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Awelgat wrote:
I used the same link that you just provided except I clicked on it from the front page of the mod. Your link still gives me the same result with no .ftl. I get a few other files: audio, data, fonts, img, and mod-appendix.

Here's the link just so you have it and I also have already downloaded slipstream and I am using it to run two other minor mods to the game.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/722 ... 01.069.ftl

Mr. Mister wrote:It's more of an issue for me when I'm about to select a weapon with the keyboard, and just a centisecond before I press it the surrender window comes up, maybe causing me to accept surrender.

Awelgat wrote:I used the same link that you just provided except I clicked on it from the front page of the mod. Your link still gives me the same result with no .ftl. I get a few other files: audio, data, fonts, img, and mod-appendix.

jep wrote:Speaking of making running an option, I had a further thought along this line. Forgive me if it's already been mentioned (or even if it's already implemented!)

What if choosing to engage an enemy would make the rebel fleet advance more than running (when it's a choice from the menu)? That way it's an actual cost/benefit calculation rather than just "yeah, I can take these guys so I might as well get the scrap." It could be a fairly small amount, but enough that you have to take it into consideration. Might even be another even smaller amount when you choose to refuse a surrender and continue a battle. Again, it'd give you more of a calculation to do on whether it's worth letting the almost-dead ship go.

Of course, this would probably require slight rebalancing/nerfing of regular fleet movement. Because jumping away will mean forgoing scrap and you might need to stop more later to make sure you have enough to get necessary upgrades.

I assume something like this is possible, even if you don't like the idea. It'd be pretty much the same technique as the trade system uses to advance the fleet.

kartoFlane wrote:

Awelgat wrote:I used the same link that you just provided except I clicked on it from the front page of the mod. Your link still gives me the same result with no .ftl. I get a few other files: audio, data, fonts, img, and mod-appendix.

Are you using a Mac or a Linux distro? It's quite possible that your OS recognizes the .ftl file as .zip file (because extensions really are a lie anyway), and has your browser automatically display its contents instead of downloading.
Either way, to get around this, right-click on the link and select "Save target as..."

jep wrote:Yeah, I just did some reading on modding events and I see some of the limitations you're working with. It looks like it would be easy to make refusing surrender ALWAYS cause a hardcoded fleet advance, but not good way to make it random (or random within certain parameters). I still think the idea might be interesting, maybe modified from surrenders to the initial engagements so that always choosing to fight when you could have avoided it through another menu choice will modifyPursuit by 1. But since this would mean you'd avoid more fights, you'd probably need to increase scrap/lower prices to balance it.

Gah, I didn't describe it well enough. The normal rate of fleet advancement is one. Increasing that by one doubles the speed the fleet advances by, which means that the area they cover is huge. So making the fleet advance faster whenever you fight means you'd end up being overtaken by the rebels really quickly. There's no way to make the rebels advance only a little faster or slower.