Actually there are a couple of good tutorials that cover this topic to one degree or another. You can find the following ones in this forum:

1: "Goods.ini, market_ships.ini, engine_equip.ini, weapon_equip.ini" by Hairfarmer.

2: "Compilation of ALL IDS Names, Mod Info, Tutorials, INI Explanation" by Reynen. ( LOTS of useful info in this one )

Before you get started, you'll need to download an ini decompressor ( I recommend BINIQDU v.1.1 ) in order to decompress the .ini files and convert them into readable english. You can download BINIQDU from the utilities download page:

www.lancersreactor.com/t/editing/download/

Hope that helps. Good luck, and happy modding.





Edited by - LAZARUS187 on 11-06-2003 02:47:11

Thanks, didn't know that those tutorials was about my problem. I'm really new to modding so everthing's a big mystery to me. But, umm.. I can't find the "Goods.ini, market_ships.ini, engine_equip.ini, weapon_equip.ini" tutorial. Can someone post a link?

Edited by - Snick on 10-06-2003 23:15:29

Edited by - Snick on 10-06-2003 23:16:51

That tutorial is dated 6-2-03 ( it will appear as 02-06-2003 ). Just click on the "show topics" field in the upper right-hand corner of the Editing Tutorial Forum main page, and select "show topics from the last 10 days" from the pull-down list. This will make it easier to find the tutorial, since only threads from the last 10 days will load onto your screen.

Ok, I found it. One question though. It says 3 ships maximum per base. But when I look at the market_ship.INI file there is like 15 ships listed for each planet/base. Why? And is there a list that tells you what package is what ship. I'm having problems figuring that out.