Oolite Bulletins

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:38 pm

I'm no expert but since nobody else has replied yet, my understanding from these boards is that one can save at any station which is defined as such and which is not moving.

hiran wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:52 pm

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:38 pm

I'm no expert but since nobody else has replied yet, my understanding from these boards is that one can save at any station which is defined as such and which is not moving.

Then rock hermits seem to be stations, while Galactic Navy's Galcop stations are not.

phkb wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:41 pm

GN’s stations were created before there was even an option of saving at stations in the core game. And no one has gone back to tweak the code to implement the required changes.

phkb wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:41 pm

GN’s stations were created before there was even an option of saving at stations in the core game. And no one has gone back to tweak the code to implement the required changes.

phkb wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:04 pm

Sorry, yes. I meant OXP stations

hiran wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:17 am

Maybe it is not too bad going back to change something. I assume the necessary tweak is more or less to set a flag, right?
If we knew where/which OXPs define a station it would be a limited list of items to check.

phkb wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:08 pm

As for the issue with your scanner, what zoom setting do you have? if it's currently 1:1, and the station is still filling the scanner, that would indicate the station is *huge*.

That’s no moon. It’s a space station.

phkb wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:08 pm

In order to save at a station, the game engine needs to know that the station will be spawned at the same location every time, during system population. So, creating the station during shipWillLaunchFromStation, or shipWillExitWitchspace, is far too late in the process.

This routine should work:

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this.systemWillPopulate = function() {
	// here we establish the position of the station. this needs to be the same every time the system is populated
	// you can use the system.pseudoRandomNumber property to add "randomness" to the location if you want
	// in this instance, we're just going to use the main station position, and put our station 5000m directly in front of it.
	var stationPos = system.mainStation.position.add(system.mainStation.vectorForward.multiply(5000));
	
	// next, we use the system.setPopulator to create the actual station using a callback
	// "create_my_station" is a text string that uniquely identifies this populator function
	system.setPopulator("create_my_station", {
		callback: function(pos) {
			system.addShips("my_station_key", 1, pos, 0); // the "0" parameter at the end is important
		},
		location:"COORDINATES",
		coordinates:stationPos,
		deterministic:true // < this is important
	});
}

"deterministic:true" is the key to allowing you to save at your station. And the "0" parameter is important, because the "addShips" function will not add any random distance to the position when spawned. It will be at the exact coordinates you specify.

As for the issue with your scanner, what zoom setting do you have? if it's currently 1:1, and the station is still filling the scanner, that would indicate the station is *huge*.

{
    "0 129" = {
           "script_actions" = (
                "checkForShips: KWii", 					
                {
                     conditions = ("shipsFound_number lessthan 1");
                     do = ( "addSystemShips: KWii 1 1.0" );
                }
          ); 
     }
}