Hello Guys,
Maybe an odd one this, but how do you suppress the background terminal when starting the game? Are there additional 'switches' I can put in the executing path of my desktop menu config?
It's good for debugging/slight cheating (see ship population), but it would clutter my taskbar/desktop less if just the game terminal opened...
Hello Guys,
Maybe an odd one this, but how do you suppress the background terminal when starting the game? Are there additional 'switches' I can put in the executing path of my desktop menu config?
It's good for debugging/slight cheating (see ship population), but it would clutter my taskbar/desktop less if just the game terminal opened...
You can always run it as: '/path/to/Oolite/oolite &' and then close the terminal window...
You can always make a desktop shortcut (in gnome, right click the Desktop, then choose 'Create launcher', fill in the details (Name: Oolite, Command: oolite) and do not check the 'Run in a terminal' option. Then you won't get the terminal. Of course, you won't get a log either if it crashes (although I expect you can make the command 'oolite > $HOME/oolite.log')
I thought everyone played full screen anyway and wouldn't see that
I thought everyone played full screen anyway and wouldn't see that
I would play full screen, but Oolite crashes every time I Alt+Tab to the desktop or another application. Thus, I play in windowed mode at 1024x768 (which doesn't fill up my widescreen monitor) so that I can easily go to another application if I need to (again, I have to be careful not to minimize Oolite window, because that will also crash the game).
I suspect the crashes have something to do with my dual core processor / WinXP or some other such variant, because it is not only Oolite that crashes this way, but also a certain program called Wings 3D. No other program does this, however...
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You can always make a desktop shortcut (in gnome, right click the Desktop, then choose 'Create launcher', fill in the details (Name: Oolite, Command: oolite) and do not check the 'Run in a terminal' option. Then you won't get the terminal. Of course, you won't get a log either if it crashes (although I expect you can make the command 'oolite > $HOME/oolite.log')
I thought everyone played full screen anyway and wouldn't see that
Cheers Winston
Well, I am operating from a 'remaster in waiting' (chroot) using Knoppix 5.0.1, Gnome desktop only
Yes, I'm sticking Oolite on it too!
As for full screen, I would normally play also (nvtv out on humble Nvidia TNT). However,I've yet to include 3D gfx support but will create a 'nvidia.ko' from a hdd install and copy it over.
Now if could just get the main menu to do the same... (/usr/lib/menu /usr/share/menu)....
I used the auto package to install Oolite 1.65 in Ubuntu (dapper 6.06). Yes, I get the background terminal, too. It gives a lot of helpful information, if you care to look at it. But I usually don't care to look at it, so I minimize it or I move it to another desktop. I prefer to play Oolite windowed, so moving it to another desktop is what I usually do. Sometimes I can't resist the urge to see if there are Thargoids in the system, so I look in the terminal log. That's my only beef with the terminal log. It makes it way too easy to see which kinds of ships are in the system. Sometimes I just can't help myself.
When I play Oolite at home on my Windows PC, I also get a terminal window, but it is blank and never shows any information. I just minimize it.
That's my only beef with the terminal log. It makes it way too easy to see which kinds of ships are in the system. Sometimes I just can't help myself.
