A question about setting up designs. DevNullMod.

Jubala · #1 June 19th, 2001, 07:02 PM

Uhm, you can't add abilities. They're all hard coded in the game engine and listed in abilities.txt. The game doesn't use abilities.txt, it's just there for us modders to know what abilities we can play with.

zen. · #2 June 20th, 2001, 03:18 PM

Really. I didn't know that. I'm currently trying to set up a 'Starfleet Academy' of sorts. It's basically a starbase-based lower-powered Version of the ship and fleet training facilities. Can only fit in a Starbase, and doesn't provide the amount of experience that the planetary facilities do.

This goes against my usual idea of only incorporating things the AI can use too, but it's nice for multiplayer and is definitely a limited resource. It's not a transphasic torpedo, in other words.

zen

Suicide Junkie · #3 June 20th, 2001, 03:25 PM

An interesting twist on the training facilities is to set them up like this:

TF1:
3% per turn, max of 6% training
TF2:
2% per turn, max of 12% training
TF3:
1% per turn, max of 20% training

So, for fastest training, you need to build three different facilities, and your ships have to go through 2 turns of basic training, then graduate to the intermediate for 3 turns, and finally do almost a year of the advanced courses.

zen. · #4 June 22nd, 2001, 02:55 PM

Heh heh...actually, my Academy will be something like that. I think I capped the levels at 5%, 10%, and 15% so that they can't compete with their more expansive planet-bound cousins.

Imagine the rivalry between Earth-trained and station-trained crews.

zen

Devnullicus · #5 June 27th, 2001, 09:59 PM

The reason those are in the same weapon family is mainly for AI ship design. If they are in different weapon families then AI ship design has fewer choices about PD weapons to choose from.

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PurpleRhino · #6 June 27th, 2001, 10:15 PM

Actually, in the mod I'm making I have my two PDs with different families... and using the secondary weapon option works just fine. Granted, you lose a bit of flexiblity... but there isn't any other way to specify the exact type you want.

Nitram Draw · #7 June 27th, 2001, 10:23 PM

O.T.
Dev,
In case you check back in on this thread I found a problem with shields on Weapons Platforms in your mod. On a high tech start shields are not available on Weapons Platforms with "show latest". You get hardened regenerators instead. Can't find your original thread about your mod or I'd post this there.
Sorry to interrupt.