[WIP] GalCop Missions

[Prester John]

I didn't know we could do that... And, besides, the instructions on how-to, mwell... [GRUMF!]
(grmldammmit_jgugkgkh_whydon'ttheyteachus_,ù$^ *ù*mm_inthebeginning_*$^ $ù*_forthenewbies***SNARL!)

I've been holding off putting explicit instructions in the mission text, going for a more generic "You must enter interstellar space -- manually -- from either [system], with your target system set to [destination], or from [destination], with your target system set to [system]." It just feels like it breaks mimesis to be telling the player behind the keyboard how to do something the player character should know how to do. But I understand your frustration. I might add a clue for the next release that can just be shown once to help players find the solution.

HAH! I feel better.

Well, that's good, right? Right?
<laughs nervously>

HAH! You, bad, bad, bad guy...

Anyway, YES!, thank you, it worked at the second time I tried.
However, I was not prepared for the BIG fight and, *boom!*.
Nevertheless, I re-loaded and re-tried again (yes, many times) to finally succeed to survive at the end. *PHIEW!*

[phkb]

Version 0.5.1 has just been released. Not a big update this time, just a small additional. After accepting your first mission to Interstellar space, you will receive an email offering some tips on how to get there and what to expect. This will hopefully assist new players who haven't forced misjumps in the past and don't know how to do it.

[Nite Owl]

Minor bug has cropped up in the Latest Log. Was actually there in the previous version as well but did not get around to reporting it before v0.5.1 was released.

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16:24:28.902 [script.javaScript.exception.notDefined]: ***** JavaScript exception (GalCopBB_CargoMonitor 0.5.1): ReferenceError: whom is not defined

Thank You once again for a wonderfully enhanced game.

[phkb]

Minor bug has cropped up in the Latest Log. Was actually there in the previous version as well but did not get around to reporting it before v0.5.1 was released.

Version 0.5.2 is now available, which should sort this out.

[Rustem]

Question about spawning routines in conception this pack:

1. All assassins should be has initial bounty equals null?

2. Assume the assassin from hit team has null bounty. In the near witchpoint a police may be set him the some bounty due to attack a player ship. Then in the next player jump this assassin should be has latest bounty?

3. Also above questions to assassin's escort (some assassin has escort).

Initial bounty can be influence to encounter with assassins, if a hunters or police present in the witchpoint, sometime player can got protect from police.

[phkb]

1. All assassins should be has initial bounty equals null?

Is it null or zero? If it's null it should probably really be zero. In either case, assassins in the core game start with a bounty of zero, and I've followed that logic here.

Then in the next player jump this assassin should be has latest bounty?

It should, but only if the assassin followed the player through their wormhole. Looking at my code for the hit teams, I'm not storing any change in bounty the individual ships might receive while fighting the player, so if the player escapes and meets up with them a few jumps later, they'll all have their bounty reset to zero. I might expand the code to include the capture of bounty changes in a future release.

The same applies to the escorts.

Initial bounty can be influence to encounter with assassins, if a hunters or police present in the witchpoint, sometime player can got protect from police.

You can get some protection from police if your bounty is also zero, but it's not always guaranteed. Sometimes it depends on how your ship is viewed by the game - if you've kept your nose clean, and are known as a good, reliable trader, the police might take your side. But if you're known to engage in illicit trade or piracy, even with a clean status, the police might take the other side.

[Rustem]

1. All assassins should be has initial bounty equals null?

Is it null or zero? If it's null it should probably really be zero. In either case, assassins in the core game start with a bounty of zero, and I've followed that logic here.

Looked the 'oolite-populator' script. So, a bounty not reset for assassin role to zero, its will loads from shipdata(or setting by ship script), if its present.

... I might expand the code to include the capture of bounty changes in a future release.

I think, not required this option, its rare event in this hit team's scenario.

[phkb]

Version 0.5.4 has been released. In this version:

• Improved logic for adding ships to a system.
• Fixed invalid reference error when generating missions.
• Better use of new functions available in later versions of Oolite.
• Corrected use of samplePrice method.

[Nite Owl]

A mission type that was previously unseen by me cropped up; Defend Satellites. The first satellite to defend was at another planet about 7000 kilometers away from the Main Station. Arrival was made in under the 5 minute attack limit by using my Torus Drive and avoiding combat on the way there. Once there the space telescope in question was located and ran parallel to for another 5 minutes. Nothing happened, no attackers, nothing to defend the satellite against even thought it still had its "**" designation.. Paused the game, checked in with Mr. Latest Log, and found the following repeating itself every 10 seconds:

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23:33:35.599 [script.javaScript.exception.unexpectedType]: ***** JavaScript exception (GalCopBB_Satellites 0.5.4): TypeError: this._satToDefend.script.orbiting is undefined

My guess (which is usually wrong) is that since the satellite was orbiting a planet other than the Main Planet the "orbiting" was undefined. Thank you once again for your many contributions to an ever expanding Ooniverse.

[phkb]

My guess (well, okay, it's not really a guess because I checked my code) is that I used the wrong variable name. It should be this._satToDefend.script._orbiting, not this._satToDefend.script.orbiting.

Thanks for the pickup and testing. New version on the way.

[phkb]

OK, version 0.5.5 is now available, which fixes the issue in the satellite mission.

[gilhad]

Hello, I downloaded the new version of Oolite about moth ago and had some problems with GalCop Missions 0.5.5.

I found (and fixed for me) this typo and than it was better

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--- a/oolite.oxp.phkb.GalCopMissions.oxp/Scripts/galcopbb_derelict.js
+++ b/oolite.oxp.phkb.GalCopMissions.oxp/Scripts/galcopbb_derelict.js
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ this.systemWillPopulate = function () {
 							var checkShips = null;
 							for (var j = 1; j <= 5; j++) {
 								checkShips = system.addShips("trader", 1, pos, player.ship.scannerRange);
-								if (checkShips) derelict = [0];
+								if (checkShips) derelict = checkShips[0];
 								if (derelict) break;
 							}
 							if (derelict) {

[Nite Owl]

Now that the forum is back up and running well enough to read and post let me thank you phkb for your fix to the satellite mission. During the forum downtime this mission was run by me very successfully with a large number of credits as a reward. Thanks again for keeping us entertained.

[phkb]

Thanks for the bug report, gilhad. I’ll confirm it and post an update.

Thanks again for keeping us entertained.

You’re welcome!

During the forum downtime this mission was run by me very successfully with a large number of credits as a reward.

Do you think the risk/reward balance was about right for the mission?

[Nite Owl]

The risk/reward balance for the Satellite Mission is spot on. Large amounts of credits are always welcome. This is especially true for this mission given that you have to scoot from planet to planet within a system in a 5 minute time frame. That time frame requirement forces you to ignore all other credit earning possibilities like bounty hunting and trading. Just my humble opinion but I have always thought that most missions pay out too few credits for the amount of time and effort that they ask a player to put into them. This pertains to both the native missions and those generated by the various mission OXZ's. It could also be the little old code tweaker in me typing this as fiddling about with small bits of code has become almost as much fun as playing the actual game.

So your mission only pays 5,000 credits?
Let us see where that is coded so an extra zero can be added.
Should not unbalance things too much.
Muw - Ha - Ha - Ha (Evil Laughter).