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snork wrote:

sdrubble, that is really interesting, I did not know there is some auto-reset-TAF.
Without some auto-reset I can not use TAF, as I am flying on gamepad, and I try to use the keyboard only when there is no action to expect.
But my main doubt about it is, if it won't spoil my game experience. Like an atuomatic, always-on Go-pass-Go,-collect-200$ ! card.

I am ok wiith things taking their time, or being difficult in-game. To me, it raises, hm, my dedication.

The Architect wrote:

It's all about choice!

this.name        = "TAF_reset"; 
this.author      = "Wyvern + sdrubble"; 
this.copyright   = "Whatever"; 
this.description = "defines functions & events where TAF's value is reset to some pre-defined value."; 
this.version     = "2011.11.10"; 

// the 4 initial lines comprise Wyvern's original script...

this.shipDockedWithStation = function()
{
        timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0;
}
	// experimental code below was borrowed from sdrubble's modified MilHUD OXP...

this.shipExitedWitchspace = function()
{
        timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0;
}

this.alertConditionChanged = function(newCondition, oldCondition)
   {
   switch(newCondition)
      {

      case 0: // we're docked - DOES NOT KICK IN WHEN LOADING GAME - only when we RE-DOCK !!!
         {
		 timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0; // Insure TAF is off when docked.
         break;
         }

      case 1: // we're at green alert "can JUMP right now"
         {
         timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0; // Just became GREEN , ensure TAF is back to 1.0 whatever its previous value was.          // 
         break;
         }
//
      case 2: // we're at yellow alert "mass locked - slow down and take a look around"
         {
  	     timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0; // Just became YELLOW, ensure TAF is back to 1.0 whatever its previous value was.          // 
         break;
         }
//
      case 3: // we're at red alert...
         {
         if(player.alertHostiles) // ...and under attack
            {
			timeAccelerationFactor = 0.5; // We like to FIGHT AT HALF-SPEED...                                                 	   // 
            }
         break;
         }
      }
   }

sdrubble wrote:

1. The original and barebones TAF Reset is available for download HERE . No forum thread, no Wiki page, only a simple entry in the OXP list page.

2. And below is my expanded version of the single script within TAF Reset OXP. Other than a single mention to the author's name, there's no copyright or licensing terms within the original OXP files, so I guess it's OK to publish this ripoff right here:

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this.name        = "TAF_reset"; 
this.author      = "Wyvern + sdrubble"; 
this.copyright   = "Whatever"; 
this.description = "defines functions & events where TAF's value is reset to some pre-defined value."; 
this.version     = "2011.11.10"; 

// the 4 initial lines comprise Wyvern's original script...

this.shipDockedWithStation = function()
{
        timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0;
}
	// experimental code below was borrowed from sdrubble's modified MilHUD OXP...

this.shipExitedWitchspace = function()
{
        timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0;
}

this.alertConditionChanged = function(newCondition, oldCondition)
   {
   switch(newCondition)
      {

      case 0: // we're docked - DOES NOT KICK IN WHEN LOADING GAME - only when we RE-DOCK !!!
         {
		 timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0; // Insure TAF is off when docked.
         break;
         }

      case 1: // we're at green alert "can JUMP right now"
         {
         timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0; // Just became GREEN , ensure TAF is back to 1.0 whatever its previous value was.          // 
         break;
         }
//
      case 2: // we're at yellow alert "mass locked - slow down and take a look around"
         {
  	     timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0; // Just became YELLOW, ensure TAF is back to 1.0 whatever its previous value was.          // 
         break;
         }
//
      case 3: // we're at red alert...
         {
         if(player.alertHostiles) // ...and under attack
            {
			timeAccelerationFactor = 0.5; // We like to FIGHT AT HALF-SPEED...                                                 	   // 
            }
         break;
         }
      }
   }

And don't forget it might be a bit incompatible with MilHUD (which IIRC contains more or less the same code).

this.name        = "TAF_reset"; 
this.author      = "Wildeblood";
this.description = "We like to FIGHT AT HALF-SPEED..."; 
this.version     = "1.0"; 

this.alertConditionChanged = function()
    {
    timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0;
    if (player.alertHostiles) timeAccelerationFactor = 0.5;
    }

Wildeblood wrote:

(It contains more or less the same spelling mistake, too. The word you, or Wyvern, were after was ensure - in every instance.)

Is there any reason this (untested) code won't do exactly the same as yours above?

sdrubble wrote:

2. And below is my expanded version of the single script within TAF Reset OXP. Other than a single mention to the author's name, there's no copyright or licensing terms within the original OXP files, so I guess it's OK to publish this ripoff right here:

Wildeblood wrote:

Is there any reason this (untested) code won't do exactly the same as yours above?

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this.name        = "TAF_reset"; 
this.author      = "Wildeblood";
this.description = "We like to FIGHT AT HALF-SPEED..."; 
this.version     = "1.0"; 

this.alertConditionChanged = function()
    {
    timeAccelerationFactor = 1.0;
    if (player.alertHostiles) timeAccelerationFactor = 0.5;
    }

this.alertConditionChanged = function()
    {
    timeAccelerationFactor = player.alertHostiles ? 0.5 : 1.0;
    }

Kaks wrote:

But the polite thing would be not to eliminate the previous authors' names from the this.author attribute...

DaddyHoggy wrote:

sdrubble wrote:

2. And below is my expanded version of the single script within TAF Reset OXP. Other than a single mention to the author's name, there's no copyright or licensing terms within the original OXP files, so I guess it's OK to publish this ripoff right here:

Technically, quite the opposite. Where no specific Copyright or usage is stated THE MOST RESTRICTIVE conditions should apply, not the least. In this case, the most restrictive conditions would prevent your copy/paste/hack.

Kaks wrote:

But the polite thing would be not to eliminate the previous authors' names from the this.author attribute...

Wildeblood wrote:

The previous author(s) authored the previously quoted bloatware, why would I put someone else's name on something they didn't write?

Switeck wrote:

Is this a problem with or related to Zeke Mining Transporter OXP?
(Maybe some of this needs to be split off into its own thread?)

DaddyHoggy wrote:

Under UK law...
I said technically, because...

Cmdr Wyvern wrote:

The (unwritten) license on all my creations is "go ahead and tweak, reuse, remix, whatever all you like, but never sell it, and be so kind as to drop me some credit if you remake it into something else."

this.name                 = "MilHUDswitch";
this.author               = "Thargoid";
this.copyright            = "Do what you want with it";

Wildeblood wrote:

Kaks wrote:

But the polite thing would be not to eliminate the previous authors' names from the this.author attribute...

The previous author(s) authored the previously quoted bloatware, why would I put someone else's name on something they didn't write? You seem to be suffering Applethink, Kaks.

sdrubble wrote:

Interestingly enough (I just found this): my additions to TAF Reset come from MilHUD 3.4 (which was published by the same Cmdr Wyvern), but where the script has a different author (Thargoid) and bears these lines:

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this.name                 = "MilHUDswitch";
this.author               = "Thargoid";
this.copyright            = "Do what you want with it";

Cheers

another_commander wrote:

Split TAF Reset OXP discussion from the Zeke Mining Transporter 0.1.1 thread.

Kaks wrote:

... some variation of the attribution non-commercial share alike concept, which - as far as I can tell - sdrubble has been following quite scrupulously.

Take care, and let's keep things friendly!

try as I might, I simply couldn't figure out what you meant by applethink... the powers of google clearly failed me!