Having problem with Campaign 1 first mission

[Stone-D]

AFAIK, the light/heavy is hardcoded into the game executable. Therefore, nocando. I'm not going to bother looking into that - like I did with add/remove items in flight(1) - however, you can do what I did.

Open "Main_PurchaseShipsPlayer.txt" in the campaign you're playing. Locate the ship you wish to use light on heavy, then copy and paste that at the very end, before the *END* indicator. Leave a single blank line after the Last "Num Starting Configuration Slots := 0" entry. Rename it to something funky, like "Terran Cruiser Mark IV". Modify the stats as you wish. Now find the line that says, eg :

"Component Configuration Slots Name := Pirate Miranda Class I"

Change to whatever you want, but make a note of it.

Now open "Main_ComponentConfigurationSlotsPlayer". Find the entry that matches the ship you copied. Do the cut/paste thing, and change the name to whatever you specified before.

Last step, search(2) for "weapon". Change accordingly.

code:

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Slot 3 Xpos := 171

Slot 3 Ypos := 263

Slot 3 Group Name := Weapon (Heavy) 1

Slot 3 Comp Type Allowed := Weapon (Heavy)

Slot 3 Comp Type Abbreviation := W(H)

Slot 3 Comp Box Color Index := 1

Slot 3 Ship Section := Hull

Slot 3 Ship Side Facing := 0

Slot 3 Weapon Firing Point := 2

Slot 3 Weapon Arc Start := 225

Slot 3 Weapon Arc End := 315

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Changed, that would look like :

code:

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Slot 3 Xpos := 171

Slot 3 Ypos := 263

Slot 3 Group Name := Weapon (Light) 1

Slot 3 Comp Type Allowed := Weapon (Light)

Slot 3 Comp Type Abbreviation := W(L)

Slot 3 Comp Box Color Index := 1

Slot 3 Ship Section := Hull

Slot 3 Ship Side Facing := 0

Slot 3 Weapon Firing Point := 2

Slot 3 Weapon Arc Start := 225

Slot 3 Weapon Arc End := 315

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The NAME doesn't really matter. The W(L) is what shows up on the game's interface. The 'allowed' is what matters.

If you're wanting to change ALL to light, easy. If you want to change only some... good luck... or, get yourself a copy of Slot Modder.

HTH.

(1) For this, change the bytes at these HEX locations :

000A1E5B: 75 becomes EB
000A1EF8: 75 becomes EB

(2) To make this easier, copy/paste into a new document. Search/change there, then paste the result back into the main file.