Oolite Bulletins

Lone_Wolf wrote:

What do you intend to do with the decrease in laser temperature during the rotation time ?

Both stopping the decrease and continuing will imo require an explanation/handwavium.

(No idea if it's possible to stop the decrease temporarily)

spara wrote:

How about allowing the rotation of the weapons only if they are cooled down? Would make sense to me.

Lone_Wolf wrote:

The this.playerBoughtEquipment code looks weird to me.
It almost seems as if it immediately removes the equipment everytime it's bought AND gives a full refund.
Note : i haven't looked yet at the 1.77 equipment scripts, so it's possible i misunderstand how those work together with the worldscript.

Lone_Wolf wrote:

Also your this.something naming could lead to problems, check https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12149 (especially page 3).

Lone_Wolf wrote:

As for the pricing : I have a feeling both may be to low, and there should be a bigger gap between low budget and pro version.

Apart from a higher break down for the LB version, you could also link the breakage chance to the cost of the laser setup.
example :
pulse lasers should have a low breaking chance as they are relatively simple/cheap.
military lasers and mining lasers should have a much higher chance.

Lone_Wolf wrote:

The this.playerBoughtEquipment code looks weird to me.
It almost seems as if it immediately removes the equipment everytime it's bought AND gives a full refund.
Note : i haven't looked yet at the 1.77 equipment scripts, so it's possible i misunderstand how those work together with the worldscript.

• Add a different damage probability to the LB and HQ version, leading to the LB version getting damaged three times as othen as normal equipment. The HQ version is more stable than normal equipment.
• Add different sounds for both versions. The sounds are now split into start, loop and ending sound, thus allowing for a variable length of rotation.
• The description of the lowcost device has been altered to sound like a cheap translation of a non-native speaker, like the descriptions often to be found in cheap imitations of products.
• Add a different rotation time for both versions of the WR. The HQ device now rotates quite fast, while the LB device drags endlessly.
• Add an operation counter, remembering the number of invocations. This is currently used in the refund calculation. It will in future also determine the malfunction probability of the LB device.
• Increase the prices and add a bigger gap between both devices. Inexperienced pilots won't be able to get the original equipment to early.
• Use special crosshairs indicating the rotation direction. The new crosshairs consist of 4 arrows in a row, in either left or right direction.

• Fix the check of the equipment presence. Due to a misunderstanding the function EquipmentInfo.infoForKey("EQ_XXX") had been used to determine, whether an equipment is present. This is wrong, it justs reveals, if the equipment is known at all to Oolite. To find out whether it is attached to the ship, we have to use player.ship.equipmentStatus. This created an issue in the playerBoughtEquipment event, leading to an unwanted refund when repairing a damaged WR. It also messed up the initialization process, leading to the wrong equipment being used at startup.
• Rename custom functions to _XXX. While this is not really a bug it is still best practice and avoids future collisions with new event handlers.

• The code has been added to github: https://github.com/hmb/weapon-rotator-oxp

Josef wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:30 pm

Hi everybody,
does anybody know, how much that equipment costs and at what TL it is possible to buy it?

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