RELEASED Famous Planets Expansion pack 1- Spaceway L1

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:53 pm

Famous planets expansion pack 1: Release 09/11/2008

By: P.A. Groove

Credits

-Drew Wagar for reading and commenting on the texts/
-Svengali for script updating
-Lestradae for hosting
-Thargoid for help and engineering with the scripts
-Ahruman for development on Oolite in General and 1.72

-Capt Kev for System Redux

Contains:

- Textures for most important planets on spaceway L1 from Lave to Lerelace Custom planet descriptions for this planets
- Updated script (script.js) for 1.72 so that the System Redux work around is not needed anymore (please read the install instructions in the package)
- Updated planet texts for the F7 screen for ALL planets hopefully without spelling mistakes. These where pre-read by Drew Wagar. If you still see a mistake then mail me. I'm not a native English writer.
- Map for spaceway L1 and it's most important planets
- Art cards with the new planets

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WARNING: This is not a standalone OXP you need Famous planets_v1.1.oxp Therefore the directory included in this package does not has an .oxp extension. Read the installation instructions below on how to install.
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Brief description

The Spaceway L1 is the route that Loonly planet advices to traders that travel from Lave in the Old Worlds region to Lerelace in the Xexedi Cluster. See the wiki page (link below) for a more detailed description.

Installation Instructions v1.72

Installation instructions (IMPORTANT) > if you have Famous planets_v1.1. you can begin at step 2

1. This is not a stand-alone package so download and install Famous planets v1.1. at:
http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Famous_Planets_OXP

2. After installing v1.1. delete the System Redux config directory that is in the directory of Famous planets v1.1.

3. Unzip the contents of this package in the Famous Planets_v1.1. oxp directory.
For example: ( Oolite172/AddOns/Famous_Planets_v1.1.oxp).
It will then add only the new content into the existing oxp installation.

4. If you are on Oolite 1.65, 1.70 or on 1.71.1 then a last step is needed

Go into the Oolite/Addon/Famous_planets_v1.1.oxp/config
Open the Script.js file with a word editor. Go to line 72:

Change:

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if (this.fpCheck(system.ID) && player.ship.position.distanceTo(system.mainStation.position) < 12000) {

to

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if (this.fpCheck(system.ID) && player.position.distanceTo(system.mainStation.position) < 12000) {

Then save the file.

4(Optional) If your computer can take it you can choose to download FPXP1HD.zip[ and u extract the HD textures of XexediHD and LaeninHD in the texture directory of Famous Planets and set overwrite on Yes.
These are big textures but are very sharp!

5 Start Oolite with the SHIFT-key pressed until you see the spinning Cobra Mk3

And here you go: Oolite has expanded again.

Download links:

Main package with normal resolution textures
FPXP1 ... http://www.box.net/shared/static/deik8vvk8c.zip

HD textures for Xexedi and Laenin
FPXP1HD .. http://www.box.net/shared/static/3vp866n705.zip

Wiki page
http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Famous ... ion_Pack_1

Tested with:

-All the oxp mentioned in the read me of Famous Planets_v1.1.oxp -Oolite 1.70 up to 1.72 build (unofficial release)

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:53 pm

Map of the route

Ark · Post by **Ark** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:16 am

Nice job pagroove!!

Any future plans for Galaxy 2 (The planets that ionics mission pack takes place for excamble)

By the way the requires.plist in your expansion pack is inside config directory. Is that normal (forgive my ignorance if it is)

Captain Tylor · Post by **Captain Tylor** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:27 am

You guys are amazing
Keep the OXP`s coming cause i keep being blown away

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:26 am

By the way the requires.plist in your expansion pack is inside config directory. Is that normal (forgive my ignorance if it is)

mmm must be me. I was making a release directory before packaging so then the requires.plist is there. If the OXP works then leave it there. Oterwise this is a little fault of me.

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:37 am

I think it's just ignored in the Config-folder. So it won't do any harm. If you want it read by the engine, however, you have to place it in the first level, together with the Config-folder (and the rest of it).

Ark · Post by **Ark** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:38 pm

Commander McLane wrote:
I think it's just ignored in the Config-folder. So it won't do any harm. If you want it read by the engine, however, you have to place it in the first level, together with the Config-folder (and the rest of it).

If this is true i do not think that will cause any problem. I will cut & paste it in the first level just in case.
@pagroove: I do not think that there is a need for a new upload although that an advice in the instructions page in the wiki would be nice.
You can correct it in the second expansion pack

when? when? when?

drew · Post by **drew** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:29 pm

Will be downloading this later on..

Drew Wagnar

<whisper>It's Wagar!</whisper>

Cheers,

Drew.

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:25 pm

<whisper>It's Wagar!</whisper> Wink

Will correct it on the Wiki and such. If it's in the read me then sorry.

EDIT: just corrected it on this page and on the Wiki

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:28 pm

ou can correct it in the second expansion pack Wink when? when? when? Twisted Evil Twisted Evil

When I find the time to do it. But if anyone makes a nice .png file of a planet (in the same resoltuion as the famous planets) it goes faster, hint hint

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:37 pm

I'm in the proces of updated the Wiki. A.t.m. All planets of the expansion pack has its own Wiki page. Qitiri has a map. I'il make a map for every planet in the coming days

See:

http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Famous ... ion_Pack_1

And for Qutiri

http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Qutiri ... h_Guide%29

Even just adding is a lot of work. But nice it's there.

Post by **Micha** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:06 am

Looking gorgeous!

Ark · Post by **Ark** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:45 am

Micha wrote:
Looking gorgeous!

Now that I have travelled to all of them I can second that.

With one and only exception. The texture of Qutiri has a straight line (almost in the middle) that actually divides the texture into 2 parts. It is so noticeable that you can see it even if you open the texture from windows

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:00 pm

Hi Ark:

I will take a look at it and fix it next week. Alright?

Toran · Post by **Toran** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:08 pm

Just tried installing this pack with no success. Have posted in the PC forum
here.

Meanwhile decided to play around with the map provided with the expansion pack.

Basically, I took the map of Galaxy 1 and converted it to SVG format using Inkscape (available for free). SVG files are resolution independent so you can compress more information into a smaller area (although considerable use of the zoom button is required and you have to keep the geometry simple).

It's still a work-in-progress, and I'm struggling to find somewhere to upload it that works with SVGs (it should with the Oolite Wiki, but I'm not ready to put it on there). (See here for an example, but you'll need Firefox). Plus it's a monster of a file to edit.

Here is a section of it in PNG format with the Key:

I've taken the government symbols from the game and the SecCom icon from the Wiki (all credit to those due) but I had to simplify the economy icons.

Does anyone think this is worth pursuing? More to the point, does anyone have any suggestions for other routes to include?