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Hiran: /* Troubleshooting Oolite */

2024-11-16T10:46:49Z

‎Troubleshooting Oolite

Hiran at 09:33, 15 September 2024

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Cholmondely: Tagged as an External Programme

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Tagged as an External Programme

Hiran at 22:13, 22 May 2024

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Phkb: Updating BB links

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Cholmondely: Superficial update for v.1.0.12

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Superficial update for v.1.0.12

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 So imagine you installed about 100 expansions and all of a sudden the game behaves in a strange way. You would now have to decide whether the problem comes from the core game or from expansions - and in the latter case identify which one. Here OoliteStarter can make your life considerably easier: Since installing and removing expansions gets easier and complete sets of expansions can be managed, a binary search is a quite efficient way for drill down.
-. Export your expansion set (so you can easily return to the current state)
+# Export your expansion set (so you can easily return to the current state)
-. Uninstall all expansions (or activate the Vanilla flavor) and check if the problem still exists. If yes, the bug is in the core game and will have to be fixed there. If not, continue searching...
+# Uninstall all expansions (or activate the Vanilla flavor) and check if the problem still exists. If yes, the bug is in the core game and will have to be fixed there. If not, continue searching...
-. Slice the expansion set in two halfs and find the problematic one. repeat this until only one expansion is left. This is the culprit, and the problem has to be fixed there. If not, ...
+# Slice the expansion set in two halfs and find the problematic one. repeat this until only one expansion is left. This is the culprit, and the problem has to be fixed there. If not, ...
-. If none of the two slices are problematic, the problem may be caused by the combination of two or more expansions but was cured by putting them into different slices. So try slicing differently.
+# If none of the two slices are problematic, the problem may be caused by the combination of two or more expansions but was cured by putting them into different slices. So try slicing differently.
 Since in every step you eliminate half of the expansions with only seven iterations you should be able to find a problematic expansion amongst the imagined 100.
 == Links ==

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 === Development Plans ===
 *Oolite Starter is currently being expanded to manage the 400-odd OXPs not in OXZ format
 *Support 'opening' an OXZ into OXP for hacking - if license permits
 *Support zipping an OXP into an OXZ and publishing it on the expansions manager manifest
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 As you get dizzier and dizzier, Oolite Starter will start up and transport you to Lave!
 == Links ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:13, 25 July 2024
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	* [[Terminal Utility]]		* [[Terminal Utility]]

−	[[Category:Oolite]] [[Category:Oolite utilities]]	+	[[Category:Oolite]] [[Category:Oolite utilities]] [[Category:Oolite External Programmes]]

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-{{OXPNote|The newest version of this is simpler to install and is found here: https://github.com/HiranChaudhuri/OoliteStarter}}
+{{OXPNote|The newest version of this is simpler to install and is found here: https://github.com/OoliteProject/OoliteStarter}}
 __FORCETOC__
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 == Download ==
-*[https://github.com/HiranChaudhuri/OoliteStarter/releases: click on "Assets" for the various download packages]
+*[https://github.com/OoliteProject/OoliteStarter/releases: click on "Assets" for the various download packages]
 This is still being constantly updated (Aug '23) - but [[Mr Gimlet]] will let you know when the next update comes out.

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 == Links ==
-* Oolite Starter came up [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=289311#p289311 in this forum thread] and it takes over the rest of that thread
+* Oolite Starter came up [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=289311#p289311 in this forum thread] and it takes over the rest of that thread
-* [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21552&p=293282&hilit=oolitestarter#p293282 Dedicated forum thread]
+* [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21552&p=293282&hilit=oolitestarter#p293282 Dedicated forum thread]
 * Developer: [[User:Hiran|Hiran]]
 * [[Nexus]] (Oolite Communicator)

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 == Links ==
-*There is no dedicated development thread. Hiran starts envisioning his Oolite Starter [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=289311#p289311 here] and it takes over the rest of that thread!
+* Oolite Starter came up [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=289311#p289311 here] and it takes over the rest of that thread
-*Developer: [[User:Hiran|Hiran]]
+* [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21552&p=293282&hilit=oolitestarter#p293282 Dedicated forum thread]
-*[[Nexus]] (Oolite Communicator)
+* Developer: [[User:Hiran|Hiran]]
-*[[Terminal Utility]]
+* [[Nexus]] (Oolite Communicator)
 [[Category:Oolite]] [[Category:Oolite utilities]]

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 Manage the selection of active OXZs before you restart your [[Jameson]]/saved game
 [[File:Oolite-oxp-icon.png|right|300px]]
 == Overview ==
 [[File:Oolite Start v.0.1.7.png|right]]

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 == Download ==
-*[https://github.com/HiranChaudhuri/OoliteStarter/releases/tag/v0.1.6 GitHub site: v0.1.6 June 2023]
+*[https://github.com/HiranChaudhuri/OoliteStarter/releases: click on "Assets" for the various download packages]
 === Instructions ===
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 === Running Oolite Start (AppleMac) ===
-With your [[Terminal Utility|'''terminal''']] utility application open in front of you, use the change directory command - <font color="Red"> cd </font> - to navigate your way over into the relevant folder where you have hidden away Oolite Starter. Then type in - <font color="Red"> ./run.sh </font> - and you should see a spectral Oolite logo slowly materialise in the middle of your screen. Bingo! Any mistakes you have made in configuration will be painstakingly pointed out to you, one by one, so that you can fix them one by one and then restart Oolite Starter each time!
+<s>With your [[Terminal Utility|'''terminal''']] utility application open in front of you, use the change directory command - <font color="Red"> cd </font> - to navigate your way over into the relevant folder where you have hidden away Oolite Starter. Then type in - <font color="Red"> ./run.sh </font> - and you should see a spectral Oolite logo slowly materialise in the middle of your screen. Bingo! Any mistakes you have made in configuration will be painstakingly pointed out to you, one by one, so that you can fix them one by one and then restart Oolite Starter each time!</s>
 === Running Oolite Start (Linux) ===
-You will need a fattened goat, a sacrificial knive and a druidic headdress. Wave the goat in the air over your Linux computer while wearing the headdress. Intone the titles of 7 different Linux operating systems in a basso profundo and cut the throat of the goat. Make sure it splatters over the # key on your keyboard.
+You will need a fattened goat, a sacrificial knive and a druidic headdress. Wave the goat in the air over your Linux computer while wearing the headdress. Intone the titles of 7 different Linux operating systems in a basso profundo and cut the throat of the goat. Make sure it splatters all over the # key on your keyboard.
 Oolite Starter should now spring to life and throw you screaming and kicking into the [[Tutorial]]!
 === Running Oolite Start (Windows) ===
-You will need Euler's Number (to 365 decimal places), a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_tennis Real Tennis] racquet, a glass of gin and tonic with a freshly cut slice of lime, and a working model of a [[Quaternion]]. Take the Quaternion, hit it seven times over the head with the racquet, and whilst sipping the G&T intone Euler's Number, sonorously and with an air of gravitas.
+You will need Euler's Number (to 365 decimal places), a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_tennis Real Tennis] racquet, a chilled glass of gin and tonic with a freshly cut slice of lime, and a working model of a [[Quaternion]]. Take the Quaternion, hit it seven times over the head with the racquet, and whilst sipping the G&T intone Euler's Number, sonorously and with an air of gravitas. If you abstain from alcohol, it is rumoured that a glass of coconut milk can have the same effect. Let us know!
 As you get dizzier and dizzier, Oolite Starter will start up and transport you to Lave!

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 [[File:Oolite-oxp-icon.png|right|300px]]
 == Overview ==
 Managing the 750+ OXZs and 400+ OXPs can be quite laborious. Especially if you want different selections for your different saved games. Oolite Starter is designed to help.
-[[User:Hiran|Hiran]]'s Oolite Starter in effect manages the Expansions Manager and your start games (Jamesons), easing the selecion of different OXZs for different start games.
+[[User:Hiran|Hiran]]'s Oolite Starter in effect manages the Expansions Manager and your start games (Jamesons), easing the selection of different OXZs for different start games.
-The Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) versions work well, but the AppleMac version still has teething problems... (starting it, starting games from it).
+The Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) versions work well, but the AppleMac version still has teething problems... (starting saved games from it).
-You will need to configure the '''oolite-starter.example.properties''' file using a text editor (see below).
+[[Mr Gimlet]] will talk you through the configuration in his own inimitable fashion.
 === Development Plans ===
 *Oolite Starter is currently being expanded to manage the 400-odd OXPs not in OXZ format
 *Sort out AppleMac issues (if possible - our lack of a Mac Developer does not help!)
 *Support 'opening' an OXZ into OXP for hacking - if license permits
 *Support zipping an OXP into an OXZ and publishing it on the expansions manager manifest
 === Terminology ===
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 [[File:Oolite Starter (0.1.6) Start Game GUI.png|right|500px]]
 == Top Navigation ==
-Currently the Oolite Starter presents two tabs you can switch by clickig the buttons '''Start Game''' or '''Expansions''' in the top of the GUI.
+Currently the Oolite Starter presents two tabs you can switch by clicking the buttons '''Start Game''' or '''Expansions''' in the top of the GUI.
 Depending on the success of your installation (see below), other mysterious button options may also foist themselves upon you!