NpcRankToDiff.ini ?

Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:43 am by Dugge Dank

I'm trying to make the missions more challenging and I stumbled over this file, but I can't figure anything out.

How does it effect the enemy ranks (Rank is the little number shown on enemy ships right)?
The file doesn't make any sense to me:

[RankAndFormationSizeToDifficulty
NpcRank = 1, 0.009850, 0.035690, 0.077540, 0.135390, 0.209230, 0.299080, 0.404930, 0.526770
NpcRank = 2, 0.013480, 0.048860, 0.106140, 0.185330, 0.286420, 0.409410, 0.554300, 0.721100
NpcRank = 3, 0.018450, 0.066880, 0.145300, 0.253700, 0.392080, 0.560440, 0.758790, 0.987120
NpcRank = 4, 0.025260, 0.091560, 0.198900, 0.347290, 0.536720, 0.767190, 1.038700, 1.351260
NpcRank = 5, 0.034570, 0.125330, 0.272280, 0.475400, 0.734710, 1.050210, 1.421880, 1.849740
NpcRank = 6, 0.047330, 0.171570, 0.372720, 0.650780, 1.005750, 1.437630, 1.946410, 2.532110
NpcRank = 7, 0.064790, 0.234860, 0.510210, 0.890850, 1.376770, 1.967970, 2.664450, 3.466210
NpcRank = 8, 0.088690, 0.321500, 0.698430, 1.219480, 1.884660, 2.693950, 3.647360, 4.744900
NpcRank = 9, 0.121410, 0.440100, 0.956080, 1.669350, 2.579900, 3.687750, 4.992870, 6.495290
NpcRank = 10, 0.166190, 0.602450, 1.308780, 2.285170, 3.531630, 5.048160, 6.834750, 8.891400
NpcRank = 11, 0.227500, 0.824700, 1.791590, 3.128170, 4.834450, 6.910420, 9.356080, 12.171400
NpcRank = 12, 0.311430, 1.128930, 2.452510, 4.282160, 6.617880, 9.459670, 12.807500, 16.661400
NpcRank = 13, 0.426320, 1.545400, 3.357240, 5.861840, 9.059210, 12.949300, 17.532200, 22.807899
NpcRank = 14, 0.583580, 2.115490, 4.595720, 8.024280, 12.401100, 17.726299, 23.999800, 31.221701
NpcRank = 15, 0.798870, 2.895900, 6.291090, 10.984400, 16.975901, 24.265600, 32.853401, 42.739399
NpcRank = 16, 1.093570, 3.964190, 8.611870, 15.036500, 23.238300, 33.217201, 44.973000, 58.506001
NpcRank = 17, 1.496990, 5.426580, 11.788700, 20.583500, 31.811001, 45.471001, 61.563599, 80.088799
NpcRank = 18, 2.049230, 7.428450, 16.137600, 28.176800, 43.546001, 62.245201, 84.274399
NpcRank = 19, 2.805190, 10.168800, 22.090799, 38.571301, 59.610199, 85.207497
NpcRank = 20, 3.840020
NpcRank = 21, 5.256610
NpcRank = 22, 7.195770
NpcRank = 23, 9.850290
NpcRank = 24, 13.484000
NpcRank = 25, 18.458300

It's the last entries that baffles me most. At difficulty 3.840020 the enemy rank is 20? But I'm probably just reading it all wrong.

Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:53 am by LordFjord

format is
npcrank = < rank >, < 1 ship >, < 2 ships >, < 3 ships > , ...

its a bit confusing cause the "ranks" here are the diffclasses in npcship.ini (d1, d2, d3, ...)

the more entries in a line, the more ships.

btw, there is an easier way to make tougher missions.

open mbases.ini and modify the numbers in the mission lines. donno the format outta my head but its something with
destroymission = < min difficulty >, < max difficulty >
set them to 0.0, 50.0 or something and enjoy

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Excelcia Mod Leading Developer

Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:00 am by Dugge Dank

Thank you.
It's at least clearer now. But still kinda strange. I might try to edit this sometime.

I've already fixed the missions in mbases.ini, for every single base actually (yes, I'm a complete fool with lots and lots of spare time

)

And I don't know why I would want to change the difficulty more, I just saw the file and thought something could be done

Edited by - Dugge Dank on 4/22/2004 7:02:04 AM

Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:41 am by LordFjord

I've already fixed the missions in mbases.ini, for every single base actually (yes, I'm a complete fool with lots and lots of spare time )

a comment on that:
yay, thats a good start. do that, then overwork all entries of npcships.ini, faction_prop.ini, empathy.ini, then many pilot_population.ini entries and all loadout files. then a Diff2Money.ini and NpcRankToDiff.ini then u have a rough idea where the mod i work on is.
and as the final step: go through all system ini files and ajust the encounter diffclass settings

yup, i reworked the whole diffclass system from scratch. wouldnt do that again, but now its done (except encoutners, those are in work)

a single badass error can crash the whole thing, so be careful when u do this...

Fjord

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Excelcia Mod Leading Developer

Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:40 pm by Dugge Dank

hehe

Well it seems you are an even greater fool with even more sparetime than me

I guess I just have to check your mod out when it's done now

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