BGS

Intro screen featuring Griffs astounding Griff's Normalmapped Ships and CaptKevs Fighter HUD

Jump sequence (v1.9).

Docking effect (v1.9).

LongRangeChart mapping (v1.9, requires Snoopers).

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 or Hyperradio. Patches for Captain Berf Pilot, CustomSounds, Halsis and Hawksound are also available. Since v1.8 it can be used with Better Screens by disabling screenbackgrounds.plist in BGS.

Oolite will never be the same. It feels like a whole new game.

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.
Visual effect for docking/launching, jumps and exits.
OXPs can define own engine sounds, countdowns, chatter or music.
Configurable (by editing or OXPConfig2).
Joystick throttle jitter handling.
Pagroove has created a nice demo video -> YouTube.

Requirements

Latest version needs Oolite v1.77.
Cabal_Common_Library1.7.
Snoopers2.5 (v1.9).

Download

BGS-A1.9.1 (downloaded 1044 times) - female commander voices by Diziet Sma (see this topic).

Documentation for OXP-developers and players.

Old versions:

Either

BGS-A1.9.zip (11.8 MB). This is the all-inclusive version to get a consistent pack. It includes BGS-C, BGS-I and BGS-M.
Download in OXZ format here for Oolite 1.79 or later (downloaded 747 times).

Or any combination of

BGS-C1.6.zip (1.5 MB): a modified version of Milinks/Aegidians customsounds.oxp, based on Oolite's customsounds.plist.
BGS-I1.6.zip (4.9 MB): a set of background images, based on Oolite's screenbackgrounds.plist.
BGS-M1.7.zip (4.3 MB): a script that controls ambient music and ambient sounds plus a few special sound effects.

For Oolite v1.76.1: Either

BGS-A1.5.2.zip (9.6 MB). This is the all-inclusive version to get a consistent pack. It includes BGS-C, BGS-I and BGS-M

Or any combination of

BGS-C1.5.zip (1.5 MB): a modified version of Milinks/Aegidians customsounds.oxp, based on Oolite's customsounds.plist.
BGS-I1.5.zip (4 MB): a set of background images, based on Oolite's screenbackgrounds.plist.
BGS-M1.5.2.zip (4.2 MB): a script that controls ambient music and ambient sounds plus a few special sound effects.

Optional Downloads

Alternative Soundset:

BGS-Soundset_Pagroove2.3.zip (6.4MB).
Download in OXZ format here for Oolite 1.79 or later (downloaded 10714 times).

Test OXP:

BGS-Test1.6.zip (952.9KB).

The following patches are for other soundsets and require the original oxp and BGS-A or BGS-M:

Due to the way the Linux Ext3 & Ext4 filesystems operate, it sometimes happens that the Halsis_BGS1.2 patch will not function as intended. If this is the case, the following patch will enable the Halsis_BGS1.2 patch to function correctly. (Note that the Halsis_BGS1.2 patch is still required.) Unzip and follow the instructions for BGS-A or BGS-M as appropriate.