Need help: gunboats don't fly

Nova

Help please! I think i wrote all right but i cant see any gunboat ships in my popzone/patrol

faction_prop.ini

[FactionProps]
affiliation = fc_n_grp
legality = unlawful
nickname_plurality = plural
msg_id_prefix = ignore
jump_preference = jumpgate
npc_ship = mod_no_fighter
npc_ship = mod_no_elite
npc_ship = mod_no_vheavy
npc_ship = mod_no_gunboat
mc_costume = mc_fc
firstname_male = 229608, 229608
firstname_female = 229608, 229608
lastname = 229608, 229608
rank_desig = 197140, 197140, 197140, 10, 15
formation_desig = 197808, 197820
formation = fighters, fighter_guild
formation = gunboats, armored_basic

npcships.ini

[NPCShipArch]
nickname = mod_no_gunboat
loadout = mod_no_gunboat
level = d19
ship_archetype = no_gunboat
pilot = MSN13_Nomad_Fighter
state_graph = GUNBOAT
npc_class = unlawful, class_gunboat, d1, d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d7, d8, d9, d10, d11, d12, d13, d13, d14, d15, d16, d17, d18, d19

system ini:

[Zone]
nickname = Zone_HI04_pop_ambient_01
pos = 15607, 0, 25775
rotate = 0, 0, 0
shape = SPHERE
size = 5789
comment = Ambient Pop
sort = 51
toughness = 19
density = 3
repop_time = 25
max_battle_size = 4
pop_type = Background
relief_time = 35
population_additive = false
faction_weight = fc_n_grp, 20
encounter = area_gunboats, 19, 1.000000
faction = fc_n_grp, 1.000000

Whats wrong?

Skotty

Have you added
[EncounterParameters]
nickname = area_gunboats
filename = missions\encounters\area_gunboats.ini
in your system ini?

Nova

Yep

FR

If I had 2 guess:

Nova wrote:

faction_prop.ini
[FactionProps]
affiliation = fc_n_grp
……
formation = fighters, fighter_guild
formation = gunboats, armored_basic

system ini:
[Zone]
nickname = Zone_HI04_pop_ambient_01
……
encounter = area_gunboats, 19, 1.000000
faction = fc_n_grp, 1.000000
…

Skotty

That has nothing to do.

In the encouter area_gunboats, the formation name is gunboats.
In the faction prop of the Nomads is given, that gunboats = amored basic. So it uses amored basic formation for gunboats.

Timmy51m

Do you have any other zones in that system? It’s an ambient pop zone and I think other zone types usually take priority over them. Normally you would make an ambient pop zone like that pretty large so that it covers a whole system or asteroid field etc, use smaller zones around bases such as single base law etc. When you leave the area of a base or gate the ambient pop then becomes active.

Try adding a different faction and encounter, one you haven’t modded to the zone and see if it spawns. Use a simple area_scout encounter, should tell you straight away if it’s the zone or something you’ve modded.

Nova

No other zones/patrols, only 5 asteroid fields with nomad fighters.
Size of system is common FL.

Faction… i have no other gunboats: there’s no capships in my mod. Just want to add common nomad gunboats to fly.

Wolfie

You have to add pilots, gunboat patrols in patrols.ini and add them in encounters.ini for that.

Nova

Wolfie wrote:
You have to add pilots, gunboat patrols in patrols.ini and add them in encounters.ini for that.

patrols.ini and encounters.ini? Where are these files? O.o

Skotty

These inis don’t exist.

Did you try to remove some equipment in the loadouts.ini?
Maybe there is an error.

Nova

Skotty. wrote:
Did you try to remove some equipment in the loadouts.ini?
Maybe there is an error.

Loadouts.ini:
[Loadout]
nickname = mod_no_gunboat
archetype = no_gunboat
equip = ge_ng_engine_01
equip = ge_s_scanner_02
equip = nomad_gun01_mark03, Hp_1_01
…
equip = nomad_gun01_mark03, Hp_1_06
equip = cloak_nomad_gunboat, HpCloak01

Nothing special

Nova

Haha! Cloak! THANKS!!!

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1360/34865738.jpg

Wolfie

Oops, my fault. Been a year or 2 since I touched such files. I know formations.ini exists, and that was what I meant by patrols.ini. Hmm, seems I have to put myself into modding encounters again.

Skotty

Hehe yes cloak. So the ships were the whole time there, but invisible.