Did some value changing, now game crashes

Sun Mar 30, 2003 4:58 am by Burnera

I changed some number values of a ship, its engine, and the constants.ini. Now the game crashes after the intro movie (the freelancer loading screen). It just blanks out and goes to desktop.

Do i have to compress the files for the changes to work? (was told no)
Are there number value limits in other files?

heres what i changed:

-constants.ini
added:
ANOM_LIMITS_MAX_VELOCITY = 5000
under the [PhySysConsts header

-shiparch.ini
[Ship
ids_name = 237019 (eagle)

changed folowing values to current:
nanobot_limit = 80
shield_battery_limit = 80
hold_size = 200
hit_pts = 15000

-engine_equip.ini
[Engine
nickname = ge_gf6_engine_01
ids_name = 263676

changed:
max_force = 90000

originally, i changed only the constants section, but it made no difference in-game. So i figured i had to change the enigne/ship values. now the game just dies.

any idea what the possible problems are?

Sun Mar 30, 2003 12:39 pm by X-Lancer

Try deleteting autostart.fl and restart.fl savegames.

Sun Mar 30, 2003 8:35 pm by Burnera

i deleted restart.fl, but i couldnt even find autostart.fl

game still crashes at the same point, changes remain the same.

Sun Mar 30, 2003 8:59 pm by Nephilim

Well, ANOM_LIMITS_MAX_VELOCITY only regulates the absolute speed limit, it doesn't actually make you go faster... to do that you need to add a CRUISING_SPEED = <desired velocity> parameter to [EngineEquipConsts. I recommend resetting max_force to its default value, as the other modifications you've made are perfectly valid.

Edited by - Nephilim on 30-03-2003 22:07:55

Sun Mar 30, 2003 9:05 pm by reynen

Did you make a backup? If not, why? ALWAYS make a backup before you change something. Don't come here whining if you didn't take steps to protect yourself and screwed up stuff.

Sun Mar 30, 2003 9:33 pm by Burnera

of course i made a backup. just wondering why the mods arent working.

Sun Mar 30, 2003 9:48 pm by Dixi

Bah, backups are for girls. =P

Anyway, revert to where you started and change one thing until it crashes.
Your modifications look fine, though.

And no, they don't need to be recompressed.

Sun Mar 30, 2003 10:07 pm by Burnera

OK wtf? i restored all the files, game worked normally. I changed the constants file to include ANOM and CRUISE, and they had no effect. The ship stopped accelerating at 300 like always.

My constants file:

[Constants
COLLISION_DAMAGE_FACTOR = 0.500000
MUSIC_CROSS_FADE_DELAY = 10.000000
MUZZLE_CONE_ANGLE = 40
PLAYER_COLLISION_GROUP_HIT_PTS_SCALE = 3
PLAYER_ATTACHED_EQUIP_HIT_PTS_SCALE = 5

[EngineEquipConsts
CRUISE_DISRUPT_TIME = 5
MAX_DELTA_FX_THROTTLE = 0.250000
THROTTLE_STEADY_TIME = 0.500000
THROTTLE_ATTEN_MOD_RANGE = 8.000000
DELTA_THROTTLE_ATTEN_MOD_CHANGING = 8.000000
DELTA_THROTTLE_ATTEN_MOD_STEADY = -1.000000
CRUISE_STEADY_TIME = 2.000000
DELTA_CRUISE_ATTEN_MOD_STEADY = -1.000000
CRUISE_ATTEN_MOD_RANGE = 8.000000
CUISING_SPEED = 3000

[ShieldEquipConsts
HULL_DAMAGE_FACTOR = 0.500000

[PhySysConsts
MATERIAL_FRICTION = 0.100000
MATERIAL_ELASTICITY = 0.900000
DEFAULT_LINEAR_DAMPING = 0.500000
DEFAULT_ANGULAR_DAMPING = 0.200000, 0.200000, 0.200000
ANOM_LIMITS_MAX_VELOCITY = 3000

[CommConsts
COMM_PLAYER_FAR_DIST = 6000.000000
COMM_PLAYER_FAR_DIST_ATTEN = 0.000000
CHATTER_MAX_DIST = 3500.000000
CHATTER_MAX_DIST_ATTEN = -16.000000
CHATTER_START_ATTEN = -2.000000
COMM_CONFLICT_PRIORITY_CUTOFF = -3
WALLA_MAX_DIST = 3500.000000
WALLA_MAX_DIST_ATTEN = -24.000000
WALLA_START_ATTEN = -8.000000
WALLA_PRIORITY_CUTOFF = -3

[AsteroidConsts
MAX_ASTEROID_LOOT_DAMAGE = 20000.000000
MAX_LOOT_PER_ASTEROID = 3

Sun Mar 30, 2003 10:50 pm by Dixi

CUISING_SPEED = 3000

Looks like you're missing an 'R'
Also, I believe the display stops at 300 no matter how fast you're going.

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