Psychology mods? Increasing the role of troops?

[KnidVermicious]

Question: Supply amount used only works for weapons, correct? I couldn't have Psychotropic Drugs (which works like combat sensors) continually using supply, correct?

Jeesh, I have newfound respect for all you modders (not that I didn't before), this is pretty complicated.

[Fyron]

Supply amount works for other things too, such as Engines, Cloaking, anything that has an order to use it, etc. Bonus to hit abilities never use supplies though.

[KnidVermicious]

Thanks Fyron.

Question: what's the deal with the family number? Are those chosen from specific numbers or can I just make one up for a new component series?

[Fyron]

You can pick any number up to some huge limit, such as 65k or so. I do not know what the actual limit is, but it is huge.

[KnidVermicious]

Let's see if this formats properly. I have no image, and I don't know about the family bit yet. I thought the component should be small and based on organics. I figured it in 3 levels giving +10/-10 to +30/-30 with organic prices of 400,600,800. The tech would be level I under Psychology and price equivelant to Applied Poli Sci. I'm just pulling those numbers out of the air, though. I don't have a great grasp of balance yet.

Name := Psychotropic Drugs I
Description := Chemical stimulants send crew into a battle frenzy.

Pic Num := 12
Tonnage Space Taken := 5
Tonnage Structure := 5
Cost Minerals := 0
Cost Organics := 400
Cost Radioactives := 0
Vehicle Type := Ship\Base\Sat\WeapPlat\Drone
Supply Amount Used := 0
Restrictions := None
General Group := Sensors
Family := 18
Roman Numeral := 1
Custom Group := 0
Number of Tech Req := 1
Tech Area Req 1 := Psychotropic Drugs
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Number of Abilities := 2
Ability 1 Type := Combat To Hit Offense Plus
Ability 1 Descr := Gives a 10% attack bonus in combat (only 1

component per ship effective).
Ability 1 Val 1 := 10
Ability 1 Val 2 := 0
Ability 2 Type := Combat To Hit Defense Plus
Ability 2 Descr := Recklessness causes a -10% defense penalty in

combat.
Ability 2 Val 1 := -10
Ability 2 Val 2 := 0

[Fyron]

You might not want it in family 18... try going with 3000 or some unused number (just do a search for Family := 3000 (with the correct spaces) in the comps file).

[PvK]

Image? How about a fried egg? ("This is your ship. This is your ship on drugs.")

PvK