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BGS-A 1.10 for Oolite

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BGS-A

BGS-A 1.10 for Oolite

Copyright 2010-2014 by P.A.Groove, Phantor Gorth, Thargoid, Svengali and Tricky.

Licences: see below

September 2014

OVERVIEW

Backgroundset (or short BGS) is a framework for images, sounds and music. It ships more than 100 sounds, images for all standard GUI screens, 117 maps for the LongRangeChart and enhances the overall look and feel of the game. The AddOn is expandable, highly configurable and compatible to Random Docking Music, Delightful Docking, Better Screens and Hyperradio. Via patch it can be used with Customsounds, Halsis or Hawksound.

The alternative trumble sounds are outcommented. To activate them remove the comment ("//") for both keys ("[trumble-idle]" and "[trumble-squeal]") in customsounds.plist.

FEATURES

  • FX engine sounds for player ships.
  • Radio chatter when in the aegis of the main station.
  • Music & FX when docked on all standard GUI screens.
  • All natively supported sounds by Oolite.
  • Background images for all standard GUI screens.
  • Timed countdowns (via patch for other soundpacks available too).
  • BGS-XMapping support on LongRangeChart (via overlay).
  • Visual effect for docking, launching, jumps and exits.
  • OXPs can define own engine sounds, countdowns, chatter or music and launching/docking shapes and textures.
  • Documentation for OXP-developers and players.
  • Configurable (by editing or OXPConfig).
  • Joystick jitter handling.

DOCUMENTATION

http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/BGS_Doc

REQUIREMENTS

  • Oolite v1.77.
  • Cabal_Common_Library1.7.oxp

OPTIONAL

  • Snoopers2.5.oxp

PROBLEMS

In case of problems, please report it: http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8250

Please include the following infos:

  • Oolites version (and if trunk or nightly is used the revision number)
  • OS, Graphics card (and driver version)
  • Fullscreen/Windowed mode
  • Shader mode
  • List of used OXPs (incl. versions)

If you are using OXPConfig please dump the missionVariables and script properties of BGS and include the Latest.log.

Thanks to

The development team

  • Giles Williams (aegidian), Jens Ayton (Ahruman), Nikos Barkas (another_commander), David Taylor (dajt), Chris Crowther (hikari), James (cmdrjames), Darren Salt (dsalt), Eddy Petrişor (eddyp), Erich Ritz (eritz), Konstantinos Sykas (getafix), Kaks, Nic (nic_asdf), Michael Werle (mwerle), Dave Hughes (selezen), Eric Walch, Dylan Smith (winston).

Special thanks to

  • Kaks, Ahruman, another_commander and Eric for making this possible at all .-) Kudos.
  • Milinks and Aegidian for the super customsounds.oxp.
  • Okti for the nice way to get rid of the breakpattern rings.
  • Ironfist for running tests and giving feedback - muchas gracias.
  • DaddyHoggy for providing radio chatter files under Public Domain - R'n'R.
  • El Viejo, maik and Smivs for testing and pointing to weak points.
  • Diziet Sma, Disembodied and zdoofop - for their 'bad' eyes, valuable suggestions and pointers .-)
  • Synthirius (Station music, Deep Blue, Public Domain, available at archive.org).
  • Aym, Roman Herzog, Max Nimos and DarrelB for permission to use/distribute their work under CC.

Licences

  • Milinks and Aegidians customsounds.oxp - Licence: CC-by. (BGS-A and BGS-C)
  • bgm_music_station1.ogg - Licence: Public Domain - Synthirius (title Deep Blue, archive.org). (BGS-A and BGS-M)
  • bgs-m_ambi_chatter0D.ogg - License Public Domain - provided by DaddyHoggy.
  • Other - License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ or send an email to info@creativecommons.org

DISCLAIMER

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT
SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF USERS MAY EXPERIENCE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WHEN EXPOSED TO
CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING THIS OXP.
CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOMS EVEN IN USERS
WHO HAVE NO HISTORY OF PRIOR SEIZURES OR EPILEPSY. IF YOU, OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY,
HAVE AN EPILEPTIC CONDITION, CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO USING THIS OXP. IMMEDIATELY
DISCONTINUE USE OF THIS OXP AND CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING THIS OXP: DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE
TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.