Planetinfo.plist - Revision history

Cholmondely: Added note on "coordinates" & "random_seed", etc.

2026-08-28T13:39:20Z

Added note on "coordinates" & "random_seed", etc.

2026-08-09T11:27:06Z

‎Properties of the Planet: Added note about "fogUniform"

2026-07-12T20:33:54Z

Oops!

2026-07-09T07:42:23Z

Formatting Tweaks, added link for example, and link to World Builder OXP

2025-12-20T19:44:14Z

Added Cody's "How to"

2025-10-28T10:45:40Z

‎Name: Added link

2025-10-10T09:32:47Z

‎Links: Added and organised

2025-07-16T20:09:29Z

‎Specific Interstellar Spaces: Added note about Switeck's work

2025-07-02T18:45:05Z

Prepped for dividing the "Properties of the Planet" list into categories, tweaks

2025-07-02T15:00:01Z

‎Universal Settings: clarification

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 '''planetinfo.[[plist]]''' in 'AddOns/Config' contains a dictionary for each of systems for which you wish to set custom data. A list of all galaxies and planets can be found [[Oolite planet list|here]]. Each of the properties mentioned below can be set (but, notably, not the location of the main planet, which is hard coded into the system seed value):
+The planetinfo.plist in cim's [[SOTL Exploration]] OXP contains more properties such as "coordinates" (the position of the system in the galaxy), "random_seed" (this dumb pilot has no idea!), and possibly others. Cim ''did'' say that not all the new properties in the planetinfo.plist for [[SOTL Altmap]] actually did anything! (Altmap new properties include: "founded", planet_seismic_instability", "planet_surface_gravity", "undist", "planet_wind_speeds" ''etc''.)
 [[File:BellScrib goatsoup1.JPG|thumb|right|Ian Bell worksheet for the goatsoup recipe from his vanished archives<br>See [[Oolite_planet_list#Where_do_these_crazy_names_come_from|Where do these crazy names come from?]] ]]

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	Note that the available planet texture generator properties changed in places between Oolite 1.77 and Oolite 1.80		Note that the available planet texture generator properties changed in places between Oolite 1.77 and Oolite 1.80
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		+	And note the 2016 introduction of the shader uniform [[Shaders in Oolite: uniforms\|fogUniform]] (a Javascript method for adding fog to planet atmospheres)

	===Air Color===		===Air Color===

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   "repopulator" = "systemWillRepopulate";
-=Properties of the Planet=
+==Properties of the Planet==
 '''Most of these properties are ignored if a planet texture is set.'''

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 * "seed": Seed value used to create the planet's surface features. If no seed is defined it uses the same seed as the main planet, and will create a copy of it.
-= Links =
+[[File:Ico-Glow.png|thumb|right|300px|Click for more detail (eg the Ico station)]]
 *[[Random number generator]] - original method for creating planet descriptions (before Oolite v.1.80 back in 2014).
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3860 seed = "1 2 3 4 5 6";]: Psuedo-random number generation & planet descriptions (2007)

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 Example:
   "name" = "The planet's name";
 ==Inhabitant==

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 = Links =
-*[[Random number generator]] - originally used for creating planet descriptions
+*[[Random number generator]] - original method for creating planet descriptions (before Oolite v.1.80 back in 2014).
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3860 seed = "1 2 3 4 5 6";]: Psuedo-random number generation & planet descriptions (2007)
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3808 position = "x y z" in planetinfo.plist] (2007)
-*Submersible's [https://www.youtube.com/user/submersibletoaster YouTube videos] of planet textures (2012)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17678 How to regenerate planetinfo?] (cim, 2015) Replacing the current 7Mb .plist with the original goatsoup recipe.
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5044 Question: How to add custom planet descriptions] (2008)
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=217053#p217053 Tweaking your skies] (Tricky, 2014)
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20959 Empty system] Removing the stations (and presumably inhabitants) from a system (2021)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=17191 Programming for Interstellar Space] (2015)
 [[Category:Oolite]]
 [[Category:Oolite scripting]]

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	In 1.81 the property "link_color" when set on a specific interstellar space changes the colour of the link between the two systems in the advanced navigation array (assuming no route is in place above it). When setting link_color, the lower system ID must be placed first, because of how the chart is drawn.		In 1.81 the property "link_color" when set on a specific interstellar space changes the colour of the link between the two systems in the advanced navigation array (assuming no route is in place above it). When setting link_color, the lower system ID must be placed first, because of how the chart is drawn.
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		+	'''Note''' that [[User:Switeck\|Switeck]] has done a lot of work on this - there are intermediate spots in the interstellar spaces - but only on the line between two systems. See the OXPs on his User: page

	==Layers==		==Layers==

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 ==Universal Settings==
-Some options can be applied to the entire universe, such as ambient lighting levels, eg.
+Universal options are applied to all 2048 systems, this is useful for settings such as ambient lighting levels, eg.
   "universal" =
+  {
   ...
+  }
-Universal options can be over-ridden by specifying the same option for a specific system or location in interstellar space. Obviously, not all options make sense to apply to the whole universe.
+Universal options can be over-ridden by specifying the same option for a specific system or. Obviously, not all options make sense to apply to the whole universe.
 ==Interstellar Space==