Oolite Bulletins

Killer Wolf wrote:

saying that tho, there's potential for a spin off idea here : what about these items having a "bounty" : because these things are very rare i reckon if you chance across one you could take a pic of it and be paid for it by news companies when you dock.

Killer Wolf wrote:

saying that tho, there's potential for a spin off idea here : what about these items having a "bounty" : because these things are very rare i reckon if you chance across one you could take a pic of it and be paid for it by news companies when you dock. this could be done perhaps by simply positively identifying one (by getting its reading up after using the 'R' key) or by adding a new key that simply spoofs a gun camera (could the screenshot key be adapted to work as normal but also check the ships/objects directly in front of you? that way you'd actually HAVE the pics to post here too!). When you dock you get a message screen praising you and saying the newscorp/whoever has paid you <the bounty value> for the pics.
this would add the ability for people to add random objects/creatures (like the butterflies, maybe my wasps), and it may also allow for missions ~ fly in and get the Navy a pic of the new Thargoid base, etc.

Thargoid wrote:

Although this could be a hard-disk eater if scripted wrongly and suddenly you're taking a snapshot every 0.25s...

another_commander wrote:

Thargoid wrote:

Although this could be a hard-disk eater if scripted wrongly and suddenly you're taking a snapshot every 0.25s...

And a performance punisher, too. It is true that some attention will be needed when using this.

Eric Walch wrote:

another_commander wrote:

Thargoid wrote:

Although this could be a hard-disk eater if scripted wrongly and suddenly you're taking a snapshot every 0.25s...

And a performance punisher, too. It is true that some attention will be needed when using this.

Pictures with a 1/4 second spacing still give a very bad movie.

But a nice feature to automatic take a picture from the final shot that killed your target. And maybe a few others pictures from the explosion after it.

another_commander wrote:

Test oxp for the new feature here:
http://terrastorage.ath.cx/Marmagka/7a2 ... ptTest.zip

another_commander wrote:

- Enter station for debriefing. If you have done it right, the message "Photo taken: true" will appear.

Killer Wolf wrote:

"nice going, Ansel, don't give up your day job >:-( "

does this OXP register that the object is actually in frame? what happens if you taget the bouy, get w/in the req'd distance but then, eg, rotate 90 degrees? The JS just seems to check for a radius distance but i'm no JS expert!

Killer Wolf wrote:

"nice going, Ansel, don't give up your day job >:-( "

does this OXP register that the object is actually in frame? what happens if you taget the bouy, get w/in the req'd distance but then, eg, rotate 90 degrees? The JS just seems to check for a radius distance but i'm no JS expert!

this.activated = function()
{
	var s=this.ship;
	
	player.consoleMessage("Photo shot.");
	
	takeSnapShot();
	if (s.target && s.target.primaryRole == "buoy")
	{
        var inRange =  s.target.position.distanceTo(s.position) - s.target.collisionRadius < 8000;
        var centered = (s.heading.angleTo(s.target.position.subtract(s.position)) < 0.01); // angle in rad.
        if (inRange && centered)
        {
            worldScripts.photoCamera.photoConfirmed();
        }
	}
}

Killer Wolf wrote:

this is looking like it might be some really good stuff for missions etc. is there a tolerance that can be built in that means the object could be in the foreward view cone rather than "precisely" centred ~ how precise are we talking, will it get annoyingly fiddly to "precisely" line up a moving taget, etc?

... < 0.01); // angle in rad.