How do you make the npc tractor in stuff

rsabatino

yeah how do you guys make the npcs tractor in stuff left behind from a battle thank you.

khayman

Look in the pilots_pop.ini in the job sections:

[JobBlock]
nickname = basic_job_formation_fugitive
wait_for_leader_target = False
flee_when_leader_flees_style = False
scene_toughness_threshold = hard
flee_scene_threat_style = hard
flee_when_hull_damaged_percent = 0.100000
flee_no_weapons_style = True
loot_flee_threshold = hard
attack_subtarget_order = anything
field_targeting = high_density
loot_preference = LT_ALL <–-- use caps
force_attack_formation = True
combat_drift_distance = 25000
attack_preference = fighter, 5000, guns | guided | torpedo | unguided
attack_preference = freighter, 5000, guns | guided | unguided
attack_preference = transport, 5000, guns | guided | unguided
attack_preference = anything, 5000, guns | guided | unguided

Khayman.

rsabatino

thats all seems simpole enough thanks i will try that right this minute.

rsabatino

i checked the files that i am working on and thats there already ok i am going to try a bigger fight and if the npcs do it.
thanks for the info

Gisteron

keep in mind, that an npc won’t tractor anything as long as hostile targets show up on it’s radar. for testing purposes, make one faction outnumbering the other so there is definately a winner of the battle.

Nova

rsabatino wrote:
i checked the files that i am working on and thats there already ok i am going to try a bigger fight and if the npcs do it.
thanks for the info

Let me gift to you some punctuation marks: …… ,

Quarks

Also make sure your npcs have a tractor beam.

rsabatino

yeah its working i have seen them tractor stuff in.

StarTrader

Yes the option was already there but DA programmed it to be case-sensitive and chose upper case letters, then put it in lower-case!

Duhhh… so it must be LT_ALL and not lt_all.

This happens a lot in the original files, options look correct but don’t work - they must all be changed to capital letters to work. Hard to find until you know.

If I remember correctly the same applies to the pilot gun missile & torpedo options - I put all of mine into capitals anyway.

rsabatino

yeah they are all caps so they work sometimes . i am making a vanilla freelancer mod around jfilp and alot of stuff is done all ready my qusetion is what is fc_f_grp and fc_ouk_grp i found these in the ini files. would like to bring some of factions out in the game also. the theme of this mod takes place after the order mod and orillion is killed by the nomads he ship tractored into a black hole that just closes. now that means the order has disbaned and the members eighther join the navy or other factions and those outlaw factions that are not being used which i hope to bring out.

rsabatino

ok i found out the other info from reading the iron cross files
thanks for all your help

khayman

They are factions from single player and unused factions of vanilla Multiplayer freelancer.

fc_f_grp = fugitives
fc_ouk_grp = unknown or no name
fc_q_grp = Q’s men

Thaddeus

fc_uk_grp = unknown or no name
fc_n_grp = nomads
fc_ln_grp = liberty navy nomads
fc_kn_grp = kusari navy nomads
fc_rn_grp = rheinland military nomads
fc_ouk_grp = Kress
fc_q_grp = Q’s men
fc_f_grp = fugitives

? Offline

Richard most of this is in Phoenix, have a look through the code and plunder what you need

Timmy51m

fc_uk_grp is the DSE pilot from the ashcroft mission, the one you scan for artifacts that turns out not to be ashcroft.

rsabatino

yeah i got the kress men flying around the q men and the fugitives also the unknown but they have no names so i took them out lol modding is fun.

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Ooookay, did you add this into faction props?

firstname_male = 226608, 226741
firstname_female = 226808, 226952
lastname = 227008, 227307

I pulled those from the Liberty Navy but you can use any that you like, or make your own like i did with my Coalition faction for my other mod so they all have authentic russian names

rsabatino

yeah i had taken some order names but i just decided to leave them out.