Oolite Bulletins

LittleBear wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:48 pm

I could add a naming scheme along the lines of "GSS Daring", "HMS Audacity" etc for the next version.

LittleBear wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 5:16 am

Pretty much there now with making Beta 1.5 fully support Strangers World.

Stranger's World breaks almost every other astronomical OXP in Oolite as it does not make any tests to see if another OXP is modifying a star system. This can be a big problem as it changes literally every star system in the game.

*Main orbital (replacement) stations (Eg: Globe, Torus)
These are suppressed by Strangers World and never show.
But some do! Such as the one off's (Riredi) and others such as Transhab

*Extra orbital stations (Eg: Superhub, Nuit, Nephthys, Lave Academy, Mandotech, Taranis, Galactic Navy)
These seem to work fine

*Stations added by relative coordinates:
(i) Solar stations (Eg: CZGF, SLAPU, Solar Station, Kiota Solar)
As the sun has been moved stations such as SLAPUs and Kiota Solars which should be near the sun are flung out into deepest space.
(ii) Other stations. (Eg: other Kiota stations, Aquarian Shipbuilding Corp. HQ)
SW moves stations even when they are not orbiting a planet. The Kiota stations in particular are not so far out but with SW it can take 20 minutes of real-time game play to reach them even at Torus Speed. That effectively takes them out of the game as it becomes too much of a chore to reach them. This is a shame, as these stations have tweaked markets meaning one can normally do a bit of in-system trading.

*Missions (relying on stations or ships being where placed by the mission oxp: eg GalCop Missions)
Unless the ship or station has a beacon, SW will break the mission as the information given about location will no longer match reality.
This is why one can find that (eg) Telescope shows as many as three suns! All other OXZs including very old ones such as Lave, Diso and Riredi add planets / moons on start up. On launching Strangers World adds its own moons / planets and moves them, but makes no checks for existing OXP added planets or moons. It can therefore move a planet to a space occupied by an existing planet or moon. Oolite won't let two objects occupy the same space, so the moon or planet added by another OXZ is destroyed, but its beacon remains as a 'Ghost'. That is quite a major problem when missions have been scripted to add targets near a planet or moon. The ships will still appear at the co-ordinates, but as the mission text refers to a planet which no longer exists the player has no way to find the ship and no idea where to look.

*OXP's adding planets or moons (eg Lave OXP, Diso OXP, Assassins Guild)
SW may well add extra planets and moons in addition to those added by the OXP's.

*Other OXP's generating in-system activities (eg In System Taxi and In System trading).
Planets and moons where you may be told to take your fare (or stations orbiting planets or moons) are now so far away that either you cannot actually get there within the time limit or if you can, it now takes so long that gameplay wise it isn't worth taking the missions.

LittleBear wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:03 pm

I haven't worked out how to use the expansion pack manager, so if anyone is able to add it to the Manager then please feel free to do so.

LittleBear wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:43 pm

I have a log-in but:-

1) I cant seem to upload a .oxz file to the wiki as it will only accept .png, .jpeg etc.
2) How do I put a URL in the Manifest folder, when I don't know the url until I've uploaded the whole file including the manifest?