Misc. Questions

1. change the npc jobs
2. clone an ale and hex edit it
3. create different engines with different force values

Which part of the ale I modify?
And, it's needed to create another NPC job or modify an existing one?

i dont know about 1 or 2 , but with the engines do you mean throttle speed or cruise speed?

about the cruise speed, it is not normally possible to have it differient for each ship, but i had an idea... (please dont steal it)

set the cruise speed to something high like 10000, then give each engine a cruise power drain that is pretty high, more then any ships recharge rate. when the ship entered cruise, the power bar would go down at a fast rate, going completely out while the cruise charged. when the cruise started it would not have enough power to completely push the ship along at the cruise speed of 10000, it would slow down, depending on how much energy the engine required, differient cruise speeds could be produced. an interesting idea, i think. and i tested it.

No, I wanted flying (not cruising) speed. I mean, the vanilla speed is 79 m/s, and I want modify it, depending of which type of engine (LF, HF, VHF, FR) it is.

Also I want know how I modify that NPC properties to military scouts...

See ya
Fire_Wolf_br

ok, flying speed is easy.

in DATA/EQUIPMENT/engine_equip.ini youll see many passages like this:

[Engine]
nickname = ge_bwf_engine_01
ids_name = 263675
ids_info = 264675
DA_archetype = Solar\Dockable\nomad_power_cell.3db
material_library = ships\nomad\nomad_fx.txm
volume = 0.000000
mass = 10
max_force = 12000 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
linear_drag = 168.75
power_usage = -112.5
reverse_fraction = 0.800000
flame_effect = gf_bw_smallengine01_fire
trail_effect_player = gf_ku_smallengine01_trail
trail_effect = gf_ku_smallengine01_trail
cruise_charge_time = 5
cruise_power_usage = 0
character_start_sound = engine_bw_fighter_start
character_loop_sound = engine_bw_fighter_loop
character_pitch_range = -50, 25
rumble_sound = rumble_bw_fighter
rumble_atten_range = -5, 0
rumble_pitch_range = -25, 25
engine_kill_sound = engine_bw_fighter_kill
cruise_start_sound = engine_bw_cruise_start
cruise_loop_sound = engine_bw_cruise_loop
cruise_stop_sound = engine_bw_cruise_stop
cruise_disrupt_sound = cruise_disrupt
cruise_backfire_sound = cruise_backfire
cruise_disrupt_effect = gf_li_cruisedisruption
indestructible = true
outside_cone_attenuation = -3
inside_sound_cone = 60
outside_sound_cone = 180

increase or decrease the number at the marked passage to ajust speed. (i think this one is the dagger.)

But is there a way to convert the value showed in the lines with the one showed in game? (surely 12000 isn't 12000 m/s rofl)

Yes, bwf is the Dagger.

ill get back to you on it, and post a few values. but i dont thing that the force is the only one to consider, the speeds that i post will only work for one mass.

And considering I'm also modifying the mass of all ships, customizing according to the ship...

i dont know of any mass:force calc, but because you got me thinking, im going to do the maths and make one...

This of course will help me a lot, but, back to the other questions, can someone help me plz?

why dont you make a simple calculation?

12000 = 80m/s
x = 100m/s (or any other value)

-> 12000x100/80

Because I thought there were other values to define speed.

And about the other questions huh?
=S

when you definy an encounter you can also definy already existing ones such as scouts or assault
those already have different AI settings and formations

engine colors... well aint there different colors already?
ale editing is a bit complicated and i dont really have the time to write tutorials

I need different engine colors, as I'm creating new houses.

Think in a Kusari with Patriots and Rhinos, a Rhienland with Patriots and Rhinos, everything with Liberty ships. This would be boring, right?

It's the same thing with the same engine flames. I need to add some variety in the new houses, as I can't create new planetscapes and other things.

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Originally posted by fire_wolf_br
as I can't create new planetscapes

why?

Knowledge, my friend, a thing which lacks for me, talking about Freelancer, mostly in textures apply and modeling.

ooooh..... ask op [SIZE=1]nvm that he's working his ass off atm[/SIZE] since i don't know much about that thing either

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Originally posted by magnet
ooooh..... ask op [SIZE=1]nvm that he's working his ass off atm[/SIZE] since i don't know much about that thing either

And do you think I didn't asked before?

But, unfortunately, he helps only his supporters. He's right, anyways, also because he's working like a slave for himself in the 1.8. Then I posted here asking help from another soul.

there is a few tutorials that discuss those... y not using them?