CRUISE_DISRUPT_TIME is the time your engine stays disrupted after being hit by a cruise disruptor. The constant you want is in the section for each individual engine (in engine_equip.ini), change "cruise_charge_time" to a different value.

ge_fighter6

[Engine
nickname = ge_gf6_engine_01
ids_name = 263676
ids_info = 264676
volume = 0.000000
mass = 10
max_force = 48000
linear_drag = 599
power_usage = 0
reverse_fraction = 0.200000
flame_effect = gf_li_smallengine01_fire
trail_effect = gf_li_smallengine01_trail
trail_effect_player = gf_li_smallengine01_playtrail
cruise_charge_time = 5
cruise_power_usage = 20
character_start_sound = engine_ci_freighter_start
character_loop_sound = engine_ci_freighter_loop
character_pitch_range = -30, 40
rumble_sound = rumble_freighter
rumble_atten_range = -5, 0
rumble_pitch_range = -25, 25
engine_kill_sound = engine_ci_freighter_kill
cruise_start_sound = engine_ci_cruise_start
cruise_loop_sound = engine_ci_cruise_loop
cruise_stop_sound = engine_ci_cruise_stop
cruise_disrupt_sound = cruise_disrupt
cruise_backfire_sound = cruise_backfire
indestructible = false
outside_cone_attenuation = -3
inside_sound_cone = 60
outside_sound_cone = 180

Make the 5 be a 1 in the bold line, and you will have a 1 second cruise time.
Increasing this line:
max_force = 48000
Will make it fly faster in normal speed - so 72000 = around 120 or something

This line is how fast it can go backwards compared to forwards - at 0.2 of the speed (1/5th!)
reverse_fraction = 0.200000

how do i tell which engine belongs to which ship? and does this affect NPCs as well?

Download the Freelancer misc database. It shows you what nickname belongs to which ship. The engine for the bw_fighter (=dagger), for example, is then named bw_f_engine01 or something like that, not so hard to figure.

EDIT: Oh, and this automatically affects NPCs if you don't change their loadouts (i.e. dont give them other engines but the default ones).

Edited by - Mephistopheles on 9/26/2004 10:48:07 PM