PBW needs your help

Captain Kwok · #1 February 12th, 2008, 10:13 PM

Yes, just keep all the empire folders with the text/csf files stored in it. That should keep everything in order for the players.

geoschmo · #2 February 12th, 2008, 11:26 PM

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Captain Kwok said:
Yes, just keep all the empire folders with the text/csf files stored in it. That should keep everything in order for the players.

No, that's not correct. When I run a turn with just those files and no image files the game changes the empire to another shipset.

Captain Kwok · #3 February 13th, 2008, 12:00 AM

I was under the impression that running the game using the command line to process the turn neglected to load any images. If that's not the case, then MM should be considering that. It should be so as long as the model files are present (needed for combat calculations) and the slot layouts are present (for damage allocation, design creation) and other AI important files like the scripts or speech files, that it should run with no issues.

geoschmo · #4 February 13th, 2008, 12:14 AM

Hey, welcome to my world Kwok.

These are issues that have been brought up over and over to no avail. This is why I've delayed a year in implementing custom shipsets for SE5. At this point I'm no longer trying to get the issues resolved and I'm simply trying to come up with the best way to work around them and get it done with what we've been given.

geoschmo · #5 February 13th, 2008, 12:15 AM

By the way, what's a "model file"?

Captain Kwok · #6 February 13th, 2008, 12:56 AM

The model files are the .x files in an empire's folder. They're definitely required for combat resolution.

Does SE4 require the images for command prompt processing?

geoschmo · #7 February 13th, 2008, 01:58 AM

No, SE4 doesn't require shipset images. You can run without the custom race folder at all. It will simply use the default AI files and then when you open your empire will still have your pics attached to it. If you open the turn without the pics on your computer it will pick another picset at random, but no permanent change is made. Once you get on a computer with the picset you used when setting up the empire originally, it will look right.

So the game needs the .x files for actual damage calulations? That's not just for display purposes during the replay? So I guess those files would be required then. That's the bulk of the race folder right there for most of the ones I've looked at. What does the game do if you have a shipset with no .x files I wonder.