Oolite Bulletins

Fatleaf wrote:

Brilliant. Works now and it was worth the wait

Thanks, I hoped people would see it as worth the wait . Whoever did that one is an absolute genius, I love the 'David Bovie' part, too Too funny.

Edit: I've tried looking into the documentation, but to no avail, however, I'll give due credit where credit is due: Thargoid, Dr Nil, Ark, DaddyHoggy, et al, your acuity, imagination, and cleverness cannot be matched!
<prostrates himself, humbly>

CommRLock78 wrote:

Edit: I've tried looking into the documentation, but to no avail, however, I'll give due credit where credit is due: Thargoid, Dr Nil, Ark, DaddyHoggy, et al, your acuity, imagination, and cleverness cannot be matched!
<prostrates himself, humbly>

I'm pretty sure that one was Dr Nil, but it was a long time ago ...

Thargoid wrote:

Something a little different - a couple of subtract-ons. They basically take away a couple of the features of YAH, which some people have reported that they aren't so keen on for various reasons.

YAH Constore Remover 1.00 OXP and YAH Witchpoint Override 1.00 OXP.

The former basically removes the constores (and their nav-buoys) from the game, and the latter does likewise for the witchpoint billboards (replacing them with the default buoy, or any other buoy model OXP you may have installed).

You can install either or both, and of course you also need YAH installed with at least one ad-set (well OK actually you don't, but without it the other two are rather pointless ).

Has anyone ever considered making an oxp that puts the advertisements inside the docking bays of stations? While I'm not too fond of the constores or billboards, I like the advertisements and think they would look good plastered all over the walls inside main station docking bays.

CommonSenseOTB wrote:

Has anyone ever considered making an oxp that puts the advertisements inside the docking bays of stations? While I'm not too fond of the constores or billboards, I like the advertisements and think they would look good plastered all over the walls inside main station docking bays.

I like the sound of this, problem is that different stations use different docking bay models, so you'd have to change all of them! But the core game has 3 docking bay models that could have the textures changed to include the ads...

I just found in the log: It means that the picture will stay black on mac systems under Oolite 1.77. That picture has to be re-saved with interlace off. I just add it here pro-memory and I fixed it in my version now. And also to bump this thread a bit up.

Thanks Eric - I think Dr Nil still hosts the original sets - but he hasn't been here, since <Obi Wan Kenobi mode> oh, before you were born </Obi Wan Kenobi mode>

I've got a lot of Storage space on Box now (thanks to my wife downloading the Box app on her Android phone) so I guess I could download them and host them there (with the fix).

Er, how often are ConStores actually supposed to turn up? I've been traversing Galaxy 2 for several months with YAH + YAH sets B-F, and while I've been regularly spotting billboards at the station buoy and witchpoint beacons I've yet to spot an actual ConStore in all its glory...

Have you looked behind you? On exit from witchspace, make sure you're facing the planet, and pitch around 180°. Generally speaking, they're about 30-50km further out beyond the witchpoint beacon. Or you could toggle through your ASC to find it, assuming you use one.

Diziet Sma wrote:

Have you looked behind you?

Found at a constore. Should it be upgraded to the new name?
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Tricky wrote:

Found at a constore. Should it be upgraded to the new name?

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    ELITE:
   DANGEROUS

- coming soon -

Don't bother with the coming soon part. By the time we get enough ads to make Pack H, Elite Dangerous will have been out for six months!

Diziet Sma wrote:

Have you looked behind you?

"It's behind you!"
/pantomime

Diziet Sma wrote:

On exit from witchspace, make sure you're facing the planet, and pitch around 180°. Generally speaking, they're about 30-50km further out beyond the witchpoint beacon. Or you could toggle through your ASC to find it, assuming you use one.

I have been checking through my ASC and have yet to locate it. I'll keep looking.

Haven't seen one yet either, but I looked through the textures and the models on the opening screen, and thought, "Hey, there are two Star brand stores. Maybe I should change one of those..."

I figured, as there are parodies of North America and European stores, how about a parody of an Asian store? So I changed the flashing storefront sign and the (default) Sidewinder security ship textures into parodies of the Japanese store chain FamilyMart, making GalaxyMart:


(Of course it still says it's a Star security. When I try to change that, the station disappears. Not sure what I'm missing there.)

For those who are (if you still are; I just discovered Oolite about three days ago!) interested in the textures (the ABC lettering changed to "X" for ambiguity's sake), you can get them here: http://www.keeper1st.com/pics/oogmart.zip

I'll have to work on making a texture for the replacement Sidewinders, too... I just noticed and downloaded those tonight.

Anyway, as for potential new ads... What came to my mind was one that advertises the publication of Who is this God Person Anyway? -- the latest book by Poolitzer-winning author, Oolon Colluphid (I mean, c'mon, his name even starts with "Oo"!). Another possibility (perhaps replacing one of the animated signs on a Constore) is a recreation of the animated billboard for Zik-Zak ("Know Future") in Max Headroom.

Hello,

is ok if when I'vedocked in a Star Con Store I read this message in the ship and system interfaces screen?:
"no interfaces are installed on your ship or enabled at this station".

My ship is a Merlin.

Thank you!
Marco