Yet More NON-Newbie Questions ;)

Deathstalker · #1 January 6th, 2004, 02:53 AM

So, I realize you can't have more than one shipyard per planet, BUT....could you have differing buildings that add to its build numbers per turn?? (sort of an 'add on' that will make your yard turn out ships faster...)

And its probally a really dumb question but is there any way to make a building take up more than one 'slot' in a planet?

Any idea what the AI would do if I replaced all the 'launchers' (sattelite/fighter/mine) with a generic component that could launch all the types? Would this mess up AI ship design totally?

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Fyron · #2 January 6th, 2004, 02:58 AM

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So, I realize you can't have more than one shipyard per planet, BUT....could you have differing buildings that add to its build numbers per turn?? (sort of an 'add on' that will make your yard turn out ships faster...)

Certainly. Check out the SY Expansion projects in Adamant Mod and the PBW Version of P&N.

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And its probally a really dumb question but is there any way to make a building take up more than one 'slot' in a planet?

No. You can separate the abilities of facilities with multiple abilities, but that is it. All facilities take exactly 1 slot.

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Any idea what the AI would do if I replaced all the 'launchers' (sattelite/fighter/mine) with a generic component that could launch all the types? Would this mess up AI ship design totally?

All of the launchers are 30 kT, so it would have little effect, assuming you keep their cargo storage values at a reasonable rate (large, like that of Drone Launchers, to accomodate all unit types). They would have the exact same ship designs, just using the multi-purpose launcher instead of the other launchers (assuming you also delete the other launchers).

Deathstalker · #3 January 8th, 2004, 05:32 PM

Thanks Fyron, I played around with the expansion projects and finally figured out how you did it (didn't realize the importance of the empty facilities that could be upgraded)....sneaky guy arn't ya.

Mind if I blatently steal the idea? (credit will be givin of course...)

Fyron · #4 January 8th, 2004, 07:08 PM

I think it was SJ's idea originally...

Deathstalker · #5 January 18th, 2004, 02:05 AM

Ok, now for a real fun one, does 'Crew ConVersion' work for damage for a mine warhead

, and wouldn't that be fun for a borg minelayer if it did??

Fyron · #6 January 18th, 2004, 02:20 AM

No idea. Test it.

Deathstalker · #7 January 18th, 2004, 02:31 AM

heh, think I will, and along with that does shields on units still work kinda funky (ie, not really shields but part of the structure??). I'd like to add different types of PDC weapons that can skip shields/armor for attacks on fighters/sats that have shield/armor mounts but not just increase PDC damage wich will lower the usefullness of seekers in general.