RELEASED: Famous Planets v1.1. with music packs

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:25 pm

@Svengali
This weekend I will give you a link so that you can take a Beta look at it if you want? I'll post it tomorrow and send a pm to you.

Svengali · Post by **Svengali** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:23 pm

Sure. :-)

BTW: The script needs an update for v1.72. I'll send you the new version when I have merged it with your changes.

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:03 am

okay!

Ark · Post by **Ark** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:39 am

Svengali wrote:
pagroove wrote:
Well I added a lot of planets an didn't update anything to the script but it just works.
Yes, but please take a look in your saved-game. There you will find the above mentioned missionVariable - implemented by an old version of FP and never deleted.

Strange!!
I never had an older version of Famous planets and still there is no need to change that line in system redux script. It works fine without it

Svengali · Post by **Svengali** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:29 pm

Ark wrote:
Svengali wrote:
pagroove wrote:
Well I added a lot of planets an didn't update anything to the script but it just works.
Yes, but please take a look in your saved-game. There you will find the above mentioned missionVariable - implemented by an old version of FP and never deleted.
Strange!!
I never had an older version of Famous planets and still there is no need to change that line in system redux script. It works fine without it :roll:

Right, overlooked that it is placed in startUp. On that point a script has no access to missionVariables at all so the check in SystemRedux will always fail. By replacing it with the check for the FP-worldScript it will work. When I wrote the Hyperradio I've made a lot of tests when the script gets access to missionVariables and the earliest point is reset. You can crosscheck it - take a look in Eric's demoscript.js in UPS. That means that it has never worked in SystemRedux :-)

Star Gazer · Post by **Star Gazer** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:02 pm

OK. I guess it must be me, but I cannot get the main file to unzip. When I try to unzip it reports that it is not in a recognisable format.

I have downloaded the file four times now, and every attempt to unzip it has failed.

Are there any suggestions as to what might be wrong?

I am running a Mac Pro with OSX 10.5.5, unzipping with Stuffit 12 expander.

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:11 pm

I'm not on a Mac, any other Mac users out here who can help Stat Gazer?

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:36 pm

Star Gazer wrote:
I am running a Mac Pro with OSX 10.5.5, unzipping with Stuffit 12 expander.

Well, there are a few problems with that.

StuffIt Expander has always been really, really bad at dealing with zips.
StuffIt Expander 12 is obsolete. The current version appears to be 13.0.2.
StuffIt is obsolete anyway, except for dealing with ancient files. Creating new StuffIt archives is inadvisable, since locking yourself to a proprietary archiver with declining market share is asking for trouble.

I suggest using the system’s built-in unzipper, which is more reliable in general and works with this file in particular. To use it for a specific file, control-click the file, go to Open With, and select Archive Utility. To use it for zip files in general, select a zip file, Get Info, select Archive Utility in the Open with: section, and click Change All….

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:51 pm

Thnx Arhuman for this answer

OSH · Post by **OSH** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:44 pm

Music is simply great, but how can I loop playing?

Svengali · Post by **Svengali** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:16 am

OSH wrote:
Music is simply great, but how can I loop playing?

Dock and launch again :-)

You can't with the streamed version. It doesn't have the methods to loop a song (or they are not accessable for scripts). That's the difference between music and sounds. Sounds can be looped, but they are not on all platforms streamed.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:26 am

An oversight. In 1.73, Sound.playMusic("foo.ogg", true); will loop. (The second parameter will simply be ignored in 1.72, so it’s backwards-compatible.)

OSH · Post by **OSH** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:31 am

So, I have to wait for 1.73...

pagroove · Post by **pagroove** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:10 am

OSH wrote:
Music is simply great, but how can I loop playing?

thnx.

Check also my myspace adress then

myspace.com/pagroovemusic

Svengali · Post by **Svengali** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:57 pm

Ahruman wrote:
An oversight. In 1.73, Sound.playMusic("foo.ogg", true); will loop. (The second parameter will simply be ignored in 1.72, so it’s backwards-compatible.)

:-) Is there possibly another property to detect if a song is playing?

@OSH - Hey sorry man, I totally forgot to say 'welcome on this side of Riedquat' - think I'm getting old.