Need help: intro script %(

Gisteron

the start and stop percentages are relative values to the length of the path. 0 would be the first point, 1 the last. you can set up any float within these range to start and stop a ship. if you e.g. want ships to fly opposite of the actual path direction, you can make the start percent higher than the stop percent.

the offset is, how much is your ship set away from the actual path. it is relative to the main coordinate system, not to the path. with 0, 0, 0 the ship is directly on the path. with e.g. 10, 7, -3 your ship is 10m to the right, 7m above and 3m in front of any point of the path it would actually reach. so, if you want the ships to fly parallelic, you don’t have to make 3 paths, you can just set some ships just beside the path while the direction and length of flight would be kept.

Nova

Sounds easy… but how to get coordinates? O.o I have to guess them?

Gisteron

the same way as you got the coordinates for the planets and stations there are in your thn: trial and error with help of your own geometrical imagination.

Nova

Ok) May you show on my screenshot the directions of x,y and z axises?

Gisteron

oh, come on, haven’t you built the script? you should know where you put the objects and therefore approximately, where the coordinate system is. what you are asking for now is exactly doing your code. come on, spend 5mins, don’t be lazy.

Nova

Yep, thanks a lot
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6079/30591470.jpg

Last step is attaching engines, but i think i do it by myself.
Thx!!111

Nova

Next question…
May you tell please, how to add a sun? I know how to add an fx, but i cant find common suns in FX folder.

Nova

And why the ships can be black? O.o
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6365/33023472.jpg

Gisteron

the sun is a simple psys entry (effect entry) with the template of a sun. the suns (at least most of them) are by default listed in .\data\solar\stararch.ini

for the ships: you have the compound objects (ships and solars) and lights. both have a parameter called “lt_grp” (lighting group). as long as your light sources have the same lt_grp value as your compounds, the light sources affect the drawing of your object.

Nova

Omg, yea, thanks!! Ships lt_group was different.

About suns… So i must write them as compound, but launch them as psys?

Gisteron

no, you write them as psys and launch them as psys… or write them as compound and leave 'em… dunno, haven’t played with suns yet. if you want to go sure, in .\data\fx\misc\misc_ale.ini there are suns from vanilla thns defined as effects.

Nova

Gisteron wrote:
if you want to go sure, in .\data\fx\misc\misc_ale.ini there are suns from vanilla thns defined as effects.

There aren’t any suns except vanilla intro suns. I never saw vanilla suns in FX folder.

Gisteron

ah, no other suns?
and what about “rtc_ku03_sun”… just for instance.
c’mon, search a bit for yourself, don’t let others do your tasks
there sure is a sun that would fit into your intro.

Nova

There are NO suns in FX. I want to take a normal sun to my intro, but i cant because they have no ALE! There aren’t any suns in FX!
These 2 ku_x_suns are small as ships.
I don’t ask to do my #$%% job, imma just asking a normal question to more experienced people in this subject.

Gisteron

good god, than try using the stararch.ini suns as compounds.
you are modding. its trial and error, you won’t get far with just asking for the solution served on a silver tablet.

Nova

My THN editing is just small addon to my work. I can’t know/understand how to mod everything. My primary job is 3d/ships/equipment, maybe also systems and starspheres. But the sur and thn cannot be fully understanded ny my brain…

Nova

How to rotate object a bit?
My changing of “orient” option makes this facepalm:
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5476/37854664.jpg

Gisteron

with this.
just copy each three values to each of the three orientation blocks and change all “,” to “.”

Nova

Nice, thanks

Nova

Is it possible to create fields? For example, debris field behind Manhattan