Re: Lengthy planet descriptions
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 9:11 am
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Revisions of "Oolite JavaScript Reference: SystemInfo"
Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 6:54 am
This was added to https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolit ... SystemInfo during development of Oolite 1.81:
Revision as of 00:24, 16 November 2018
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function '''setProperty'''(key : String, value: String, layer: Number [, manifest: String])
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function '''setProperty'''(layer: Number, key : String, value: String [, manifest: String])
My question is, did the implementation of this method change, or was the wiki showing incorrect information for more than three years?
Almost three and a half years later, this change was made:Revision as of 20:36, 4 July 2015
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=== <code>setProperty</code> ===
{{oolite-method-added|1.81}}
function '''setProperty'''(key : String, value: String, layer: Number [, manifest: String])
This lets you set properties with more control than provided by writing directly to <code>systemInfo.property</code>. <code>layer</code> is the layer from 0 to 3 that the change should be applied at, as in [[planetinfo.plist]]. Layer 2 is the default layer for Javascript-initiated changes, but 3 may be used for changes absolutely crucial for OXP functionality.
Revision as of 00:24, 16 November 2018
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function '''setProperty'''(key : String, value: String, layer: Number [, manifest: String])
+
function '''setProperty'''(layer: Number, key : String, value: String [, manifest: String])
My question is, did the implementation of this method change, or was the wiki showing incorrect information for more than three years?
Re: System statistics
Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 7:05 am
layer has been the first parameter in this method since its entry into the codebase in October 2014. It looks like the wiki had it wrong for a while.
Edit: Also, key is named
Edit: Also, key is named
property in the code.Spurious Planetinfo.plist descriptions?
Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 6:45 pm
Thank you, a_c.
Moving on to planetinfo.plist, and...
https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Planetinfo.plist mentions properties of:-
6.9 Percent Cloud
6.10 Percent Ice
6.11 Percent Land
But, Resources/Config/planetinfo.plist contains:-
cloud_fraction
no mention of ice
land_fraction
And, I can also see a polar_cloud_color, which isn't mentioned on the wiki page?
Moving on to planetinfo.plist, and...
https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Planetinfo.plist mentions properties of:-
6.9 Percent Cloud
6.10 Percent Ice
6.11 Percent Land
But, Resources/Config/planetinfo.plist contains:-
cloud_fraction
no mention of ice
land_fraction
And, I can also see a polar_cloud_color, which isn't mentioned on the wiki page?
Re: Spurious Planetinfo.plist descriptions?
Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 7:09 pm
If you dig around inside SOTL Altmap, there might be other unmentioned goodies in there too.Wildeblood wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 6:45 pmThank you, a_c.
Moving on to planetinfo.plist, and...
https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Planetinfo.plist mentions properties of:-
6.9 Percent Cloud
6.10 Percent Ice
6.11 Percent Land
But, Resources/Config/planetinfo.plist contains:-
cloud_fraction
no mention of ice
land_fraction
And, I can also see a polar_cloud_color, which isn't mentioned on the wiki page?
Re: Spurious Planetinfo.plist descriptions?
Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 7:37 pm
Ya, ones cim made up.Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 7:09 pmIf you dig around inside SOTL Altmap, there might be other unmentioned goodies in there too.
(I have the impression it's little understood that one can store any arbitrary information one wants to in planetinfo/system.info, as an alternative to mission variables. Perhaps I'll have some suggestions for possibilities later.)I'm hoping to make a definitive list of properties actually implemented in Oolite as of 1.90/1.91, and correct/update the wiki in the process. Really, if someone could point me to where in the Oolite source planetinfo.plist gets parsed, that would be swell.
Re: System statistics
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2025 8:29 am
AND ANOTHER THING!
I've discovered, to my chagrin, that planetinfo.plist has baked the planet's name in to the description in most systems. (!?)
I've discovered, to my chagrin, that planetinfo.plist has baked the planet's name in to the description in most systems. (!?)
Re: System statistics
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2025 10:56 am
Yes, I found that too. But was using v.0.3 so was going to say nothing until I'd tried v.0.5...Wildeblood wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 8:29 amAND ANOTHER THING!
I've discovered, to my chagrin, that planetinfo.plist has baked the planet's name in to the description in most systems. (!?)
Re: System statistics
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 1:03 am
First quick look led me here: ResourceManager.m, lines 1821-1865Wildeblood wrote: ↑Wed May 07, 2025 7:37 pmReally, if someone could point me to where in the Oolite source planetinfo.plist gets parsed, that would be swell.