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Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:25 pm
by cim
Just to say I really like this OXP. I just met a Sidewinder on escort duty called "O'Brien's Hyena".
Who was O'Brien? Why did they own a hyena? What made this hyena so important that the Sidewinder pilot named their ship after it, anyway?
I really like the OXPs that give the impression that there's a much bigger universe out there than you'll ever see (which Oolite is well suited to), and this one definitely does that.
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:11 am
by Duggan
Delighted to come across my outworld name within the ooniverse Nev/Neville...also noticed a Nev as a henchman in a eandom hits mark once,,Feels kinda weird having to take down my namesake out there in the vastness of space..Sometimes I just kill myself
I Christened my boat ..the Black Widow, though I don't recommend trying to smash a bottle of champagne on the Lap top...
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:47 am
by cim
Minor issue - some of the ships in Rescue Stations already have names, and this can overwrite them. I think if you avoid the role "rescue_freighter" and any name beginning "RRS " then that should be all of them.
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:15 am
by Duggan
Orbital Shuttle; Tired and Emotional
Gave me a giggle anyway
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:59 am
by onno256
Sweet OXP!
Greetz,
Onno.
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:18 am
by Greyth
I saw a ship called 'Of Course I still Love You'!
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:29 pm
by Commander McLane
cim wrote:Minor issue - some of the ships in Rescue Stations already have names, and this can overwrite them. I think if you avoid the role "rescue_freighter" and any name beginning "RRS " then that should be all of them.
Thanks. Will add them to the exclusion list.
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:06 pm
by CaptSolo
I no longer see Python Blackdogs named such on the STE, just Python followed by the name given by this OXP. I have even gotten close to get a good luck and did identify that it was indeed a Blackdog Python. This began about the time I added version 1.0 of this OXP. Could there be a causality or do I need to look elsewhere?
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:16 pm
by Cody
CaptSolo wrote:I no longer see Python Blackdogs named such
Are you using anything like the Griff's replace OXP, Solo? I've just noticed that the Blackdog is not specifically named in that
shipdata.plist (
it was in the all-in-one OXP). Nor does it specify escorts for the Blackdog either (I think).
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:21 pm
by Smivs
It's not named specifically as the 'Blackdog' in my shipset either...or the core game.
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:55 pm
by CaptSolo
El Viejo wrote:Are you using anything like the Griff's replace OXP, Solo? I've just noticed that the Blackdog is not specifically named in that shipdata.plist (it was in the all-in-one OXP). Nor does it specify escorts for the Blackdog either (I think).
I constructed a shipdata.plist copied from the bundled one and modified to render Griff's No Shader shipset. The Python Blackdog has:
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escorts = 2;
...
name = "Python";
roles = "pirate blackdog";
So Smivs is correct in stating,
Smivs wrote:It's not named specifically as the 'Blackdog' in my shipset either...or the core game.
Used to be whenever I encountered one STE would identify it as, "Python Blackdog". Cmndr McLanes OXP adds additional nomenclature. I have checked the log and my shipdata.plist but can find no errors. Will relocate the replacement shipset that I have been testing and see what happens.
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:02 am
by Cody
I probably modified my previous Griff all-in-one, then. I wouldn't notice now, as I don't have the ship type displayed at all with the Randomshipnames.oxp.
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:01 am
by Commander McLane
CaptSolo wrote:So Smivs is correct in stating,
Smivs wrote:It's not named specifically as the 'Blackdog' in my shipset either...or the core game.
Used to be whenever I encountered one STE would identify it as, "Python Blackdog".
Are you sure, CaptSolo? Perhaps you misremember?
The STE can only "identify" what is specified in shipdata as "name" or "display_name". As there is no name or display_name that contains the word "Blackdog", it is impossible that the STE identifies any ship as such (or ever has).
Secondly, randomshipnames works by
amending the originally displayed name. It doesn't replace anything.
So, if you don't have another OXP installed that changes the names of some Pythons to "Python Blackdog" by JS in the same way as randomshipnames does, I don't see how what you describe could happen. (Also, I am not aware of any such OXP.)
I'd say, perhaps take randomshipnames.oxp out and fly around for a while, and check whether you really see any ship named "Python Blackdog". I highly doubt it.
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:02 am
by Smivs
<Smivs puts his hands up>
Problem solved? I named the blackdogs as 'Python Blackdog' in the various incarnations of ToughGuys.
I should have thought of/mentioned this earlier - sorry.
I'm guessing that's where you've been seeing the name. What I can't explain is why you are no longer seeing this unless you've removed TG.
Re: Randomshipnames.oxp released
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:59 pm
by CaptSolo
Smivs wrote:<Smivs puts his hands up>
Problem solved? I named the blackdogs as 'Python Blackdog' in the various incarnations of ToughGuys.
I should have thought of/mentioned this earlier - sorry.
I'm guessing that's where you've been seeing the name. What I can't explain is why you are no longer seeing this unless you've removed TG.
Precisely the case. Recently started a new commander who was not prepared to deal with TG2 so that OXP was moved to Reserves folder one level down. My retired commander accumulated many days of flight time and not a few adventures even after becoming elite.
My apologies to Cmndr McLane for accusing your worthy OXP for causing a problem which is really not a problem.