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Flyable Dockable capital ship

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Post Sat Apr 17, 2004 3:58 am

Flyable Dockable capital ship

WHAT ABOUT THE HOLY GRAIL OF FL MODDING ? A FLYABLE DOCKABLE CAPITAL SHIP !
CAN IT BE DONE ?

Edited by - Charles Pavlov on 4/17/2004 5:04:02 AM

Post Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:21 am

Post Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:57 am

well, if u want a working version that doesnt crash -> nope.

however, u can make them dockable, other players can also initiate the docking sequence to it, the docking animation also comes up but at the point u reach the bay the server says byebye
(ya, i tried it for fun)

-> nope, not really. consider a few things:
what if the player that is the capship disconnects and the docked ones dont?
what if the capship player docks to a base?
what if he gets killed?

FL is not designed for this and the more u ponder about it the more u realize that it wont work - not unless u get MS and DA to release the code and a couple of ppll who take like a year to familiarize with it and programm the changes.

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Excelcia Mod Leading Developer

Post Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:01 pm

why not try making battleships to moor instead of dock. might just be possible.

ittan

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try anything because man made this game. dont mess with creation

Edited by - ittan_v on 4/17/2004 10:02:12 PM

Post Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:41 am

I don't ususaly use caps... sorry
Thanks for letting me know it isn't possible... but it would be cool anyway....

Post Sun Apr 18, 2004 11:08 am

the question is:
did he mean capships where other players can dock to or capships in general docking to bases?
the 2nd works without problems (with a bit solararch.ini editing...)
Fjord

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Excelcia Mod Leading Developer

Post Sun Apr 18, 2004 11:57 am

Well that probably wouldn't be considered the holy grail of FL modding

Kabouter, mapping for the Phoenix Mod.
Visit www.phoenixmod.com

Post Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:32 pm

Well, erh, by chance of reviving age old threads i make this post (i so hope it is contributary enough (or however its spelled ))

Well, a flyable dockable cap ship is not possible then.

what about (note the grammar differences plz) a FLYING dockable capship

would that be possible?

Post Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:51 am

as in an NPC ship?
that probably wont work either. the Nav Map would be all screwy, and if you dock w/ the cap ship, the cap ship goes to a different system, and you launch, without loading the system data, youve got a problem

//INTERCEPTED TRANSMISSION//
//LOCATION= HALO PULSE GENERATOR, FACILITY A5//
You wanna keep you brain inside you head I'd tell those boys to CHILL
from Halo 2

Post Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:42 am

Someone mentioned mooring?
You can moor with planets when in a large transport etc.
Is it possible?
Also, do you disappear when you moor? Or do u just sit there?
Even that could cause problems as the bship could move. Will the moored ship move? or wil it just sit there?

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