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MattG · May 8, 2024

Hmm, this doesn't appear to work after all. Here's my custom criterium:

Code:

::Criteria::
if scan.TerraformState and Scan.PlanetClass and scan.TerraformState == 'Terraformable' then
  return true, 'Terraformable ' .. scan.PlanetClass, scan.PlanetClass
end
::End::

When I start Observatory Core, it logs the following error and stops processing custom criteria:

Code:

[2024/05/08 17:25:12] Error encountered in Elite Observatory from plugin Explorer while processing custom criteria 'Criteria0' on scan:
{ "timestamp":"2019-03-24T17:56:02Z", "event":"Scan", "ScanType":"AutoScan", "BodyName":"Hepa 2", "BodyID":8, "Parents":[ {"Star":0} ], "DistanceFromArrivalLS":388.145691, "TidalLock":false, "TerraformState":"", "PlanetClass":"Sudarsky class I gas giant", "Atmosphere":"", "AtmosphereComposition":[ { "Name":"Hydrogen", "Percent":69.190788 }, { "Name":"Helium", "Percent":30.809208 } ], "Volcanism":"", "MassEM":7.705753, "Radius":25729286.000000, "SurfaceGravity":4.639476, "SurfaceTemperature":21.134399, "SurfacePressure":0.000000, "Landable":false, "SemiMajorAxis":116363403264.000000, "Eccentricity":0.000009, "OrbitalInclination":0.146388, "Periapsis":330.440338, "OrbitalPeriod":70189312.000000, "RotationPeriod":102962.531250, "AxialTilt":-0.262425, "Rings":[ { "Name":"Hepa 2 A Ring", "RingClass":"eRingClass_Icy", "MassMT":7.9732e+10, "InnerRad":4.6691e+07, "OuterRad":6.8762e+07 } ], "ReserveLevel":"CommonResources" }
NOTE: Custom criteria processing has been disabled to prevent further errors.

Exception message: [string "chunk"]:2: attempt to index a nil value (global 'Scan')
Stack trace:
   at NLua.Lua.ThrowExceptionFromError(Int32 oldTop)
   at NLua.Lua.CallFunction(Object function, Object[] args, Type[] returnTypes)
   at Observatory.Explorer.CustomCriteriaManager.CheckInterest(Scan scan, Dictionary`2 scanHistory, Dictionary`2 signalHistory, ExplorerSettings settings)

Could be a helium-rich gas giant triggering this, not sure, just guessing by it's >30% helium content in the atmosphere.

Missed that there's a capital S in there

Try:

Code:

::Criteria::
if scan.TerraformState and scan.PlanetClass and scan.TerraformState == 'Terraformable' then
  return true, 'Terraformable ' .. scan.PlanetClass, scan.PlanetClass
end
::End::

You'll need to re-enable the Custom Criteria option in Explorer settings.

GrandAdmiralThrawn · May 8, 2024

Ah, of course. It's case-sensitive! I totally missed that.

Works now, thanks!

Vithigar · May 8, 2024

GrandAdmiralThrawn said:
Hmm, this doesn't appear to work after all. Here's my custom criterium:

Code:

::Criteria:: if scan.TerraformState and Scan.PlanetClass and scan.TerraformState == 'Terraformable' then return true, 'Terraformable ' .. scan.PlanetClass, scan.PlanetClass end ::End::

When I start Observatory Core, it logs the following error and stops processing custom criteria:

Lua is case-sensitive and you have a capitalized "Scan" in there.

edit: ...why did the forums not show me your replies since then until after I hit post?

varonica · May 9, 2024

Interesting little bug here, HIP 88471 b 5, it's a pre-populated system so I scan nav beacon to get details of system, on scanning the nav beacon I got two possible bio's on that planet, on mapping the planet it turns out there are none actually present, zero bio, but it doesn't update in bio-insights;

MattG · May 9, 2024

varonica said:
Interesting little bug here, HIP 88471 b 5, it's a pre-populated system so I scan nav beacon to get details of system, on scanning the nav beacon I got two possible bio's on that planet, on mapping the planet it turns out there are none actually present, zero bio, but it doesn't update in bio-insights;

Yep, known issue. I've fixed it (some time ago!) but it's waiting on new UI release. Soon

Vithigar · May 19, 2024

It's been a long road, gettin' from Avalonia to Winforms.

Major update imminent. Barring some kind of disaster I should have a release candidate for people to try out tomorrow!

Vithigar · May 20, 2024

Here it is folks. See the link for release notes.

Release UI Overhaul Test Release · Xjph/ObservatoryCore

The long awaited UI Overhaul and new version of Observatory! There's a lot to cover here, but first there's something important to get out of the way: THIS IS A TESTING RELEASE AND NOT GUARANTEED T...

github.com

Vithigar · May 20, 2024

Coming up will be new writeups for the updated criteria syntax, and how to create a custom theme.

That said, here's the file for "hot dog stand", if anyone wants to use it. Just save it as a .eot file and load via the "Add Theme" button in Observatory.

JSON:

{
    "Name": "Hot Dog Stand",
    "Theme": {
        "ComboBox.BackColor": {
            "Name": "Yellow"
        },
        "ComboBox.ForeColor": {
            "Name": "WindowText"
        },
        "Default.BackColor": {
            "Name": "Red"
        },
        "Default.ForeColor": {
            "Name": "ControlText"
        },
        "LinkLabel.ActiveLinkColor": {
            "Name": "Yellow"
        },
        "LinkLabel.DisabledLinkColor": {
            "R": 0,
            "B": 0,
            "G": 200
        },
        "LinkLabel.LinkColor": {
            "R": 0,
            "B": 0,
            "G": 200
        },
        "LinkLabel.VisitedLinkColor": {
            "R": 0,
            "B": 0,
            "G": 133
        },
        "ListView.BackColor": {
            "Name": "Yellow"
        },
        "ListView.ForeColor": {
            "Name": "WindowText"
        },
        "NumericUpDown.BackColor": {
            "Name": "Yellow"
        },
        "NumericUpDown.ForeColor": {
            "Name": "WindowText"
        },
        "TrackBar.ForeColor": {
            "Name": "WindowText"
        },
        "UpDownButtons.BackColor": {
            "Name": "Yellow"
        },
        "UpDownButtons.ForeColor": {
            "Name": "WindowText"
        },
        "UpDownEdit.BackColor": {
            "Name": "Yellow"
        },
        "UpDownEdit.ForeColor": {
            "Name": "WindowText"
        }
    }
}

GraphicEqualizer · May 21, 2024

Great progress. Initial thoughts:

Needs an "autostart monitoring on startup" option
Needs to remember window size and column widths (or auto size column widths)
Some date sorting is not working as expected

Vithigar · May 21, 2024

GraphicEqualizer said:
Great progress. Initial thoughts:

Needs an "autostart monitoring on startup" option

Needs to remember window size and column widths (or auto size column widths)

Some date sorting is not working as expected

Thanks for the report!

As much has they've been inexplicable bugbears for pretty much the entire time I've been working on Observatory I'm happy to dig in on the first two and try to get them sorted out.

Can you elaborate on your date sorting issue? At a glance sorting by time in Explorer seems to be fine, but if you can give me a specific example I'll happily look into it.

GraphicEqualizer · May 21, 2024

After doing a read all, and seeing entries going all the way back to about 2020 then sorting by date so it would show 2024 at the top I saw something like this
2022 ...
2022 ...
2020 ...
2024 ...
2023 ...

Vithigar · May 21, 2024

GraphicEqualizer said:
After doing a read all, and seeing entries going all the way back to about 2020 then sorting by date so it would show 2024 at the top I saw something like this
2022 ...
2022 ...
2020 ...
2024 ...
2023 ...

I'll need more information than that as I'm not seeing that behaviour myself. A screenshot might be helpful, and depending on any insight I do or do not glean from that possibly a copy of your logs.

GraphicEqualizer · May 21, 2024

Vithigar · May 21, 2024

Ah, those aren't my plugins, and are using something other than ISO8601 dates. Observatory's default sort is just "natural" sort order, which works fine for dates formatted like "yyyy-MM-dd", but will fail with most other date formats.

The authors of those plugins need to update them to either provide their own sorting algorithm, or use a naturally sortable date format.

GraphicEqualizer · May 21, 2024

Vithigar said:
Ah, those aren't my plugins, and are using something other than ISO8601 dates. Observatory's default sort is just "natural" sort order, which works fine for dates formatted like "yyyy-MM-dd", but will fail with most other date formats.

The authors of those plugins need to update them to either provide their own sorting algorithm, or use a naturally sortable date format.

Ah, I always forget which is who's lol

Ultra Fluffy · May 21, 2024

Can't get it to run. It exits almost immediately. No GUI. Nothing. How do I revert to the previous version?

Vithigar · May 21, 2024

Ultra Fluffy said:
Can't get it to run. It exits almost immediately. No GUI. Nothing. How do I revert to the previous version?

All versions, current and past, are listed on the releases page: https://github.com/Xjph/ObservatoryCore/releases

Here is a link directly to the most recent full release: https://github.com/Xjph/ObservatoryCore/releases/tag/v0.2.23060.2034

Would you mind sending me your error log? It should be in your documents folder named ObservatoryErrorLog.txt

Ultra Fluffy · May 21, 2024

The file was ObservatoryCrashLog.txt. The last entry is:
[21/05/2024 19:41:05] Error encountered in Elite Observatory 0.2.23060.2034
Exception message: '0x00' is an invalid end of a number. Expected 'E' or 'e'. Path: $.Nebulae[189].Coords[0] | LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 104660.
Stack trace:
at System.Text.Json.ThrowHelper.ReThrowWithPath(ReadStack& state, JsonReaderException ex)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.ReadCore(Utf8JsonReader& reader, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state)
at System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.ReadFromSpan[TValue](ReadOnlySpan`1 utf8Json, JsonTypeInfo jsonTypeInfo, Nullable`1 actualByteCount)
at System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.ReadFromSpan[TValue](ReadOnlySpan`1 json, JsonTypeInfo jsonTypeInfo)
at System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize[TValue](String json, JsonSerializerOptions options)
at CodexLib.CodexChecker..ctor()
at Observatory.BioInsights.BioInsights.Load(IObservatoryCore observatoryCore)
at Observatory.PluginManagement.PluginManager..ctor() in C:\Users\Xjph\Repos\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore\PluginManagement\PluginManager.cs:line 61
at Observatory.PluginManagement.PluginManager.NewPluginManager() in C:\Users\Xjph\Repos\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore\PluginManagement\PluginManager.cs:line 28
at System.Lazy`1.ViaFactory(LazyThreadSafetyMode mode)
at System.Lazy`1.ExecutionAndPublication(LazyHelper executionAndPublication, Boolean useDefaultConstructor)
at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue()
at System.Lazy`1.get_Value()
at Observatory.UI.MainApplication.OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted() in C:\Users\Xjph\Repos\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore\UI\MainApplication.axaml.cs:line 17
at Avalonia.Controls.AppBuilderBase`1.Setup() in /_/src/Avalonia.Controls/AppBuilderBase.cs:line 308
at Avalonia.ClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetimeExtensions.StartWithClassicDesktopLifetime[T](T builder, String[] args, ShutdownMode shutdownMode) in /_/src/Avalonia.Controls/ApplicationLifetimes/ClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime.cs:line 208
at Observatory.ObservatoryCore.Main(String[] args) in C:\Users\Xjph\Repos\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore.cs:line 21
Inner exception message: '0x00' is an invalid end of a number. Expected 'E' or 'e'. LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 104660.
Stack trace:
at System.Text.Json.ThrowHelper.ThrowJsonReaderException(Utf8JsonReader& json, ExceptionResource resource, Byte nextByte, ReadOnlySpan`1 bytes)
at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.TryGetNumber(ReadOnlySpan`1 data, Int32& consumed)
at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ConsumeNumber()
at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ConsumeValue(Byte marker)
at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ReadSingleSegment()
at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.Read()
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonCollectionConverter`2.OnTryRead(Utf8JsonReader& reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state, TCollection& value)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.TryRead(Utf8JsonReader& reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state, T& value)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata.JsonPropertyInfo`1.ReadJsonAndSetMember(Object obj, ReadStack& state, Utf8JsonReader& reader)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.Converters.ObjectDefaultConverter`1.OnTryRead(Utf8JsonReader& reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state, T& value)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.TryRead(Utf8JsonReader& reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state, T& value)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonCollectionConverter`2.OnTryRead(Utf8JsonReader& reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state, TCollection& value)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.TryRead(Utf8JsonReader& reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state, T& value)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata.JsonPropertyInfo`1.ReadJsonAndSetMember(Object obj, ReadStack& state, Utf8JsonReader& reader)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.Converters.ObjectDefaultConverter`1.OnTryRead(Utf8JsonReader& reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state, T& value)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.TryRead(Utf8JsonReader& reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state, T& value)
at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.ReadCore(Utf8JsonReader& reader, JsonSerializerOptions options, ReadStack& state)

Ultra Fluffy · May 21, 2024

That was the previous version. Try this instead:

[21/05/2024 19:24:03] Error encountered in Elite Observatory 0.3.24141.2140
Exception message: Value of '-1' is not valid for 'Value'. 'Value' should be between 'Minimum' and '$Maximum'. (Parameter 'value')
Actual value was -1.
Stack trace:
at System.Windows.Forms.TrackBar.set_Value(Int32 value)
at Observatory.UI.CoreForm.PopulateNativeSettings() in C:\Users\Xjph\Repos\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore\UI\CoreForm.Settings.cs:line 104
at Observatory.UI.CoreForm..ctor() in C:\Users\Xjph\Repos\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore\UI\CoreForm.cs:line 37
at Observatory.ObservatoryCore.Main(String[] args) in C:\Users\Xjph\Repos\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore.cs:line 48

Vithigar · May 21, 2024

Ultra Fluffy said:
That was the previous version. Try this instead:

[21/05/2024 19:24:03] Error encountered in Elite Observatory 0.3.24141.2140
Exception message: Value of '-1' is not valid for 'Value'. 'Value' should be between 'Minimum' and '$Maximum'. (Parameter 'value')
Actual value was -1.
Stack trace:
at System.Windows.Forms.TrackBar.set_Value(Int32 value)
at Observatory.UI.CoreForm.PopulateNativeSettings() in C:\Users\Xjph\Repos\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore\UI\CoreForm.Settings.cs:line 104
at Observatory.UI.CoreForm..ctor() in C:\Users\Xjph\Repos\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore\UI\CoreForm.cs:line 37
at Observatory.ObservatoryCore.Main(String[] args) in C:\Users\Xjph\Repos\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore\ObservatoryCore.cs:line 48

That's enough to go on I think. Thanks.