re: Substituting Supply for Cargo:

[Dr Strangelove]

It's been awhile since I Last played SEIV. I recently started a new game, and I'd like to build a "Fleet Tender" vessel. Previously I had modified the "Supply Container" to enable it to be used on a transport ship just like a "Cargo Container". Since I re-installed the game I had to remodify the "Components" file again. However I don't seem to be able to get the trick to work now. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

First I change "Number of Abilities" to =2.
Then I insert the following after the "Type 1 Ability" section

Ability 2 Type := Cargo Storage
Ability 2 Descr :=
Ability 2 Val 1 := 0
Ability 2 Val 2 := 0

When I had this set up properly I could place Storage Containers and a Repair Module on a medium transport and greatly enhance a fleet's range as well as repair vessels on the fly.

[ 09 April 2002: Message edited by: Dr Strangelove ]

[ 09 April 2002: Message edited by: Dr Strangelove ]

[geoschmo]

Looks correct. Are you getting an error, or does it just not see them as cargo components?

Geo

[Growltigga]

This looks a really useful tweak and once you get it to work Dr Strangelove, do you think you or Geo could post a chapter and verse summary on how you did it so that all us novvo's can replicate it

[Dr Strangelove]

quote:

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
Looks correct. Are you getting an error, or does it just not see them as cargo components?

Geo

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No crash, it just isn't working any more. When I try designing a transport with supply containers instead of cargo bays then warning about needing more than 50% of the space occupied by cargo bays doesn't go away and the design can't be built. I installed the latest patch when i re-installed the game. I wonder if the patch removed this tweak.

I learned about substituting supply for cargo on this forum. I was hopeing that the guy who came up with the idea was still around.

[ 09 April 2002: Message edited by: Dr Strangelove ]

[PvK]

I got this to work in my Proportions mod, but I think I had to actually give the supply component a (tiny) positive value (not zero) for cargo storage. I can't remember if I found this was actually necessary or not, but it is working in Props 2+.

PvK

[oleg]

Change 0 to 1, namely

Ability 2 Val 1 := 1

It is possible that SE IV does not count your component as cargo because it does not provide any cargo space.