Deactivate in game expansion manager

[hiran]

Does someone know if it were a lot of work...
...to define a command line parameter that - if set - would hide the in game expansion manager?

It could be automatically set by OoliteStarter to prevent that two expansion managers are active at the same time.

Which file(s) would I have to touch?

[another_commander]

Given that the only way to access the Expansion Manager is via the startup screen menu, you should be able to gray-out the "Manage Expansion Packs" option so that it cannot be selected.

You could start by finding where in the code the text "Manage Expansion Packs" appears. That should be the point where you start looking for how the menu entry is set up and compare it with a different grayed-out skippable menu entry to find out what you need to change in order to disable the one of interest to you.

[Wildeblood]

Does someone know if it were a lot of work...
...to define a command line parameter that - if set - would hide the in game expansion manager?

It could be automatically set by OoliteStarter to prevent that two expansion managers are active at the same time.

Which file(s) would I have to touch?

I don't about all that technical stuff, but you can easily hide it by dropping a descriptions.plist into AddOns. I've done it before, and just confirmed it still works.

{
"oolite-start-option-5" = ""; // " Manage All Those Sexy Expansion Packs ";
}


[another_commander]

I don't about all that technical stuff, but you can easily hide it by dropping a descriptions.plist into AddOns. I've done it before, and just confirmed it still works.

{
"oolite-start-option-5" = ""; // " Manage All Those Sexy Expansion Packs ";
}


Problem with that is that you can still enter the Expansion Manager by navigating in the gap and pressing Enter. Although the option is not visible, the selection is still possible.

[hiran]

I don't about all that technical stuff, but you can easily hide it by dropping a descriptions.plist into AddOns. I've done it before, and just confirmed it still works.

{
"oolite-start-option-5" = ""; // " Manage All Those Sexy Expansion Packs ";
}


Problem with that is that you can still enter the Expansion Manager by navigating in the gap and pressing Enter. Although the option is not visible, the selection is still possible.

Then let's prevent that by labelling it 'Format C:>'

[Wildeblood]

I don't know about all that technical stuff, but you can easily hide it by dropping a descriptions.plist into AddOns. I've done it before, and just confirmed it still works.

{
"oolite-start-option-5" = ""; // " Manage All Those Sexy Expansion Packs ";
}


Problem with that is that you can still enter the Expansion Manager by navigating in the gap and pressing Enter. Although the option is not visible, the selection is still possible.

Oh, I see what you mean, navigating with the arrow down key. I didn't try that; it's my habit to click on the line with the mouse pointer. The empty string definitely makes it too small a target for the mouse pointer to find. I only mention it because Hiran wrote the other day that part of his Starter works by adding and removing an OXP anyway.

[hiran]

Given that the only way to access the Expansion Manager is via the startup screen menu, you should be able to gray-out the "Manage Expansion Packs" option so that it cannot be selected.

You could start by finding where in the code the text "Manage Expansion Packs" appears. That should be the point where you start looking for how the menu entry is set up and compare it with a different grayed-out skippable menu entry to find out what you need to change in order to disable the one of interest to you.

I'll take a look.

[hiran]

Does someone know if it were a lot of work...
...to define a command line parameter that - if set - would hide the in game expansion manager?

It could be automatically set by OoliteStarter to prevent that two expansion managers are active at the same time.

Which file(s) would I have to touch?

I don't about all that technical stuff, but you can easily hide it by dropping a descriptions.plist into AddOns. I've done it before, and just confirmed it still works.

{
"oolite-start-option-5" = ""; // " Manage All Those Sexy Expansion Packs ";
}


Seems like you are making use of the i18n features. A grep as a_c suggested revealed this:

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$ grep -r "Manage E" *
Resources/Config/descriptions.plist:	"oolite-start-option-5"			= " Manage Expansion Packs ";
$ 

But searching for the key does not reveal too many opportunities either:

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$ grep -r "oolite-start-option-5" *
Resources/Config/descriptions.plist:	"oolite-start-option-5"			= " Manage Expansion Packs ";
src/Core/Entities/PlayerEntity.m:	text = DESC(@"oolite-start-option-5");
$

It leads to this line: https://github.com/OoliteProject/oolite ... ty.m#L9931
If I commented out 9929 - 9934 I'm still not sure it cannot be selected or activated. Where does the menu control happen?

Just for curiosity I looked at Universe.m but also here I cannot make out some clear menu control code. I'm afraid I am stuck.