trouble with slots

Instar · #1 January 15th, 2005, 05:01 AM

Sure, submit it as a bug if you think you found a problem. I'm not a big modder myself, but you might want to ask those who know more about it first though.

Salvo · #2 July 20th, 2005, 12:44 AM

I am having similar problems. I've tried to mod the Abbidion light cruiser's weapon arcs to fire all forward. [and changed heavy weapon ports to light]

I just modded the file, "Main_ComponentConfigurationSlotsPlayer" to do this.

It worked when loading a current game, then going to a dealer who sells that ship. But, it doesn't work when starting a new game and selecting the Abbidion Cruiser as your staring ship. [I also modded the file, "Main_StartingPlayerShips" adding the ship to the list] The weapon hardpoints worked, but the arcs went back to their original settings.

What did I miss?

Phoenix-D · #3 July 20th, 2005, 02:02 PM

Did you change the Main_StartingPlayerShips file BEFORE or AFTER making your other change?

Salvo · #4 July 20th, 2005, 03:10 PM

After.

Also, It seems I was wrong. The modded arcs are displayed on the purchase ship screen, but after buying the ship they revert back to their original settings.

The modding manuel references the xfile,

"The starting weapon arc in degrees. This value should match up to the weapon arc degrees in the spaceObject_Xfiles file for this firing point. The arcs should be in 22.5 degree increments for proper display."

I guess in this case it means the Xfile, "abbidon_cruiser1" if so I don't understand this file enough to make the required changes. It just looks to me like it is just building the model for the ship.

Phoenix-D · #5 July 20th, 2005, 03:22 PM

Oooh, that problem.

The issue there is the slots are defined in two DIFFERENT places. Where you changed them, and in SpaceObjects_Xfiles.txt.

The later sets the maximum size of the arc. You can make it smaller via PurchaseShips and StartingShips, but not bigger..

And no, it isn't editing the ship file; just the text file. Look for lines like these:

Firing Point 1 Arc Start := 315
Firing Point 1 Arc End := 45

Baron Munchausen · #6 July 26th, 2005, 09:23 PM

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Phoenix-D said:
Oooh, that problem.

The issue there is the slots are defined in two DIFFERENT places. Where you changed them, and in SpaceObjects_Xfiles.txt.

The later sets the maximum size of the arc. You can make it smaller via PurchaseShips and StartingShips, but not bigger..

And no, it isn't editing the ship file; just the text file. Look for lines like these:

Firing Point 1 Arc Start := 315
Firing Point 1 Arc End := 45

Aha! I had the same problem and now I could fix it... if my computer with Starfury on it were usable.

Oh well, when I get a newer and much more powerful computer I'll finally be able to make a Terran battleship with 4 forward-firing heavy weapon mounts! Muhahahaha!

Baron Munchausen · #7 August 11th, 2005, 11:18 AM

It works! I've expanded the forward weapon arcs on a Terran battle ship to also face their respective sides and allow three weapons to bear to each side instead of just two. But it turns out that the slots are 'reversed' from what I expected, so I had to re-arrange the numbers to make the expanded arcs face outward instead of inward towards the ship...