Modding Question - How does this Trek component work?

DavidG · #1 October 5th, 2003, 05:31 PM

Yea they look the same but buckytube stuff doesn't claim to the damaged before other components. does the Structural Field really work like that?

Phoenix-D · #2 October 5th, 2003, 05:38 PM

I'm guessing that the Star-Unstable is actually supposed to be the Armor ability, and/or someone forgot to remove the description.

DavidG · #3 October 5th, 2003, 06:11 PM

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Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
I'm guessing that the Star-Unstable is actually supposed to be the Armor ability, and/or someone forgot to remove the description.

Well I know SJ in P&N and others use that ability (wich of course does nothing) just so they can get a description to appear for the component.

Phoenix-D · #4 October 5th, 2003, 06:19 PM

Right, but it's also used as an "AI flag" to allow the AI designer to use the component.

Suicide Junkie · #5 October 5th, 2003, 06:22 PM

If most of the components are around 5-10 in hitpoints (size doesn't matter at all), then the SIF there will be hit first, quite often.
More often than it would for a simple hitpoint lottery type scheme.

[ October 05, 2003, 17:23: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

Fyron · #6 October 6th, 2003, 12:52 AM

The SIF used to have the Armor ability, but that was removed in the latest STM patch. Instead, a dummy ability was added so that the AI could be made to design ships properly. However, AT apparently forgot to change/remove that ability description.

It is not always hit before other components, though it has a greater chance to be.