Oolite Bulletins

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2023 5:59 pm**

Hello, Commanders

Some months ago I think I reported on the board somewhere that the in-game manager was reporting 'download' failed. Now, perhaps I missed a reply or two to that post (and, if I did, I am sorry!) but/and I still have the problem . . (and disabling my firewall and VPN did not help).

Ah - I see this in the log:

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17:51:45.668 [plist.parse.failed]: Failed to parse C:\Oolite/oolite.app/GNUstep/Library/Caches/org.aegidian.oolite/Oolite-download.plist as a property list.
Parse failed at line 1 (char 2) - unexpected character (wanted '>')
17:51:45.669 [oxz.manager.error]: Downloaded manifest was not a valid plist, has been left in C:\Oolite/oolite.app/GNUstep/Library/Caches/org.aegidian.oolite/Oolite-download.plist

But now I find this fix on the board. Ought that information not to be stickied somewhere? (Also, I think that, just for a moment, after making that fix, the in-game manager showed some stupidly large number of packs or perhaps bytes to download.)

And . . ooh! Many updates available!

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:39 pm**

Has there not been a thread stuck to every board about it?

Well, you can as well use OoliteStarter...

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:49 pm**

hiran wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:39 pm
Has there not been a thread stuck to every board about it?

I'm having trouble finding those stickies. Perhaps I have space-dust in my eyes.

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:08 pm**

hiran wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:39 pm
Has there not been a thread stuck to every board about it?

Well, you can as well use OoliteStarter...

Our stuck thread is a different one:

another_commander wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:04 am
Great work timer, much appreciated.

I do seem to have a problem downloading the oxz list, though. Although I added the line "oxz-index-url" = "http://addons.oolite.space/api/1.0/overview"; to my .GNUstepDefaults, the oxz list download never starts. I set oxz.manager.debug = yes; in my logcontrol.plist and saw that the downlead request is issued correctly and to the expected url, but nothing happens after that - a 0 bytes long file called Oolite-download.plist is created in the Caches folder and that's about it.

Can anyone else confirm this please? It is absolutely wonderful that we can have access to the website again, but it seems that the Expansion Pack Manager is still handicapped as far as new oxzs or updates to existing ones are concerned.

I'm afraid that all of this stuff is utter gobble-de-gooque to me.

I waited for an update to Oolite 1.90 and when it never arrived, I just settled for downloading directly from Oolite.space... and then Phkb went into witchfuel injector mode and starting spewing forth oxps with gay abandon...

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:21 pm**

UK_Eliter wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:49 pm

hiran wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:39 pm
Has there not been a thread stuck to every board about it?
I'm having trouble finding those stickies. Perhaps I have space-dust in my eyes.

https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=288802#p288802

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:17 pm**

@Hiran: ah yes. Thank you for directing me; for some reason, my mind/eye was editing out that announcement.

I do note that it is not ideal for a stickied thread to contain some twenty pages. So perhaps the following would be good: unsticky that one and replace it with a short announcement saying: for at least the time being, do <the-fix/workaround>, and for discussion see <currently stickied thread>. Just my tuppence worth!

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:47 pm**

UK_Eliter wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:17 pm
@Hiran: ah yes. Thank you for directing me; for some reason, my mind/eye was editing out that announcement.

I do note that it is not ideal for a stickied thread to contain some twenty pages. So perhaps the following would be good: unsticky that one and replace it with a short announcement saying: for at least the time being, do <the-fix/workaround>, and for discussion see <currently stickied thread>. Just my tuppence worth!

I could not agree more.

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:58 pm**

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:08 pm
I'm afraid that all of this stuff is utter gobble-de-gooque to me.

I waited for an update to Oolite 1.90 and when it never arrived, I just settled for downloading directly from Oolite.space... and then Phkb went into witchfuel injector mode and starting spewing forth oxps with gay abandon...

So am I correct in my understanding that you haven't been able to get the DM working in Oolite 1.90 on a Mac?

Posted: **Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:33 am**

phkb wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:58 pm
So am I correct in my understanding that you haven't been able to get the DM working in Oolite 1.90 on a Mac?

Spot on.

I can't find the .GNUstepDefaults to meddle with it. And would undoubtedly bodge it up if I did (with the Witchspace Lobster sneering over my shoulder).

If you look at the a_c's post above, there is a lot of unknown-to-me context which seems to apply, and the "fix" linked by UKEliter at the top does not prescribe a Lobster-proof solution for the dreaded AppleMac.

But as I said above, I'm doing just fine. I get what I need from the Oolite.space Expansions page. Despite avoiding almost all ship.oxps, I have probably a thousand+ oxps on my computer between the different versions etc.

Posted: **Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:34 am**

UK_Eliter wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:17 pm
for some reason, my mind/eye was editing out that announcement.

Ditto. Never even noticed it...

Posted: **Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:55 am**

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:33 am
Spot on.

I can't find the .GNUstepDefaults to meddle with it.

On the Mac it's not called .GNUstepDefaults. It's called "org.aegidian.oolite.plist"

Here's a quick walkthrough I just created Mac process to update gnustepdefaults file.pdf
The only prerequisite is you need Xcode installed, but I think Apple is publishing that for free, and you don't even need a developer license now.

Let me know if that helps at all.

Posted: **Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:14 pm**

phkb wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:55 am

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:33 am
Spot on.

I can't find the .GNUstepDefaults to meddle with it.
On the Mac it's not called .GNUstepDefaults. It's called "org.aegidian.oolite.plist"

Here's a quick walkthrough I just created Mac process to update gnustepdefaults file.pdf
The only prerequisite is you need Xcode installed, but I think Apple is publishing that for free, and you don't even need a developer license now.

Let me know if that helps at all.

Hi,
Instructions clear but this did not work for me. BUT your instructions in thread "Enabling Expansions on MacOS with 1.90" using Terminal command "defaults write org.aegidian.oolite oxz-index-url http://addons.oolite.space/api/1.0/overview" worked perfectly! Thanks a lot and some more!

Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:52 am**

nepula wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:14 pm
BUT your instructions in thread "Enabling Expansions on MacOS with 1.90" using Terminal command "defaults write org.aegidian.oolite oxz-index-url http://addons.oolite.space/api/1.0/overview" worked perfectly! Thanks a lot and some more!

This one worked for me too! Epiphenomenal - I have finally seen the OXZ list in-game for the first time in over half a year!

Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:04 am**

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:52 am
This one worked for me too! Epiphenomenal - I have finally seen the OXZ list in-game for the first time in over half a year!

Yay!

Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:16 am**

phkb wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:04 am
Yay!

You, Sir, are quite wonderful

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