RELEASED Famous Planets Expansion pack 1- Spaceway L1

[JensAyton]

(See here for an example, but you'll need Firefox)

Or Safari. Or Opera. In short, use a web browser, not Internet Explorer. :-)

[pagroove]

Hi I was taking a little rest so didn't notice your map. I also saw that you've tried to install it on 1.65? But it's for 1.71. and up.

But great map! I was looking to make a nice map myself but this is great with those clean fonts. The purpose of the map inside the package is to make it illustrated. Well definitely continue the work on this map One remark though Spaceway L2 (when I have the time and motivation to work on) is supposed to go to Zadies a planet in the center of galaxy 1 which is described in Multabilis.
Cheers,
P.A. Groove

[JensAyton]

Just noticed this:

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:

Changing the JS script will have no effect in 1.65.

[pagroove]

Thnx.

I will look at it this week in more detail

[JensAyton]

To be slightly less obtuse, the reason for that is that 1.65 doesn’t use JavaScript at all.

[Toran]

@Ahruman

Or Safari. Or Opera. In short, use a web browser, not Internet Explorer.

Yeah, I should have said use a proper web browser, one that actually is Standards-compliant ;-P

@pagroove

I also saw that you've tried to install it on 1.65? But it's for 1.71. and up.

Yep, that's sorted it. The planets are very pretty. Just checked back on the wiki page and it doesn't mention that it only works with 1.71 and up. Perhaps someone who is registered could add that?

I was looking to make a nice map myself but this is great with those clean fonts. The purpose of the map inside the package is to make it illustrated.

Quite, it's not worth adding the illustrations to the SVG map because it will only boost the file size and the pics will look kinda blocky when you zoom in. Current file size is a rather impressive 271KiB which is not bad for 4817x2304 image!

I also wanted a map that put L1 in context with the rest of the galaxy (didn't realise how far across it stretched) plus some way of route finding without cross referencing names and numbers from the spreadsheet.

Also, I was struggling to read some of the text in the package - what does it say next to Aronar? And is the Tibionis Cloud just a feature name, or another suggested route?

I've made sure it's easy enough to add details and extend routes (frequent use of separate layers) so extending L2 won't be a problem.

[Toran]

Actually, just registered on the Wiki and added the compatible version number to the Famous Planets page myself.

Figured I was going to register at some point, so why not now.

Have also uploaded the complete SVG image in a ZIP file (turns out the wiki isn't set to allow SVG files). Download it here.

[JensAyton]

Famous Planets 1.1 is broken. In planetinfo.plist, each "description" = "…" should be followed by a semicolon. As it is, the file can’t be parsed under OS X.

[pagroove]

You mean a semicolon directly behind the "? So ";

In this way?

"Description";
};

[Commander McLane]

Just open any built-in plist for reference. Like for instance planetinfo.plist:

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{
    "galactic_hyperspace_behaviour" = "GALACTIC_HYPERSPACE_BEHAVIOUR_STANDARD"; 
    "galactic_hyperspace_fixed_coords" = "96 96"; 
    "interstellar space" = {
        "sky_color_1" = (0, 1, "0.5"); 
        "sky_color_2" = (0, 1, 0); 
        "sky_n_blobs" = 128; 
        "sky_n_stars" = 480; 
    }; 
    universal = {
        "nebula_count_multiplier" = 1; 
        "star_count_multiplier" = 2; 
        "stations_require_docking_clearance" = no; 
    }; 
}

You see that every line has to be closed with a semicolon. So of course not after the "description", but after the following argument.

[pagroove]

Yep, that's sorted it. The planets are very pretty. Just checked back on the wiki page and it doesn't mention that it only works with 1.71 and up. Perhaps someone who is registered could add that?

Quote:
I was looking to make a nice map myself but this is great with those clean fonts. The purpose of the map inside the package is to make it illustrated.


Quite, it's not worth adding the illustrations to the SVG map because it will only boost the file size and the pics will look kinda blocky when you zoom in. Current file size is a rather impressive 271KiB which is not bad for 4817x2304 image!

I also wanted a map that put L1 in context with the rest of the galaxy (didn't realise how far across it stretched) plus some way of route finding without cross referencing names and numbers from the spreadsheet.

Also, I was struggling to read some of the text in the package - what does it say next to Aronar? And is the Tibionis Cloud just a feature name, or another suggested route?

I've made sure it's easy enough to add details and extend routes (frequent use of separate layers) so extending L2 won't be a problem.

I have to patch several things:

-some textures
-planetlist.info

What do you mean with Aronar?
Tibionis cloud is just a feature name. Not a route.


After the planetlist is patched then it will be compatible with 1.65 again.

[pagroove]

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{
      // Galaxy 1 Teraed Test

"0 99" =    // <-------    Teraed
{

       "description" = "Teraed became one of the largest Hubs on the North-East Quadrant of Galaxy 1. Travellers to Tianve often use it as a stop-over and trading point. Nowadays the planet is home of the largest aqua city in Galaxy 1 which can easily seen from space. The Galaxy Dome with 3.2 million seats (estimated) is one of the biggest Zero-G cricket venues in the sector."
};


"0 129" =    // <-------    Zaonce
{

       "description" = "The Galactic register called Zaonce a tedious place. They didn't correct it in later issues. Zaonce is therefore one of the best guarded fun-packed secrets of galaxy 1. The tourist will find  attractions like the monstrous Hurricane Kev, dominating a huge swathe of the northern hemisphere. The planet is also known for the Zaonce Autodrome, The Zanadoo Zoo and Chateau d'if and the perpetual parties going on in virtually every hotel on the planet."
};

Ok Cmnd McLane please be patient with me. Can you correct the above example code so that I can compare it with the original code. Then I can patch it. Thnx in advance.

[LittleBear]

You need a ; to close it. So the description = ends with "; rather than just "

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 "description" = "The Galactic register called Zaonce a tedious place. They didn't correct it in later issues. Zaonce is therefore one of the best guarded fun-packed secrets of galaxy 1. The tourist will find  attractions like the monstrous Hurricane Kev, dominating a huge swathe of the northern hemisphere. The planet is also known for the Zaonce Autodrome, The Zanadoo Zoo and Chateau d'if and the perpetual parties going on in virtually every hotel on the planet.";

rather than (no ; at the end)

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 "description" = "The Galactic register called Zaonce a tedious place. They didn't correct it in later issues. Zaonce is therefore one of the best guarded fun-packed secrets of galaxy 1. The tourist will find  attractions like the monstrous Hurricane Kev, dominating a huge swathe of the northern hemisphere. The planet is also known for the Zaonce Autodrome, The Zanadoo Zoo and Chateau d'if and the perpetual parties going on in virtually every hotel on the planet." 

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[pagroove]

Thnx.

That clears the case

I will patch it soon

[Toran]

@pagroove
There is some text in red next to Aronar which I can't read.


Have updated the SVG file on the EliteWiki here. It now shows all systems on L1 and L2, all the SecCom systems and 151 Ceesxe (the tech level 14 system).