[TC] Starting points v.6.12.413 subtype 69105
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Re: Starting err... points v0.9.6b [LIST]
Are you sure about those pre-reqs?supakillaii wrote:Name of the Start: Lost Lar
Sector: Xenon Core 023
Ship: Angel (TP)
Weapons: None (???)
Credits: 1,350 Cr
Prerequisites: Hub plot, Boron Rank 10000
Just completed the Hub plot a few minutes ago & Boron rep is currently at 'Knight of the Kingdom 5%', but no Lost Lar start available .
Not sure how that rep translates numerically, but I think it's the highest rank, maybe the % needs to be higher?
Any other ideas how to unlock Lost Lar? (other than a registry hack) - was rather looking forward to using that start for my next game.
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Re: Starting err... points v0.9.6b [LIST]
The highest race rep is 1 million.GCU Grey Area wrote:Are you sure about those pre-reqs?supakillaii wrote:Name of the Start: Lost Lar
Sector: Xenon Core 023
Ship: Angel (TP)
Weapons: None (???)
Credits: 1,350 Cr
Prerequisites: Hub plot, Boron Rank 10000
Just completed the Hub plot a few minutes ago & Boron rep is currently at 'Knight of the Kingdom 5%', but no Lost Lar start available .
Not sure how that rep translates numerically, but I think it's the highest rank, maybe the % needs to be higher?
Any other ideas how to unlock Lost Lar? (other than a registry hack) - was rather looking forward to using that start for my next game.
As to 'sure', they were from the gamestarts XML file, but the only guide we have to go on for the actual meaning of the numbers is some comments in the file (see the previous couple of pages) - there's no guarantee they're correct.
I still didn't have Aldrin Adventurer last time I checked, although I definately meet what we think are the requirements (even numerically), and others have reported it enabled with the same ranks/rep.
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Re: Starting err... points v0.9.6b [LIST]
Finally managed to start unlocking several more starts in my game after restarting (as a Goner). Think what might have happened is that something reset the record of achieved starting conditions. My suspicion is that the 1.2.1 hotfix might have been responsible & that any starting conditions achieved before this point were forgotten until I did them again on the new start.Carlo the Curious wrote:I still didn't have Aldrin Adventurer last time I checked, although I definately meet what we think are the requirements (even numerically), and others have reported it enabled with the same ranks/rep.
Maybe 1 or more of the Aldrin pre-reqs in your game were lost this way? e.g. did you complete the Terran plot before 1.2.1? - I did & think that might have been what prevented me from unlocking USC Commander (which is now available, having just finished the Terrran plot for the 2nd time). Hopefully Aldrin will also unlock when I redo the other pre-reqs.
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Re: [LIST] Starting points v0.9.7b
Warning! Warning! Necromancy detected in Sector 97! Warn- *bzzt*
Update: Changed the Race Rank Prequisitions from Numbers to Letters (FINALLY)
Eh, I had forgotten this, for playing TC and now L4D
Sorry about it
Update: Changed the Race Rank Prequisitions from Numbers to Letters (FINALLY)
Eh, I had forgotten this, for playing TC and now L4D
Sorry about it
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Enabling specific plot starts
A bit of messing around indicates that the requirements bitmask is used for the value of the GameStarts registry key.
e.g if you set Gamestarts to 530 (decimal) that enables Aldrin Adventurer.
So, if you want to enable only specific starts (for some reason) you can just OR the values together in calc or whatever. For example, USC Commander (6), Savage Split (4) and Anonymous Argon (16384) would be 6 | 4 | 16384 = 16390 (0x4006).
Of course, if other starts share reqs they'll be enabled as well (Pious Paranid would also be enabled by the previous example).
0x6FDE is all the conditions used for the current starts, and 0x7FFE all the conditions (bits 0 and 15 aren't used). Although 0xFFFF will work just as well.
EDIT: oh, and regarding Aldrin Adventurer (or my lack thereof) it seems the game (or the registry) thinks my Argon rank isn't good enough, for some reason (it's Hero of the Federation).
e.g if you set Gamestarts to 530 (decimal) that enables Aldrin Adventurer.
So, if you want to enable only specific starts (for some reason) you can just OR the values together in calc or whatever. For example, USC Commander (6), Savage Split (4) and Anonymous Argon (16384) would be 6 | 4 | 16384 = 16390 (0x4006).
Of course, if other starts share reqs they'll be enabled as well (Pious Paranid would also be enabled by the previous example).
0x6FDE is all the conditions used for the current starts, and 0x7FFE all the conditions (bits 0 and 15 aren't used). Although 0xFFFF will work just as well.
EDIT: oh, and regarding Aldrin Adventurer (or my lack thereof) it seems the game (or the registry) thinks my Argon rank isn't good enough, for some reason (it's Hero of the Federation).
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I lost all my previously unlocked starts when i did an uninstall/reinstall chasing a problem that was causing TC to lock up, so just thought i would bring that to peoples attention as well.
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