixed until I create a new model. The script that controls Witchfire Whiskey does work as intended, I just downloaded the officia...

they all need markets that don't cause "unique profit opportunities" where 2 nearby stations are 20+ credits apart in prices for the same trade goods. That may what you would want but others may like those unique profit opportunities so it is not obvious to me that those markets are broke...

Wildeblood, it is good to see you back. A few thoughts about this. 1.82 was a disaster that should have been strangled at birth. Brought to you by the same devs that claimed an anti-clockwise gal-drive was too hard, and more than 8 charts was too hard. Also the same devs that managed to distribute n...

phkb wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:12 am

Anyway, I thought it might be worth sharing to get those creative juices flowing!

Oh, the juice is flowing alright.