Question about adding ship slots

Krsqk · #1 October 13th, 2003, 11:20 PM

I was testing SJ's slot modder on the demo, and I found something that confuses me. I was experimenting with multiplying all ship tonnages by 3, and I added several extra weapon slots to the freighter, just to make fragging them more fun.

Anyway, I realized the freighter already has a Weapon (Heavy) slot, but that it doesn't fill it. I went in and defined a heavy weapon preference for the neutrals (the terrans/pirates/amonkrie already have one), but no dice. The slot--and the eight other slots I added--all go unfilled. Help?

Rollo · #2 October 13th, 2003, 11:23 PM

did you change the Main_enemies.txt file? IIRC, the fighters have an override for max weapon = 1.
Also there might be not enough room to add a 2nd weapon.

Jake Monroe · #3 October 13th, 2003, 11:26 PM

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Originally posted by Rollo:
did you change the Main_enemies.txt file? IIRC, the fighters have an override for max weapon = 1.
Also there might be not enough room to add a 2nd weapon.

When did he say anything about Fighters? He was talking about the Freighters.

Rollo · #4 October 13th, 2003, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jake Monroe:

quote:
Originally posted by Rollo:
did you change the Main_enemies.txt file? IIRC, the fighters have an override for max weapon = 1.
Also there might be not enough room to add a 2nd weapon.

When did he say anything about Fighters? He was talking about the Freighters.

oops, my bad

but for saving grace, freighters have this override for max weapon = 1, too

Krsqk · #5 October 14th, 2003, 01:26 AM

Great! It was the Max Weapons line--I never got that far down in the file.

You guys are quick!

Now, for another mystery--what does the Group Enemy N Ship Level Plus do? It would seem that the enemies should be X levels above the current ship level (by component level?), but the comp levels never seem to change.

[edit]And what about the Group Enemy N Number of Modifiers setting? What modifiers are available?

[ October 14, 2003, 01:09: Message edited by: Krsqk ]

Mehrunes · #6 October 14th, 2003, 04:39 AM

Apparently, there are a lot of parameters that need to be documented as there aren't any examples of them being used in the stock campaigns.

[ October 14, 2003, 03:46: Message edited by: Mehrunes ]