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"/navroute" command could use a "list" option
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:
--
/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
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:
--
/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
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."
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."
Wait. rte files are just normal config files? Does that mean that /navroute load is an alias for /load? The possibilities!
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"?
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"?
Roguelazer: They don't have extensions. They are simply text documents.
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.
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.
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
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