Oolite Bulletins

Eric Walch wrote:

That is really daring: following an anaconda over that prolonged distance.

I don't know about daring... I do know that it took a very long time!

On the subject of sunskimming npcs... why? There is no reason for a ship to launch, then go sunskimming!

El Viejo wrote:

On the subject of sunskimming npcs... why? There is no reason for a ship to launch, then go sunskimming!

Perhaps they forget to buy fuel, launch and can't be bothered to dock again, like I did yesterday

Smivs wrote:

El Viejo wrote:

On the subject of sunskimming npcs... why? There is no reason for a ship to launch, then go sunskimming!

Perhaps they forget to buy fuel, launch and can't be bothered to dock again, like I did yesterday

Or they are on a tight budget and are saving every credit they can to pay the Monks before they default.

Cmdr. Maegil wrote:

Eric Walch wrote:

That blowing up is a bug of the anaconda pilot

If it's a bug, it shouldn't be affected by the feature freeze...

Probably you are right. I had the fix in my head for some time, and now I coded it up. ALL launching traders that have a sunSkimmer role in their role list will get a proper heat insulation on launch, and not only those immediately heading for the sun.
Than I created a new command for the enteringTrader.plist that allows to check if it is proper isolated. Only if true, they will start sunskimming. That will fix the last bad occasion when someone follow a launching trader through its wormhole and than goes sunskimming. A bit of a disappointment when the ship just burns up after prolonged following

Excellent... thanks Eric.

The response time is impressive. Thank you.

El Viejo wrote:

Excellent... .

The fix will be in tonights nighty. Keep in mind that when following a launching trader, only one out of three will start sunskimming. It works now correct and I could now follow the trader through its two wormholes. (entering the system where he sunskimmed and exiting it again inside the suns corona). Just one hint: when the player has heat shielding, the value is always 2. For npc ships it will be more like 3 to 4 and for a slow anaconda more like 7. So really following at the speed of the ships will be tricky. The player has to wait at greater distance and only dive into the corona when the ship is about to generate its wormhole.

I am still awaiting a nice screenshot of a player who managed to enter such a wormhole without cheating. (I cheated by keeping my temperature low with console commands during the tests, like below).

Great... I'll grab that tomorrow, and take a long cruise. I might disable Sensible Sun though.

Thank you, svn upped and made.
It's strange how these "bugs" never seem to end. As soon as things start to quieten down, along somebody comes with another anomaly in the code. The true never-ending story I suppose.

Gimi wrote:

Thank you, svn upped and made.
It's strange how these "bugs" never seem to end. As soon as things start to quieten down, along somebody comes with another anomaly in the code. The true never-ending story I suppose.

Ah, one of my childhood favourites...

Good film, lyrics to the song were utter gibberish however.
That said I rather like gibberish.

ClymAngus wrote:

Good film, lyrics to the song were utter gibberish however.
That said I rather like gibberish.

You do? Well that's splendid!

http://youtu.be/hU0QZQRTNr0

It that's your cup of tea, the universal translator must have malfunctioned here too, for real, poor girls.

http://youtu.be/ZJ4shANmIN8

ClymAngus wrote:

Good film, lyrics to the song were utter gibberish however.
That said I rather like gibberish.

My first ever 7" single purchase I recall, 49p from Woolworths (I think)

CommonSenseOTB wrote:

ClymAngus wrote:

Good film, lyrics to the song were utter gibberish however.
That said I rather like gibberish.

You do? Well that's splendid!

http://youtu.be/hU0QZQRTNr0

It that's your cup of tea, the universal translator must have malfunctioned here too, for real, poor girls.

http://youtu.be/ZJ4shANmIN8

Hmm I think I prefer the first one. The second one reminds me of sharks circling an injured whale.

Still, scrunching scrotal throaty monkey, force eight whisky trouser greasing presently banana ferret ate Wednesday.

ClymAngus wrote:

CommonSenseOTB wrote:

ClymAngus wrote:

Good film, lyrics to the song were utter gibberish however.
That said I rather like gibberish.

You do? Well that's splendid!

http://youtu.be/hU0QZQRTNr0

It that's your cup of tea, the universal translator must have malfunctioned here too, for real, poor girls.

http://youtu.be/ZJ4shANmIN8

Hmm I think I prefer the first one. The second one reminds me of sharks circling an injured whale.

Still, scrunching scrotal throaty monkey, force eight whisky trouser greasing presently banana ferret ate Wednesday.

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