Bug in New PC version

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:15 pm

First can I say how blow away I have been by this game. I am 34 and remember playing elite on the BBC Micro. This is how PC Elite should have been. I have downloaded all the OXPs and have been happly playing the Alpha version since January.

I just downloaded PC Version 380 and could not make it work. The game ran windowed, but all the Graphics were just blocks.

I then tried 344. At first I had the same problem, but after playing about with the options menu (although I couldn't really see what I was doing) I got the game into full screen and then the game ran.

However, the Cobra at the start screen and rotating ships on the buy ship screen are not being rendered, only the engines being shown.

Do I need to change a setting anywhere to make it work?

Post by **dajt** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:33 pm

No special settings. There just seems to be something about the graphics on the PC that I can't get sorted :(

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:38 pm

Thanks.

Just that this didn't happen on the Alpha.

On a separate Note, on the Ionics Mission I have went to Zaria to get the package as instructed, but when I docked nothing happened.

Wolfwood · Post by **Wolfwood** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:01 am

I've had no such problems with the installer version on my PC... Although, ever since I bought a Josher, I've been wondering if there was supposed to be a rendered ship on the F5 screen or not... I just thought I had seen the Cobra there, but the Josher does not make an appearance...

Post by **dajt** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:58 am

I've never seen any ships rendered on the status page.

Galileo · Post by **Galileo** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:02 am

LittleBear wrote:
On a separate Note, on the Ionics Mission I have went to Zaria to get the package as instructed, but when I docked nothing happened.

Try downloading version 1.2.1, from Oosat2, that bug has been fixed (I hope).

aegidian · Post by **aegidian** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:09 am

There's no ship rendered on this page normally, but it's possible to add one using code that's in the bleeding edge builds but not yet been officially announced.

In AddOns/Config/ create a file called descriptions.plist with the following:-

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>test-scene</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>conditions</key>
			<array>
				<string>status_string equal STATUS_DOCKED</string>
			</array>
			<key>do</key>
			<array>
				<string>player	125 125 560	1 0 -1 0	ccc</string>
				<!-- code   position_xyz   quaternionWXYZ alignment -->
			</array>
		</dict>
	</array>
</dict>
</plist>

This is test code for a new background scene creator for screens like the status screen. Instead of player you can also have role some_role or ship some_ship or model some_ship. Other commands for lights and billboards haven't yet been implemented.

Star Gazer · Post by **Star Gazer** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:25 am

...very nice.. Giles strikes again!!

aegidian · Post by **aegidian** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:37 am

I should explain the 'ccc' part of the code. This is to allow models to be aligned to floors/ceilings/walls etc. Each letter can be either 'M' (for maximum) 'm' (for minimum) or 'c' (for center). So if you want to position the model above a particular spot but aligned to the floor you'd use 'cmc' (center x, minimum y, center z). I expect a better explanation will reach the wiki as this code reaches maturity.

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:17 am

Thanks for the code.

Probabley a stupid question, but do a use Notebook to make the file?

Also is their a way of copying your code direct to notebook rather than writing it down and then typing it in?

Selezen · Post by **Selezen** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:19 pm

Do you mean Notepad?

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:25 pm

Yes, Notepad.

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:37 pm

Dowloaded the new (6/04/06) version. Works perfectley.

Ta to the auther of the Iconics mission. Just Finished it. Great!!!

Your bug Fix worked!

Hope nobody minds, but I have just burnt to CD a copy of the new installer and all the add-ons to post to friends and family!

I'm a criminal barrister, my brother is a doctor. This is just the sort of great escapism we need.

Brilliant game!

milinks · Post by **milinks** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:55 pm

Hi Littlebear, I'm a police officer, so between us we should have the "pros n cons" of copyright licked lol..know just what you mean, after a hard days work, some of those thargoids take on faces of their own!!!

Wolfwood · Post by **Wolfwood** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:41 am

LittleBear wrote:
Dowloaded the new (6/04/06) version. Works perfectley.

Can you visit the shipyard? (double press on F3)

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