Changing the ships of the NPC's

kingjame

Hi, i was playing freelancer the other day and i was wondering if there is a mod or something to change the ships of the npc’s for example juni has her special defender so is there a mod or anything else that can change her ship to a dagger for example? or valkyrie or patriot?...and same goes to the less importent npc’s ( police,milletery,armed forces,GMG,outcasts etc…)

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There are plenty of mods, mine included that have different ships for many of the npc’s. It’s not that difficult to do yourself but if you haven’t done it before it can turn into a nightmare.

kingjame

well i never have done it before so can you tell me the steps of how to do it please ?

Quarks

For the random ships:

in data\missions\faction_prop.ini you can find code like this (in this case it’s the Liberty Navy):

[FactionProps]
affiliation = li_n_grp ;nickname of the Liberty Navy
;…
npc_ship = li_n_li_elite_d1-3
npc_ship = li_n_li_elite_d4
npc_ship = li_n_li_elite_d5
npc_ship = li_n_li_elite_d6
npc_ship = li_n_li_elite_d7
npc_ship = li_n_li_elite_d8
npc_ship = li_n_li_elite_d9
npc_ship = li_n_li_elite_d10
npc_ship = li_n_li_elite_d11-19

this references to missions\npcships.ini:

[NPCShipArch]
nickname = li_n_li_elite_d1-3
loadout = li_n_li_elite_loadout01 ;a loadout from ships\loadouts.ini
level = d3 ;the livel shown in-game
ship_archetype = li_elite ;the ship, from ships\shiparch.ini
pilot = pilot_military_med ;how the npc fights, from missions\pilots_population.ini
state_graph = FIGHTER ;it’s a fighter
npc_class = lawful, class_fighter, d1, d2, d3 ;it’s a lawful, it’s used as fighter, level 1 to 3

So for example you change the Liberty Navy’s npc_ship = code in faction_prop.ini to

npc_ship = br_n_br_elite_d1-6
npc_ship = br_n_br_elite_d7
npc_ship = br_n_br_elite_d8
npc_ship = br_n_br_elite_d9
npc_ship = br_n_br_elite_d10
npc_ship = br_n_br_elite_d11-19

they would use the Bretonia Armed Forces’ Crusaders instead.

For the sp-mission characters it’s a bit more complicated as you’d have to edit all the mission files. If you for example want to edit King’s ship im mission 1a, open missions\m01a\m01a.ini:

[NPC]
nickname = escort_m01a
space_costume = li_scrote_head, li_scrote_body, comm_li_hatcher
affiliation = li_lsf_grp
npc_ship_arch = MSN01a_King ;change this to something from missions\npcships or from missions\m01a\npcships.ini
individual_name = 216000
voice = king

kingjame

thanks i will try this after ill finish my current save