Planetinfo.plist - Revision history

Cholmondely: Added Cody's "How to"

2025-12-20T19:44:14Z

Added Cody's "How to"

Cholmondely: /* Name */ Added link

2025-10-28T10:45:40Z

‎Name: Added link

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added and organised

2025-10-10T09:32:47Z

‎Links: Added and organised

Cholmondely: /* Specific Interstellar Spaces */ Added note about Switeck's work

2025-07-16T20:09:29Z

‎Specific Interstellar Spaces: Added note about Switeck's work

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

2025-07-02T18:45:05Z

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

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Wildeblood: /* Universal Settings */ clarification

2025-07-02T15:00:01Z

‎Universal Settings: clarification

Cholmondely: Added colour details

2025-07-02T10:36:22Z

Added colour details

Wildeblood: /* Texture */ punctuation and spelling only.

2025-06-10T03:15:18Z

‎Texture: punctuation and spelling only.

Wildeblood: /* Specific Interstellar Spaces */

2025-05-10T06:30:48Z

‎Specific Interstellar Spaces

Wildeblood: /* Properties of the Station */ re-ordered.

2025-04-18T00:45:09Z

‎Properties of the Station: re-ordered.

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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==

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 [[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?]] ]]
 === Added for Oolite v.1.91 ===
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 =Properties of the Planet=
-Most of these properties are ignored if a planet texture is set.
+'''Most of these properties are ignored if a planet texture is set.'''
 Note that the available planet texture generator properties changed in places between Oolite 1.77 and Oolite 1.80

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 The replacement texture to be used by a system's main planet.<br>
-For textures you can use lat-long maps (twice as wide as high) with a special elongation at the poles or cube maps. Other maps also will be wraped around planets but give always distortions.<br>
+For textures you can use lat-long maps (twice as wide as high) with a special elongation at the poles, or cube maps. Other maps will also be wrapped around planets, but will always give distortions.<br>
-Since Oolite 1.74 you can also use cube maps for planets. Cube maps are 6 times higher as wide and will be recognised automatic by Oolite, based on its dimensions. Cube maps are the preferred method because lat-long give some distortion and have the poles improperly placed in Oolites implementation. See also [[Planettool]] for conversion from lat-long into cube maps.
+Since Oolite 1.74 you can also use cube maps for planets. Cube maps are 6 times higher than wide and will be recognised automatically by Oolite, based on the dimensions. Cube maps are the preferred method, because lat-long give some distortion and have the poles improperly placed in Oolite's implementation. See also [[Planettool]] for conversion from lat-long into cube maps.
 From Oolite 1.89 onwards, illumination mapping on custom planets is supported. The illumination map goes in the diffuse map's alpha channel. Low alpha values translate to high illumination. This allows for effects like city lights on a planet's dark side.

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+  }
 specifies the space in galaxy 0 between systems 7 and 129, ''Lave'' and ''Zaonce''.
 Note that
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   ...
+  }
-are distinct locations and if they both need the same properties this must be explicitly set for both. When setting link_color, the lower system ID must be placed first, because of how the chart is drawn.
+are distinct locations and if they both need the same properties this must be explicitly set for both.
 ==Layers==

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 =Properties of the Station=
 ==Market Script==
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 A Javascript file used to load a [[Oolite Market Scripts|market script]] for global system price and quantity modifications.
   "market_script" = "myoxp_newsystemmarket.js";
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 Specifies if a player has to explicit ask docking permission. See also [[Oolite_Docking_Clearance_Protocol_%28v1.72_or_later%29|Oolite Docking Clearance]]
 =Properties of the Sun=