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Posted: **Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:03 pm**

FYI: Everything in planetinfo.plist (and indeed anywhere else in Oolite) is zero-based.

That's just the way computers work (or at least used to work in 1984).

Posted: **Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:42 pm**

Commander McLane wrote:
FYI: Everything in planetinfo.plist (and indeed anywhere else in Oolite) is zero-based.

OK. I just read a "15" as TL in the planetinfo.plist, and as this was the max value I knew for TL, I took it to be without offset. My fault - should have read the documentation.

Commander McLane wrote:
That's just the way computers work (or at least used to work in 1984).

Don't you tell me how computers run, young man. The systems stacked on my desk run the applications I wrote -- on top of the OS I wrote, so I know a teensy bit about 'puters.

And you should have seen the machine-that-once-was-a-C64 on which I ran Elite (ah, those were the times!)...

Yours, Christian

Posted: **Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:17 pm**

treczoks wrote:
Commander McLane wrote:
FYI: Everything in planetinfo.plist (and indeed anywhere else in Oolite) is zero-based.
OK. I just read a "15" as TL in the planetinfo.plist, and as this was the max value I knew for TL, I took it to be without offset. My fault - should have read the documentation.

Commander McLane wrote:
That's just the way computers work (or at least used to work in 1984).
Don't you tell me how computers run, young man. The systems stacked on my desk run the applications I wrote -- on top of the OS I wrote, so I know a teensy bit about 'puters.
And you should have seen the machine-that-once-was-a-C64 on which I ran Elite (ah, those were the times!)...

Yours, Christian

As a horder of C64s (I have 3 - operational units) I'd love to see your once-was-a-C64!

Posted: **Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:59 pm**

ok, where is my Final Cartridge... freeze...dump...cheat .-)

Posted: **Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:50 pm**

treczoks wrote:
Commander McLane wrote:
That's just the way computers work (or at least used to work in 1984).
Don't you tell me how computers run, young man. The systems stacked on my desk run the applications I wrote -- on top of the OS I wrote, so I know a teensy bit about 'puters.

From the film Excalibur 1981;

Merlin:Look at him.
Merlin: So beautiful.
Merlin: So quick.

<Merlin makes a grab for the fish, who in struggling causes him to fall back into the brook. He looks back at Arthur as he struggles to his bedrgaggled feet>

It's a nice little scene, commenting on the folly of pride.

Merlin: Remember......there's always something cleverer than yourself.

Posted: **Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:10 pm**

DaddyHoggy wrote:
As a horder of C64s (I have 3 - operational units) I'd love to see your once-was-a-C64!

Well, mine was a real mess. I replaced almost everything while designing new hardware - memory extensions, EPROM card, even an adapter to connect a WD harddisk controller. Well, and one sad day he died. My C64 is long since history...

Yours, Christian

Posted: **Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:53 pm**

treczoks wrote:
DaddyHoggy wrote:
As a horder of C64s (I have 3 - operational units) I'd love to see your once-was-a-C64!
Well, mine was a real mess. I replaced almost everything while designing new hardware - memory extensions, EPROM card, even an adapter to connect a WD harddisk controller. Well, and one sad day he died. My C64 is long since history...

Yours, Christian

A moment's silence <rudely interrupted by the braying of the 1541>

Posted: **Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:55 pm**

Svengali wrote:
ok, where is my Final Cartridge... freeze...dump...cheat .-)

And then, of course, they went ahead and made Final Cartridge II

Posted: **Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:12 pm**

CheeseRedux wrote:
Svengali wrote:
ok, where is my Final Cartridge... freeze...dump...cheat .-)
And then, of course, they went ahead and made Final Cartridge II

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Posted: **Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:14 pm**

CheeseRedux wrote:
Svengali wrote:
ok, where is my Final Cartridge... freeze...dump...cheat .-)
And then, of course, they went ahead and made Final Cartridge II

And then there were three

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Cartridge_III

Posted: **Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:50 am**

pmw57 wrote:
CheeseRedux wrote:
Svengali wrote:
ok, where is my Final Cartridge... freeze...dump...cheat .-)
And then, of course, they went ahead and made Final Cartridge II
And then there were three
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Cartridge_III

I didn't use my Final Cartridge to cheat - I used it to take images of games that took forever to load on cassette to dump an image onto a marginally faster 1541 5.25" floppy. (Of course this didn't work for any of the multi-load games - and I was a big fan of Epyx 'Games' series and Racing Destruction Set (which I did eventually rebuy on floppy)

Posted: **Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:59 pm**

I've got a minor announcement to make:

The first Galaxy Sector is completed. Well, at least uploaded completely. It will need a lot of polishing and refining, but for that I need YOUR feedback.

The starting point is here.

Some issues are already known - like having the Trading Guide regularly recommending firearms as a top business decision despite they are illegal in a wide range of systems...

Yours, Christian Treczoks

Posted: **Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:24 pm**

Treczoks,

It's an impressive work.

I'm actually ok with the recommendation of firearms as the best deal even though they are illegal. The absolutely best deals aren't legal sometimes. It's a game, it a Jameson gets himself into a bit of trouble with the authorities, he'll learn from it.

Here are some issues that come to mind.
How are the planets sorted? If you are looking for a specific one, it would be good for them to be sorted either alphabetically, or geographically.
(update: I just figured out the sort buttons at the top)

The Pulsar Worlds should be described as near Tianve rather than Alaza, since Tianve has the Pulsar.

Small note: the Tortuga Expanse should make some reference to pirates, since Tortuga was a classical den of pirates in the Carribean.

Zaatxese duel pistols should be dueling pistols.

The Traders Almanach should be Almanac, unless you are intentionally going for a 'slang of the future' vibe, which is completely fine and cool.

Posted: **Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:02 pm**

Fantastic work. I miss the famous planets entries for leesti and lave but otherwise this is great. Maybe you could include the excellent rough guide stories by Disembodied in the fiction sections or make a remark that the planet is featured in the rough guide.

Posted: **Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:51 am**

Chrisfs wrote:
It's an impressive work.

Thanks!

Chrisfs wrote:
The Pulsar Worlds should be described as near Tianve rather than Alaza, since Tianve has the Pulsar.

OK, Fixed.

Chrisfs wrote:
Small note: the Tortuga Expanse should make some reference to pirates, since Tortuga was a classical den of pirates in the Carribean.

OK, fixed.

Chrisfs wrote:
Zaatxese duel pistols should be dueling pistols.

Upsa. Might take some time to fix it, because MANY systems seem to produce duelING pistols due to firearms being such a rewarding trade good.

Chrisfs wrote:
The Traders Almanach should be Almanac, unless you are intentionally going for a 'slang of the future' vibe, which is completely fine and cool.

Honestly, its a typo, but your 'slang of the future' looks like a good enough excuse

Thanks again for the feedback!

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