Oolite Bulletins

another_commander wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:38 pm

Prester John wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:28 am

So, if I'm getting it right, the Dark Rainbow that I use in Oolite 1.84 does HAVE turrets?
errr.... ???

Not enirely on topic, but why are you still on 1.84? It is not officially supported anymore, v1.86 has already been out for a year and soon we will be having v1.88 out. I would fully recommend upgrading to the latest version.

Well, just for one reason : my computer is an 'old-age' computer. So, I'm afraid this new version wouldn't work fine for me.

Wiki page is now up for this (insert your favorite slang wording here): http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Dark_Rainbow

It could do with a screen-shot - and someone who wants to work out the stats putting them in!

I suppose that I should note that Hiran's indispensible "Index of artefacts" mentions that:
"Equipment: This expansion declares no equipment."
"Ships: This expansion declares no ships."

So am a tad unsure what it really is!

The neo-caduceus supposedly has a DCN: Damage Control Node.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 7:08 pm

I suppose that I should note that Hiran's indispensible "Index of artefacts" mentions that:
"Equipment: This expansion declares no equipment."
"Ships: This expansion declares no ships."

So am a tad unsure what it really is!

This is exactly one of the cases where the index pages are not complete. Check out http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Index_ ... s#Warnings, the Dark Rainbow is listed there. I have not yet started reading XML data, and am unsure whether I should add that feature or whether we should complete the initiative to migrate away from XML. Future versions of my pages will have a more explicit hint on this situation.

But to answer your question: As shipData.plist exists and has content, there is likely one or more ships contained.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 7:08 pm

Wiki page is now up for this (insert your favorite slang wording here): http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Dark_Rainbow

It could do with a screen-shot - and someone who wants to work out the stats putting them in!

I suppose that I should note that Hiran's indispensible "Index of artefacts" mentions that:
"Equipment: This expansion declares no equipment."
"Ships: This expansion declares no ships."

So am a tad unsure what it really is!

The neo-caduceus supposedly has a DCN: Damage Control Node.

Now that I added XML parsing, Dark Rainbow OXP still seems to not declare any ships. The reason is a syntax error in shipdata.plist. Thus for indexing the content is ignored, only a warning is created.

The OXP needs to be corrected.

hiran wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:29 pm

Now that I added XML parsing, Dark Rainbow OXP still seems to not declare any ships. The reason is a syntax error in shipdata.plist. Thus for indexing the content is ignored, only a warning is created.

The OXP needs to be corrected.

Original author (or, more properly, 'crafter') of this OXP here, after what looks like a 5-year absence ...

I have missed, for whatever reason, the notifications for the most recent posts in this thread. More broadly, I haven't noticed ANY notifications from this forum in a number of years. Well, it's amusing to find out it's alive and well, as it seems (thanks to an unexpected notification received yesterday ).

I believe there's a more recent format for OOlite add-ons ('OXZ' if memory serves me right). I don't intend to do any future maintenance on either format, but as it was the case a few years ago, I grant my full authorization to anyone willing to maintain / modify / re-publish this add-on as they see fit.

Cheers, and happy flying !!!

sdrubble wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:33 pm

I haven't noticed ANY notifications from this forum in a number of years.

The forum software no longer sends email notifications of PMs. It does however send email notifications of quotes (if enabled).
I believe it also sends email notifications of watched/subscribed threads (again, if enabled).

Cody wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:49 pm

sdrubble wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:33 pm

I haven't noticed ANY notifications from this forum in a number of years.

The forum software no longer sends email notifications of PMs. It does however send email notifications of quotes (if enabled).
I believe it also sends email notifications of watched/subscribed threads (again, if enabled).

Well, I missed the notifications for the posts made in this thread after 2018. And yes, I've checked - I remain subscribed to my own thread.

I may however be guilty of skipping checking of my email inbox every day... so that it's entirely possible that the notifications did arrive, but I failed to notice them before they ended up buried under overwhelming generic stuff.

Cheers, and thx for the info

sdrubble wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 9:06 pm

I missed the notifications for the posts made in this thread after 2018.

It's possible that was previously broken, but now works. Lose one, gain one, perhaps. To quote the Master and Commander...

... it's a bit of a rickety old ship, commanders.

To me it seems this is the essential message that should not get buried:

sdrubble wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:33 pm

hiran wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:29 pm

[...]
The OXP needs to be corrected.

Original author (or, more properly, 'crafter') of this OXP here, after what looks like a 5-year absence ...

[...]
I don't intend to do any future maintenance on either format, but as it was the case a few years ago, I grant my full authorization to anyone willing to maintain / modify / re-publish this add-on as they see fit.

Thank you for that confirmation.

Is there anyone with enough privileges/knowledge to take over?

Done. I've uploaded new versions of NeoCaduceus and Dark Rainbow, having converted the XML plists to OpenStep and corrected a couple of small things in each OXP. Now available through the manager.

Dark Rainbow cannot be downloaded. Mr. Latest Log gave the following reason.
NeoCaduceus downloaded with no problems. Thank You for your time and effort on getting these two OXZ's updated. It is much appreciated.

Nite Owl wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:47 pm

Dark Rainbow cannot be downloaded.

Dang. Sorry about that. I’ll fix it up shortly.

Nite Owl wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 5:47 pm

Dark Rainbow cannot be downloaded

OK, it should work now.