A complete newbie's questions...

[deccan]

Originally posted by oleg:
Yeap, use point-defence beams for anti-fighter ships and PDC against missiles. It's quite complex in Proportions

Okay, that worked. I'm attacking a neutral's homeworld now. I've managed to wipe out his fleet of some 100 defending fighters and a dozen of so bases, but then I discovered that he has a whole heap of CSM-equipped weapon platforms! Not to mention the fact that he has thousands and thousands of defending infantry! What should I do? Use planetary weapons or just invade? Incidentally does the AFV Anti-Matter Torpedo work on other troops?

[mottlee]

Originally posted by deccan:

quote:

---

Originally posted by oleg:
Yeap, use point-defence beams for anti-fighter ships and PDC against missiles. It's quite complex in Proportions

Okay, that worked. I'm attacking a neutral's homeworld now. I've managed to wipe out his fleet of some 100 defending fighters and a dozen of so bases, but then I discovered that he has a whole heap of CSM-equipped weapon platforms! Not to mention the fact that he has thousands and thousands of defending infantry! What should I do? Use planetary weapons or just invade? Incidentally does the AFV Anti-Matter Torpedo work on other troops?

---

You will need to:
1, have MORE troops than AI IF you invade

2, you can dart in and out of range till you kill off WP's

3, Pray

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Slick:
Here's how to do it:
Edit the following line in settings.txt:

"Allow Export of Weapon And Component Data"

To have a value of "True"

Then start a High Tech game in Proportions, pull up the Weapons Report and you will have an "Export" button which will export the weapons data to a text file.

Slick.

Is there a way of doing this for components?

[Slick]

Originally posted by tbontob:

quote:

---

Originally posted by Slick:
Here's how to do it:
Edit the following line in settings.txt:

"Allow Export of Weapon And Component Data"

To have a value of "True"

Then start a High Tech game in Proportions, pull up the Weapons Report and you will have an "Export" button which will export the weapons data to a text file.

Slick.

Is there a way of doing this for components?

---

I tried looking for a way to export the components file to a text file since the entry in settings.txt implies that you can export components as well, but I couldn't figure it out. Maybe someone else can describe the process if it is possible.

However, you can easily look in "components.txt" to see component data. There are also user-made utilities to view the components file: I think there is a html viewer and I believe that DavidG's component modder program lets you view all the components as well.

[edit: tbontob, check your private Messages.]

Slick.

[ June 10, 2003, 07:27: Message edited by: Slick ]