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Two things I'd like

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:54 pm
by Jar
Greetings;

1) Ablative hull armour. It costs $$ and is used up by hits. There could be several grades of it with increasing cost but longer life (perhaps linked to tech level where purchased).

2) The damage equipment displaying in a different color (red) on the status display. I miss the broken messages in fights sometimes. Stuff can be broken and I don't know it until I try to use it.

Jar

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:17 am
by LittleBear
On 2) This is supported with 1.70 of Oolite, but not 1.65.

Re: Two things I'd like

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:22 am
by another_commander
Jar wrote:
The damage equipment displaying in a different color (red) on the status display. I miss the broken messages in fights sometimes. Stuff can be broken and I don't know it until I try to use it.

Jar
I bet you are using version 1.65. The damaged equipment in the newer versions is already displayed in orange color with the suffix N/A (Not Available) on the status screen.

Edit: LB is teh fastest ;-)

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:06 pm
by Jar
I checked and my version is 1.65 I wonder if the newer version will use the old game saves?

I got it from the Ubuntu reposistory.

Jar

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:03 am
by Disembodied
Save files from older versions have always worked on newer versions of the game. Currently, to avoid a known bug in 1.70, people playing that version often drop back to (e.g.) 1.68 to sell a ship with subentities, saving the game, then going back up again to 1.70 with the same save file. I can't see there being any problem with this in the future.

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:04 am
by Cmdr. Maegil
It should, just C&P it to the new installation's correct folder.

BTW, it's advisable to remove the old installation completely; you may also check out all the JS-dependant and shader OXPs that were unsupported on 1.65.

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:37 pm
by JensAyton
Cmdr. Maegil wrote:
BTW, it's advisable to remove the old installation completely;
(Does not apply to Mac OS X.)

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:43 pm
by bulrush
In 1.65 Windows version if you go to a space station on the equipment page (F3) it says in orange "Repairs to fuel scoop: 1200cr". Same thing for "Minor overhaul: 800cr" or similar.

But no, it does not say this on the F5 info page.

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:11 pm
by another_commander
It does not say anything in the F5 screen on 1.65, simply because this feature was introduced around the time of 1.67 or 1.68 - can't remember exactly right now.

In all honesty, I would just upgrade to 1.71 at this point. 1.65 is a great version, but because of its age, it is quite a bit left behind in terms of features.