S31-Zero-Order

Good morning, TT!

I haven't made any new news posts in awhile regarding our progress on our current projects, so I think it's time to share some of what we're working on right now. We've got a few new things in the pipe since I last gave you guys an update:

Update Server for Auto-Updater Back Online
 

Yes, that's right. The update server for the auto-updater program is back online. Before you next log into the server, please do two things:

1. Remove the "Read Only" status from the files in your FL folder. Some of the files in the mod are marked as "Read Only" and will stop the updater from doing its thing.
2. Run the updater to pull newest changes. After that, you're good to go!

Tekagi's Treasure Landing Page

I'm developing a new landing page website for Tekagi's Treasure and am building it to be a kind of "one-stop-shop" for all things TT (like the mod and program downloads), forum links, server news, and etc. So far, the landing page is very close to being ready, but we still need to decide on a host for the site. For a number of reasons, we're also looking at creating a new forum. All of this will be done at the domain "Tekagis.ca".


TT Stock Market

The stock market is still coming along. I'm working on redoing the GUI to make it a little more helpful to users and am fixing refresh issues and calculation problems in the code. When I have something decent for you guys to look at, I'll post screenshots.
 

Next Update for the Mod

In light of needing more help in working on the mod, we've decided to add Legion to our development team. Fen and Legion are now currently working together in getting mod files sorted, with Fen rebuilding tools used to parse and correct issues in the current FL code and files. Finishing those tools will greatly help in stabilizing the mod and allow us to add some really interesting stuff to future updates.



As per usual, if you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to comment or send us PMs. Thanks!

For the Brotherhood!

Good morning everyone!

I wanted to give an update on how the stock market is coming along, being that I haven't posted on it in awhile. I'm still cranking away at it, slowly but surely. There are two things that I'm working on right now:

1. Corporation name generator

2. GUI interface

The corporation name generator essentially takes 3 different collections of words and generates a new name for a corporation whenever a new corp is needed. Basically, this allows for a massive number of different possible names to be generated on an as-needed basis. The data for the generator is what I'm working on at the moment, and is a slow process. There's a surprising amount of research I'm having to do to ensure that the names fit the locations the corporations are supposedly based out of, and that the names actually make sense. I'm nearing completion of the first collection, though -- very exciting!

The GUI interface has been a pain in the ass to build, but it's been fun trying to design it. Right now, I'm trying to build a way for multiple factions to be addable to the market, rather than a set number of them, which will allow maximum flexibility for new additions in the future. I have a few ideas on what I can do to get it up and running, but it'll be awhile before I can flesh it all out completely.


Next tasks in the build process:

1. Corporation background generator (makes a brief synopsis on where the corp is based and what it does)

2. Serverside statistics and data presentation
3. Reading/editing FL files

These parts will take a long period of time to build, but we'll get there. If you have any questions on the project, feel free to post them here and I'll answer however I can.

For the Brotherhood!

Bug Found: Some ships that should cloak can't.

Date Found: 2/1/2016 (and prior)

What I was flying: N/A

How to reproduce: Pilot ship, use "/cloak" command to cloak the ship.

These are a list of ships that have been reported that are supposed to be able to cloak, but don't have the ability:

Osiris (battleship)
Ring-y

Viper Mk7 (I think is the name -- sold in Outback)

I'll update this list as more players respond with other ships. We'll need to test each to ensure that they function correctly.

Please do NOT post the Ravenclaw in here. The infocard for that one is wrong -- that fighter has never had a cloaking device.

This forum is for posting bug reports regarding issues that you found within the mod. Some of these issues may already be addressed and patched in later updates. To report an issue with the mod, please use the following format example (minus the example's coloring, of course):


Bug Found: CTD on undock at X Station

Date Found: 2/1/2016

What I was flying: Mosaram

How to reproduce: I bought 16 Phantom Lasers, mounted 8, and kept 8 unmounted. I tried to undock and crashed.

Please make sure that your issue hasn't already been reported before making a new thread on it. If you get the same problem as another player, please respond to the thread they've already opened to confirm that others are getting the same issue. If you have found a bug that hasn't yet been reported, please create a new topic with the above format. Do NOT put your new bug report in another bug's thread.

When a bug has been fixed, we'll let you know and close the thread.

Thanks!

Hey guys!

I've got an application that I'm working on for the server, right now. The application is a stock market for TT -- a brand new source of income for you if successful. I don't believe that this has been done on any other Freelancer server, so we'd be the first if I can pull this off!

Anyways, I've put up a link for it in the server discussion section of the forums. You can find it here. It's been something that Fen, Ellis, and myself have been talking about for a while and just haven't had the time to implement it or really develop the application at all. However, I've had a lot of time to think about it and managed to put in a fair amount of work last night. The UI is nowhere near ready, nor completely planned out, so I have no screenshots yet. All work is currently being devoted to the back end for the application that'll be running on the server.

I'll be working on the client/server applications and file system, and I've asked for Fen's help in getting it to interact with the server's player files. Check out the link to the topic in Server Discussion for more details and tell me what you think. Your feedback would be great!


For the Brotherhood!