Oolite Bulletins

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 3:37 pm

1) Latest.log
The relevant oxp's if required are listed here

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13:18:24.946 [shipData.load.error] -[OOShipRegistry(OODataLoader) canonicalizeAndTagSubentities:] (OOShipRegistry.m:970): ***** ERROR: the shipdata.plist entry "relop_aspX_navy" has unresolved subentity relop_engineWT.
13:18:25.315 [shipData.load.error] -[OOShipRegistry(OODataLoader) removeUnusableEntries:shipMode:] (OOShipRegistry.m:1020): ***** ERROR: the shipdata.plist entry "relop_josher-player" specifies non-existent model "relop_josher.dat".
13:18:25.581 [shipData.load.error] -[OOShipRegistry(OODataLoader) removeUnusableEntries:shipMode:] (OOShipRegistry.m:1020): ***** ERROR: the shipdata.plist entry "relop_josher" specifies non-existent model "relop_josher.dat".
13:18:25.936 [shipData.load.shipyard.unknown] -[OOShipRegistry(OODataLoader) loadAndMergeShipyard:] (OOShipRegistry.m:879): ----- WARNING: the shipyard.plist entry "relop_josher-player" does not have a corresponding shipdata.plist entry, ignoring.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 3:37 pm

3) I found a derelict Scrub, surrounded by just a handful of life-boats (full of individuals from other, different systems), booty and lots of pirates. I was able to dock with it (despite ILS repeatedly trying to send me to the wrong end of the ship). My requests for landing permission were refused without reason, but the dock let me in. The market worked despite its dereliction and I was able to buy some goodies. And then left.

What happened to the thousands of people on board? Where did they all go? Why did the landing bay work? And why did the markets work?

All-in-all a most bizarre experience.

cbr wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 3:42 pm

Cool, sounds like murghy's law in action!

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 3:37 pm

1) Latest.log
The relevant oxp's if required are listed here

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:20 am

Nothing in current latest.log, but I'll keep my eyes peeled!

Thank you for putting all the work and effort into these - they really add to my game.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:20 am

More Musings:
1) Scrub: Ship names seem unlikely - they are randomly named by the Random Names oxp and there are no clan relevancies that I've yet seen.

2)BroadcastComms really ought to elicit appropriate responses from Scrubs, Missionaries, Refugee Adders, Boyracers etc.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:20 am

3)Just visited a SLAPU (in Strangers World - so 15,000km from anywhere) and found 3 refugee adders and another waiting to launch according to Station Dock Control. Seems odd.

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:03 pm

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:20 am

Just visited a SLAPU (in Strangers World - so 15,000km from anywhere) and found 3 refugee adders and another waiting to launch according to Station Dock Control. Seems odd.

It’s odd, bus since for now they are role’d trader, they can pop be drawn into any oxp scenario that calls for it. Maybe it would be better if they had their own population script and left trader stuff alone.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:17 pm

I do think that a refugee script would make sense.

Also, to tie their appearance in with GNN news events, and then have droves leaving over time, fleeing to local systems, and maybe moving on as they are shooed away by the locals.

How would pirates interact with them? Presumably by forcing them to go to a local pirate base where they could be firstly fleeced and then sold as slaves...

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:20 am

2)BroadcastComms really ought to elicit appropriate responses from Scrubs, Missionaries, Refugee Adders, Boyracers etc.

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:03 pm

Would you maybe have a great example of an oxp that does this very successfully that I could study?

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 5:43 pm

To the very best of my knowledge the only other OXPs which actually use Broadcast Comms are

1)Tionisla's TOGY - for getting information on the deceased for whom the memorial is a memorial (works really well on those malevolent moai monuments)
2)GalCop Missions - try a couple!

Thou, thy munifence, shalt be the very first since the August and Admirable Admiral himself to weave it into another OXP doing something else. Thou shall be blessed. Thy name will be shouted from the rooftops with huzzahs, hurrahs and harrumphs. I'd really better stop there

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:20 am

1) Scrub: Ship names seem unlikely - they are randomly named by the Random Names oxp and there are no clan relevancies that I've yet seen.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 11:20 am

2)BroadcastComms really ought to elicit appropriate responses from Scrubs, Missionaries, Refugee Adders, Boyracers etc.

Old Murgh wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:49 pm

I would really like to do this, incorporate custom fluff for several of the character types for many response scenarios. but.. being essentially a pretender in programming, it looks rreally intricate.

"use strict";
this.name = "myWorldScriptName"; // the name of your script, not necessarily the name of the file

this._bcc = null; // holds a reference to BCC

this.startUp = function() {
	// grab a reference to the bcc worldscript, if it's installed
	if (worldScripts.BroadcastCommsMFD) this._bcc = worldScripts.BroadcastCommsMFD;
	// if BCC isn't installed, remove our shipSpawned function, as it doesn't need to run
	if (!this._bcc) delete this.shipSpawned;
}

this.shipSpawned = function(ship) {
	// look for a ship with a particular primary role being spawned
	if (ship.primaryRole == "scrub") {
		// found one!
		this._bcc.$createMessage({
			messageName: "myScrubMessage_" + clock.adjustedSeconds, // a unique ID for this message
			displayText: "Transmit special message", // what to show in the BCC MFD
			messageText: "This is the message that will be transmitted", // the actual text of the transmission,
			ship: ship, // pass the reference to the ship that has just spawned
			transmittionTarget: "target", // this message is for a particular ship, not a general broadcast
			callbackFunction: this.$transmitCallback.bind(this, ship), // the function that is called once the player sends the message, and includes the ship reference as a parameter
			deleteOnTransmit: true, // true here means the message option will disappear from the BCC MFD after transmission
			delayCallback: 2, // number of seconds to wait after transmission before sending the reply
			hideOnConditionRed: false // false here means that the message option will always be available, regardless of any combat
		};
	}
}

this.$transmitCallback = function $transmitCallback(ship) {
	// we get here after the player has send the message, and after whatever delay was requested
	ship.commsMessage("This is the response to the message the player sent", player.ship);
}

phkb wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:39 am

Hopefully not too intricate!

I think you've got your spawning functionality in the planetinfo.plist file. Because we then don't have a direct reference to a particular ship, we're going to need another way to pick them up. The worldScript event "shipSpawned" is probably the best option. The script file below needs to be referenced in "world-scripts.plist" in order for the worldscript events to trigger.