Ragnar: I can't offer anything new in the way of advice, really. Wether factions are hostile, neutral, or friendly towards each other is controlled by initialworld.ini - no exceptions. I don't see how that could vary from machine to machine... if it works on mine, it has to on yours.

Setting up three-way battles shouldn't be a problem - what do you mean by "no success"?

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Is there anyway to make the fighters better at killing cap ships and vice versa?

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Yes. NPC fighters carry loadouts, and it isn't difficult to refit those with, say, Skyblast B's. To beef up capships, edit their turret data (in weapon_equip.ini).

What I mean is that the two houses fight Corsiars but not each other.
So I moved them to an empty area of space and they did not fire.

I did change all of the pertinant values in empathy.ini.

You mentioned initial world - what can I change there?

Hey Nephilim i'll try the initial worlds this evening but does the faction rep changes work mid way into a single player game

Thx

Edited by - Ragnar on 13-05-2003 02:28:43

Empathy.ini has nothing to do with the way each faction reacts to each other. It deals with how each faction reacts when YOU do something, like destroy an enemy ship, complete a mission, or attack a friendly.

Nephilim:

Thanks for the GREAT tutorial! I've got it working for Reynen's Mod Beta 5b. It isn't in yet, but it will be soon, I hope.

P/-/3@R D@ D@\/\/G F00lZ

Check out what I'm doing for Reynen's Mod @ my website[!

Ragnar:

1) where the HECK did you get the idea to edit empathy.ini?
2) do NOT run this mod in single-player mode (what am I, a broken record?)
3)

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MINOR UPDATE 20/04: READ ENTIRE THREAD BEFORE POSTING, IT ADDRESSES MANY COMMON ISSUES!

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That includes yours, concerning initialworld.ini.

Bob: anytime, happy to see my guide put to good use

My humblist apologies!

I will not trouble you about this anymore

"Innocence Proves Nothing!"

- Lord Commander Ragnar

I don't mind being bothered, it's just that I don't particularly relish answering the same questions over and over again. Partially my own fault, I suppose...

hey nelphilm just thought id drop you a line from one of your success stories, thanks for all your support and help, the tutorial works a treat, and im now making a large scale mod called new universe for a team called frost works, check it out in the forums at www.forst-works.com

blaaarggg

First:
Sorry for my bad english

Ok,
i have downloaded the Battleship Encounter Mod from Vindicator. But now there isn't any ship in Liberty!? It seems that all Encounters are crashed.
Any ideas for a solution?

Encounters of Liberty warships usually crash. Interesting is that in other countries it works well, so try there. I think formation of a Dreadnought and four cruiser is too big, when flies only one cruiser, it is working well, so get to wordpad and edit capitalships_liberty.ini, there is solution.

Thanks for this Tute Nef, I'm using it to add some battleship encounters to my clan mod that is getting made. And Your right there in the credits section buddy...

Cheers
Simmo
Pirates Inc

There's one thing missing from this topic. Comments! Has someone compiled a tutorial that's commented out for each line? That's what I'd like to see. I saw d19 a lot in the template, but still don't know what it means. Does anyone know a link that'll point me to what I'm looking for?

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There is no knowledge that is not power.

I doesn't word, at all, even using your tutorial word per word.

The Monkeys are coming. Beware!

Ok, it works word per word (I reinstalled FL), and I got a Nomad fleet to spawn in California once, but since then every fleet I've tried to place has caused the game to crash as I enter the system. For example:

[zone
nickname = Zone_Li03_Jumpgate_to_Li01
pos = 6749, 0, 84344
rotate = 0, -13, 0
shape = SPHERE
size = 4500
comment = New York Gate
sort = 1
toughness = 20
density = 70
repop_time = 10
max_battle_size = 70
pop_type = jumpgate
relief_time = 15
faction_weight = li_p_grp, 10
faction_weight = li_p_grp_prisoners, 5
faction_weight = co_alg_grp, 10
faction_weight = co_be_grp, 10
faction_weight = co_hsp_grp, 10
faction_weight = co_kt_grp, 10
faction_weight = co_nws_grp, 10
faction_weight = co_ni_grp, 10
faction_weight = co_os_grp, 5
faction_weight = co_rs_grp, 10
faction_weight = co_shi_grp, 10
faction_weight = co_ss_grp, 10
faction_weight = co_vr_grp, 7
density_restriction = 4, unlawfuls
encounter = area_defend, 2, 0.050000
faction = li_p_grp, 1.000000
encounter = area_armored_prisoner, 2, 0.020000
faction = li_p_grp, 1.000000
encounter = area_trade_freighter, 2, 0.080000
faction = co_hsp_grp, 0.370000
faction = co_ss_grp, 0.370000
faction = co_vr_grp, 0.260000
encounter = area_trade_transport, 2, 0.150000
faction = co_alg_grp, 0.100000
faction = co_be_grp, 0.100000
faction = co_hsp_grp, 0.100000
faction = co_kt_grp, 0.100000
faction = co_nws_grp, 0.100000
faction = co_ni_grp, 0.100000
faction = co_rs_grp, 0.100000
faction = co_shi_grp, 0.100000
faction = co_ss_grp, 0.100000
faction = co_vr_grp, 0.070000
encounter = area_trade_armored, 2, 0.040000
faction = co_os_grp, 1.000000
encounter = capitalships_Kusari, 19, 1.000000
faction = ku_n_grp, 1.000000
encounter = capitalships_Escorts, 19, 1.000000
faction = ku_n_grp, 1.000000

[EncounterParameters
nickname = capitalships_Kusari
filename = missions\encounters\capitalships_Kusari


This code has SO much potential for coolness, but these seeminly random crashes are EXTREMLEY frustrating. Thanks for any help, I know you are swamped.

[EncounterParameters
nickname = capitalships_Escorts
filename = missions\encounters\capitalships_Escorts

The Monkeys are coming. Beware!

I've been toying with the idea of totally revamping the tutorial... to condense all information contained in this thread (and the data I've gathered since writing it) into a -hopefully- more accurate and comprehensive guide, but given all the prefab encounter mods that have been released in the past five months and the number of knowledgeable people who contributed to them (like Reynen, giskard, Wanderer, bakedpotato, Chips, etc), I'm not sure if there's still a viable market for one.

thief: appreciate it!

Taylor: see above.

shasla: you forgot to append ".ini" to your filename declarations, ie. filename = missions\encounters\capitalships_Kusari.ini

Crashes are almost always caused by illegal or conflicting parameters... FL isn't very forgiving, so double-check everything you do.

Edited by - Nephilim on 25-09-2003 19:29:29