Oolite Bulletins

New version 1.11.2 is up. Smallish stuff.

* added IDs to mission screens.
* removed a dublicate entry from shipdata.

I accidentally posted this in the wrong place. I was told to post it here. Voilà!

Thanks for the report, I'll check it as soon as I have some spare time.

Hi!
I've been playing "random hits OXP" for a long time, i've done lots of missions including the most difficult ones, but i was reading on wiki that "successful hunters may also be offered special assignments". I've never been offered a "special job".
I would like to know what those special jobs are. Oolite rating: ELITE, Random hits rating: "great one".
Thanks!

Sorry to disappoint you, but currently the random missions of three different skill levels are all there is. I've been pondering about special missions though with extremely tough adversaries like the Vortex or Caddie, but haven't done anything about them. Too much other diversions at the moment. Maybe in the future...

spara,
I'm seeing these errors popping up in my log from time to time:

11:58:35.121 [script.javaScript.exception.unexpectedType]: ***** JavaScript exception (oolite-random-hits-guard 2.4): TypeError: this.ship.group.leader is null
11:58:35.121 [script.javaScript.exception.unexpectedType]:       c:\Oolite-Trunk/oolite.app/GNUstep/Library/ApplicationSupport/Oolite/ManagedAddOns/oolite.oxp.spara.random_hits.oxz/Scripts/oolite-random-hits-guard.js, line 14.
11:58:35.155 [script.javaScript.exception.unexpectedType]: ***** JavaScript exception (oolite-random-hits-guard 2.4): TypeError: this.ship.group.leader is null
11:58:35.156 [script.javaScript.exception.unexpectedType]:       c:\Oolite-Trunk/oolite.app/GNUstep/Library/ApplicationSupport/Oolite/ManagedAddOns/oolite.oxp.spara.random_hits.oxz/Scripts/oolite-random-hits-guard.js, line 14.
11:58:35.198 [script.javaScript.exception.unexpectedType]: ***** JavaScript exception (oolite-random-hits-guard 2.4): TypeError: this.ship.group.leader is null
11:58:35.198 [script.javaScript.exception.unexpectedType]:       c:\Oolite-Trunk/oolite.app/GNUstep/Library/ApplicationSupport/Oolite/ManagedAddOns/oolite.oxp.spara.random_hits.oxz/Scripts/oolite-random-hits-guard.js, line 14.

I'm not currently doing any RH hits, and actually I got the above errors when starting a new game.

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Sorry to disappoint you, but currently the random missions of three different skill levels are all there is. I've been pondering about special missions though with extremely tough adversaries like the Vortex or Caddie, but haven't done anything about them. Too much other diversions at the moment. Maybe in the future...

Hi! it's not disappointing, i thought something was going wrong and i just wanted to know what was happening.
Thanks again!

Just stumbled across this error message in the debug console:

Warning: Unknown expansion key [mission_random_hits_criminal_kill_payment] in string.
    Active script: Random_Hits 1.11.2
    script.js, line 1670:
            describe_payment = expandDescription("[random_hits_security_bar_text_describe_payment1]");
Warning: Unbalanced ] in string.
    Active script: Random_Hits 1.11.2
    script.js, line 1670:
            describe_payment = expandDescription("[random_hits_security_bar_text_describe_payment1]");

New version (1.11.3) is up.

* Fixed a missionVariable bug in big boss expansions. Thanks to gizmo for reporting.
* Added and updated missionscreen IDs. As per phkb's request.

I've been playing Random Hits with a commander on a Windows 10 machine. Windows 10 finally annoyed me once too often so it has been wiped and replaced with a Linux installation (Devuan). I've re-installed Oolite and the Random Hits OXP and then loaded the commander.

I'm on a mission to hunt someone flying a shiny python on Laeser but, even though I've searched and searched (over 4 or 5 hours of play now), I cannot find them. I'm at Laeser (G2) and I get the messages as I leave the station encouraging me to hunt them. I get the red "X" on the galactic chart, etc. so I'm relatively confident that the OXP is working. I just can't find the python that needs to be destroyed.

Is there any way to check that the target ship is actually being created? Or, does anyone have any clues as to where to hunt for it? I've tried the route between the witch point and the station, but no luck. I've tried the route between the station and the star. I've even tried the route between the star and the witchpoint. I've tried hyperspacing out and back but still no luck.

Any suggestions from budding Boba Fetts out there?

Welcome aboard, Commander! No input from me, as I've never been a bounty hunter. In fact, I used to hunt bounty hunters.

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@MostlyHarmless

Welcome, I am using Random Hits for a while and my first guess would be 2 possible scenarios:

You was too slow and the mission got canceled, personally I don't believe so because as much as I know the timers reset after every jump.

Somebody neutralized your target before you but in this case you should receive a message after docking.

Usually you will find them on the waypoint - planet route.

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The mark is spawned on wp-station line, so fly straight towards the main station from the witchpoint buoy and you should be able to catch them. It is possible though that the mark drifts away from the line due pirates or police.

Thanks - that was what I figured it would be... but I can't seem to find it. I'll just keep looking... Is there any way to "peek under the hood" to get a list of all the ships in the system, so that I can be sure nothing is broken?

You're running Oolite 1.84, yes? I'm not sure if an entity dump (pause+0) works in a deployment build. One of the boffins would know.

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