? about VehicleSizes.txt

DavidG · #1 July 21st, 2002, 03:01 AM

Yea I guess that was kind of obvious. What I was getting at is why is it used (since it is often the same as the primary) but I guess the Alternate should always be a standard name while the primary could be a new pic type in a mod.

Fyron · #2 July 21st, 2002, 03:43 AM

It is used for mods. If you add a Heavy Destroyer, set it's primary bitmap to HeavyDestroyer.bmp and the alternate to Destroyer.bmp. Races with a HeavyDestroyer.bmp will use it, but those without one will use the Destroyer.bmp picture. The default races do this with Baseships.

Andr�s · #3 July 21st, 2002, 04:54 AM

You have the Baseship example, and even an example of a stock shipset with a baseship picture (Praetorians).

[ July 21, 2002, 03:55: Message edited by: Andr&eacutes Lescano ]

Captain Kwok · #4 July 21st, 2002, 06:29 AM

Does anyone know if there is a maximum to how many ship size entires can be in VehicleSizes.txt?

Fyron · #5 July 21st, 2002, 07:47 AM

Umm... 256 squared?

Andr�s · #6 July 21st, 2002, 09:04 PM

Max allowed tonnage is 65535
Checking if that's also the max number of entries is more difficult

Fyron · #7 July 21st, 2002, 09:51 PM

1 less than 256 squared.