Library OXP

This page is about the OXP helper expansion pack, Library, for other uses, see Library (disambiguation).

Config for AddOns (List of OXPs with settings)

Config for AddOns (example: BGS flags settings)
Flags are On/Off options, Values give a numerical range. (Old Hyperspace is added by Tsoj's newest version of BGS)

Config for AddOns (example: BGS values settings)
Values (D is the default setting, R shows the range)

PAD: GalCop (showing Galactic Navy integration)

PAD: Persons (showing Vanilla game integration)

PAD: Player data

Demos: Animator

Demos: Starmap

Overview

Reinventing the wheel is not everybody's taste, so here comes a collection of useful snippets and helpers. Its main purpose is to simplify or unify some common tasks used by OXPers. Library is the successor to CCL, Hyperradio and OXPConfig. The library does not alter any native JS objects (like Array or String) to avoid clashes and does not clutter the global namespace.

This oxp also adds Config for AddOns & a PAD to the F4 ship-station interface screen

Config for AddOns

Config for AddOns (AddOns category) - for tweaking OXPs (see BGS for an example).

PAD (Personal Assistance Device)

PAD (Captain's Log category) - a Personal Assistance Device with details of naval career, people met, etc.

The P.A.D. (or Personal Assistance Device) ships functionality to display different sorts of data, sorted by categories. Every category may contain several pages (or subcategories) - which can also be implemented by AddOns. Currently there are categories for

GALCOP: A standard entry, but after doing specific jobs it will contain an entry for the Navy as well. Other AddOns may add more.

GUILDS: An empty entry at the moment. Could be used e.g. by RandomHits, Feudal States and other AddOns which do have a membership.

INFOS: A category for special events, news, etc. Could be useful e.g. for BloombergMarkets, etc.

LOGBOOK: A category for standard events like rescued escape pods, bailed out, fined, etc. Could be used for contracts as well.

PERSONS: A category for characters you have met.

SYSTEMS: A category for special systems like Tianve, Tionisla, etc.

SEARCH

PLAYER DATA

The PAD also ships with search functionality and some categories do allow the player to add custom notes. The display of these pages is based on templates, so all pages in a category will have the same layout. AddOns can add data easily to existing pages or add a new page in existing categories. Another feature is to set player specific data, like origin, species, gender, age and a custom picture.

Note: there are currently several oxp's that allow for configuring other oxp's:
*Library (the most recent, done via the F4 page when docked) by Svengali
*OXPConfig (done via the F2 page - press F7 when told to) by Svengali
*Station Options by cag: this one is comprehensible! But the fabulous flood of detail for Telescope...

Features

For Documentation just follow the links.

Lib_2DCollision.js - Methods for checking if point is in bounding-box, on line or in poly.
Lib_Animator.js - Tool to create animations on missionscreens (see Demos).
Lib_BinSearch.js - Instantiated search tree.
Lib_Config.js - Configuration interface for AddOns.
Lib_Crypt.js - De-/Encryption for strings.
Lib_GUI.js - Unified GUI image, sound and music handling.
Lib_Main.js - Generic functions for various tasks.
Lib_Music.js - Unified event driven and generic music handling (see Demos).
Lib_PAD.js - Unified logbook, mission-log, diary and interface. Added in v1.7
Lib_Starmap.js - In-System-Maps in 3D (docked and inflight) (see Demos). Added in v1.7

Integration

Config for AddOns

Over 30 OXP's use Library's "Config for AddOns" option on the F4 screen to allow configuration. See for a partial list.

Music

Library can introduce music (as well as sound effects). For a full list of all such OXP's see Category:Sound Sets OXPs

Music for playing the game to (these three need Library to function):

Lib Music Orchestral Demo: Svengali's original classical music .oxp (2016: 22Mb)
Contextual Jukebox OXP by Arquebus of YouTube fame (2021: 115Mb)
DIY kit: Dangerous Background Music OXP: Tsoj (2021)

OXP's & Vanilla game integration

Vanilla game missions have been integrated into Library.oxp
Galactic Navy OXP has been integrated into Library.oxp
GNN has been integrated into Library.oxp (the most recent new item is displayed on the PAD)

Demos

Designed to show how to integrate other OXP's with Library; Install like any other OXP.

Animator Demo (zip, 2.8 MiB): a helper for animations on mission screens
Lib Music Orchestral Demo: Svengali's original music .oxp (2016: 22Mb)
Starmap Demo (oxz, 2.4 KB) - see explanation: Lib_Starmap introduces In-System-Maps in 3D (or 2.5D *sigh*). These maps can be shown on missionScreens and inflight. On missionScreens they can be animated (eg through Lib_Animator). Inflight users can control them via the Advanced Space Compass. Usage for OXP's is easy.