quick SEV gameplay questions - Page 3

Ragnarok-X · #21 November 26th, 2007, 05:26 PM

The organic trait, obviously ?

Siirenias · #22 November 26th, 2007, 05:50 PM

No, no...I need to acquire it from enemy ships or intelligence.

Fyron · #23 November 26th, 2007, 06:24 PM

Siirenias said:
"By the way...as far as questions go...where on the tech tree are halo planets, stellar spheres, and planetary gravity bombs (for planet making)?"

What's a "halo planet?" Some reference to a lame console game? There are ringworlds and sphereworlds, which come from Astrophysics 2 > Stellar Manipulation (along with all other stellar object creation/destruction techs).

Siirenias said:
"No, no...I need to acquire it from enemy ships or intelligence."

You cannot own any tech that has a racial requirement for which you do not possess the trait. Note that unique ruins techs work the same way; have to colonize the planet yourself.

Siirenias · #24 November 26th, 2007, 07:14 PM

Ringworlds. Yes, ringworlds. Forgot what they were called.

And thanks for the definitely beneficial definitions. Guess those dozen organic destroyers I have won't do me much good...

narf poit chez BOOM · #25 November 27th, 2007, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Ragnarok-X said:
The organic trait, obviously ?

'Obviously' for SE grognards. Not so obviously for new players.

Ragnarok-X · #26 November 27th, 2007, 05:15 PM

Didnt mean to sound arrogant, narf

Siirenias · #27 November 28th, 2007, 01:08 PM

It actually sounded like you were missing the point.

Although, I have another question.

I've been pretty patient about this, especially since it is largely cosmetic.

But...how do you create new ship types? I mean, sure, Attack Ship, Defense Ship. What more could you want?

If you ask me, you could split those two designations into several different types, like Picket, Escort, Raider, Capital Ship, Flagship, Garrison...

So. Anyone know how to do this bit of magic?

Fyron · #28 November 28th, 2007, 02:12 PM

The trouble with adding new design types is that strategies are largely dependent upon them; each strategy has separate behavior settings for each type. This is why Aaron did not add the ability to add arbitrary design types in-game. You can add new ones in the Data\DefaultDesignTypes.txt file, but I don't believe they will show up in an existing game.

Siirenias · #29 November 28th, 2007, 03:36 PM

You know, I kinda wanted to see if I could do this game without too much modding (even though I'm now watching that Gritty Universe mod, or something, with interest), but messing with those sounds interesting, and right down my alley. I used to be a great modder in my time...working on Homeworld 2...
*reminisces about the good ol' days*