universe
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Overview
Vanilla Examples
DATA\UNIVERSE\universe.ini
Syntax
Entries should be written in the order they are presented here. [Base] entries should be loaded before their corresponding [System] ones, as Freelancer will look for the bases in a system when it's loaded on launch and will throw a get_base() failed error if it's not already been defined.
Time
[Time]
seconds_per_day = INT
| Parameter | Information |
|---|---|
| Time | This value does not appear to be used. It's speculated that day/night cycles were planned at some point in Freelancer's development and this value is a lefover from that. |
Base
[Base]
nickname = STRING
system = STRING
strid_name = INT
file = PATH
autosave_forbidden = BOOL ;optional
BGCS_base_run_by = STRING
terrain_tiny = STRING ;optional
terrain_sml = STRING ;optional
terrain_mdm = STRING ;optional
terrain_lrg = STRING ;optional
terrain_dyna_01 = STRING ;optional
terrain_dyna_02 = STRING ;optional
ship_sml_01 = STRING ;optional
ship_sml_02 = STRING ;optional
ship_sml_03 = STRING ;optional
ship_mdm_01 = STRING ;optional
ship_mdm_02 = STRING ;optional
ship_mdm_03 = STRING ;optional
ship_lrg_01 = STRING ;optional
ship_lrg_02 = STRING ;optional
ship_lrg_03 = STRING ;optional
| Parameter | Information |
|---|---|
| nickname | The nickname of the base as it's referred to by mbases and system files. |
| system | The nickname of the system the base is located in. |
| strid_name | The string ID name of the base. |
| autosave_forbidden | Prevents autosaving on the base. This appears to be used in story bases players are not meant to return to. |
| file | The path to the bases file used by this base. |
| BGCS_base_run_by | Used for audio when referencing the faction that owns the base. Uses W02bF codes. |
| terrain_tiny | Determines the model used by the $terrain_tiny variable in ambi_terrain_static thorn scripts used for this base. |
| terrain_sml | Determines the model used by the $terrain_sml variable in ambi_terrain_static thorn scripts used for this base. |
| terrain_mdm | Determines the model used by the $terrain_mdm variable in ambi_terrain_static thorn scripts used for this base. |
| terrain_lrg | Determines the model used by the $terrain_lrg variable in ambi_terrain_static thorn scripts used for this base. |
| terrain_dyna_01 | Determines the model used by the $terrain_dyna_01 variable in ambi_terrain_dynamic thorn scripts used for this base. |
| terrain_dyna_02 | Determines the model used by the $terrain_dyna_02 variable in ambi_terrain_dynamic thorn scripts used for this base. |
| ship_sml_01 | Determines the $ship_sml_01 ship model used in the base's traffic thorn script. This is not used in vanilla but functions as expected. |
| ship_sml_02 | Determines the $ship_sml_02 ship model used in the base's traffic thorn script. This is not used in vanilla but functions as expected. |
| ship_sml_03 | Determines the $ship_sml_03 ship model used in the base's traffic thorn script. This is not used in vanilla but functions as expected. |
| ship_mdm_01 | Determines the $ship_mdm_01 ship model used in the base's traffic thorn script. This is not used in vanilla but functions as expected. |
| ship_mdm_02 | Determines the $ship_mdm_02 ship model used in the base's traffic thorn script. This is not used in vanilla but functions as expected. |
| ship_mdm_03 | Determines the $ship_mdm_03 ship model used in the base's traffic thorn script. This is not used in vanilla but functions as expected. |
| ship_lrg_01 | Determines the $ship_lrg_01 ship model used in the base's traffic thorn script. This is not used in vanilla but functions as expected. |
| ship_lrg_02 | Determines the $ship_lrg_02 ship model used in the base's traffic thorn script. This is not used in vanilla but functions as expected. |
| ship_lrg_03 | Determines the $ship_lrg_03 ship model used in the base's traffic thorn script. This is not used in vanilla but functions as expected. |
System
[system]
nickname = STRING
file = PATH
pos = FLOAT, FLOAT
msg_id_prefix = STRING
visit = INT ;optional
strid_name = INT ;optional
ids_info = INT ;optional
NavMapScale = FLOAT ;optional
| Parameter | Information |
|---|---|
| nickname | The nickname of the system, referenced elsewhere in universe, as well as in mbases.ini and system files. |
| file | The path of the system file this system uses. |
| pos | The X and Y coordinates of the system on the universe map. |
| msg_id_prefix | The voice line NPCs use when referring to this system. |
| visit | Controls the navmap display of the system: 0: The default value. Not visited. 1: Visited, will show on the navamp list even if the system has not been visited. 2: Unused. 4: Mineable Zone. 8: 'Actively' visited. This seems to be used for looted wrecks. 16: Wreck. 32: Zone. 64: Faction. 128: Hidden, never appears on the navmap. For combinations you need to add the values together. |
| strid_name | The string ID name of the system |
| ids_info | The string ID description of the system |
| NavMapScale | The scale used for the Nav Map. Values used in vanilla seem to be between 1.5 and 4 |