Oolite Bulletins

Wildeblood wrote: ↑Sat Mar 29, 2025 12:51 pm

Choose a less obvious filename, please, DK.

Good advice. Thanks.

Done:
condition_script = "davidkroc_equip_cond.js";

Even if I dropped this idea for the moment, I kept on working on this and discovered incompatible_with_equipment is completely ignored by Oolite. So I chose another option: include an Equipment-overrides.plist file in the OXP and block unwanted equipment with a condition_script. Here's the sample co...

phkb wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 6:10 am

If you have no cargo space, the dials should be removed from the HUDS.

Yup: it woks. Thanks a lot for that!

Wildeblood wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 10:07 am

Redspear wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:24 am

Meanwhile, was there ever a sound file associated with the energy bomb in earlier versions of oolite?

A very loud and simple bang, if memory serves me correctly.

We all agree that in the vacuum of space there should be no sound at all, right?

cbr wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 7:20 pm

darker with gradient

In my opinion, it's the most realistic. When you're flying in space and you're facing the bright sun, you definitely want a very smoky windshield.

And to avoid problems with micro-meteorites, you'll probably also want it to be not too big and very thick.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 9:32 pm

Found this

Nice find!

I used it to illustrate the size of an average human (1.85m / 6'1) compared to the Sidewinder NG (and vice versa):

Version 1.8 available on https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Sidewinder_NG (and at the end of the month through the in-game Expansions Manager). Now includes a very nice 3D Model made by Griff (based on his SpecGloss Sidewinder ). 😍 https://wiki.alioth.net/img_auth.php/thumb/f/f5/SidewinderNG.jpg/800p...

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun Mar 16, 2025 7:55 am

How about just including the HUD with your ship? In the old days, many ships were published with custom HUDs. Revive the tradition!

I could, but I prefer to leave people free to choose what they like.

Hi,

I think the automatic switch is the best option.

I'm going to drop this idea. Bulky equipment already uses cargo space (and the Sidewinder NG has none, so it can't install them) and some others require a minimum ship weight to install them. I'll settle for that.

What else would you really like to do to your OXP? As the Sidewinder NG is very small (21 x 4 x 15 m) for 11,500 kg, this means very little free space inside (especially since Spalder and Starblaze had to add a Witchdrive inside). My idea was therefore to prohibit the installation of big standard e...

I don't know where these images come from and if they can be considered as proof, but I still have the impression that the military laser is closer to the ceiling (therefore bigger) than the beam laser. But never mind. :D I've tried my virtual equipment idea and so far it's not working. In fact, inc...

Hello, I'm trying to find out if there is a mechanism in shipyard.plist or shipdata.plist to prevent the purchase of standard equipment, a bit like what incompatible_with_equipment does in equipment.plist . My idea is to prevent the Sidewinder NG from being fitted with a military laser (for example)...

No VM? When I tried Oolite 1.90 on a slightly newer MacBook Air M1, I found that the Frame Rate suffered massively. But then I play with 10x as many OXPs - some of which really interfere with the Vanilla game. No VM! If Oolite is slow for you, it must be because of some of the OXP you're loading (o...

I first played Elite in the 80s (on an Amstrad) and then, as now, I found cargo business boring. The way I play is: take a light ship with no cargo capacity (to avoid attracting pirates). Today I'm starting with a Sidewinder NG, now that I've created it. Then I equip my ship as best I can with the m...