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Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:09 pm
by CaptSolo
El Viejo wrote:CaptSolo wrote:Sorry for not replying sooner but my account was suspended for awhile.
Do you mean yesterday, CaptSolo? The forum was down, not your personal account.
If the forum was down would it say, "This account has been suspended"? I posted an image that might have had legality issues. I really should have known better. When this happened it struck me and straightaway removed it from public viewing. It will never happen again.
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:11 pm
by Cody
"This account has been suspended" is exactly the message that we all got, so I don't think it was anything you did.
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:56 pm
by CaptSolo
I am relieved. Being a member on several BB's this is the first time I received such a message. Muchas gracias El Viego.
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:01 am
by Cody
De nada... I like your website, but you should update your comment in the news section.
Oh... I apologise for the slight thread derailment, McLane.[wry smile]
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:13 am
by Commander McLane
El Viejo wrote:Oh... I apologise for the slight thread derailment, McLane.[wry smile]
Am I not the one always saying that on these boards a thread isn't a thread until
its derailment has been derailed?
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:56 am
by CaptSolo
El Viejo wrote:...you should update your comment in the news section.
Done.
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:19 pm
by Fatleaf
I just installed this oxp and I really liked it up to the point of taking out my mark in Random Hits. It seemed every time I destroyed his ship I got the message that he has been killed in an unexplained accident. I removed NPC Shields and everything was fine. Any ideas what the problem is?
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:42 pm
by Commander McLane
Fatleaf wrote:I just installed this oxp and I really liked it up to the point of taking out my mark in Random Hits. It seemed every time I destroyed his ship I got the message that he has been killed in an unexplained accident. I removed NPC Shields and everything was fine. Any ideas what the problem is?
Not off the top of my head, but I'll investigate.
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:03 pm
by ZygoUgo
I wuz ponderin meself wether once the sheilds being of the deplety-bobbed variety, that per'aps a subtle like effect of the 'fireworks' inclination might be a bit phantasmagorifical, in the likings of the sparky metals, so I might say, m'lud..
*curtsies
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:51 pm
by Commander McLane
Fatleaf wrote:I just installed this oxp and I really liked it up to the point of taking out my mark in Random Hits. It seemed every time I destroyed his ship I got the message that he has been killed in an unexplained accident. I removed NPC Shields and everything was fine. Any ideas what the problem is?
I just got around to testing it with Random Hits 1.4.7, and everything was fine. I was correctly credited for my kill.
What version of Random Hits are you using?
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:04 pm
by Fatleaf
Commander McLane wrote:What version of Random Hits are you using?
1.4.9 It might have been a glitch I will try it again with another hit. The Mark was flying a Tiger mkII iif it helps in some way.
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:36 pm
by Commander McLane
No, you're right.
The proof-of-concept versions have a bug which will interfere with Random Hits (and probably other OXPs). I just uploaded version 1.0 which fixes the bug. You find it
![[EliteWiki]](/images/elitewikismall.png)
on the Wiki.
NPC-shields 1.0 also includes a way for ship designers to exclude their ships from getting shields. Please read the Wiki or the readMe.
I also re-uploaded
Generation Ships.oxp and
Flying Dutchman.oxp, because these ships are not supposed to have shields, and are excluded via the new method.
Re: NPC shields [release]
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:02 pm
by Fatleaf
Brilliant. I will try it out tonight. Let you know how I get on.
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:35 pm
by Switeck
Commander McLane wrote:NPC-shields 1.0 also includes a way for ship designers to exclude their ships from getting shields. Please read the Wiki or the readMe.
I saw this in the if statement that decides whether an NPC ship should have shields or not:
|| (ship.scriptInfo.npc_shields && ship.scriptInfo.npc_shields === "no")
I'm a bit of a loss how both those could be true at the same time. Does the first one (ship.scriptInfo.npc_shields) mean not null rather than "yes"?
Re: NPC shields (proof-of-concept OXP)
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:06 pm
by Commander McLane
Switeck wrote:Commander McLane wrote:NPC-shields 1.0 also includes a way for ship designers to exclude their ships from getting shields. Please read the Wiki or the readMe.
I saw this in the if statement that decides whether an NPC ship should have shields or not:
|| (ship.scriptInfo.npc_shields && ship.scriptInfo.npc_shields === "no")
I'm a bit of a loss how both those could be true at the same time. Does the first one (ship.scriptInfo.npc_shields) mean not null rather than "yes"?
The first tests whether the key exists, and the second checks its value. If you'd use only the second you'd get an error message in the log for each ship that doesn't have the key (= almost all ships).