Oolite Bulletins

Reinventing the wheel is not everybodys taste, so here comes a collection of useful snippets and helpers. Its main purpose is to simplify or unify some common tasks used by OXPers. Library is the successor to CCL, Hyperradio and OXPConfig. The library does not alter any native JS objects (like Array or String) to avoid clashes and does not clutter the global namespace.

 Library (or the WIKI-Backup Library)

Some key features:

• Lib_Config.js - Configuration interface. Replaces OXPConfig. Supports multiple entries and path handling.
• Lib_GUI.js - Unified GUI image, sound and music handling. It allows multiple background AddOns to be installed. Users may switch between them.
• Lib_Music.js - Unified event driven music handling. Replaces Hyperradio.

New versions for Library and BGS .-) I guess they are ready for release, but we'll see.

Only just back in the saddle - good to see settings now persisting. Muchas gracias!

Cody wrote:

Only just back in the saddle - good to see settings now persisting. Muchas gracias!

Yep. I've removed the 'force defaults' thing in BGS. It was time to do it...

For years I've had some changed images and sounds for this set. I've updated them to match the new set. I figure people might like them, so I've uploaded them.

The screens have a bit of the "legend" icons showing the relative order of government and economy types, as well as a function key menu with English labels (the old menu from the previous BGS set but with text added by myself -- now blended over the new backgrounds nicely). Here's a 16:10 screenshot: http://www.keeper1st.com/Oolite/bgsexample.png

For the sounds, I replaced the "Item Sold" and "Item Bort" (?!) with nice little chimes (can't remember where they came from -- original Oolite?), changed things like "Ortopilot activated" into "Autopilot activated", trimmed some dead air (e.g. so instead of "missile......armed" it's "missile armed"), removed all instances of Majel Barrett from Star Trek (nothing against the late Ms Barrett or Star Trek; I just think the second voice is unnecessary), and greatly changed the extremely long and drawn-out game-over sound into a rather rapid explosion then sudden expulsion of air into silence, which is rather more shocking and realistic.

You're free to add them to the pack if you like.
http://www.keeper1st.com/Oolite/bgs2changedimages.zip
http://www.keeper1st.com/Oolite/bgs-editedsounds.zip

Small bug:

phkb wrote:

Small bug:

Oh, yes. I need to guard it. Muchas gracias.

New version online.

Changes:

• Lib_EntityStrength - Guarded check - although a bit undertested atm.
• Lib_GUI - Added suffixes for alertConditionRed and hudAllowsBigGui and handling for mission.exitScreen which doesn't trigger guiScreenChanged.
• lib_fx - Attempt to avoid sunglare popping in (with BGS jump and docking sequence).

I've also changed the BGS jump shader a bit.

@Keeper - Just grabbing it .-)

Svengali wrote:

I've also changed the BGS jump shader a bit.

Indeed! Certainly different, amigo - if only that old momentary stutter could be removed.

I always swap the BGS buy/sell .oggs for Oolite's defaults, btw - BGS's are too long.

I just realized that the zip file of the edited images I uploaded was the wrong one. That was for the old set. The images for the new set are at http://www.keeper1st.com/Oolite/bgs2changedimages.zip

Cody wrote:

if only that old momentary stutter could be removed.

Try - https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f= ... 52#p251252. For me it solved it.

@Keeper: *grins, grab*

Tried that a while back, and tried it again just now - no luck.

This popped up:

When i look at the animation demo i am wondering if library could be used to simulate 'screensaver mode' ?

loading the data from a random system/planet (size and texture) and displaying it like the animation demo displays
the 'moon' preferable with the current planet shader

Cody wrote:

This popped up:

It's already gone in the last WIP-version. Still - thanks a lot, Cody .-)

cbr wrote:

When i look at the animation demo i am wondering if library could be used to simulate 'screensaver mode'?

I doubt it. missionscreens are rather limited (no multipass, no blending, etc.) atm.