First thing first, I know you can simply change the market_ships.ini file to add whatever ship you want to any base that already sells ships, but I wanted to add shipdealers to currently existing bases that don't normally sell ships. For those of us out there that don't enjoy being able to become UberLancers at the beginning of the game, but do enjoy experiencing at least the stuff that should have been in the game at the beginning...i.e. Capability to get to level 4 ships before you beat the sp storyline and having them sold at bases other than Manhattan this can add some richness to the game.I will be using Newark station(Li01_08_Base) as a template, but it will be very easy to port this to any other station. So here it is.

Requirements:
All you need is an ini uncompression utility. I used BiniQDU v1.1.

First thing to do is open up Freelancer/DATA/UNIVERSE/SYSTEMS/LI01/BASES/li01_08_base.ini and add the following code block at the end of file.

[Room
nickname = ShipDealer
file = Universe\Systems\Li01\Bases\Rooms\Li01_08_shipdealer.ini




Next create the file Freelancer/DATA/UNIVERSE/SYSTEMS/LIO1/BASES/ROOMS/Li01_08_shipdealer.ini and add the following code into the file.

[Room_Info
set_script = Scripts\Bases\li_06_Deck_hardpoint_SDlr.thn
scene = all, ambient, Scripts\Bases\Li_06_Deck_ambi_int_01.thn

[Spiels
ShipDealer = manhattan_ship_spiel

[Camera
name = Camera_0

[Room_Sound
ambient = ambience_shipbuy

[ForSaleShipPlacement
name = X/Shipcentre/01

[Hotspot
name = IDS_HOTSPOT_DECK ;this hotspot creates the link back to the launch deck
behavior = ExitDoor
room_switch = Deck

[Hotspot
name = IDS_HOTSPOT_BAR ; this hotspot creates the link back to the bar
behavior = ExitDoor
room_switch = Bar

[Hotspot
name = IDS_HOTSPOT_COMMODITYTRADER_ROOM ;this hotspot creates the link back to the comodity trader
behavior = ExitDoor
room_switch = Deck
set_virtual_room = Trader

[Hotspot
name = IDS_HOTSPOT_EQUIPMENTDEALER_ROOM ;this hotspot creates the link back to the equipment dealer
behavior = ExitDoor
room_switch = Deck
set_virtual_room = Equipment

[Hotspot
name = IDS_HOTSPOT_SHIPDEALER_ROOM ;kinda redundant but every other base has it
behavior = ExitDoor
room_switch = ShipDealer

[Hotspot
name = IDS_NN_REPAIR_YOUR_SHIP ;this creates the ship repair icon in the shipdealer if you land a
behavior = Repair ;damaged ship on the base

[Hotspot
name = IDS_DEALER_FRONT_DESK ;this creates the Go back to dealer icon after you have
behavior = FrontDesk ;clicked on the ship buy icon
state_read = 1
state_send = 2

[Hotspot
name = IDS_HOTSPOT_SHIPDEALER ;this creates the ship buy icon
behavior = StartShipDealer
state_read = 2
state_send = 1



Next we will need to create a link to the ship dealer room in the other rooms on the base. Open the file Freelancer\DATA\UNIVERSE\SYSTEMS\LI01\BASES\ROOMS\Li01_08_Deck.ini and search for the string "room_switch = Equipment" skip a line and add the following code block:

[Hotspot
name = IDS_HOTSPOT_SHIPDEALER_ROOM
behavior = ExitDoor
room_switch = ShipDealer

Open the file Freelancer\DATA\UNIVERSE\SYSTEMS\LI01\BASES\ROOMS\Li01_08_Bar.ini and search for the following string "set_virtual_room = Equipment" skip a line and add the following code block:

[Hotspot
name = IDS_HOTSPOT_SHIPDEALER_ROOM
behavior = ExitDoor
room_switch = ShipDealer



Finally open the file Freelancer\DATA\EQUIPMENT\market_ships.ini and add the following code block to the end of the file:

[BaseGood
base = Li01_08_base
marketgood = gf1_package, 0, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = gf2_package, 4, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = gf4_package, 13, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = gf5_package, 24, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = gf6_package, 30, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = bwf_package, 4, -1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1
marketgood = bwe_package, 20, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = bwe2_package, 30, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = bwfr_package, 10, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = cof_package, 8, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = coe_package, 28, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = coe2_package, 32, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = lf_package, 1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = le_package, 2, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = lfr_package, 1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = bf_package, 6, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = be_package, 8, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = bfr_package, 4, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = kf_package, 10, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = ke_package, 13, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = kfr_package, 10, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = rf_package, 20, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = re_package, 22, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = rfr_package, 20, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = pf_package, 2, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = pe_package, 13, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = pfr_package, 4, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = bhf_package, 4, -1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1
marketgood = bhe_package, 13, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = bhe2_package, 26, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
marketgood = oe_package, 16, -1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1

This entry will allow you to buy the Anubis(lvl 16), the Pirhana and the Dagger(lvl 4). Make available whatever ship you want or fits with your idea of how Interspace Commerce deals in ships. Don't forget to append all the right brackets.



Edited by - ScrapIron on 07-06-2003 18:20:44

Edited by - ScrapIron on 07-06-2003 18:28:35