mission.markSystem question

[Smivs]

The wiki states

Multiple systems may be marked at once, as in mission.markSystem(4, 54, 222).

and gives this code

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mission.markSystem({
   system: 55,
   name: "my_oxp",
   markerColor: "cyanColor",
   markerScale: 1.5,
   markerShape: "MARKER_DIAMOND"
});

but how do you mark more than one?
I tried this format

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mission.markSystem({
   system: (55, 100),
   name: "my_oxp",
   markerColor: "cyanColor",
   markerScale: 1.5,
   markerShape: "MARKER_DIAMOND"
});

but while it marked both systems with a red cross, only the second got the cyan diamond. Does each system need to be coded separately to get the markers working?
Edited to add:- Coding both separately does work, although you still get the red cross as well as the diamond, which I wasn't expecting.

[Eric Walch]

I tried this format....

try every system as a separate object:

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mission.markSystem({
   system: (55),
   name: "my_oxp",
   markerColor: "cyanColor",
   markerScale: 1.5,
   markerShape: "MARKER_DIAMOND"
},
{
   system: (100),
   name: "my_oxp",
   markerColor: "cyanColor",
   markerScale: 1.5,
   markerShape: "MARKER_DIAMOND"
});

[Smivs]

Yes, I have and that does work.

Edited to add:- Actually, having just tried that, it doesn't work. What does work is

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mission.markSystem({
   system: 55,
   name: "my_oxp",
   markerColor: "cyanColor",
   markerScale: 1.5,
   markerShape: "MARKER_DIAMOND"
});
mission.markSystem({
   system: 100,
   name: "my_oxp",
   markerColor: "cyanColor",
   markerScale: 1.5,
   markerShape: "MARKER_DIAMOND"
});

The only surprise is that you get the red cross as well - I was expecting just the diamond.

[Eric Walch]

Sounds like a bug although I don't see any weird in the code.

[Smivs]

I did wonder about a possible bug, not that I can help much if it is.
Just to be clear by the way, when I refer to a red cross it is an 'X' rather than a crucifix-type cross.

[Eric Walch]

I can't reproduce.

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    mission.markSystem({
       system: 55,
       name: "my_oxp",
       markerColor: "orangeColor",
       markerScale: 1.1,
       markerShape: "MARKER_DIAMOND"
    },
{
       system: 100,
       name: "my_oxp",
       markerColor: "orangeColor",
       markerScale: 1.1,
       markerShape: "MARKER_DIAMOND"
    })

shows 2 orange diamonds. (My code from the first message has wrong () around the system numbers.)

[Smivs]

(My code from the first message has wrong () around the system numbers.)

Ah, I hadn't spotted that either. I just did a c&p. Yes, the above is working fine, (albeit with the red 'X').

[Eric Walch]

(albeit with the red 'X').

Is there not other code in your script that also places a red cross at the same time?

Or did you test it by pasting the code directly into the console.

[off-topic](Im just mentally preparing for the match of the orange against the blue/white that starts in a hour)[on-topic]

[Smivs]

(albeit with the red 'X').

Is there not other code in your script that also places a red cross at the same time?

Or did you test it by pasting the code directly into the console.

[off-topic](Im just mentally preparing for the match of the orange against the blue/white that starts in a hour)[on-topic]

No other code as far as I know. I'm actually checking that at the moment but am pretty sure there's not. Somehting must be causing it though, so I'll keep looking. I'm tweaking the script and re-starting rather than using the console.
[Off topic] Yes, me too. I hope it's a bit more two-sided than last night! [/off topic]

[Smivs]

Mystery solved!
I was using a Commander who had tested this mission before, and the save-file is the culprit. i'm getting a load of

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__oolite_legacy_destinations

like this

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	<dict>
	    <key>markerColor</key>
	    <string>redColor</string>
	    <key>markerScale</key>
	    <real>1</real>
	    <key>markerShape</key>
	    <string>MARKER_X</string>
	    <key>name</key>
	    <string>__oolite_legacy_destinations</string>
	    <key>system</key>
	    <integer>100</integer>
	</dict>

Using a virgin jameson, I just get the diamonds

[Cody]

Using a virgin jameson, I just get the diamonds

Damned useful, those virgin Jamesons! Go Holland!