You can add a drag modifier in zones which slows the movement of ships (in cruise, or just with thrusters? I forget). So I suppose you could have a system with one large zone in it that has this parameter defined in it.
As for moving the encounters to constants.ini, I don’t see the need for it. It really wouldn’t save much space, maybe a few hundred kb in total, which is nothing if you add a new ship or something.
sona1111 wrote:
so theirs no way to make something like a…tracking gun bullet? Has properties like a gun weapon but tracks like a missile?
The only way would be to make all your guns into missiles, but allow them to use the gun’s const_effect rather than the missile’s effect. Something like this:
[Motor]
nickname = admin_gun01_motor
lifetime = 0
accel = 0
delay = 0[Explosion]
nickname = admin_gun01_explosion
effect = gf_li_cruisedisruption
lifetime = 0, 0
process = disappear
strength = 100
radius = 10
hull_damage = 1000
energy_damage = 200
impulse = 0[Munition]
nickname = admin_gun01_ammo
explosion_arch = admin_gun01_explosion
hp_type = hp_gun
requires_ammo = false
hit_pts = 500000
detonation_dist = 15
lifetime = 25
motor = admin_gun01_motor
force_gun_ori = false
one_shot_sound = fire_no1
const_effect = ci_laser_02_proj
HP_trail_parent = HPExhaust
seeker = LOCK
time_to_lock = 0
seeker_range = 20000
seeker_fov_deg = 180
max_angular_velocity = 20
cruise_disruptor = false
DA_archetype = equipment\models\weapons\li_rad_missile.3db
material_library = equipment\models\li_equip.mat
mass = 1
volume = 0[Gun]
nickname = admin_gun01
ids_name = 123456
ids_info = 123456
DA_archetype = Equipment\models\weapons\no_fighter_gun.cmp
HP_child = HPConnect
hit_pts = 5000
explosion_resistance = 1
debris_type = debris_normal
parent_impulse = 20
child_impulse = 80
volume = 0
mass = 10
hp_gun_type = hp_gun_special_1
damage_per_fire = 0
power_usage = 100
refire_delay = 0.25
muzzle_velocity = 700
toughness = 25.4000000
projectile_archetype = admin_gun01_ammo
separation_explosion = sever_debris
auto_turret = false
turn_rate = 180
lootable = false
LODranges = 0, 20
I think you can also add a secondary set of hull_damage and energy_damage values in the [Munition] section (guns have them here) so you don’t have to rely on the explosion to do the damage.
Could you post an example of what you have tried, like the fuse code?
I don’t see it either.
If you went to that website, and it gave you a 192.168.x.x number as your IP, then I’d blame your router. Ditch it and get a $30 D-Link or Linksys router, those are well known and we can help you with them.
In DATA/MISSIONS/faction_prop.ini, look at fc_n_grp (Nomads). You will see some npc_ship entries - these tell you which ships the nomads will be using. For example, here is what it could say:
…
npc_ship = fc_n_no_fighter_d19
npc_ship = fc_n_no_gunboat
npc_ship = fc_n_no_battleship
…
So then you will look at npcships.ini (in the same folder) and find these ships. You will see this line for fc_n_no_fighter_d19:
ship_archetype = no_fighter
no_fighter is the ship they will use from DATA/SHIPS/Shiparch.ini. You will also see the loadout listed (it is in DATA/SHIPS/loadouts.ini). You can change both of these so that you can use the shadow ships. You will want to make sure that the hardpoints referenced in the loadout exist in shiparch.ini and also on the shadow ship models. That should get you going.
What kind of router do you have then?
If you can connect, then that is a good sign. What IP address are you telling others to connect to? Can others see your server in the global list? If so, what IP do they see?
And yes, are you using the GLS workaround?
You might want to attach your system’s ini file so we can check it out.
just to clarify, do you mean LAN IP (as in 192.168.1.27) or your MAC address (as in 0e:1g:2e:22:ee, etc)?
If you go to a site like whatismyip.com and tell your friends to try to direct connect to that IP (using your servers port), does that solve the problem? Your friends shouldn’t be seeing your LAN IP, they should see your real IP (ie, your WAN IP).
If you can get the FLHook cloak plugin, all you have to do is add the name of the cloak from weapon_equip.ini (or wherever it is) to the cloak.ini file (comes with the plugin) and then you can just type /cloak and /uncloak to cloak and decloak if you have that particular cloak on your ship.
They won’t show up in game in the cargo hold because they don’t have a [Good] entry. If you made one, it would show up. But there is no reason to do this if you have the cloak plugin.
You can get this plugin here: http://forge.the-starport.net/gf/project/flhook/frs/?action=FrsReleaseView&release_id=117
I agree that it’s a terrible solution.
I have no clue about modelling and surs, but is there someway to make ‘multiple’ centers for the ship model so that the explosion can hit one center but still damage the entire ship?
As an afterthought (and not likely a favorable option), I guess you could also have shields act as the hull of the ship. For example, give your large ship a shield that does not regen (or is very slow), and a very low hull strength. That way, missiles will still cause damage to the ship, wherever they hit. Once the shield goes down, a couple shots is enough to destroy the ship.
Another option, but again, its really not a viable option unless you want to rework all your ship setups.
In shiparch.ini, you’ll see a section like this for every ship:
hp_type = hp_gun_special_6, HpWeapon01
hp_type = hp_gun_special_5, HpWeapon01, HpWeapon02, HpWeapon03
hp_type = hp_gun_special_4, HpWeapon01, HpWeapon02, HpWeapon03, HpWeapon04, HPWeapon05
hp_type = hp_gun_special_3, HpWeapon01, HpWeapon02, HpWeapon03, HpWeapon04, HPWeapon05
hp_type = hp_gun_special_2, HpWeapon01, HpWeapon02, HpWeapon03, HpWeapon04, HPWeapon05
hp_type = hp_gun_special_1, HpWeapon01, HpWeapon02, HpWeapon03, HpWeapon04, HPWeapon05
hp_type = hp_elite_shield_special_3, HpShield01
hp_type = hp_elite_shield_special_2, HpShield01
hp_type = hp_elite_shield_special_1, HpShield01
hp_type = hp_thruster, HpThruster01
hp_type = hp_mine_dropper, HpMine01
hp_type = hp_countermeasure_dropper, HpCM01
hp_type = hp_torpedo_special_2, HpTorpedo01, HPWeapon06
All the hp_type’s are weapon slots. Here is a breakdown:
hp_type = hp_gun_special_5, HpWeapon01, HpWeapon02, HpWeapon03
hp_gun_special_5 (Class 5 Gun) can mount on the model hardpoints HpWeapon01, 02 and 03.
So for the ship above, it has 5 weapon slots. Class 1, 2, 3, and 4 guns can be mounted on HpWeapon01, 02, 03, 04, and 05. While Class 5 guns can be mounted HpWeapon01, 02 and 03. A Class 6 gun can mount on HpWeapon01.
You can also mount a thruster, mine dropper, and a cm on their respective hp’s. You can mount a cruise disruptor (I think?) (hp_torpedo_special_2) on two hardpoints - HpWeapon06 and HpTorpedo01.
etc.
To add more guns, you will need to use, create or find more hardpoints on the model. You can also make the current weapon slots able to hold higher level guns by adding hp_gun_special_7 to hp_gun_special_10 and assign them hardpoints to use. You can also allow turrets by adding hp_turret_special_1 (to 10, etc).
Yes it can. You can have a batch file run automatically every xx minutes which will get flstat to update itself, then you can have another command which will upload those stats to an ftp server.
I’m not sure of the exact syntax for that, but I could dig them up if you wanted.
Do all your missiles have to be guided? I suppose you could have missiles for use against fighters, and missiles for use against cap ships.
You could just make them regular guns with a missile effect…I’m not sure if you can add an explosion in place of the impact effect though.
Yes, it does have “addon_tractor beam” with all that meaningless gibberish…
Any ideas?
Could you post the shiparch and goods entries for the ship?
I would think it would be as easy as adding a drop loot fuse (like the wrecks have) to the solararch.ini file. Of course, you’ll have to add a loadout to the object as well.
I don’t know if changing these will cause problems with clients not running the optional mod. I wouldn’t think so, but it would depend on if you made a completely new fuse/loadout, or if you just used or modified an existing one.
The ALE editor is available here: http://digitalbrilliance.com/Evo-Forums_-file-viewtopic-t-_272.html
You may have to register to get the download link.
You would need a UTF editor to play with the txm files, I believe. Here’s a link on TSP: http://the-starport.net/freelancer/download/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=23
Necrotech post for anyone having similar issues.
Problem:
I am on Windows 7, and couldn’t connect to a local server even with IPv6 disabled. Running Freelancer.exe and FLServer.exe as Administrator and using Windows XP SP2 compatibility did not work.
Solution:
I changed them to Windows XP SP3 compatibility, and it worked fine. I have re-enabled IPv6 and have no issues connecting.
I have also found a case where someone attempting to direct connect to a server while using the GLS (global list server) workaround was unable to do so. Simply removing the direct connect line from their shortcut’s target line solved the problem, even when it was put in their properly. Just noting it troubleshooting reference.
You should definitely at least use Ioncross - it’s “Old faithful”, if you will. It allows you to do most of the basic cheat detection, as well as ban players, edit players, etc.
FLHook is also useful, and can be run alongside Ioncross. We use Ioncross to edit characters, and the plugin version of FLHook to allow us to have neat plugins for extra features (a bank, admin cloaking, etc). Plus there is a cheat plugin which stops a good portion of the cheats you’ll encounter.
And both of these require relatively little configuration to run properly, so you can basically load them and go.
What types of problems are you having with FLHook, I’m sure a bunch of us can answer some questions 