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I found the answer in the wiki! https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Joystick_problems_(Linux) says: "Button Detection & Axis Range Problems For unknown reasons, it appears that sometimes SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) takes raw input from the evdev device drivers, instead of using the correct...

Agree, but only in the case of Linux. For Windows the dependencies were locked years ago and they are still totally valid today. That was a deliberate decision which has enabled us to work on game features rather than keep running after the new versions of libpng or gnustep or libxml or [your favor...

Currently, Oolite lacks developers to take it forward. It is a big undertaking and I applaud those who have created the builds and DOxygen documentation on GtHub as that is a very necessary starting point. There are a few challenges. From my high level browse around the repository and the wiki, in m...

Thy eminence, now that you are back with us, I'm eager to hear if you have any ideas about our wiki. I first got involved with the wiki to sort out the confusion over searching the Tionisla pages - and then got engrossed . But I'm not a wiki expert, and just do whatever seems to make some sort of s...

According to https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Joystick_problems_(Linux), "Prior to Oolite v1.80, deadzone and responsiveness issues in Oolite Linux could only be solved by making use of the jscal, jstest and jstest-gtk utilities, but Oolite now has built-in joystick configuration and tuning so...

Oolite Starter is really helpful at getting all the expansions set up - it's such a great addition. The flying tutorial was so good - I had forgotten how to dock!

Found this: In terms of style of play, I am only just beginning (although I played Elite many years ago). I guess trading to begin with. I would like any OXPs that add eye candy or improve sound. I was reminded of how difficult it was to dock manually when I first started, so I guess any OXPs that ...

Welcome back Mike. The 1.90 has had the download manager URL fixed in the last few days, and has libraries build on an old distro. That should work on almost anything. Alternatively, I've been working on getting the libraries fixed in 1.91 on my fork here . All that differs is the libraries that ge...

After a long hiatus (my last post here was in 2011!) , I am back so I guess this is reintroducing myself. Mike - played Elite on C64 all the way through Frontier and FFE on PC and some similar games like Freelancer. I want to try Oolite again after such a long time to see what's changed, but unfortu...

Just a small point. The release date on the OXP list for this OXP is 2011-7-13. Is this correct? If so, can you change it to 2011-07-13 as otherwise the sort by release date doesn't work?

Cheers,
Mike

Hi UK_Eliter, Thanks. If you wish to have longer descriptions, then from the OXP List you could either link to another wiki page or your own web site, but perhaps easier is to link to a post on this forum that describes your OXP(s). If you want to link to a particular message, there is a symbol next...

Hi UK_Eliter, Thanks for your new OXPs. Please keep the length of your descriptions for OXPs to be that of the existing entries in the list or shorter. The idea is that it works for as many people as possible and that descriptions fit on one line even at modest resolutions. Sorry to be anal about it...

On Linux, if you use XBoxDrv, you can set a deadzone. I describe my setup here: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Linux_ ... d_Gamepads

Maybe on Windows or Mac the joystick driver or a utility may allow configuration of a dead zone.

Hi pc2099, My first post on these forums was on this subject. In the end, in the absence of mouse inversion, I opted to buy an XBox 360 controller. I have described my setup (on Linux) here if you decide to go down the gamepad/joystick path: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Linux_Joysticks_and_Gamep...

For those of you who code in Python, a project I've been working on: Would like to announce the release of a new plugin "PyStudio" for Editra that is targeted at Python developers. In its initial release this plugin integrates the following extended Python development features into Editra....