Oolite resources on the Web

[Cody]

Posted by: @geraldine
I've been on a waiting list myself, for a different procedure, since before the Pandemic

Yeah, my eyesight problems started in 2019, just before the wheels came off the NHS. It's irreparably broken!

[Geraldine]

@cody 
It can be fixed but those in power have to have the will to do it. The shower that are presently in government don't seem to have any interest in that. They would sell off the NHS to the American big Pharmas if they could get away with it. Depressing it is.

[sscadmin]

Granted I don't have any malware/virus checking software monitoring my browser but in chrome or brave browser nothing is popping up for me on Win10. Hmm glancing through the site with devtools I didn't see anything pop out at me as a security risk. I wonder if its hitting on the files on the site ... for example I see OXZ, EXE. I would .ZIP/.7zip any files if possible just to avoid issues with downloading. And I noticed in a few places you get redirected to other sites when clicking on specific links.
Which SSC does a lot of this and so far no one has mentioned any bad stuff about links or files. But at first glance the site seems fine to me @cody.
I am a little ignorant on overseas medical coverage and availability. USA's medical availability is usually quite good if you need something done you can get it pretty quick, granted you will pay a lot for it and I think that may be the problem. Can you pay extra to be seen quicker @cody or is taking a small vacation to get a procedure done in another country an option for you? Totally sucks people have to sit and get worse waiting for a appointment/procedure. I hope you can get good news about your situation soon. 

[Cody]

Thanks D1. Earlier comment from the owner of oolite.space:

All reports about the danger of the site (if I understood correctly) boiled down to the fact that the site does NOT pose a threat, but does NOT prevent potential security problems. I tried to set the headers of the site in accordance with the security requirements (thanks @hiran for the report) - please try to evaluate if anything has changed... we will improve the characteristics of the site to get a good security rating - this has nothing to do with the content of the site, this just "server" settings.
I'll get back to you on the workings of the UK health system one day.
In short: on my state pension, I can't afford private health care.

[Cholmondely]

Fix for AppleMac Oolite's Expansion Manager
Converts it to "www.Oolite.space" using the Terminal utility (hidden away in the Utilities folder).
[url]http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=292923#p292923[/url]

[Cholmondely]

Summary of recent Oolite activity for January 2024
1) Work on Nightlies/Oolite v.1.92
*Major improvements to graphics including support of HDR and the colour-blind, and other improvements for planets, etc.
*Ability to configure keyboard
*Ability to update all Expansions
*Other improvements
2) OXPs
2a) Revamped old favourites (almost all by Phkb)
*Cataclysm (Mission) - has been deprecated since Oolite v.1.76 - "a great example of a story-like mission"
*LoveCats (Mission)
*New Cargoes - issues since Oolite v.1.82 finally solved
*Tianve - has been revamped with a realistic pulsar, better textures and New Cargoes added in. A better texture for Tianve which includes dark-side city lights!
*New textures for Globe, Torus & Taranis stations
*New textures for Commies, Dictators & Feudal States - with more realistic Feudal joust wagering odds too
*Tionisla Chronicle Array - Alnivel has made this more compatible with the "Tionisla Reporter OXP" mission
*Telescope - cag has made this much more flexible (and complicated), even adding in a second MFD: you can set one for stations, another for ships
2b) New OXPS
Alnivel
- Route Planner OXP - makes the ANA much more flexible (adds more than the one destination)
- Interface Reordering OXP - allows reordering a lengthy F4 docked screen (and possibly even adding Cyrillic titles! - not tried this...)
Griff
- Griff has started producing SpecGloss textures for the core ships - 6 so far. The Sidewinder's textures get grubbier as its maintenance level deteriorates!
Killer Wolf
- a new Adder for Harder Start upgrades - Adder Mark III
- a massive new station with an incredible docking experience - Isis Interstellar
Redspear
- reintroducing some of the features of Classic Elite: Jane's Galactic Shipset & Fighter-Explorers
- Galactic Hyperdrive Reimagined - now reusable and intergalactic travel takes time (may spoil some missions)
- Comedy: Alien Systems & Solo's Alt Stations
Phkb
- Vimana-X HUD (the newest HUD with many working equipment lights and optional gubbins)
- Expanded Weapon Info (gives information about lasers on the F3 screen - range, damage, overheating, etc.)
- Missile Summary (lists your missiles/bombs on the F5 screen)
- Retextures for WildShips/Kiota Stations
- Tionisla Memorials (TOGY) - adds starbird memorials for Oolite community members Svengali & Ironfist
- Xenon UI SW Economy Addition (but does not identify the "3rd trade-pole" mining worlds as such)
2c) Experimental and unfinished
- Black Hole (by Phkb: with texture and position, but needs game effects added - attraction/heat/equipment malfunction, etc)

[Cholmondely]

Screenshots for Summary for Jan 2024

Globe Station (revamp by Phkb of 2006 oxp)
Tianve 2.0 (revamp by Phkb)
Griff's deteriorating SpecGloss Sidewinder
KillerWolf's Isis Interstellar Station
Phkb's Vimana-X HUD
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[Cholmondely]

Problem solved! (see comment appended beneath)
Problems with Oolite BB (we all seem to be permanently banned from Oolite Bulletins/[url]http://www.aegidian.org/bb/)[/url]
Aegidian hopes to look into it on Thursday, but until then we are using the "User:" pages on our wiki (for those of us with accounts) and possibly also [url]https://www.youtube.com/@nickrogers2010[/url] (a senior member of the Oolite Admiralty Board).
The Witchspace Lobster has struck again!

[Cholmondely]

Aegidian just implemented a temporary fix!

[phkb]

A very temporary fix it would seem. I’m just getting a 504 gateway error at the moment.
Edit: And it’s back. Weird.

[Cody]

Giles is asking for new forum admins - it certainly needs fixing. And welcome to SSC.

[phkb]

It’s down again, it would seem

[Cody]

Posted by: @phkb
It’s down again, it would seem

Aye! Question: would you be interested in becoming a forum admin?

[Cody]

Oh dear! Message from Giles:

This morning I fixed the gzip problem and updated the phpBB installation to 3.3.11.
Softlicious insisted it made a backup at each stage.
This afternoon, the board broke.
The backups haven't worked, not my ones, not the softlicious automatic ones.
The database is broken and restoring the board seems beyond my capabilities.
I hate this.
I poured a lot of myself into oolite over the years, and this board was my last bit of that.
And I don't have the time or the talent to restore it.
So, I think I have to move on.

[phkb]

Oh no!
That’s not good at all, the brokenness of the board, and Giles coming to the realisation his time with Oolite might be done.

[phkb]

@Cody: Is it possible to get a copy of one of the backups? There’s so much history tied up in the boards, if we can at least extract and host a read-only version somewhere that would be useful.

[Cholmondely]

@phkb I presume that Giles is upset about the loss of his posts on the board over the years.
Where should we regroup for the moment?
Here? Reddit? Discord? Our wiki? (Is there anywhere else?)
Reddit: [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/Oolite/[/url]

[Cholmondely]

@phkb That's really a question for Aegidian, I think.

[phkb]

Another option is turning on “Discussion” on GitHub. Benefit is it keeps things together. Downside is it probably can’t import any history.

[Cody]

Posted by: @phkb
Is it possible to get a copy of one of the backups?

No idea! However, I've been in touch with timer, who may have a solution. He's contacted Giles.