Psychology mods? Increasing the role of troops?

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Right, but they still won't fire except at range 20. Hmm. The "damage at range 21" thing..does that work if the -actual- range is shorter than 20? Like, say..

100 100 100 50 25 12 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

No idea. You could go test it and report back the results.

What I think happens is that the weapon can fire at any range that it has a non-zero value. If you give it 0 0 10 10 0 0 it will not be able to fire at range 1 or 2, but can fire at ranges 3 and 4.

[ July 29, 2003, 21:13: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[KnidVermicious]

Question: Weapons that affect only components (shields only,weapons only, etc.). Do they still damage units? I know they don't damage the components in a unit per se, but does the unit take damage overall? Do these weapons then damage facilities?

[oleg]

Originally posted by KnidVermicious:
Question: If sattelite's had fast, long range missiles would that counteract the disadvantages of putting them on a planet (ie they will probably end up on the wrong side)

What is the max speed you can put on a missile?

Loser, I think you forgot the answer to "Can a ship ram a planet?" in your post.

I think satellite mounts with longer range and to-hit bonuses is a better solutuion.

[oleg]

Originally posted by KnidVermicious:
Ok, thanks for the tips.

Any suggestions on how to create a balance between weapon platforms and normal weapons not being able to target them? I want them to still be able to defend the planet, but make be only one tool. I want layered defense of fighters, sats, mines, and weapon platforms. I see the attackers using dedicated anti-planet ships, fighter bombers, and assault troop landers.

I'd consider removing WP's entirely or making them only PD, but then the dedicated anti-planet ships can waltz in untouched (except for mines, defending fighters and sats, I guess). Would making all planetary assault weapons seekers work? This would add a new level to the Seeker/PD race, I suppose.

Proportions mod have very tough planet defences. Go and try to take over Proportion' Homeworlds

[KnidVermicious]

I finished some test components for the Psychology mod and tried them in a game. All of my techs showed up. Some of my ship comps showed, some didn't. My fighter comp showed.None of my troop comps showed. None of my facilities showed.

What did I do wrong?

[Suicide Junkie]

Probably you've got a double-blank line in your text file.

Make sure you've only got exactly one blank line between components/facilities/etc

The other possibility is you've just got "Show only latest" on, and haven't changed the component families to unique values.

[KnidVermicious]

I've just started using the SE4 Modder by DavidG. It's awesome, and it makes it much easier to organize. Nice.

I'm putting together some image files for my new comps. It's easy to make the 128x128 bmps, but how do you add the image to the overall components.bmp? How do the numbers work? Am I missing something?

Here's two concept images

Standard Troop
1059680408.bmp

Abomination
1059683009.bmp

[ July 31, 2003, 21:24: Message edited by: KnidVermicious ]