I believe I have discovered a serious bug in EVN regarding the visibility of systems as controlled by mission bits. If these bugs appear in the EVO port, I can only assume they will eventually impact plug in development for EVN in general.
To make my case, I have made several control and test pilots, some EVO, some EVN, some plt. They all test the same conditions. I have uploaded all the files for people to confirm my observations:
(url="http://"http://phair.csh.rit.edu/~seant/wind/visBugs.zip")http://phair.csh.rit...ind/visBugs.zip(/url)
The following conditions were followed.
Control files:
These files are to be used with the original EVO game (not the port)
Untitled is a plugin which provides a map available at all worlds. When purchased, it reveals the entire galaxy.
Virgin(EVO) is a brand new pilot. It has never been used.
b13b14(EVO) is a copy of Virgin(EVO), but mission bits 13 and 14 have been set.
Control conditions:
1.) If necessary, download and install EVO.
2.) place the Untitled plugin in the plugin folder
3.) place Virgin(EVO) and b13b14(EVO) in the pilots folder
4.) Run EVO
5.) Open pilot Virgin(EVO)
Note: Although this pilot has not seen the intro screen, the intro screen will not load. This is normal, though is arguably a bug.
6.) Land on the planet
7.) Purchase the outfit that has no image and is called "Marine gear" which costs -2500cr.
8.) Leave the planet.
9.) Look at the universe map. Note systems Obron, Gualon, Gamur, ROmit and Avann.
10.) Use ESC to go to the main screen, load pilot b13b14(EVO) and repeat the outfit purchasing and map observations.
Results:
system | Virgin (govt(colour)) | b13b14(govt(colour))
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Obron | Voinian(red) | UE Frontier (blue)
Gualon | Voinian(red) | Hinwar (blue) (Hinavar)
Gamur | Voinian(red) | Hinwar (blue)
Romit | Voinian(red) | Emalgha (orange)
Avann | Voinian(red) | Uninhabited (na)
This data represents what things should look like.
Experiment files:
These files are to be used with either the Mac or Windows version of EVN along with the EVO port
Untitled (or untitled.rez)is a plugin which provides a map available at all worlds. When purchased, it reveals the entire galaxy.
Virgin(EVN) (or Virgin(EVN).plt) is a brand new pilot. It has never been used.
b13b14(EVN) (or b13b14(EVN).plt) is a copy of Virgin(EVN), but mission bits 13 and 14 have been set.
Control conditions:
1.) If necessary, download and install EVN and the EVO port for EVN.
2.) place the Untitled plugin in the plugin folder
3.) place Virgin(EVN) and b13b14(EVN) in the pilots folder
4.) Run EVN
5.) Open pilot Virgin(EVN)
Note: Although this pilot has not seen the intro screen, the intro screen will not load. This is normal, though is arguably a bug. That the pilot has not seen the intro screen can be confirmed by reading the pilotlog.txt.
6.) Land on the planet
7.) Purchase the outfit that has no image and is called "Regional Map" which costs 0cr.
8.) Leave the planet.
9.) Look at the universe map. Note systems Obron, Gualon, Gamur, ROmit and Avann.
10.) Use ESC to go to the main screen, load pilot b13b14(EVN) and repeat the outfit purchasing and map observations.
Results: The regions of the map holding Obron, Gualon, Gamur, Romit and Avann are missing systems as though one hasn't explored there. Since one has purchased a map encompasing the entire universe, however, those systems should appear. Repeated purchasing of the special map does not make the hidden systems appear.
Further experimentation:
If one should go and explore the areas affected, the following oddities appear:
System Govt Colour Legal Status
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Gamur Hinwar Red Decent Individual
Obron UE Frontier Red Clean
Hinavar Hinwar Red Decent Individual
Romit Emalgha Red Decent Individual
There may be other problems, but these were the most apparent.
On windows, the results are similar except that purchasing the special map does reveal all the systems. The odd colouring/legal status outlined above is present.
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Mac<-->PC pilot file Conversions: (url="http://"http://phair.csh.rit.edu/~seant/EV/PilotConvert/")http://phair.csh.rit...V/PilotConvert/(/url)
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