Need help on what i can & can not do on Freelancer Mod Studio

BoomerAUS00

if anyone out there can help me i’m only a noob at modding how do i change the base that i’ve taken from another system & added it into my own system & to get it to work as you dock on to the base just when it change the iner of the base it will lock on to a black screen & crash but the music in the backround will still be going on. I’ve copyed the files it needs to my own system folder & renamed it 2 my system & gone in & changed the Nickname, Base & Dock with to what i’ve changed the files names as. & i’ve gone in to the ini files of the rooms & changed them to my own system but it still crashers & when u go back in to the game you end up on the base but in the system that you got the base from what am i missing to get it to work & unlock it from the other system? & one other thing how do you change the names of the basers, planets & so on?

rsabatino

you should have entrys for bases in universe ini also
like this
[Base]
nickname = Li05_06_Base
system = Li05
strid_name = 196792
file = Universe\Systems\Li05\Bases\Li05_06_Base.ini
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF34

[Base]
nickname = Li05_03_Base
system = Li05
strid_name = 196798
file = Universe\Systems\Li05\Bases\Li05_03_Base.ini
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF32

[Base]
nickname = Li05_01_Base
system = Li05
strid_name = 196625
file = Universe\Systems\Li05\Bases\Li05_01_Base.ini
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF01
you should be using freelance explorer to make bases it does all the work for yoju and it makes up my_mod.dll where you can put all the names for the bases. also i have been using the fl developer for editing dll files. the dll files are where you are going to find names of bases and people.

BoomerAUS00

thx for the help but (fl developer)??? where is it? i’ve looked on the downloads & could not find it anyone out there has got a link to it

CK256

It takes some digging to find it!

http://forge.the-starport.net/projects/fldev/files

I’d stick with FL Mod Studio as FLE will change a lot of files you might not want modified, as to copying bases from another system the “new” base needs to be renamed along with the rooms

(DATA/UNIVERSE/SYSTEMS/YOUR NEW SYSTEM/BASES/ROOMS/

and a new entry in the universe.ini

(DATA/UNINVERSE/universe.ini) in this format

[Base]
nickname = Li01_01_Base
system = Li01
strid_name = 196766
file = Universe\Systems\Li01\Bases\Li01_01_Base.ini
BGCS_base_run_by = W02bF35

CK256

CarnifexReboare

I agree with CK, Mod Studio is a less invasive program and the 3D viewer is pretty damn good.

As rsabatino and CK said, it sounds like you’re missing a universe.ini [BASE] entry for your base. Also not having [BaseGood] entries for your base in the market_commodities.ini, market_misc.ini and market_ships.ini (from Data\Equipment folder) can cause problems.

CK256

Have a look at the game structure in the link below it should give you a guide as to which files do what and how they are linked.

http://the-starport.net/freelancer/download/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=2638

I reckon to mod successfully you should have a working knowledge of what happens in the game,

If you understand the game structure FLE can be used and produce great results really quickly but most modders just jump right in and start adding and changing stuff with sometimes disastrous results (been there done that……;))

You might be better using DwnUndr’s TCM starter pack as a start point, it’s intended for total conversion mods so it has all the unused data removed. The initial set up is just three basic systems and a few bases which is ideal for trying out you changes and additions on.

CK256

BoomerAUS00

thx for all ya guys help i’ve found that Freelancer Explorer works to what i need but still using Freelancer Mod Studio for some things now i’ve come across a little problem trying get this ShipScripter to work right it seems to stuff up on the scriping of the ids_name, info, info1, 2 & 3 with this 0 ;GENERATESTRRES i’ve notest & sorry for the crap spelling but anyways i’ve look on a scrip file of someones elsers work & they have the ids_ name & so on as the numbers not this 0 ;GENERATESTRRES where or how do ya get the ids munbers from? is it like add any number in or it takes munbers from other things in the game thats not geting used? & also had some crap come up in the scrip that only way it would load as the scrip not the moded it self had 2 delete it out & i’m wondering if there a bug in it or something how to fix this & here is what doesn’t seem right
camera_offset = ?
&4APA8BH@YÀ?lCockpitmeshint_brightnesshead_turnCockpitCameraTurretCameratetheryaw_rotate_speedpitch_rotate_speedaccel_speedcockpits\rheinland\models\rh_freighter_cockpit.cmp

as i said it seems 2 happen all the time so yeah need help on that thx:)

CK256

I’ve never used scripts for names or info cards so I can’t help there but I have used FL Dev it’s an excellent replacement for IDS editor

http://forge.the-starport.net/projects/fldev/files

If you look in the EXE folder there’s several files with .dll file type, strangely enough infocards are in the infocards.dll but you need to use FL Dev to read, create and edit them.

You can either create a new .dll file for you mod or add to the existing dll’s

I’d put together a bit of tutorial on FL Dev a while so I’ve uploaded it, still needs a bit of work but it should be enough to get you started.

Ck256

cvekiboy

Would like to avoid FLMM to generate .dll aswell.
As I looked, adoxa’s FRC is what has to be perfect tool to convert manually plain.txt to a dll.

As I understand, than all 0 ;GEN… numbers that was created before has to be manually replaced with new ones?

Still not figured out how its used, by explanation is so powerfull, but simple tut how to create 2-3 names / Infcoradas in a dll would be great.

Must still sum up is it worth and how much work is ahead before I start.

BoomerAUS00

can anyone plz redo the FLDev_1.1d.7z file in to a ZIP file as i can’t unzip 7z files thx & sorry 4got to say b4 that what it is that script is for a ship

CK256

Here you go!

Almost forgot make sure you make whatever DLL you use is made write enabled as FLMM makes them read only as a default.

CK256

cvekiboy

Heaving problems with infocards.dll to load on Win7 after making it with FRC and using InfoCards_blank.dll.
FLSpew log:
ERROR: Couldn’t load InfoCards.dll! Error code 487

[EDIT]* SOLVED! Adding the -c parameter makes .dll readable with loosing the version number!
Again sorry 4 disturbance!

LancerSolurus

.7z -> http://www.zipgenius.com/