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Post Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:10 pm

Cold Void

Only with a MOD that adds custom engines is this going to have any effect on any thing. Game stock engines all have the exact same thrust values and L_Drag vaules. Most of the shipwrights use a stock engine when making out ship packages so 98% of the servers out there this will have no effect on. BTW stock capital ship engines do require cargo space to mount, more then any stock freighter has so that is not an issue either.

Those changes are exactly what I am trying to do in the Hunters MK II mod; what I HAVE DONE with the MOD. I was specifically after the ability to alter speed and other engine details and then let the players decide for themselves which worked best for them and what was more important to them.

And you must not have looked at it as all the engines have volume (so they take up cargo space) and use energy. While it is possible for a VHF to mount a BB engine they are not getting off the ground with it because they won’t have the space left to mount a power plant.

Post Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:10 am

This just came to me, but can't you change what engine you have with some ioncross tool? What I'm saying is that if this is considered cheating, shouldn't that one tool be too? (I think it was one of the save editers, I'm unsure since I don't use it)

Post Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:06 am

its getting really off topic now!...

@alfa, its about the MP Mode, not SinglePlayer or localhost-server savegame-editing!

Post Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:07 am

if anyone is interested ..
on the engine debate i agree with {GrimAxe}Achilles,
Cold_Void and others: don`t spread panic please!
i think all should be thankful to Alcander.

peace

Post Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:59 am

i'm not being grateful until i know my mod ain't hosed *geeze*

Post Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:10 am

Hey, Alcander, you still alive? I haven't seen any posts from you lately about these patches or anything else.

Post Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:54 pm

@Alchander
So, any new patches lately? Also, I don't know if you read it or not, but I was wondering if you could post what you changed to do what, so the people who know what they are doing can edit the exe, instead of letting you do hours of work trying to create it in a patch program. Just saying soit would be easier...

Edited by - alfa_astrix on 6/25/2005 9:57:46 PM

Post Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:37 am

"I was wondering if you could post what you changed to do what, so the people who know what they are doing can edit the exe, instead of letting you do hours of work trying to create it in a patch program."

! those serverside-patches would be awesome!
(as they are also not cheat-relevant)

/feature request: can you disable char-deletion?

Edited by - w0dk4 on 6/26/2005 12:58:07 PM

Post Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:09 pm


/feature request: can you disable char-deletion?


Why would you want to get rid of character deletion. If Character deletion didn't exist, some people would have 30 different characters. The reason that is there is so that if you screw the guy over too badly, you can restart.

Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:41 am

"The reason that is there is so that if you screw the guy over too badly, you can restart."

So how many characters do you need to do this? most servers have the ability for a minimum of 5 characters anyway.

This is a good idea.

Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:29 am

disableing char-deletion would be a great feature against cheaters and servercrashers... (you could establish fixed periods when players can delete their chars they do not want any longer)
however, i would need it for another 'project'

Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:41 am


So how many characters do you need to do this? most servers have the ability for a minimum of 5 characters anyway.

Minimum or maximum? If they have a minimum of five characters, there's their problem with laging right there.

Aslo, how come we haven't heard from Alchander lately? I mean how many posts ago was it, mabey the last page or page before?

Edited by - alfa_astrix on 6/27/2005 3:43:28 AM

Post Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:35 am

Maybe he's busy?

Post Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:02 pm

@Alchander
Too good to even post a post saying hi. What kind of person are you?! Damn you with your fancy *life*!

Post Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:48 pm

Sorry. I have been incredibly busy as of late - ugh I hate that excuse but it's the truth. I know I came with a lot of big talk, so I'm going to try to release as much of this as I can as soon as I can so others can continue working and such since as of late it seems I'm incredibly busy. I think I might just post documentation instead of making patches as I think that might be easier on me and hopefully help the community.

Also, yes it is possible to disable character deletion server-side if desired. I'll document this one as well.

Thanks for your patience everyone. I appreciate it.

Edited by - Alcander on 6/29/2005 12:02:41 AM

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