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I want MORE npc''s not better ones!

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Post Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:26 am

I want MORE npc''s not better ones!

Bet that catchy title got your curiosity didn't it?

The freelancer NPC's are fine as they are. (It is fun fighting the modded super ai ships for the sheer difficulty)

What I want is the file that controls how many random NPC's will enter your area. I want to jack it up so NPC's (pirates, merchants, police, pizza diliverymen, ect) will practily flood the game.

This would be entertaining for people who want to simply go postal in a huge group of ships and start starlancer war 2.

I know there is a file that controls how many will spawn by chance, does anyone know what it is, and how the value works in terms of increasing / decresing # of random ships?

There has to be more than 5 billion people on manhatten, and by the look of how "empty" Manhatten's area is, you would think only 10% of the people can fly. It would look more realistic if there were HUGE amounts of ships flying around Manhatten.

Post Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:55 am

Find the zone area for where you are
eg
[zone
nickname = Zone_Br01_Cornwall_rock_asteroid_field
ids_name = 261227
pos = 25319, 0, 60104
shape = ELLIPSOID
size = 30000, 10000, 30000
property_flags = 66
ids_info = 65989
visit = 32
spacedust = asteroiddust
spacedust_maxparticles = 50
comment = Cornwall Field
sort = 29
toughness = 6
density = 5
repop_time = 20
max_battle_size = 4
pop_type = nonlootable_ast_field
relief_time = 35
faction_weight = fc_c_grp, 10
faction_weight = gd_bh_grp, 2
encounter = area_scout, 6, 0.560000
faction = fc_c_grp, 1.000000
encounter = area_bh_assault, 6, 0.070000
faction = gd_bh_grp, 1.000000
Music = zone_field_asteroid_rock

Yours will probs be a planet - this just happened to be where BiniQ was at the time, you are after this part:


toughness = 6
density = 5
repop_time = 20
max_battle_size = 4
pop_type = nonlootable_ast_field
relief_time = 35

Toughness - make it high - very high(max level of AI)
Density - i think, not sure, that this is the amount of craft total allowed in area - pump it up there - like 40 odd will do.
Max battle size - don't go above about 28 or so, 24 is more than enough - but you only need this if you are flooding the place with extra NPC nasties etc
Repop time - you can lower this if you like, but it should be fine with the high numbers of the above!
Relief time - as giskard said - he thinks that this is the amount of time between badguys arriving - but i have not found this to be true, or false!

toughness =80
density = 40
max_battle_size = 24

Post Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:37 am



thank you!


Edited by - average_Joe on 07-10-2003 03:37:08

Post Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:55 am

Make them dumb but keep on coming!

Killing Outcasts IS my hobby.

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