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"/navroute" command could use a "list" option

Feb 03, 2005 DekuDekuplex link
First off, I wish to thank the developers for their excellent work lately in fixing the buggy "/navroute" command so that it would work properly on Mac OS X. I was not expecting such a quick fix. That was truly wonderful response time.

As an additional suggestion, it would be very useful, IMHO, to have a "list" option for the "/navroute" command. As is, there does not seem to be any way to list saved cargo routes without switching away from Vendetta™® Online. Rumor has it that in Mac OS X, this is done by temporarily switching to the Finder and listing the package contents for the application, but doing this every time I wish to view my saved routes seems unnecessarily tedious, especially when running in Full Screen mode.

As a temporary solution, I would suggest that a "list" option be added, which would work as follows:

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/navroute list

"Divinia G-6 to Edras B-11.rte"
"Edras G-11 to Nyrius F-6.rte"
"Itan K-11 to Itan G-4.rte"

Navigation routes listed.
--

where ".rte" (or a suitable substitute) is a special suffix reserved for route filenames. Note that the routes are listed in alphabetical order.

For some users, the confirmation message "Navigation routes listed." could be very useful; the first time I had successfully added a navigation route, I thought that the command had mysteriously failed because of lack of feedback. The same principle holds true, IMHO, for all similar commands.

I said "temporary" because eventually, it would be best if the text-based "/navroute" command have a GUI equivalent, using a "Save Route" button coupled with a graphical display of the actual route, viewable in either Vendetta® Online univese-wide or system-wide mode.

-- DekuDekuplex Ornitier
Feb 04, 2005 Celkan link
Routes are already currently stored in your Vendetta directory (Vendetta.app for mac users) as text documents, so they don't need extensions.

Example: Capitals (Goes to the Itani, Serco, UIT and Corvus capitals)

navroute clear
navroute add "Itan K-11"
navroute add "Sol II I-13"
navroute add "Dau L-11"
navroute add "Odia M-14"
echo "nav route loaded."
Feb 04, 2005 roguelazer link
Wait. rte files are just normal config files? Does that mean that /navroute load is an alias for /load? The possibilities!
Feb 04, 2005 Beolach link
Heh. When I get home, I'm going to /navroute load "my_non-route_config"

But getting back on topic, I agree with DekuDekuplex, being able to get a list of the navroutes I've created would be very helpful. Did I call it "DivM14-BraC5", or "Coranis_Watch-Bractus_Watch"?
Feb 05, 2005 Celkan link
Roguelazer: They don't have extensions. They are simply text documents.
Feb 15, 2005 waleran link
They don't *need* extensions, but it'd be nice if they used extensions. That'd help both Windows and OSX users. I'd be happy with a .txt extension, if not .rte [which is also fine with me].

I also would like a "list" option.

Regarding feedback: you can add your own feedback, outside of VO, for now [though I agree it'd be wise to build that into VO]. After you've saved a navroute, you can open it in a text editor and add a line to the bottom:

echo "Route FOO L-11 to SCHMOO M-11 Loaded"

That text will appear in your chat window when you successfully load your navroute.
Feb 15, 2005 Spellcast link
this doesnt really go here, but its definitely not worth a new thread, anyhow here's a neat tip for loading nav-routes.

create an alias using the following semantics

/alias navload "prompt '/navroute load ' "

then bind navload to a key. tapping that key will allow you to enter only the name of the navroute you are loading. Pay close attention to the single quotes