[Gandalph]

Originally posted by Krelian:
Hi i got recently SE4... i played before SE3 and i have a question... in se3 u could build various space yards in starbases around a planet, and they build the things (like ships) together, reducing the build time.. now in se4 i have bought some space yard ships and i put them all together, but only 1 seems to be working, the rest stay iddle... how can i set up the space yards to make them work together?

It doesn't work like that anymore. 1 space yard has 1 build queue and adding more space yard ships will not decrease build time of the one queue, just give you more queues to build with.

Another thing... i like modding the game.. but if i make new ship sises, for example a ship bigger than the baseship, and I make 1 extra level in ship construction, the AI will research that extra level after baseship, and use the new ship sise? If not, where can i teach it to use it? i will have to modify each race one by one in /pictures/races ? or there is some general file that all the races uses to guide themselves?

You have to mod the individual race files to include the new level of research, design, and build. That is to say, in your example, you would have to mod the race_AI_research.txt file to include the new research of ship construction. Then you would have to mod the race_design_creation.txt file to include a new design for the new ship size. Lastly, you would have to mod the race_construction_ships.txt file to include the new ship to the build queues of the AI.

What things can i make (modding) and the AI will automatically use ? ship components? factorys? mounts? nothing?

Thx, and sorry for the bad english -_-V

The AI files have to be modded for almost, if not all, changes you make.

[ March 07, 2003, 02:26: Message edited by: Gandalph ]