Questions here: an inquiry thread! [Updated Sep 15th, 2014]

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Questions here: an inquiry thread! [Updated Sep 15th, 2014]

Postby NewAgeOfPower » Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:48 pm

List of active questions:

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Metzelmax wrote:Can you make a Defense drone that can target both Lasers/missiles and Drones?


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Levgre wrote:What am I doing wrong? Or is FTL Dat manager messed up?


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NarnKar wrote:Somewhat related question for Sleeper: why didn't they work, and what were they meant to be?




Multitudes of questions answered. Thanks, you guys!

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Re: Query: To replace all old events

Postby dalolorn » Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:17 pm

NewAgeOfPower wrote:{erhaps a dumb question:

Will I have to use sector_data.xml, rather than .xml.append?

Same with events?


To put it in one word: Yes.
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Re: Query: To replace all old events

Postby NewAgeOfPower » Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:26 pm

dalolorn wrote:
To put it in one word: Yes.


Thanks.
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Re: Query: To replace all old events

Postby kartoFlane » Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:33 pm

dalolorn wrote:To put it in one word: Yes.

To correct you: no. You should always use .xml.append, unless you want other mods to be incompatible with yours / the purpose of your mod is to fix the original game files.
You can add new / modify existing sectors or sectorTypes just fine via .xml.append

Though of course, I could be missing the context of the original question, seeing as it was edited out... *shrug*

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Welp. Looks like I was missing context...
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Re: Ask questions here: an inquiry thread.

Postby NewAgeOfPower » Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:29 pm

Ah. I was trying to remove all the old events. And sectors.

Writing a different (although in-universe) campaign, 2 parallel series of missions per arc.
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Re: Ask questions here: an inquiry thread.

Postby NewAgeOfPower » Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:57 pm

Question: How can I spawn multiple enemies ships per beacon, ala making an additional opponent after a kill via Events?

Context: I'm constructing a basic training first sector, explaining the optimal usage of that factions weapons for that campaign. It would be easier to have another target drone appear after you take out the first one.
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Re: Ask questions here: an inquiry thread.

Postby agigabyte » Sun Oct 13, 2013 11:46 pm

NewAgeOfPower wrote:Question: How can I spawn multiple enemies ships per beacon, ala making an additional opponent after a kill via Events?

Context: I'm constructing a basic training first sector, explaining the optimal usage of that factions weapons for that campaign. It would be easier to have another target drone appear after you take out the first one.


Impossible, do what Whale cancer did and make a quest chain.
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Re: Ask questions here: an inquiry thread. Updated Oct 13, 2

Postby NewAgeOfPower » Sun Oct 13, 2013 11:50 pm

Link please.
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Re: Ask questions here: an inquiry thread. Updated Oct 13, 2

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Re: Ask questions here: an inquiry thread. Updated Oct 13, 2

Postby XionGaTaosenai » Mon Oct 14, 2013 12:29 am

Has anyone made decent pictures of Engi Pirate ships? I want to add the Engi Scout and Engi Bomber to the list of ships that Pirates can be commanding, so I need pictures of those Engi ships with the telltale purple paint job.