modding DefaultDesignTypes.txt

[spoon]

Is there a way to attach a default strategy to the entries in DefaultDesignTypes.txt? For example, if I wanted to add "Missile Ship" as a design type, how would I set it's default strategy to "Maximum Range"?

Thanks!

[spoon]

*bump*

Nobody knows this? It seems like all my new entries get assigned the "Don't get hurt" strategy. I would think there was a way to get around this...

[Fyron]

Nope, there is no way to do that. I believe that all new ship designs are given the first strategy in your strategies. Is Don't Get Hurt the first on there?

[Baron Munchausen]

Then why is there a default strategy line for every design?

Default Strategy := Optimal Firing Range

Any proof that it doesn't work? The AI is pretty simple minded, but as far as I know the ships do follow the strategies they are given.

[ February 22, 2004, 15:56: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

[Phoenix-D]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Nope, there is no way to do that. I believe that all new ship designs are given the first strategy in your strategies. Is Don't Get Hurt the first on there?

This isn't right. If you make any new ship type (say missile ship) it gets Don't Get Hurt. But if you use a default one, say Attack Ship, it gets Optimal Weapon range. Troop transports get Drop Troops, colony ships and pop transports get Don't GEt Hurt, etc.

[spoon]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Is Don't Get Hurt the first on there?

Sort of - I had removed all the default entries and added all new ones (it's for the fantasy mod so I wanted different names).