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Weapon energy usage

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Post Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:29 pm

Weapon energy usage

I have installed very powerful weapons on my Titan Very Heavy Fighter and I haven't got enough energy to fire without stopping. I want to increase the energy of my ship or to decrease the weapons energy usage. I was wondering if there is a mod for this but I wasn't able to find... Sorry for my bad english

Post Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:17 am

Nothing is wrong with your English, my friend, I wish I knew your language (or any other) as well as you write in English.

Because of this I will reply

No, I am joking. I would have replied anyway

There are 2 ways to get more power, you can choose which is better for you, both are easy to do.

First you need an ini Editor, to open the ini files. Because they are compressed in the standard game.

I use TinyFish from here

1. First way. Modify only the Titan ship's loadout (the equipment which is sold with it). You will have to buy another Titan, the new one will have 2 power generators. Open the file DATA\EQUIPMENT\goods.ini with your BINI editor. Find this section:-
<pre><font size=1 face=Courier>[Good
nickname = coe2_package
category = ship
hull = coe2_hull
addon = ge_coe2_engine_01, internal, 1
addon = co_elite2_power01, internal, 1
addon = ge_s_scanner_01, internal, 1
addon = ge_s_tractor_01, internal, 1
addon = shield01_mark08_hf, HpShield01, 1
addon = LargeWhiteSpecial, HpHeadlight, 1
addon = SlowSmallPurple, HpRunningLight01, 1
addon = SlowSmallPurple, HpRunningLight02, 1
addon = SlowSmallPurple, HpRunningLight03, 1
addon = contrail01, HpContrail01, 1
addon = contrail01, HpContrail02, 1
addon = DockingLightRedSmall, HpDockLight01, 1
addon = DockingLightRedSmall, HpDockLight02, 1</font></pre>
copy this line:-
<pre><font size=1 face=Courier>addon = co_elite2_power01, internal, 1</font></pre>
and insert the copy below the first one:-
<pre><font size=1 face=Courier>[Good
nickname = coe2_package
category = ship
hull = coe2_hull
addon = ge_coe2_engine_01, internal, 1
addon = co_elite2_power01, internal, 1
addon = co_elite2_power01, internal, 1
addon = ge_s_scanner_01, internal, 1
addon = ge_s_tractor_01, internal, 1
addon = shield01_mark08_hf, HpShield01, 1
addon = LargeWhiteSpecial, HpHeadlight, 1
addon = SlowSmallPurple, HpRunningLight01, 1
addon = SlowSmallPurple, HpRunningLight02, 1
addon = SlowSmallPurple, HpRunningLight03, 1
addon = contrail01, HpContrail01, 1
addon = contrail01, HpContrail02, 1
addon = DockingLightRedSmall, HpDockLight01, 1
addon = DockingLightRedSmall, HpDockLight02, 1</font></pre>

Save it, then go and buy another Titan. It will have 2 generators.

2. Second way:- increase the capacity of the Titan's generator. This will affect all ships that use the same generator. But you don't have to buy another Titan, the generator will be the new one immediately...
Open DATA\EQUIPMENT\misc_equip.ini and find this:-
<pre><font size=1 face=Courier>[Power
nickname = co_elite2_power01
ids_name = 263716
ids_info = 264716
volume = 0.0
mass = 10
DA_archetype = equipment\models\hardware\li_fusion_reactor.3db
material_library = equipment\models\hardware.mat
capacity = 11900
charge_rate = 1190
thrust_capacity = 1000
thrust_charge_rate = 100
lootable = false
</font></pre>
Change these lines (you don't have to use my numbers, use what you want):-
<pre><font size=1 face=Courier>capacity = 20000
charge_rate = 2000
thrust_capacity = 2000
thrust_charge_rate = 200
</font></pre>
Save the file and try it.

Don't forget to keep a copy of any file you want to change!

Be careful when you use Tinyfish editor. It is excellent but it has a couple of problems... If you get any error message when you open a file, close Tinyfish and start again. This is because if you open a big file first and then open a smaller one, the line pointer is not updated and it will be past the end of the smaller file. When this happens, Tinyfish forgets to change the file name to the new file, and if you save the file without looking, you will overwrite the old big file with the second smaller one!

So always use "File... Save As.." and check the file name, to be sure you are writing the file you want.

Tell me which way you do it.

Roleplay: - the art of self-deceipt!

Edited by - StarTrader on 10/5/2007 1:21:38 AM

Post Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:24 am

Thank you man. I'll try the second one. I think it's a bit easier. In fact I was trying to do something with notepad

Post Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:45 am

It is working.

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