Jona wrote: ↑Sat Nov 22, 2014 5:10 pm
Okay ... after clearing the cache, resetting my computer and reformatting my brain the Tiger Ray (formerly known as the Manta) is up and running in the game ...
I will set up a proper wiki page as soon as I have access, but please feel welcome to try the OXZ by clicking
here.
Enjoy (I hope) and please give me feedback!
This ship looks rather impressive to this dumb pilot!
Here's Jona's lore (from up-thread):
The TigerRay interceptor was developed as a short range fighter intended to offer affordable protection to remote outposts or merchant convoys. Following several failed prototypes, Hamilton shipyards came up with a design that was accepted by several major customers including the Federal navy. The combination of placing all major systems near or on the ship's centre line along with integration of the manoeuvre thrusters at the tips of the TigerRay's 'wings' resulted in an extremely agile fighter ideal for small ship combat. The downside of the design is that the emphasis on speed and manoeuvrability comes at the cost of a limited, one hardpoint weapon load out, no cargo capacity and relatively limited armour. Despite this the TigerRay has become a popular choice for pirates where several ships can form wolfpacks and overwhelm larger prey before accompanying freighters carry off the stolen cargo.
A manifest.plist (needed for the .oxz to run - details nabbed from the .js file)
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{
"identifier" = "oolite.oxp.Jona.TigerRay";
"required_oolite_version" = "1.79";
"title" = "TigerRay";
"version" = "1.0 alpha 1";
"category" = "Ambience";
"description" = "Short range fighter developed by Hamilton shipyards";
"author" = "Jona";
"information_url" = "https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=229820#p229820";
"license" = "CC BY-NC-SA 2";
}
A shiplibrary.plist (Jona's lengthy lore entered but commented out as it obscures the ship)
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(
{
ship = "TigerRay";
class = "ship";
summary = "oolite-ship-library-summary-LF";
//description = "The TigerRay interceptor was developed as a short range fighter intended to offer affordable protection to remote outposts or merchant convoys. Following several failed prototypes, Hamilton shipyards came up with a design that was accepted by several major customers including the Federal navy. The combination of placing all major systems near or on the ship's centre line along with integration of the manoeuvre thrusters at the tips of the TigerRay's 'wings' resulted in an extremely agile fighter ideal for small ship combat. The downside of the design is that the emphasis on speed and manoeuvrability comes at the cost of a limited, one hardpoint weapon load out, no cargo capacity and relatively limited armour. Despite this the TigerRay has become a popular choice for pirates where several ships can form wolfpacks and overwhelm larger prey before accompanying freighters carry off the stolen cargo.";
},
)
There are still issues with my AppleMac (latest.log):
11:46:58.618 [shipData.load.error] -[OOShipRegistry(OODataLoader) removeUnusableEntries:shipMode:] (OOShipRegistry.m:1014): ***** ERROR:
the shipdata.plist entry "TigerRay-player" specifies no roles.
11:46:58.639 [plist.parse.failed] OOPropertyListFromData (OOPListParsing.m:72):
Failed to parse /Users/accountname/Library/Application Support/Oolite/AddOns/TigerRay.oxp/
Config/shipyard.plist as a property list.
And from the AppleMac plutil's analysis of the Config/shipyard.plist:
Found non-key inside <dict> at line 21
There seem to be textures included for the pilot and his astrogation console!
More seriously this thought had crossed my mind, but why let physics get in the way of a fun design? In the ship description I'm making mention of complex computer control systems, minimal life support (so the centre of mass would be nearer the engine) and stabilizers and if it really annoys everyone it wouldn't be hard to add a stabilizer thruster to the model with it's own exhaust trail.
