Hidden Settings in Oolite - Revision history

Hiran: /* Windows, Linux and other platforms */

2026-04-22T19:20:13Z

‎Windows, Linux and other platforms

Cholmondely: /* Increase memory allotment (AppleMac/Linux) */ Added a little more

2025-01-29T17:41:11Z

‎Increase memory allotment (AppleMac/Linux): Added a little more

Cholmondely: Tweaks!

2024-08-21T22:15:25Z

Tweaks!

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-02-29T01:54:37Z

Updating BB links

Cholmondely: Added Links

2023-05-19T10:35:38Z

Added Links

Cholmondely: Added how to change start-up picture

2023-01-17T19:46:08Z

Added how to change start-up picture

Tsoj: Note for possibly different naming of .GNUstepDefaults file.

2022-06-27T20:29:22Z

Note for possibly different naming of .GNUstepDefaults file.

Cholmondely: /* Mac OS X */ Added note

2022-06-20T13:44:18Z

‎Mac OS X: Added note

Cholmondely: /* Tips */ Added tip

2022-06-20T13:42:11Z

‎Tips: Added tip

Cholmondely: /* Tips */ Added note

2022-06-20T13:36:41Z

‎Tips: Added note

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 === Windows, Linux and other platforms ===
-For platforms other than Mac OS X, you must edit a text file called <code>.GNUstepDefaults</code>. This file is created when you change a preference in Oolite, then quit. Depending on which version of GNUstep has been used to build Oolite, this file might be called <code>oolite.plist</code> instead.
+For platforms other than Mac OS X, you must edit a text file called <code>.GNUstepDefaults</code>. This file is created when you change a preference in Oolite, then quit. Depending on which version of GNUstep has been used to build Oolite, this file might be called <code>oolite.plist</code> or <code>OoliteDefaults.plist</code> instead.
 Under Windows, this file is found at <code><Oolite installation directory>\oolite.app\GNUstep\Defaults\.GNUstepDefaults</code>.
-Under Linux and other platforms, the file is at <code>~/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults</code>. Since its name starts with a full stop, it is hidden by default. If you’re using Gnome/Nautilus or KDE/Konqueror, you can show it by selecting Show Hidden Files from the View menu. In any event, it should be accessible from the command line.
+Under Linux and other platforms, classic installations keep the file at <code>~/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults</code>. Since its name starts with a full stop, it is hidden by default. If you’re using Gnome/Nautilus or KDE/Konqueror, you can show it by selecting Show Hidden Files from the View menu. In any event, it should be accessible from the command line.
-The <code>.GNUstepDefaults</code> file is a kind of [[property list]], but uses a slightly different syntax than usual; you may see values like <code><*I300></code>. However, when you edit it by hand it’s safe to write numbers in plain form, and booleans are written as <code>YES</code> or <code>NO</code>. All Oolite settings are in the dictionary named “oolite”.
+AppImage installations will create a GameData folder wherever the AppImage resides and then read GameData/OoliteDefaults.plist.
 == Settings ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:41, 29 January 2025
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	This works also on '''Linux''', when gnustep(-dev?) package is installed. Replace "org.aegidian.oolite" above with "oolite", though. I'd expect it to work with another_commander's dev environment, on '''Windows''', too, if one placed "<mountpoint>/Devlibs[32]/gnustep1201/Local/Tools" in their path variable.		This works also on '''Linux''', when gnustep(-dev?) package is installed. Replace "org.aegidian.oolite" above with "oolite", though. I'd expect it to work with another_commander's dev environment, on '''Windows''', too, if one placed "<mountpoint>/Devlibs[32]/gnustep1201/Local/Tools" in their path variable.
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		+	*More on this will be found [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=297854#p297854 here] (several posts from 2024)

	=== Change start-up picture from Cobra MkIII ===		=== Change start-up picture from Cobra MkIII ===

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 * On all systems, the <code>defaults</code> command line tool can be used. To set a boolean value, use: <code>defaults write org.aegidian.oolite '''key''' -bool YES</code> (or <code>NO</code>). For numerical values, use <code>defaults write org.aegidian.oolite '''key''' 42</code>.
-*See Tips below for an example using '''Terminal''' (on the AppleMac in the ''Utilities'' folder in ''Launchpad'').
+*See Tips below for an example - altering memory - using '''Terminal''' (look in the ''Utilities'' folder in ''Launchpad'').
 === Windows, Linux and other platforms ===
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   defaults write org.aegidian.oolite jsruntime-size-mib 64
-you should be all set (maybe use quotes, i.e. "jsruntime-size-mib").
+you should be all set (maybe use quotes, i.e. "jsruntime-size-mib"). AppleMac seems not to need the quotes.

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 == Tips ==
 === Increase memory allotment (AppleMac/Linux) ===
-[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=275919#p275919 From Commander_X (2021)] - reading your hidden settings, and increasing memory allotment for Oolite. How to do it on AppleMac & Linux:
+[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=275919#p275919 From Commander_X (2021)] - reading your hidden settings, and increasing memory allotment for Oolite. How to do it on AppleMac & Linux:
 For further reference, from above:
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 This is not strictly a hidden settings matter, and involves changing the Vanilla game code (back up first!):
-http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18682 (2017)
+https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18682 (2017)
-There is also an alternative in ZygoUgo's [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8541 collection] of oxp's.
+There is also an alternative in ZygoUgo's [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8541 collection] of oxp's.
 == Links ==
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6158 Procedural skyboxes?] (2009)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6158 Procedural skyboxes?] (2009)
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← Older revision		Revision as of 10:35, 19 May 2023
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	There is also an alternative in ZygoUgo's [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8541 collection] of oxp's.		There is also an alternative in ZygoUgo's [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8541 collection] of oxp's.
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		+	== Links ==
		+	*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6158 Procedural skyboxes?] (2009)

	[[Category:Oolite]]		[[Category:Oolite]]

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 === Windows, Linux and other platforms ===
-For platforms other than Mac OS X, you must edit a text file called .GNUstepDefaults. This file is created when you change a preference in Oolite, then quit.
+For platforms other than Mac OS X, you must edit a text file called <code>.GNUstepDefaults</code>. This file is created when you change a preference in Oolite, then quit. Depending on which version of GNUstep has been used to build Oolite, this file might be called <code>oolite.plist</code> instead.
 Under Windows, this file is found at <code><Oolite installation directory>\oolite.app\GNUstep\Defaults\.GNUstepDefaults</code>.
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 Under Linux and other platforms, the file is at <code>~/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults</code>. Since its name starts with a full stop, it is hidden by default. If you’re using Gnome/Nautilus or KDE/Konqueror, you can show it by selecting Show Hidden Files from the View menu. In any event, it should be accessible from the command line.
-The .GNUstepDefaults file is a kind of [[property list]], but uses a slightly different syntax than usual; you may see values like <code><*I300></code>. However, when you edit it by hand it’s safe to write numbers in plain form, and booleans are written as <code>YES</code> or <code>NO</code>. All Oolite settings are in the dictionary named “oolite”.
+The <code>.GNUstepDefaults</code> file is a kind of [[property list]], but uses a slightly different syntax than usual; you may see values like <code><*I300></code>. However, when you edit it by hand it’s safe to write numbers in plain form, and booleans are written as <code>YES</code> or <code>NO</code>. All Oolite settings are in the dictionary named “oolite”.
 == Settings ==
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 If set to <code>YES</code>, the data cache will be rebuilt each time Oolite runs. This is roughly equivalent to placing a brick on your shift key.
-In Linux, add a snippet like this to your .GNUStepDefaults:
+In Linux, add a snippet like this to your <code>.GNUstepDefaults</code>:
   <key>always-flush-cache</key>