Mission Design!! Help!!!

[Phoenix-D]

Try using an actual component, instead of cargo, and see what happens.

[Drake113]

Nope, that didn't work. Good theory, though. Anyone else have any ideas?

[Drake113]

Ok, I think I figured out a workaround. If I add a second condition ("Player Changes Credits"), it works. Weird.

[Drake113]

Argghh! Now I've got a new problem. Ok, you pick up your fighters, and the next mission you have to go deliver some diplomats. I basically swiped the code for this from Job Abbidon Operations 2 from Main_Jobs.txt, Campaign 2. The pick up and drop off works fine, but for some reason, it also drops off the fighters.
Apparently, when I set an event ID for a component in Main_Components.txt, delivery missions automatically deliver that component ALONG with whatever else you're supposed to deliver.
Any ideas? Anyone?

[Phoenix-D]

I'd send that one as a bug to MM..unless you've set the event ID in the delivery mission?

[Rollo]

I have also had some problems with event IDs. It seems that ships, cargo, etc. are assigned event IDs, when generated/used for jobs.
I also found out that you can use non-numerical values for the ID. So, when I changed my own event IDs to m1, m2, m3 instead of 1, 2, 3 it worked just fine.

I assume the reason that the fighters are being unloaded is that the diplomats are assigned event ID=1 and mission completion means that all comps with ID=1 (diplomats and fighters in that case) are then unloaded.

For the fighters, try set them not to 1, but to f1 (or whatever).

Hope that helps,
Rollo

[Drake113]

Actually, that didn't work...
Main_Events.txt chokes on using a non-integer value for an event ID when the mission gets loaded.
BUT
You did point me in the right direction! By setting the Fighter's Event ID to something higher (50), it works like a charm. I don't know why I didn't try that earlier. But thanks for your input-- I probably never would have thought to look at entering alternate values on my own, and I probably would have ended up scrapping a mission.