[Mod] PHQ Extend Mod

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Sun, 21. Oct 07, 04:36

By request, here is the PHQ extended to 50 mill storage space and the script to add it into Boron Shipyards, just on their own.

Download : http://circleofatlantis.com/games/X3/phq.html

bob hope · Post by **bob hope** » Sun, 21. Oct 07, 19:54

ahh thanks, but i was wondering if it would be the 50mill thing and the script thats means you can add stations to it, but this will do i think for a bit

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Mon, 22. Oct 07, 02:57

Thats in the salvage mod http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=191941

This one does give you the basis for adding that script though. I'd use this as the false patch to give you enough room, and install the add stations to phq script itself. That way you avoid the other scripts which you wouldnt need.

bob hope · Post by **bob hope** » Mon, 22. Oct 07, 07:53

but doesnt that mean i have to enable the SE too? i am trying to avoid that lol

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Mon, 22. Oct 07, 08:09

Why ?

It makes no difference to X3 at all.

paulms1980 · Post by **paulms1980** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 21:00

does this phq extender work wit 7.3xtm?

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Fri, 25. Jan 08, 01:48

As long as the phq files have the highest number, it should. But I ahvent tried it, so you will have to tell me.

If xtm is 11.cat, then phq must be 12.cat, for example. If its reversed, then xtm may overwrite this mod.

Try it and then tell everyone if it works or not.

Sorry about not knowing, but I've never been interested in xtm.

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Fri, 11. Apr 08, 02:16

I'm successfully using this with XTM now.

09 is v2.5
10 is XTM
11 is XTM patch
12 is phq

No issues as far as I can see.

ORIOLE · Post by **ORIOLE** » Mon, 28. Apr 08, 01:00

Hi apricotslice,

I got your modified HQ. I manually added all wares. I set the stock level of each ware. I got two Super Freighters to start to stock the HQ. However, when I click "Start Commercial representation", both my ships just sit at the HQ with a "Standby" as order.

Is your HQ compatible with the Commercial Agent script?

Thanks!

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Mon, 28. Apr 08, 03:57

There is nothing different about the HQ except the cargo size.

It should work the same as a non modified HQ.

I cant say I've ever used commercial agent with an HQ, so dont know if it works normally or not. A lot of the scripts dont though.

Ask the question on the commercial agent thread.

Just checking that you created the HQ via a TL and not scripted one in ?

ORIOLE · Post by **ORIOLE** » Mon, 28. Apr 08, 07:58

A TL dropped it in President's End.

How do you stock your HQ?

Thanks!

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Mon, 28. Apr 08, 09:18

I scrap most of the ships I cap.

And use the 'station in HQ' scripts and make what I need onsite.

Depends a bit on what stage of a game I'm at.

I've gotten past the build it myself phase. So my HQ is just a resupply depot for myself. Mainly it contains a closed loop ecell production complex, and does not allow npc access. Any overproduction I ship manually to a 2nd HQ I use as a superstore, which also is where I put everything I pick up in battlezones.

I'm afraid I play a fairly modified game these days.

ORIOLE · Post by **ORIOLE** » Mon, 28. Apr 08, 09:25

Thanks for your reply!

I changed some settings on the HQ (example: no trading with NPCs, added more credits ....) and now my agents started to work. You got to love software.

Mr Tibbs · Post by **Mr Tibbs** » Tue, 5. Aug 08, 17:49

Ist there something you need to do in order to kick off the extended storage capacity? I've got EMP and cockpit mods installed already so HQ is now using 11.dat/cat.

The HQ is available at kingdoms end ship yard but my original HQ is still saying it only has 500K cargo space. Could use the extra 45 million. Got 3 TLs stuffed with mosquitos, minerals and weapons for when I run out of space and the HQ is building capital ships.

I've loaded the game, saved it then loaded it again but still no change to storage.

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Wed, 6. Aug 08, 02:12

Any PHQ that exists in the game before the mod is installed, remains as it was. Thats just how the devs built the phq.

The only thing to suggest, is remove everything from the existing phq, destroy it with LV's script, then add a new phq into a cargo hold (also LV script) and drop it again. It will then get recreated with the new spec.

gilboa · Post by **gilboa** » Wed, 19. Nov 08, 16:54

I'm trying to build my first Leviathan and I ran into the annoying insufficient space problem.
I've already RE the Leviathan (only took -seven- days to do it. Thank God for seta 10x), but no I cannot build the #^#^ thing!

Anyway, I understand that my existing PHQ cannot be resized by this script - but if I buy a second PHQ from the Borons - will I have to RE all my ships?
Assuming that previous answer is yes, any idea how I can script/cheat/etc the game into "migrating" the existing blue-prints to the new PHQ?

Thanks,
- Gilboa

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Thu, 20. Nov 08, 00:22

The phq is stored in a text file, and the mod version is installed as a false patch. So if you extract the text file from the mod patch, you can edit the list of 'included' blueprints.

To do that, you need to know the ID name of the ship, so need to get the mod tools and look up the ships file for the name. When you have that, you just copy an existing blueprint line in the phq file, paste in a new line and change the ID name to the ship you want. Then re-add the file to the mod patch.

At the moment I dont have any of the tools loaded on my computer, so cant offer to do it for you. Sorry.

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Thu, 20. Nov 08, 07:24

IIRC, X3R 2.5 added a script editor command(s) to add/remove blueprints into PHQ. (But naturally having them preset with mod is simpler.)

gilboa · Post by **gilboa** » Thu, 20. Nov 08, 09:11

Thanks for the answers.

I did the following.
Unpacked the hq.xml in 09.dat, and found out where the blue prints are stored.
Unpacked the hq.xml in 12.dat (I'm using XTM), and add more-or-less added the missing blue prints to the hq.xml and repacked it in 12.[cd]at.

See: http://gilboadavara.thecodergeek.com/hq.xml

However, I'm getting hit by a weird anomaly:
The new HQ's list is empty.
I cannot build the already RE ships (from the list) - nor can I RE new ships.
The HQ can only spray paint ships - nothing else.

The normal 12.dat HQ seems to be working just fine.

Any ideas?

- Gilboa

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Thu, 20. Nov 08, 09:19

How did you add the new HQ ?

It should be working fine if you dropped the new HQ from a TL like any station.

If you did that, and its not working properly, email or pm me the new hq text file so I can take a look at it.