Requires.plist

This .plist is deprecated and the Manifest.plist should be used instead.

Structure

The file is organized as a dictionary with pairs of key and value.

PList example:

{
  version = "1.76.1";
  max_version = "1.76.99";
}

XML example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>version</key>
	<string>1.76.1</string>
	<key>max_version</key>
	<string>1.76.99</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Use

Every OXP should contain a Property lists with the name requires.plist that is placed at the main level of the oxp folder.

version

is the lowest Oolite version the code can run on. This ensures that older Oolite versions don't behave bad or crash because they load an OXP that does contain unknown stuff.

max_version

is only needed when you want an OXP to not run with newer Oolite versions. Very useful for adding in test versions to ensure this test version is not used forever.

Deprecation

This still works. But the Manifest.plist does all this and much, much more (and, crucially, it is what the in-game Expansions Manager relies on).

Links

• OXP_howto