Station Approaches and manual docking

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:42 pm

@Micha:

WinXP.

Post by **Micha** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:18 pm

@pagroove:

Here you go:
[edit]Link pulled - if anybody else wants it, send me a PM[/edit]

Let me know if you have any problems - there's readme files in the package.

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:00 am

Send that man a beer, I'll pay!

Thanks matey

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:17 am

Hey man !!!! Thnx. Shouldn't it be on the test releases page of Oolite EDIT> (I've seen the readme now and the answer is no ) though?
and now back on topic. Gonna try the docking things soon!

But 1000th times thanx

Post by **another_commander** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:13 am

Just wanted to say that, although Micha has been a member of the dev team for a while now, we cannot provide support for an unofficial release. Anyone using the package linked to above does so at their own risk.

Post by **Micha** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:46 am

I mention in the readme that this package is unofficial (in BIG LETTERS)

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:04 am

Micha wrote:
I mention in the readme that this package is unofficial (in BIG LETTERS)

Aaaaah, the age-old problem that nobody reads readMe's...

Post by **Micha** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:53 pm

Having now managed to test the package on another machine I discovered that there's a couple of DLLs which needed updating/replacing. I've also added the required DTDs in the case where your machine can't access them online.

Also changed the titlebar version string to highlight the fact that this is an unofficial version.

Package is at Rev2 now - same URL just updated filename. PM me if you want the full link.

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:30 pm

Excellent this approach control. Just docked at Tionisla. Traffic was heavy and a Trader crashed on approach and because of that the station declared an emergency and my docking slot was withdrawn. Also excellent to wait till the launching tubes are cleared!

Just an add on suggestion: could this also be reversed so that you have to ask launch clearance. Now it is so that the controllers know that there are ships in the launch queue but shouldn't they also know when you want to take off?

Post by **another_commander** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:36 pm

pagroove wrote:
Just an add on suggestion: could this also be reversed so that you have to ask launch clearance. Now it is so that the controllers know that there are ships in the launch queue but shouldn't they also know when you want to take off?

Veto on this. It would be extremely frustrating having to wait for traffic to move every single time you must launch. During testing, I had many times 6 or more ships in the queue. I would never want to subject a player to such kind of standby.

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:39 pm

mmm you are right I think. I understand. It would certainly slow down gameplay. Anyway it is excellent already

Post by **Micha** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:49 pm

Launch clearance already exists in a way - your ship clock is is wound forwards by 10 minutes whenever you launch. So while its not explicit you can imagine it happening.

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:05 am

Micha wrote:
Launch clearance already exists in a way - your ship clock is is wound forwards by 10 minutes whenever you launch. So while its not explicit you can imagine it happening.

Which is by the way--Selezen made a remark in this direction as well--much more Elitey. You know, that old the-important-part-of-the-gameplay-happens-in-your-head thing.

FSOneblin · Post by **FSOneblin** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:29 am

another_commander wrote:
No, not for every planet. You do it once in the universal section of planetinfo.plist

Ok, now that it is out 1.72, where could I find the planetinfo.plist?
FSOneblin

LittleBear · Post by **LittleBear** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:10 am

In the Config folder (which is in Reasorches, which in turn is in Oolite.app).