Alaska's hard to get into, since there's only a small opening in the minefield, so ya may want to increase the opening a bit. It's probably this:

[Zone
visit = 1
nickname = Zone_Li01_zone21_lane_access
pos = 71890, 0, 15440
rotate = 0, -70, 0
shape = BOX
size = 2500, 1250, 18000
property_flags = 131072
sort = 99

in li01.ini

It appears that, oddly enough, mines are a sub-type of asteroid. Probably the same setings as the expolsive nebulae. Anyhoo, ya could change the dimensions of the exclusion zone listed above to make it easier to get to alaska. Or ya could make it harder. If ya wanted to make it wind around, then you could create more zones like the one above, and reference them in li01_zone21_mine_field.ini located in DATA/SOLAR/ASTEROIDS/
it looks like this:

[TexturePanels
file = solar\asteroids\mine_shapes.ini

[Field
cube_size = 350
fill_dist = 1200
diffuse_color = 110, 110, 100
ambient_color = 255, 255, 255
ambient_increase = 20, 20, 30

[properties
flag = mine_danger_objects
flag = danger_density_high

[Exclusion Zones
exclusion = Zone_Li01_to_Li05
exclude_billboards = 1
exclusion = Zone_Li01_zone21_lane_access
exclude_billboards = 1

[Cube
xaxis_rotation = 8, 40, 90, 158
yaxis_rotation = 5, 45, 100, 135
zaxis_rotation = 355, 45, 78, 145
asteroid = mine_spike1, -0.900000, 0.000000, 0.050000, 110, 0, 10, mine
asteroid = mine_spike1, 0.750000, 0.100000, 0.000000, 0, 45, 20, mine
asteroid = mine_spike1, 0.050000, -0.750000, -0.100000, 50, 35, 40, mine
asteroid = mine_spike1, 0.000000, 0.850000, 0.100000, 150, 15, 12, mine
asteroid = mine_spike1, 0.100000, 0.000000, -0.850000, 40, 0, 50, mine
asteroid = mine_spike1, -0.100000, 0.050000, 0.900000, 30, 15, 60, mine

[Band
render_parts = 10
shape = asteroid_belt_mines
height = 7000
offset_dist = 6000
fade = 0.800000, 1.000000, 10, 11
texture_aspect = 0.750000
color_shift = 0.600000, 0.600000, 0.700000
vert_increase = 1

[AsteroidBillboards
count = 600
start_dist = 900
fade_dist_percent = 0.500000
shape = spike_mine_tri
size = 200, 200

so ya could just reference more exclusion zones under the [ExclusionZones heading. Ya could even change the field's shape, or even the kind of mines in it.

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Increase the size of the hole? Come on now, we wouldn't want to make things easier, would we? Alaska is easy to get into if you know where to find the hole.

Good idea I will remove the station docking for now. I haven't ajusted the missions cause I am not sure how to change them, yet.

I will release BETA 3 with alot of these fixes. Trying to release in smaller chunks so I can find bugs easier.

So far this is what I am doing for beta 3

- Increased thruster usage, no more inf afterburn
- Made the beams smaller so they are not so blinding
- Battleship problems on planet Denver have been fixed
- All of bretonia has the station docking rings implemented
- Liberty & Bretonia stations have had their dock ability removed, please use docking ring

Also made several changes to battleships to prep for gunboats and cruisers.

ALL Battleships how have thruster, mine, & countermeasure

Shields and armor as followed:

All shields 1,000,000

Liberty - 1,000,000 hull
Bretonia - 1,200,000 hull
Kusari - 1,400,000 hull
Rheinland - 1,600,000 hull

New weapon systems will be as followed (need to increase cause of GB & CR)

- Liberty - Bretonia
- 21 Turrets - 22 Turrets
- 8 Gun / Missile Slots - 9 Gun / Missile Slots
- 5 Torpedo / Cruise missile slots - 5 Torpedo / Cruise missile slots

- Kusari - Rheinland
- 23 Turrets - 24 Turrets
- 10 Gun / Missile Slots - 11 Gun / Missile Slots
- 5 Torpedo / Cruise missile slots - 5 Torpedo / Cruise missile slots


Cruiser and gunboat specs TBA soon.
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I'm gonna experiment with this later, but there's an encounter setup file called area_gunboats.ini that might vould be referenced in a system's file that could allow for random gunboat encounters!

ALSO:

I did some looking and in DATA/RANDOMMISSIONS there's a file called diff2money.ini which contains:

[Diff2Money
Diff2Money = 0, 1800
Diff2Money = 0.082100, 2200
Diff2Money = 0.112380, 2655
Diff2Money = 0.205130, 3219
Diff2Money = 0.351000, 3919
Diff2Money = 0.480490, 4792
Diff2Money = 0.657740, 5887
Diff2Money = 0.900380, 7264
Diff2Money = 1.232530, 9001
Diff2Money = 1.687200, 11201
Diff2Money = 2.309610, 13994
Diff2Money = 3.161630, 17551
Diff2Money = 4.327960, 22093
Diff2Money = 5.924540, 27904
Diff2Money = 8.110100, 35356
Diff2Money = 11.101920, 44928
Diff2Money = 15.197410, 57246
Diff2Money = 20.803740, 73118
Diff2Money = 28.478239, 93597
Diff2Money = 38.983860, 120051
Diff2Money = 53.365002, 146192
Diff2Money = 73.051361, 190050
Diff2Money = 100.000000, 247065

that's the file in it's entirety. I'm guessing that this is more of the Freelancer Weird Number Division Code (C) that they use for the engines. If ya make the lower difficulties give higher money, then we get more cash from missions! at least in theory. I couldn't find where the mission generator files were pertaining to each area, so I dunno. It may have to to with the aplicable encounters or something odd in the li01.ini or something. But editing diff2money.ini should be easier and quicker overall...

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And Khaos, like I said, it could also be made more intricate, like the mission to destroy the enemy shipyard in Rheinland.

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I think there's something wrong with the locked jumpgates/holes. I went on your server and tried to use the New York -> New York jumphole gave me "Access Denied" and the New York -> Magellan jumpgate gave the same. However, when I ran a LAN server and tried it on my own they all worked fine, so this must be server-specific.

Hey Reynen if you could make a mod after you have done all the other work please could you make the b5 mod no changes apart from adding your battleships and docking fixes e.g mooring,docking rings thanks



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Edited by - Cmdr_King on 16-04-2003 23:00:00

Bob:

Great thanks for finding that. That will allow me to change the mission rewards and make them worth doing LOL.

I'll add that in beta 3

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Khaos:

I have noticed that in my MP game also. I am not sure why. Do you have some kind of code that opens all MP jumpgates? I thought I did, but it's not working.
I'll have to work with that.

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The locked gates and holes worked fine in an earlier version (can't remember if it was 1.5a or 1.6) and then with 2.0 they just seemed to die. Like I said, it works when I host my own server and do it, just not when I join your's. No clue why.

Bob, I can see your server, but whenever I try to connect it says the request is taking longer than expected. It must really be Lagtastic :
Edited by - Khaos on 16-04-2003 23:34:30

Could someone please look for my server, I want to know if it works for others beside me. I'm currently hosing 2.0 BETA 2.

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Back to Alaska, ya might want to thin out the debris field there if it's real thik, so BS can go thru there. Also might wanna do it for Tau, Omega, Omicron, etc. sectors that are really dense. I remember I was going thru one in a normal fighter and it was pretty thick. You could also make ExclusionZones in them for paths and stuff. Might we have an ETA for BETA 3?

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Sorry been so long great mod sept read me doesnt include where the battleships except th eliberty battleship can be bought. Also whats the news on my model?

Savako:

The other BS can be bought ath the Battleship Missouri in New York

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I tried adding gunboat encounters but my way didn't work. It may take more time to figure out.

I'll try a different approach later...

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