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Reply #1426 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting GoaFan77, reply 1424
Player.entity file of that race.

randomCapitalShipNamePrefix "IDS_CAPITALSHIPNAME_ALL"

Then I guess it just loads from everything that starts with that substring.

Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for.

Reply #1427 from Sins Forums Top

I know this is kind of a basic modding question, but when I go to put my folders together for my mod, do I need to have all of the files (my mod files + stock game files) or do I just put my mod files in the folder and SoaSE will figure it out from there?

Multiplicity - Control multiple PCs using one keyboard and mouse
Reply #1428 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting nightreign, reply 1427
I know this is kind of a basic modding question, but when I go to put my folders together for my mod, do I need to have all of the files (my mod files + stock game files) or do I just put my mod files in the folder and SoaSE will figure it out from there?

While early on you needed all the files, for any of the expansions, including Rebellion, you only need your new and modified files.

Reply #1429 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting GoaFan77, reply 1428

While early on you needed all the files, for any of the expansions, including Rebellion, you only need your new and modified files.

Yay for using Rebellion! That makes my life easier.

Reply #1430 from Sins Forums Top

It seems that if you give pirate raids the possibility of spawning a capital ship, it causes the game to minidump, or so I have found. Can someone possibly confirm this?

Reply #1431 from Sins Forums Top

Correct me if I am wrong, but judging by the existance of the HullPointsMaxBonusPerArmorPointMax research modifier, there's some sort of cap of how much armor can boost a unit's hull by?

What exactly do HullPointsMaxBonusPerArmorPoint and HullPointsMaxBonusPerArmorPointMax even do?

Reply #1432 from Sins Forums Top

Hey Guys! Can i ask some one to explain how is this instantActionTriggertype working? Which is called :

  • OnDamageTaken
    • damageType:Enumeration


      And if i may which diplomacy ability buff use it? So i can see how to modd it!

      Thx Guys!


Reply #1433 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting lordcronos, reply 1433
Hey Guys! Can i ask some one to explain how is this instantActionTriggertype working? Which is called :


OnDamageTaken

damageType:Enumeration


And if i may which diplomacy ability buff use it? So i can see how to modd it!

Thx Guys!




A few of the advent capital ships use this buff.

AbilityEnergyAbsorb.entity (uses damageType)

AbilitySpreadWeaponDamage.entity (does not specificy a damageType)

AbilityVengeance.entity (does not specificy a damageType)

 

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Reply #1434 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Lavo_2, reply 1432
Correct me if I am wrong, but judging by the existance of the HullPointsMaxBonusPerArmorPointMax research modifier, there's some sort of cap of how much armor can boost a unit's hull by?

What exactly do HullPointsMaxBonusPerArmorPoint and HullPointsMaxBonusPerArmorPointMax even do?

These are used in the armor pact (RESEARCHSUBJECT_PACTBONUS_ARMOR.entity ).

And your're correct you specify the amount of hull points per armor and the max hull points per armor.

Example:

researchModifier
modifierType "HullPointsMaxBonusPerArmorPoint"
baseValue 0.000000
perLevelValue 20.000000
researchModifier
modifierType "HullPointsMaxBonusPerArmorPointMax"
baseValue 0.000000
perLevelValue 200.000000

 

Reply #1435 from Sins Forums Top

Thx ZombiesRus5!

Is there any way to use OnDamageTaken triggerAction as a "if enemy ship hull 20% or bellow than it is trigger something?"

Is there any other option rahter than? :  damageRetaliationPerc, antiMatterFromDamagePerc

Can you specify what is RecordDamage mean?

instantAction
    buffInstantActionType "RecordDamage"
    instantActionTriggerType "OnDamageTaken"

 

Thx

Reply #1436 from Sins Forums Top

Hey! Yes you rigth, better just make a cap like frigate with cool abilityes and use it instead of capship.

Reply #1437 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting lordcronos, reply 1436
Is there any way to use OnDamageTaken triggerAction as a "if enemy ship hull 20% or bellow than it is trigger something?"

Check out the OnCondition->IfOwnerHasHullLessThanPerc found in AbilityUnyieldingWill's buffs.

Quoting lordcronos, reply 1436
Is there any other option rahter than? :  damageRetaliationPerc, antiMatterFromDamagePerc

You should be able to use OnDamageTaken with almost any buff instant action type. 

Quoting lordcronos, reply 1436
Can you specify what is RecordDamage mean?

instantAction
    buffInstantActionType "RecordDamage"
    instantActionTriggerType "OnDamageTaken"

It is used to record the damage taken by a frigate, then that damage recorded is used to spread 30% of it to all the affected frigates in that buff setup.

 

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Reply #1438 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting ZombiesRus5, reply 1438
Check out the OnCondition->IfOwnerHasHullLessThanPerc found in AbilityUnyieldingWill's buffs.

 

The abilityUnyieldingWill is from rebelion, my mod is on Diplomacy. So as i see i can not specify condition on OnDamageTaken how much dmg trigger a new buff.

What i want: A overtime buff, such as bording party, take over the ship if the ship lose hull more then x% during the buff time period.

 

I gues it can not be done with diplomacy.

Reply #1439 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting lordcronos, reply 1439
The abilityUnyieldingWill is from rebelion, my mod is on Diplomacy. So as i see i can not specify condition on OnDamageTaken how much dmg trigger a new buff.

Ya, rebellion adds some nice modding tools.

You can sorta simulate this with the finishCondition DamageTaken.

Reply #1440 from Sins Forums Top

I need a list of what the errors are. Can't find anything wrong with the string info.

Assert @ C:\Projects\P4\SinsDiplomacy\Release\CodeSource\Engine/String/StringLibrary.h(83)

result == 1

Reply #1441 from Sins Forums Top

As I recall, it means you are missing a " somewhere.

Reply #1443 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting CoronalFire, reply 1443
How would you find it?

Line by line unless you want to start using more advanced tools. You could try to configure text highlighting for things in "" in say notepad ++, or make a program to check for it. Zombie's eclipse plugin might be able to do it if you use eclipse.

Reply #1444 from Sins Forums Top

Thanks for assisting with answers here all you wise guys.

Reply #1445 from Sins Forums Top

I have several meshes that like to sit right on top of each other in game. Is there any magic way to add more spacing in between ships?

 

Reply #1446 from Sins Forums Top

Only the developers can control fleet and ship spacing, sadly.

Reply #1447 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting SpardaSon21, reply 1447
Only the developers can control fleet and ship spacing, sadly.

I'm sure if you needed too there are ways you can fake it.

Reply #1448 from Sins Forums Top

Playing with ships' mass might do the trick. A ship with larger mass will always stand still while the smaller mass ship will move around accordingly. Though, sounding from the issue, this might not be of much help.

Reply #1449 from Sins Forums Top

Might be a bit late, but I just noticed now that the devs added in a new ConvertXSI folder to Rebellion's files.

Reply #1450 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Lavo_2, reply 1450
Might be a bit late, but I just noticed now that the devs added in a new ConvertXSI folder to Rebellion's files.

Yup. What I haven't tested is if it makes models look any better compared to the diplomacy Convert_XSI and manually adding the mipmap line.