Random jumps

Hey Qi,

I tried the moving of the jump out point to diffrent Hp’s. didnt seem to do anything other then making the docking points to dock with the buoy 5k awway from the buoy, but I still spawned 562 meters from the location of the buoy as defined in the system file. I did try putting a spin of the object in the in the system file and that did move the spawn point but still 562 away from center.

so, Freelance must be using the location and oreintation of the buoy in the system when defining the exit point. I also tryed :

common.dll	13E678	2000f = how far behind a jumpgate a player will be spawned - from this point, the player will be thrown forward at exceptional speed until he/she has reached the gate ~fox

didnt seem to help.

Im going to try having the bouy jump to a base docking point and puting a spin the base. scale it up and see if it spawns in differnt locations. if it work we remove the sur and mat files and it should basiclly be invisable and unhittable. its a shot in the dark but I’ll see.

Jer

You know, when I saw the subject I thought it was about jumping from one jump into a random other system. Will this thread get to this? Or its just too obviouse to discuss?

So FW:ToW is baces on what you get from threads? WoW thats a scoop!

In response to a PM, here’s my solution for random jump destinations (see RandomJumps.cpp for usage). The new file DATA\UNIVERSE\RandomJumps.ini contains the jump objects, along with their desired exit points. Currently all exits have equal probability, so if you want some chosen more frequently than others, just duplicate them. I also don’t think it’s entirely stable, but don’t know why, so be aware the client may crash (the server seems fine).

(There’s also a minor update to the packet dumper, since I added the system to FLPACKET_SERVER_SYSTEM_SWITCH_OUT, so the client sees the same system as the server.)

One example I just thought of:

[RandomJump]
object = Li01_to_Li04           ; New York to Texas Jump Gate
goto = Li04, Li04_to_Li01       ; normal destination
goto = Li04, Li04_to_Li01       ; 2/3 the time
goto = Li04, Li04_to_Li01_hole  ; jump hole intercepts 1/3 the time

The site itself was down (which was weird, 'cos I’d only just uploaded it). It’s working again now.

WOW! Adoxa, thanks for responding to the PM, I’ll get working on this immediatly when I get home. (I’m at school)

EDIT: Telling you again Xarian, stay away, this one is mine to work at.

Bahaha… and i’ll tell u again my Wolfie friend “have at it”

Nice to know this is a possibility, Thanks AdoXa

After an extended amount of testing with RandomJumps thingy, I found it to be working perfectly.

I took a peak on the source code, and it looks clean. Good work Adoxa.

this may be standing very close to this “random jumps” thingy, so i’ll ask.
could you try making jumps from any point in space to a point in another system by player command?

this is a long-standing problem for some fl developers, you know :]
and i think there’s no need for something like fully finished plug-in, working prototype is quite enough.

some time ago on windows live (if i’m right) i saw a modified flhook that could do this. it was used at that time on the BSG-Galactica.com server. either it is deleted now or i’m mistaking with the place i saw the download at… maybe m0tah knows more.

Sorry for my noobish question, but…
Do I have to delete the original "goto = " Entry of the objekt in the System INI-File to make RandomJumps work ?

I have the file that I think Gisteron is referring to, I’ll go have a look for it soon.

J.R. wrote:
Sorry for my noobish question, but…
Do I have to delete the original "goto = " Entry of the objekt in the System INI-File to make RandomJumps work ?

Yes you need! The first jump after server restart is always one that is written there. Without that I ended up in no-ending jump sequence.
After first, other jumps r read from second .ini file (still testing do they go rndm even me doubt adoxa can make mistakes).
[EDIT]

Yes you need!

Sorry 4 my mistake - I meant: Yes you need that line there!

@OutCast: Console does it for single player.

@J.R.: No, you don’t. You do have to add them to the new file, though.

@sumanuti: I was testing with a single destination, thus overriding the original goto. Just tested again - redirect Li01_to_Li02 to Li03, Li03_to_Li01 to Li02. Start the server, New York to California takes me to Colorado. Restart the server, Colorado to New York takes me to California.

I also tested this with a jumphole that had no destination, it worked perfectly.

In other words you can create a jumphole and give it no goto entry in any .ini file, and make another jumphole go to it with randomjumps.ini without issues.

Also, what happened to my “No, you don’t” answer to J.R?

adoxa wrote:

@J.R.: No, you don’t. You do have to add them to the new file, though.

Thanks for the reply adoxa.
Tested your great work and found it working very well… although I realise
that the first jump after server restart is always to its
original destination… maybe a random issue but a bit strange to me.
Anyways… I have to say a BIG THX to ADOXA. He is simply doing miracles !!!