Oolite Bulletins

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 4:08 pm

I do see your point. But.
1) We are talking about an OXP, not the core/vanilla game.
2) We can probably redo some of the maps (if it is that important).
3) We are talking about Galaxy 4. How many people can name even 10 of the 256 systems in Galaxy 4? How many people will notice a missing system? And how many will care, honestly? If they do care, they won't download it - or they won't keep it after they have played through the mission.

Anyway, at the end of the day it is not utterly important. But I am interested in the programming limitations of Oolite and the extent to which Selezen's original concept can be modelled in the game as it stands.

2 thoughts on the matter:
i) The 256 planets in the core code seems to be the issue. If that could be overwritten (as so many things can) then it would be an easy fix (I presume). Do you suppose that the 256 limit is a major one to circumvent?

ii) If it is a major pain in the unmentionables to do anything about it, then maybe we should consider "knocking out" several systems in each Galaxy - delete them from maps, from wiki etc - and reserve them for oxp use. We can then have Thargoid bases, lose races and all sorts of excitement, and it will be so much easier for people to create these.

Would it not be wonderful to have lore (like that around Raxxla) which could then be brought into life. Discovering lost planets! Discovering lost civilisations! Etc, etc.

maik wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:03 pm

I seem to recall a conversation from a few years back about appropriating planets in an OXP and how that could cause trouble if the same planet was receiving treatment by two unrelated OXPs. Does someone with a better brain for these things maybe have more detail so we can see if this is still relevant today?

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 8:39 pm

maik wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:03 pm

I seem to recall a conversation from a few years back about appropriating planets in an OXP and how that could cause trouble if the same planet was receiving treatment by two unrelated OXPs. Does someone with a better brain for these things maybe have more detail so we can see if this is still relevant today?

There is a page on the wiki for this: List of Planets used in OXPs: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/List_o ... ed_in_OXPs

It is linked on the OXP howto page.

maik wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 11:25 pm

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 8:39 pm

maik wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:03 pm

I seem to recall a conversation from a few years back about appropriating planets in an OXP and how that could cause trouble if the same planet was receiving treatment by two unrelated OXPs. Does someone with a better brain for these things maybe have more detail so we can see if this is still relevant today?

There is a page on the wiki for this: List of Planets used in OXPs: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/List_o ... ed_in_OXPs

It is linked on the OXP howto page.

Ah yes, it was likely created as part of that conversation, but is easily left outdated.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 12:29 am

maik wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 11:25 pm

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 8:39 pm

There is a page on the wiki for this: List of Planets used in OXPs: http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/List_o ... ed_in_OXPs

It is linked on the OXP howto page.

Ah yes, it was likely created as part of that conversation, but is easily left outdated.

https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12166: List of Planets used in OXPs (July 2012 - date of wiki page creation)

hiran wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 9:31 pm

How could one retrieve the list of planets in Oolite?
I guess that would not be inside an OXP but maybe a plist on the core game?

./Applications/Oolite/oolite.app/Resources/Config/planetinfo.plist

hiran wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 9:31 pm

Next would be to identify how an OXP 'overwrites' a planet.

.../Config/planetinfo.plist

hiran wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 9:31 pm

If both these bits of information are automatable it could be a whiff to....
Anyone interested?

hiran wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 9:37 pm

hiran wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 9:31 pm

How could one retrieve the list of planets in Oolite?
I guess that would not be inside an OXP but maybe a plist on the core game?

Code: Select all

./Applications/Oolite/oolite.app/Resources/Config/planetinfo.plist

hiran wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 9:31 pm

Next would be to identify how an OXP 'overwrites' a planet.

Code: Select all

.../Config/planetinfo.plist

(see http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/OXP_howto and http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Planetinfo.plist)

hiran wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 9:31 pm

If both these bits of information are automatable it could be a whiff to....
Anyone interested?

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 11:01 pm

Apologies: I'm not sure that I understand what you are saying!

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 12:29 am

maik wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 11:25 pm

[...]
Ah yes, it was likely created as part of that conversation, but is easily left outdated.

https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12166: List of Planets used in OXPs (July 2012 - date of wiki page creation)

hiran wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 3:50 pm

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 11:01 pm

Apologies: I'm not sure that I understand what you are saying!

Ok, maybe I am a bit too fast. Situations like this are very close to my earth-based day job.

The question that came up is which OXPs overwrite which planets, since (I guess) if multiple OXPs overwrite the same planet the result may be not clearly defined. Therefore we'd need an overview to properly handle conflicts.
Someone already created such an overview as you can see here, but...

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 12:29 am

maik wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 11:25 pm

[...]
Ah yes, it was likely created as part of that conversation, but is easily left outdated.

https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12166: List of Planets used in OXPs (July 2012 - date of wiki page creation)

...that page was last updated when it was actually created - which means no one maintained it and thus was outdated in the very moment it was published on the wiki. Who would go through the fuss and update such a page regularly?

Now I am already able to automatically scan OXPs for stuff - I could - with little enough effort - have the code to create a report of planets and overwriting OXPs, similar like the existing list but created within minutes. No manual effort required once the code is stable.

However I will create it only if there is demand.

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 9:20 pm

hiran wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 3:50 pm

However I will create it only if there is demand.

Thinking about this. If we get drowned in a morass of files/information, it probably won't do too much good. I would guess that only a minority of OXPs actually do any of the 3 things on the list. And I don't even understand what the second one refers to (I probably need to wade through the pages of the thread where Smivs discusses it), if I can understand the relevant chunks!

cbr wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 8:35 am

Did any ships from the Storm shipyard 'ever' appear?

Storm wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:13 pm

Hi folks,

As I mentioned in the Show and Tell, I have decided to start my own thread for revealing my various works in progress. To start off with, here are some thumbnails linked to pictures of the ship I am calling the Hyena Class Escort.