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Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:52 pm
by DredgerMan
cim wrote:Bug confirmed in 1.76.1 (and probably previous versions too). Presumably never spotted before because all the warnings that requires_cargo_space was useless meant that it never got used in OXPs. I will add another line to those warnings, I suppose.
Already fixed in trunk because Eric's changes to make requires_cargo_space actually require the cargo space make it impossible to fill your hold too full.
I've committed a fix for it to the 1.76 maintenance branch. Since this is currently the only bugfix in that branch since the release of 1.76.1 it's unlikely that there will be a 1.76.2 soon, so you should probably remove the requires_cargo_space line for now (or update your requires.plist to 1.77 and maintain two separate versions for a while)
I've removed the offending line, restarted and with another repair system and a full load crashed into the station again. Apart from a slight headache, the repair system is still there.
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:54 pm
by DredgerMan
Thargoid wrote:OK I've updated to v2.09, basically with temporary removal of the 2t requirement. I'll put it back in again (and reverse the reversal) when 1.77 comes out as I don't want to maintain two versions.
Thanks for the assistance and expert bug-finding 
Hear hear for me too!
I thought the next stable version was going to be 1.78? I think i read somewhere that stable versions were even-ended and trial versions odd ended?
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:23 pm
by DredgerMan
Ok, good news is that someone lobbed a hardhead at me, I died and upon restarting I still had the repair system. Yay!
Bad news is that I died. Again.
Ok, that's it. Purity or not, I am going to get myself a Python. They at least can stand up to a hardhead without getting overly damaged, even without mil shield. Cobbies are good, don't get me wrong. But I refuse to turn tails on a git who thinks he is da man by throwing hardheads around.
Pythons rock!
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:14 pm
by Smivs
They do indeed, but rather slowly.....
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:36 pm
by DredgerMan
Smivs wrote:
They do indeed, but rather slowly.....
How many bricks have you seen win a race in the Olympics, eh? They don't have to be the fastest around. Just make the impact when necessary.
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:05 pm
by Smivs
Don't get me wrong - I like Pythons. I flew one for quite some time and loved every minute of it
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:42 am
by Thargoid
Can you take this meeting of the python fanclub to another thread please?
The nanobots are trying to get some sleep
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:47 am
by DredgerMan
Thargoid wrote:Can you take this meeting of the python fanclub to another thread please?
The nanobots are trying to get some sleep
Will try to do so, Thargoid. But the Pythons aren't the fastest of movers so it may take a while.
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:31 am
by Neelix
That 2 tonne cargo requirement just about drove me mad... I had been playing with RB 2.09 under 1.77.1 and never knew anything about it. When I upgraded to 1.80 I installed the oxz version of RB 2.10 not expecting it to be any different, then I couldn't for the life of me work out why my cargo capacity was down by 2 tonnes... It doesn't help that there is no reference to it on the wiki either.
Eventually found it by opening each OXZ in turn and inspecting the equipment.plist
- Neelix
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:28 pm
by Thargoid
It's listed in the readme file of the OXP, which unfortunately in the new OXZ format is a bit lost in the filing.
When I get some time I'll have to go through the wiki pages and update them to add that kind of information, or perhaps host the readme's somewhere else and link them separately.
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:46 pm
by Lone_Wolf
Thargoid,
i'm thinking of introducing loss of functionality for my shield cycler devices.
Maybe repairbots could be changed to handle partial repairs ?
Example :
SC device is down to 60 %
every 5 seconds repairbots increase SC device functionality by 2 % until it's 100% again.
The time and increase could be fixed, or configurable (preferred) by equipment oxps.
If OxpConfig is used for this, you could also allow users to change repair settings, maybe even set priorities.
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:24 pm
by Zireael
Lone_Wolf wrote:Thargoid,
i'm thinking of introducing loss of functionality for my shield cycler devices.
Maybe repairbots could be changed to handle partial repairs ?
Example :
SC device is down to 60 %
every 5 seconds repairbots increase SC device functionality by 2 % until it's 100% again.
The time and increase could be fixed, or configurable (preferred) by equipment oxps.
If OxpConfig is used for this, you could also allow users to change repair settings, maybe even set priorities.
This would be better handled by another OXP, IMHO. It could be named PartialRepairBots
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 4:14 pm
by Thargoid
It wouldn't be compatible with how RB works.
It's not designed to deal with sliding scale equipment, only binary fixed/broken items.
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:31 pm
by vsfc
Hi Everyone!
Posting from the thread
http://oolite.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16965
I have a question regarding Self Repair System. I noticed that every time I launch from the station with broken equipment it uses one recharge. So if I re-dock several times I pretty quickly run out of recharges and nothing will be repaired. Is it correct behavior?
Thanks a lot!
vsfc
Re: RepairBots OXP
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:11 am
by Diziet Sma
Well, it is, and it isn't, "normal" behaviour..
My guess is, it's stuck on trying to fix one particular item that it's having trouble with.. I've noticed that, although it picks a broken item at random from those available, once it's chosen one, it will obsess on trying to fix that item, rather than giving up and trying something else, if it can't fix it. I've had it do this trying to "repair" a ship's cat..
You may have to bite the bullet and pay to get whatever the problematic device is, fixed.