Oolite Bulletins

another_commander wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 12:29 pm

@TureModder please try this:

Download the oolite-particle-dust.png file from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IF2Z4_ ... sp=sharing

Then replace the file of the same name in oolite.app/Resources/Textures with this file (keep a backup copy of the original first if you want).

Finally, hold down Shift and start Oolite. Let us know if this fixes it for you.

For context, I just realized that the default oolite-particle-dust.png in Resources/Textures is a 24-bit RGB image, while it really should be 8-bit grayscale. The file I am asking you to replace it with has the correct format, so hopefully this should work for you and you get to keep your dust particles too.

phkb wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:59 am

The file you want to tinker with is called oolite-dust.vertex, which is in the Resources/Shaders folder.
The line you want to play with is line 73 which by default looks like this:

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	float alpha = clamp(OODUST_SCALE_MAX - distance * OODUST_SCALE_FACTOR, 0.0, 1.0);

In KeeperSky, the line becomes this:

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	float alpha = clamp(OODUST_SCALE_MAX - distance * OODUST_SCALE_FACTOR, 0.0, 0.3);

So, I suspect reducing that last value even more would make the dust practically invisible.

TureModder wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 2:50 pm

I tried this but nothing change. mayabe i have to erase some cache file first?

another_commander wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 3:04 pm

TureModder wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 2:50 pm

I tried this but nothing change. mayabe i have to erase some cache file first?

Yes, you should erase the cache file in oolite.app/GNUstep/Library/Caches/org.aegidian.oolite/

This is what starting the game with shift held down should have done.

another_commander wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 3:42 pm

OK, here is another way to stop the game from rendering dust. You will need the Test Release variant of the game though, this won't work with the standard deployment versions.

Create a folder named Config inside your AddOns folder, then paste the following in and save it as script.js:

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"use strict";

this.startUpComplete = function()
{
	console.debugFlags = 0x00000200;
}

This will completely bypass any attempt at rendering dust. Hope that does it.

another_commander wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 3:42 pm

OK, here is another way to stop the game from rendering dust. You will need the Test Release variant of the game though, this won't work with the standard deployment versions.

Create a folder named Config inside your AddOns folder, then paste the following in and save it as script.js:

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"use strict";

this.startUpComplete = function()
{
	console.debugFlags = 0x00000200;
}

This will completely bypass any attempt at rendering dust. Hope that does it.

TureModder wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 5:47 pm

Just out of curiosity how does this script work? I would have expected to see a flag set to false or something like that

DEBUG_LINKED_LISTS			= 0x00000001,
//	UNUSED					= 0x00000002,
	DEBUG_COLLISIONS			= 0x00000004,
	DEBUG_DOCKING			= 0x00000008,
	DEBUG_OCTREE_LOGGING		= 0x00000010,
//	UNUSED					= 0x00000020,
	DEBUG_BOUNDING_BOXES		= 0x00000040,
	DEBUG_OCTREE_DRAW		= 0x00000080,
	DEBUG_DRAW_NORMALS		= 0x00000100,
	DEBUG_NO_DUST			= 0x00000200,
	DEBUG_NO_SHADER_FALLBACK	= 0x00000400,
	DEBUG_SHADER_VALIDATION	= 0x00000800