Well I joined this forum a week ago and have been active in it ever since. I read the please search before posting threads when i arrived and I did use the search option a hell of a lot, several times a day in fact.
However, having used that search option I know this forum has not got all the answers to simple questions posted. What makes it even worse, some guides people believe are complete and are using as a basis for "Dont spam posts" are far from being complete. They are just cut and pastes and make users believe the answers do exist with actually they dont.
For instance. Find me the following information in the system guide.
How to add bases.
How to add Rooms to Bases.
How to add Novas and Asteriods.
How to add Planets.
How to add Factions.
How to add tradelanes.
How the system grid works out (i posted this my self).
So when somebody asks a question about systems and somebody says they should do a search of the forum I for one get deeply annoyed because I have searched the forum and those answers don't exist. Ok the base one exists in part but its not complete. I figured the rest out my self by taking what little i could find by searching and cross referencing what has been posted with my own research. In many cases the posters where not even talking about the same things I needed to know about.
EG i learnt how to add planet names info cards for bases from zens ship guide.
The people calling others spammers, really should do those searches them selves before they put their own foot in their mouth and start pointing the finger else where.
Sorry, but i felt that had to said.
Once my first mod is out, I intend to write a proper guide and fix this situation once and for all. Explaining the parts other guides just paste in and ignore yet remain import. Right now im trying to figure out how to get asteriod fields to show up in a system, my first area to check is id names and info. See if that works.
In the mean time i wish people would stop calling cut and paste examples from the original ini files guides unless they add the extra info needed to understand them.
Wants to see a good guide with some room for improvement ?
Try this.
http://forum.duwx.com/viewthread.php?tid=44
In the meant time, when you create a new system, heres a list of files i currently know need editing. Excluding the DLL for now which i have made my self.
Data/initialworld.ini
Data\COCKPITS\Liberty\atranny.ini (new file) (ship related)
Data\EQUIPMENT\goods.ini (ship related)
Data\EQUIPMENT\market_commodities.ini
Data\EQUIPMENT\market_misc.ini
Data\EQUIPMENT\market_ships.ini
Data\UNIVERSE\universe.ini
Data\UNIVERSE\SYSTEMS\Your system and systems you link too.
Data\UNIVERSE\SYSTEMS\your syste,\BASES\ROOMS\ your rooms.
To setup factions you need these.
Data\Missions\empathy.ini
Data\Missions\faction_prop.ini
Data\Missions\formations.ini
Data\Missions\mbases.ini
To put asteriods in a system and nebulas you need to be following folder and edit the examples in there. Heres mine.
DATA\SOLARDATA\SOLAR\NEBULA\yo01_frankjg_smog_cloud.ini (Newfile)
I think you will agree, most of that list is not even mentioned in the system guide. Still, if people are happy with seeing copies Manhattan planets in every system and copies of bases named Fort Bush everywhere than i suppose its ok.
Giskard