Is randomising the docking music achievable?

[Eric Walch]

Are you using a Mac or PC?

If you use a Mac, then you can use the iTunes integration to play music.

I used to have it on in the past but not lately. Today I decided to switch it on again and it crashed Oolite when trying to toggle it between ON/OFF. Going back with older Oolites it even crashed 1.70.... 1.65 was okay with the selection. Actually not a crash but a hang.

Than I tried to launch i-Tunes by hand. I got a licence agreement to confirm first. Apparently I never launched it after my last update. After having confirmed the licence in i-Tunes, the crash with Oolite was gone. I could toggle between Music and i-Tunes integration.
No idea if this is an Oolite bug or an i-tunes bug that does not react as advertised.

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Back to docking music:
I noticed the code is looking for a music file with name: OoliteDocked.ogg in the Music folder to play after docking.
This feature is available since at least version 1.72 and works at least on my mac but I think it is a feature for all systems. This file is not present in Oolite itself but you can just add it in an oxp music folder.

[Frame]

Well, I went ahead and created it anyway

http://www.box.net/shared/d59t39ibfc

here is the readMe



Random Docking Music
Thanks to
dalek501 of Oolite Bullitin Board to request and inspire
&
"acclivity of freesound.org"

for providing the 10 sec of silence... .. now that sounds like i want him to shut up... but not at all.. he just had a sample of 10 seconds of silence..

Instructions...

Mac Notice: open RandomDockingMusic.oxp by right clicking and select something about opening the OXP package

For windows and Mac(mac notice above)
Open the file randomDockingMusic.js found in RandomDockingMusic.oxp/Scripts/

now where it says

this.musicList.push("BlueDanubeCopy.ogg");
this.musicList.push("SVRConcertoNo.ogg");

// keep on adding or removing music in the same manner as seen above

add or remove music pieces at your desire... in RandomDockingMusicv1.00.oxp/Music/

BlueDanubeCooy is a copy of Oolites Blue Danube... for those who want to hear it still..

SVRConcertoNo.ogg is Sergej Vassiljevitsj Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 (Op. 18) - Adagio Sostenuto

Enjoy

Dennis Thony Pedersen
(Frame) 17:15 20-03-2010

[dalek501]

Amazing! Thanks very much Frame!

I'm going to have alot of fun with this. Try it with some Vangelis. Theme from Cosmos, or Alpha. Something like those. Perfect relaxing but spacey music for docking after a rampant alien killing fest!

I won't get a chance to try it today as I have superleague darts tonight. But I will do my best for tomorrow!

Thanks again Frame.

[dalek501]

It works brilliantly Frame. Thank you so so much. The first time I tried it I got Vangelis' Cosmos theme. And straight away I was there.