Is the total number of ship designs ...

[Atrocities]

If you wanted too, you could add as many ship sizes as you wanted too.

Name := Dreadnought
Short Name := Dreadnought
Description :=
Code := DN
Primary Bitmap Name := Dreadnought
Alternate Bitmap Name := Dreadnought
Vehicle Type := Ship
Tonnage := 2000
Cost Minerals := 1000
Cost Organics := 0
Cost Radioactives := 0
Engines Per Move := 1
Number of Tech Req := 1
Tech Area Req 1 := Ship Construction
Tech Level Req 1 := 8
Number of Abilities := 0
Requirement Must Have Bridge := True
Requirement Can Have Aux Con := True
Requirement Min Life Support := 3
Requirement Min Crew Quarters := 3
Requirement Uses Engines := True
Requirement Max Engines := 4
Requirement Pct Fighter Bays := 0
Requirement Pct Colony Mods := 0
Requirement Pct Cargo := 0

This is the Dreadnought. Now if I wanted too, I could also make a new class, lets say the Juggernought.

Name := Juggernought
Short Name := Bigger than a Dreadnought, not so big as a Baseship.
Description :=
Code := DN
Primary Bitmap Name := Juggernought
Alternate Bitmap Name := Dreadnought
Vehicle Type := Ship
Tonnage := 2500
Cost Minerals := 1100
Cost Organics := 500
Cost Radioactives := 500
Engines Per Move := 1
Number of Tech Req := 1
Tech Area Req 1 := Ship Construction
Tech Level Req 1 := 9
Number of Abilities := 0
Requirement Must Have Bridge := True
Requirement Can Have Aux Con := True
Requirement Min Life Support := 3
Requirement Min Crew Quarters := 3
Requirement Uses Engines := True
Requirement Max Engines := 3
Requirement Pct Fighter Bays := 0
Requirement Pct Colony Mods := 0
Requirement Pct Cargo := 0

I changed a few things from Dreadnought to Juggernought. In this case, I have changed the "Primary Bitmap Name" to ":= Juggernought." This means that I now must have a Bit map image for a juggernought in ALL of my Race folders or the game will default to the Dreadnought image.

You can change a lot of the ship settings too. You'll note that I have done that. It is really easy to do this, and it can be a lot of fun. One thing you should do though before altering any file is make a back up of it. You'll save your self a lot of pain by doing that. Best of luck.

[ July 22, 2002, 12:03: Message edited by: Atrocities ]