Formations.txt

[Fyron]

I've been trying to compile all of the existing fleet formations into a single file. I've got all of the ones from the major mods already. If anybody has any more that I don't have, could you post them here or email them to me?

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It's not whether you win or lose that counts: it's how much pain you inflict along the way.

[Fyron]

...BUMP...

Anybody?

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It's not whether you win or lose that counts: it's how much pain you inflict along the way.

[Dracus]

You are missing mine, which are in the eyecandy zip file in the mod section.

[Puke]

eat your heart out:


PUKE
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06 L3 6 9 B GJ
07 5
08 14 E HK
09 7 A D
10 2 8 C F IL
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Name := PUKE
Description := Puke's "Parade of Victory" Formation
Leader Position Xpos := 2
Leader Position Ypos := 6
Leader Design Type := Any
Number of positions := 21
Position 1 Xpos := 2
Position 1 Ypos := 8
Position 1 Type := Any
Position 2 Xpos := 2
Position 2 Ypos := 10
Position 2 Type := Any
Position 3 Xpos := 3
Position 3 Ypos := 6
Position 3 Type := Any
Position 4 Xpos := 3
Position 4 Ypos := 8
Position 4 Type := Any
Position 5 Xpos := 4
Position 5 Ypos := 7
Position 5 Type := Any
Position 6 Xpos := 7
Position 6 Ypos := 6
Position 6 Type := Any
Position 7 Xpos := 7
Position 7 Ypos := 9
Position 7 Type := Any
Position 8 Xpos := 8
Position 8 Ypos := 10
Position 8 Type := Any
Position 9 Xpos := 9
Position 9 Ypos := 6
Position 9 Type := Any
Position 10 Xpos := 9
Position 10 Ypos := 9
Position 10 Type := Any
Position 11 Xpos := 12
Position 11 Ypos := 6
Position 11 Type := Any
Position 12 Xpos := 12
Position 12 Ypos := 10
Position 12 Type := Any
Position 13 Xpos := 13
Position 13 Ypos := 9
Position 13 Type := Any
Position 14 Xpos := 14
Position 14 Ypos := 8
Position 14 Type := Any
Position 15 Xpos := 14
Position 15 Ypos := 10
Position 15 Type := Any
Position 16 Xpos := 17
Position 16 Ypos := 6
Position 16 Type := Any
Position 17 Xpos := 17
Position 17 Ypos := 8
Position 17 Type := Any
Position 18 Xpos := 17
Position 18 Ypos := 10
Position 18 Type := Any
Position 19 Xpos := 18
Position 19 Ypos := 6
Position 19 Type := Any
Position 20 Xpos := 18
Position 20 Ypos := 8
Position 20 Type := Any
Position 21 Xpos := 18
Position 21 Ypos := 10
Position 21 Type := Any

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

[Puke]

i had a few that i had thought about making, but since they would have to go into a mod to be supported on PBW or anything like that, i had been holding off until i made more progress on the PCM.

Basically, i wanted to take advantage of the ship types to put defense ships in the front of a formation, possibly on a double wall or at the tips of an inverted arrowhead. that way you could stick shield or PD ships out there to soak up the hurting while your missile boats or long range gunships dealt it out from the rear.

using good formations really encourages you to limit fleets to 21 ships and to design them around ship types wisely. of course, you can integrate things in there like support ships, resupply, scanning, sweeping, carriers, whatever - and have those break formation thus having larger fleets while not screwing up your pattern. you could also let your missile ships break formation and hold your gunboats and defense ships to a tight pattern. unfortuneatly, this is currently only feasable in single player untill someone includes good formations and shiptype / strategy files in a mod. I will toss them into the PCM, but they are going at the end of a long list.

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

[Fyron]

This file adds Puke's Parade of Victory fleet, 2 fleets from P&N, and the missing Eye Candy fleets.

Puke: What exactly is the purpose of your Parade of Victory formation?

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It's not whether you win or lose that counts: it's how much pain you inflict along the way.

[Puke]

what the heck do you mean "whats the purpose"

It SPELLS my NAME for crying outloud, whats better than that?!

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)


edit: well, I see where the confusion could be coming from, the spaces did not make it from the file into the forum. take a look at the text file attached. also, you have to give me some leighway, i only had 21 dots with which to spell a four letter word!

[This message has been edited by Puke (edited 11 October 2001).]

[Fyron]

Ahh, I see. So basically, your formation has no tactical purpose, it only exists to serve your vanity...

edit: What do you mean only 21 dots? Can't you put more than 21 ships in a formation?
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It's not whether you win or lose that counts: it's how much pain you inflict along the way.

[This message has been edited by Imperator Fyron (edited 11 October 2001).]

[Kadste]

The formation has at least 29 slots. The compact formation, which I have used has the 29. Also Dark Wing has 26.

Do not know if yo can go over 29.

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In difficult ground, press-on;
In encircled ground, devise stratagems;
In death ground, fight.
Sun Tzu (circa 400 B.C.)

[Puke]

i guess thats just what the old formation editor program limits you to. id hate to make a formation by hand.. ugg.