Oolite Bulletins

Massively Locked wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:58 pm

Alnivel wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:59 pm

It seems like it can only be fully relied upon for managed OXPs…

Do you mean that it doesn't work for OXPs in the AddOns dir? I have my Station Bulletins OXP in AddOns, and it's picked up. I also have another OXP in there which is deliberately disabled and doesn't show up.

Reval wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:40 am

Does anyone happen to know the syntax for saving and loading an array?

(tried the obvious

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missionVariables.someArray = this.$someArray;

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this.$someArray = missionVariables.someArray;

but no joy of course.)

missionVariables.someArray = JSON.stringify(this.$someArray); // to save

this.$someArray = JSON.parse(missionVariables.someArray); // to load - if there is no such mission variable, this.$someArray will be null

Redspear wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:59 pm

Trying to achieve a very simple effect but not sure how to go about it.

Upon exiting a wormhole/entering a system, I'd like the player ship to have an initial heading approximating that of the local star/sun instead of that of the main planet.

A little bit of randomisation thrown in so that it's always somewhere in the vicinity of rather than ever directly aimed at the star.
The the player would then both have to use the compass to target the planet and also get some sense of the system they'd just arrived in.

There's performFaceDestination but I want the player ship to be aligned immediately upon arrival, just like they currently are with regards to the planet.

this.shipExitedWitchspace = function () {
    if (!system.sun)
        return;

    var rotationToSun = system.sun.position.direction().rotationTo([0, 0, 1]);

    // Rotation to the main planet from witchpoint is the identity quaternion (no rotation)
    // But the player ship has some random initial rotation
    // By multiplication we add this rotation to the rotation to the star
    var  ps = player.ship;
    ps.orientation = ps.orientation.multiply(rotationToSun);
};

this.shipExitedWitchspace = function () {
    if (!system.sun)
        return;

    var rotationToSun = system.sun.position.direction().rotationTo([0, 0, 1]);

    var maxDeviationAngle = 1; // in radians, doubled

    rotationToSun = rotationToSun.rotateX((Math.random() - 0.5) * maxDeviationAngle);
    rotationToSun = rotationToSun.rotateY((Math.random() - 0.5) * maxDeviationAngle);

    player.ship.orientation = rotationToSun;
};

Alnivel wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:38 am

You can directly set the player's ship orientation:

Alnivel wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:55 pm

Is there a way to distinguish if a player is entering a witchspace by their own hyperdrive or through someone else's wormhole? (Preferably on a ship's "playerWillEnterWitchspace" event)

Redspear wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:13 pm

Alnivel wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:55 pm

Is there a way to distinguish if a player is entering a witchspace by their own hyperdrive or through someone else's wormhole? (Preferably on a ship's "playerWillEnterWitchspace" event)

You could try adding a non-visible piece of equipment if playerStartedJumpCountdown, testing for its presence on shipWillEnterWitchspace then doing whatever you need to do, before removing when either shipWillExitWitchspace or playerCancelledJumpCountdown occurs.

Alnivel wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:51 pm

use a world script variable instead of a piece of equipment.

Alnivel wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:51 pm

Thank you!

Switeck wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:33 pm

Do like I do -- find an existing OXP that uses a worldscript and stuff it there, with bonus points if there's already a playerStartedJumpCountdown section in it.