Globe and Torus station updates

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Re: Globe and Torus station updates

Post by phkb »

OK, I can see part of the problem. Here's a screenshot:
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What I've done here is move the dock object a little further out from its current position. If you look at the wide, flat part of the dock, you'll notice you can still see the red and yellow warning paint. Theoretically, you shouldn't be able to see that, as the dock itself should be hiding it on that side.

What this means is, the entry port through the Tori model is too small for the dock model. To get things to line up right now, I'd need to reduce the size of the dock object so it more closely aligns with the entry port in the Tori model. But obviously, that won't fix the issue, as players are already struggling to get through the gap.

The other option would be to increase the size of the Tori model so that the entry port matches the existing dock size. I'll give this a try - if the increase required is only fractional, it might be an easy win.
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Re: Globe and Torus station updates

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OK, Torus Stations 2.2 is now in the manager. In this version:
- Corrected issues with dock size and docking port entry size mismatching.
- Reworked shipdata.plist to eliminate duplicate entries.
- Renamed Tori B to "Dual Torus Station".
- Updated shiplibrary.plist entries.
- Tweaks to the emission map.

Basically, what I did was swap out the Tori dock added back in 2014 (which was a Griff style dock) for the same dock model used in the Globe Station. I also increased the size of the Tori by around 5%, so that it fitted the dock model. Hopefully that fixes the docking issue for Boa CC's. Let me know how it goes.

Also, Globe Stations 2.1.2 is in the manager. In this version:
- Updated shiplibrary.plist entries.
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