How to fix the no supplies no guns problem

[Tenryu]

Mod the vehicles text file to add a small supply capacity to each warship hull.

It will allow some firing after all engines and supply components are gone, if you have supplies left. You can still, 'run out of ammo'.

It simulates ready ammo and emergency generating capacity on your warships.

Keep the supply values small, maybe 25 to 100 for Es>DD classes and 100 to 400 for the larger ships. It seems to work for me.

[PDF]

Great idea !
And perhaps also giving hulls ability of 1 move point can be a way to make engine killers less formidable ?
It can be rationalized as some sort of field repairs / emergency engines giving a small output ... Well it makes all ships goes faster by 1 MP so max nr of engines should be reduced accordingly.
Just an idea

[Tenryu]

There are some ancient Posts by me on how to give your ship hulls movement. It can be a little tricky. You might want to dredge them outa the old pre-gold stuff.

I actually had it a movement attached to bridges too so that if you lost your bridge you lost a movement point. Again, I think it was tricky. i think I used the solar sail ability, but you had to give the first or second ability value some unique value related to the component class or it was one effect per ship. I did work a way around it, but can't remember exactly how right now.

[Deathstalker]

I had it working, but in a different way. Used the combat movement system.

Ex:

Name := Hermes Class Attack Ship
Short Name := Hermes
Description := Fast attack destroyer with prototype engine system.
Code := HDS
Bitmap Name := Destroyer
Vehicle Type := Ship
Tonnage := 350
Cost Minerals := 350
Cost Organics := 0
Cost Radioactives := 300
Engines Per Move := 1
Number of Tech Req := 2
Tech Area Req 1 := Ship Construction
Tech Level Req 1 := 3
Tech Area Req 2 := Prototype Ship Construction
Tech Level Req 2 := 2
Number of Abilities := 2
Ability 1 Type := Combat To Hit Defense Plus
Ability 1 Descr := Small size and speed makes ship 30% harder to hit in combat.
Ability 1 Val 1 := 30
Ability 1 Val 2 := 0
Ability 2 Type := Combat Movement
Ability 2 Descr := Experimental engine system gives an extra 2 movement during combat.
Ability 2 Val 1 := 2
Ability 2 Val 2 := 0
Requirement Must Have Bridge := True
Requirement Can Have Aux Con := True
Requirement Min Life Support := 1
Requirement Min Crew Quarters := 1
Requirement Uses Engines := True
Requirement Max Engines := 6
Requirement Pct Fighter Bays := 0
Requirement Pct Colony Mods := 0
Requirement Pct Cargo := 0

This was pre-gold, have yet to delve into the gold files to see if this will still work. This also worked for giving bases movement but not satellites, they for some strange reason would not move.

[Taz-in-Space]

Deathstalker, Loved your Hermes Destroyers!
Their extra movement made them VERY powerful until late in the game. I especially liked to use a spinal mount weapon (meson) in them. almost any other ship near their size was toast.

[Phoenix-D]

"I actually had it a movement attached to bridges too so that if you lost your bridge you lost a movement point."

You loose movement if you loose a bridge. Always, even in the umodded game.

Phoenix-D