[MD/SE] Dynamic Colored Sector Names v2.1b - 20 Jan 2011 [XTC Compatible]

h2o.Ava · Post by **h2o.Ava** » Thu, 23. Dec 10, 23:55

Gladly.

I was going to add give pirates their own color, however since only one color is remaining..
I haven't played XTC much, are pirates important or can they remain the same color as an unknown sector?

masskaos · Post by **masskaos** » Fri, 24. Dec 10, 00:50

h2o.AvA wrote:That is very odd.
You shouldn't be seeing that message since it loaded and ran.
A new version will be out soon.
Please stand by.

Also: the first letter is uncolored so that if there is a mission in that sector then the first letter will turn Orange-ish.

Hello, same issue with new version. I turned off all my ~30ish other mods and scripts and the error went away. Now which one is the trouble maker??? I will try to narrow this down as I get some free time. Christmas crunch and all

h2o.Ava · Post by **h2o.Ava** » Fri, 24. Dec 10, 01:01

The script runs MD and MD tells the script to reset.
Something MD related is preventing MD from running or something happened in MD Control sector.

Use cycrow's cheats and reveal every sector.
Then warp yourself to MD Control by hitting "M" until MD Control's name appears in the description box.
You should see 10 stations and 6 ships.

masskaos · Post by **masskaos** » Fri, 24. Dec 10, 01:49

h2o.AvA wrote:The script runs MD and MD tells the script to reset.
Something MD related is preventing MD from running or something happened in MD Control sector.

Use cycrow's cheats and reveal every sector.
Then warp yourself to MD Control by hitting "M" until MD Control's name appears in the description box.
You should see 10 stations and 6 ships.

Ok, removed script, Rename ships with Expression 1.7, and the mdc.array() error went away (progress

) but still no colored map.

I did notice a MD Control where Kingdom End should be on the map-
and yes there are 10 stations numbered 0 thur 9 and 6 ships numbered 0 thur 5. Is this correct? Sector's race is unknown

h2o.Ava · Post by **h2o.Ava** » Fri, 24. Dec 10, 02:18

Do you have a sector above Neptune at coordinate [0,9]?
Did you install XTC's director file instead of Vanilla's?

XTC places MD Control at [0,0], same coords as Kingdoms End. Also, if you have a sector above Neptune then MD Control gets placed at [0,0]

qwizzie · Post by **qwizzie** » Fri, 24. Dec 10, 10:22

[quote="h2o.AvA"]Gladly.

I was going to add give pirates their own color, however since only one color is remaining..
I haven't played XTC much, are pirates important or can they remain the same color as an unknown sector?[/quote]

hmmm pirates are playing a big role in XTC i think,
they got splintered up in several clans too. So far i havent
encountered them. i rather have Terran and Aldrin have their
own sector colour then pirate sectors since those two are
pretty much at each other's throat. No way to get more colours in the
game? (hardcoded?)

Thanks for this excellent script btw... makes the galaxy map much
more enjoyable and easier to view.

hunterkiller · Post by **hunterkiller** » Fri, 24. Dec 10, 10:24

Heya nice mod

Very fun =]

Is their anyway you can make it work with Xtended for tc?

qwizzie · Post by **qwizzie** » Fri, 24. Dec 10, 10:39

[quote="hunterkiller"]Heya nice mod

Very fun =]

Is their anyway you can make it work with Xtended for tc?[/quote]

Xtended for tc = XTC = already taken care of in this script, you can choose between installing the vanille director files or the XTC director files. (dont forget to rename the one you wanna use to ''director'' instead of ''director vanilla'' or ''director XTC'')

h2o.Ava · Post by **h2o.Ava** » Fri, 24. Dec 10, 15:33

Colors in the next update:
Blue - Argon
Green - Boron
Cyan - Player, Aldrin(XTC)
Magenta - Paranid
Orange - Split
Red - Kha'ak, Xenon
White - Terran, ATF
Yellow - Teladi
Grey - Unknown, Pirate, Yaki

What is the least influential or smallest race in XTC?
Perhaps I should change the Player's sector color to match a different race, or make it selectable. (Sadly, we don't have any more colors to use)

Or would you rather see colors based on your notoriety?
Green = +10000
Yellow = -9999 to 9999 (Border)
Orange = -99 to 99 (Core)
Magenta = -100 (Core)
Red = -10000 (Border)
Cyan = Player

qwizzie · Post by **qwizzie** » Fri, 24. Dec 10, 18:37

Blue - Argon
Green - Boron
Cyan - Player, Aldrin(XTC)
Magenta - Paranid
Orange - Split
Red - Kha'ak, Xenon
White - Terran, ATF
Yellow - Teladi
Grey - Unknown, Pirate, Yaki

will do for me ... colors based on notoriety not so much...

h2o.Ava · Post by **h2o.Ava** » Fri, 24. Dec 10, 18:47

I haven't finished the story line in TC so I haven't started XTC.

For player owned sectors, currently it is sharing the same color as Aldrin, is there a better race I should change it to share with, or perhaps I'll just make a menu and leave it up to you regarding everything, heheh.

Hmm, I like that last idea, so unless I get negative responses then that is what will occur in the next update or two.

qwizzie · Post by **qwizzie** » Sat, 25. Dec 10, 15:29

liking the idea of a menu too

confusion · Post by **confusion** » Sat, 25. Dec 10, 17:08

Are there any chances to bring back sector descriptions and speech?
Anyway, nice one

h2o.Ava · Post by **h2o.Ava** » Sat, 25. Dec 10, 18:36

I'll be working on bringing back the descriptions. I don't know how speech works, I'll look into and and try to bring those back also, if I can change the number that speech is assigned to, then gladly.

confusion · Post by **confusion** » Sun, 26. Dec 10, 23:02

By the way: There's a typo: "Paranid rime"

qwizzie · Post by **qwizzie** » Mon, 27. Dec 10, 10:28

two oberservations for XTC version and one question:

i get blank messages from unknown, as described in yr other
thread post ''http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=293720''
i assume once its fixed there it will be fixed here as well..

some sectors while beeing argon core sectors got red coloured
in my game. I havent found a single pirate sector so far so maybe
its disguisded as a race sector...

How can we safely de-install yr scripts? Removing yr scripts
makes all sectors numbered, they loose their names. I wanna see
if by de-installing and re-installing it again it might solve my incorrect
red coloured sector problem.

thnks,

qwizzie

h2o.Ava · Post by **h2o.Ava** » Tue, 28. Dec 10, 00:39

Uninstalling..
I didn't think of that.
Currently you can't, however..

I believe they are Red because Argon took those sectors over.

The blank message needs to be fixed on the senders end.
If XTC send a message containing a sector name or ship name, then it will be blank.
I recommend complaining to the patch dev team to implement a simply color stripping code, they can even use mine, I give them full permission...

More things added to the todo list:
Add Hotkey to update sectors and uninstall colors.

h2o.Ava · Post by **h2o.Ava** » Tue, 28. Dec 10, 14:51

New Version 1.3a
Multiple fixes:
Kha'ak Sector, Aldrin and Player colors, dynamic reimplemented, compatibility for and requirement to install Colored Object Fix added, ability to manually change a color, update/reinstall all colors, and uninstall.

XTC has a lot of new sectors which are 'captured' by the races, originally they are Red, so they will appear Red. Every so often you will need to change those. I will attempt to get permission to provide a patch for their code so that it is fully automated, same with STO and RSM.

qwizzie · Post by **qwizzie** » Wed, 29. Dec 10, 15:17

niceeee, will install tonight. thanks.

EDIT 05-01-2011 : installed the MD Control for XTC & Colored Object Fix
made sure it was running in my game... saved. Installed yr Dynamic Colored Sector Names v1.3. Had a problem with colors not beeing put in... just the renaming of the sectors. Put a hotkey to yr script, tried first option (to choose color for one specific sector) and out of no-where all colors where showing in the galaxy map. Put a different color on the sectors of Adrin ownership and saved. i must say it looks great ..well done !!!

Sarvoth · Post by **Sarvoth** » Mon, 17. Jan 11, 15:14

Fantastic mod, I'm really missing my sector descriptions though

. Otherwise I love it!