[Mod] Apricot Mapping Service Mod v2.13 (For TCv2.7)

[apricotslice]

AMS Version 2 is now released. Download from the Apricot download site in my signature.

Ships Only version available now. You need to do 2 things. Download setup.apricot.ships.in.shipyards.xml off my download site. Copy it to the scripts folder. In the scripts folder after you install the mod, but before you start the game, delete setup.apricot.on.second.load.xml. This will stop the normal mod loading and only put ships in shipyards.


v2.13
Updated to Patch 2.7.

v2.12
Updated to Patch 2.6.
New start added.
Globals updated.
No other changes made, but LA's scripts are now all out of date, but deliberately left unchanged due to backwards compatibility with old versions. Update scripts manually if you want the new versions.

v2.11
Updated to Patch 2.5. PHQ updated.

v2.10
Apricot Wanderer now has guns and will fire back if attacked.
Do NOT attack the Apricot Mapping Service unless your insurance is in order !

v2.09a.
Commands that went missing replaced. Just a script change, no change to the mod itself.

v2.09.
Removed the blank ware from ships.
Added known sectors appropriate to the start.
Sector info of known sectors updated from load 3.
Put scrapping ships back into PHQ (oops !)
PHQ is zero money, faster times.
PHQ will make Guns, Sheilds, Drones and Satelites.
Some Blueprints added to PHQ first load after building.
Added SSDN Drone making ability.

v2.08 fixed an error in the start up script.

v2.07.
Fixed the Auster turrents.
Added salvage insurance to the starting ships.
Renamed and repriced the old Goner Temple.

v2.06 fixes the claim software hotkey, and changes most things to run after the 2nd game load. With luck, this will solve the mod not starting properly issue.

If you are running a previous version of the mod, before unzipping 2.06, delete all setup.apricot..... files from the TC\scripts directory.

v2.05 fixes the Apricot Minotaur turrents.

v2.04 has a fix for the start issues. At this point, XP computers with 3gigs ram seem to be able to run it fine, while I know XP 1.5 gig ram does not.

v2.03 fixed the hq issue with FDN mod where fdn stations had no storage.


>>>>>>> Warning

If you believe in "game balance", then this is NOT the mod for you ! Leave now, before you upset yourself.

The ships were designed to give you choice. Some like speed, others dont. Some want huge cargo, some dont. So the choices are there for you to make.

The speed the ship does is dependent on how many speed upgrades you install. Choose.
The rudder the ship has is dependent on how many rudder upgrades you install. I recommend 30, but Choose.
Gun choice is very wide. You can go for heavy guns, a mix or just vanilla guns. Choose.
Do you go for heavy sheilding or just vanilla shielding ? Choose.

The end result is up to your Choices, so experiment and find a ship design that suits your gameplay. If you dont think something available is not appropriate due to your sense of game balance or otherwise, then simply dont use that feature of the ship and pretend it isnt there. These ships are not available to the AI, so the only effects are in your own use of the ship.

The game starts give you ships. If you dont want those ships, use a vanilla start. <<<<<<<<

Install by unzipping the zip into the TC directory. All files should be placed in the correct places. Select the mod in the jump off screen before starting the game. Select the start you wish to use when selecting newgame. If you choose a standard game start, you will not be given any Apricot ships to start with, these only come with an Apricot start. All ships are available in Apricot shipyards.

If you have scripts previously installed of mine, please delete the 8686-L044.xml file in the t folder of the game. The script packs have not been upgraded yet, so the old version of the t file will overwrite the new one in the mod if not removed.

The existing ships have been refitted a bit. This includes M1, M2, TL, M7 (gunship not missile ship), 2 x M6, TS and M5 hauler.

New Guns : Apricot PBE, Apricot PPC. The PBE has longer range to match kyrons, and hits harder. The PPC has a lower hit yield, but fires faster.

Docking and Coms range increased. Scanner ranges increased.

PHQ cargo space extended hugely, and building and RE’ing times reduced. Included in the mod, so the patch version is superceded by the mod.

New Stations :
AMS Shipyard, EQ and Retail Store. Located in Argon Prime, Legends Home and Elysium of Light. Honest Bob’s Superstore. LV’s Darkside Depot. Osirus Sam’s Trading Post. (Thanks to LV and Osirus_Sam for their help with the superstore code.)

AMS Start
- The AMS has fallen on hard times, but unlike some, you are still CEO of a viable corporation with a small fleet to command and some unique technical innovations. You are a friend to most. Time to rebuild.
- Starts in Argon Prime.
- 9 new ships, including an NPC Apricot Wanderer ship, Auster M8, Minotaur M7, Vidar M6, Nova M3, Eclipse M3+, Buster M4, Express TP and Apricot Sprint M5.

Goner Start
- The Goners are without a Temple and times are hard. Can you rebuild the Goner Cause without picking up a gun ?
- Starts in Elysium of Light.
- Ships limited to missile defence only.
- Goner Temple available in Apricot Shipyards.
- 5 new ships, including M1, TL, M7, M5 (from Mule), M5 (from Sprint).

Khaak Start
- You will be infiltrated deep within enemy territory with technically enhanced resources and well disguised bases. Strike hard and fast.
- Starts in Freedom’s Reach. Second set of supply bases in an Unknown Sector.
- 7 modified ships. Intruder M6, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 and M5 hauler.
- 3 Cleverly disguised bases to strike from.

The AMS mod has made provisions for CC and FDN mods, so these are compatible when CC and FDN are installed as false patches.

Includes the following scripts :

Beamdock
Apricot Claim software
Cbeam
Abeam
Dbeam
Jump to Derelict
Outfit Apricot Ship
Outfit to jump
Create abandoned ships on start

Notes on specific features :

Outfit Apricot Ship in the initial release, will not charge you anything, but there is a version in a subfolder under scripts that does charge. Copy it over the scripts folder if you want to be charged for outfitting ships. This script loads all basic fittings on an Apricot ship, then loads shields and 2 sets of guns, using the new Apricot guns. The charge made is at a discount for bulk purchase. Activate the script on the ship you want to fit out, while it is in space.

Charges include....
750k for the basics, which will install on any ship.
PLUS
16.5 mill for a Gunbus or Camel.
13.5 mill for the Masterdon.
25 mill for the BigMother.
5 mill for a Mule.
23 mill for a Hyper.
58 mill for a Battle.
5 mill for a Minicar.
6 mill for a Mistral.
6.5 mill for a Sirocos.
9 mill for an Auster.
17.5 mill for a Minotaur.
16 mill for a Vidarsaurus.
7 mill for a Nova.
7.5 mill for an Eclipse.
6 mill for a Buster.
2 mill for an Express.
5 mill for a Sprint.

Jump to Derelict has absolutely no safety provisions built in at all, use at own risk.

Create abandoned ships has 12 identical scripts that create a single random ship in a random location. To get more, copy the scripts in the script editor. To get less, delete some scripts.

Cbeam, Abeam and Dbeam all slurp up all available targets in scanner range wih one button click. Attach to hotkeys before using. C does containers, A does astronauts who are changed to player race and D does all drones, which are changed to Drone Mk2.

Apricot Claim software works anywhere in scanner range. It is not detectable by security forces. It is however, very expensive to buy.

Beamdock works for any ship in scanner range. Ships up to M7 size can be beamed up, but anything bigger than a fighter must be beamed off again. Do not be inside a ship being beamed, the results are not pretty. You can beam onto a M1, M2 if it has docking defined, TL and TM. The TM has a known bug that you can beam a big ship onto it but not off, which you get around by beaming it to an M1 first, and then off the M1.
Beamdock does not work from an M7 and no plans to add beaming onto an M7. However, an M7 ship can be beamed ont a larger one.

Outfit to jump creates a jump drive, nav 1 and ecells on the target ship, so it can be rapidly jumped away to a safe destination. This is not as yet charged for.


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Note to modders : This mod can be used in full or in part in any other mod as long as it is attributed back to me. Please let me know if you plan to do so.

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TCv2.1 notes :

There are minor ship and cockpit changes in 2.1, but not enough to worry about. AMS 1.11 should run correctly under the new patch.

AMS v2 is now about to be done, so will be based on TC v2.1 files.


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Minor changes in v1.11.
Fixed text issue. Fixed ships in shipyards.

The AMS Start is now separate and the Argon Patriot start is returned to normal.

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Version 1.1.

Updated to TC v2. Please advise of any issues found.

Download AMS version 1.1 from my download site, link below.

Download from : http://apricotmappingservice.com/X3TCdownloads

Unzip into the directory above the TC directory.

PHQ patch is now numbered 08.

Remember to reselect the new version of the mod before you begin playing the game again.

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For anyone who used my Gunbus mod for X3R, I've done the conversion to TC.

Download from : http://apricotmappingservice.com/X3TCdownloads

Look for the current version of the mod in the files list.

Its compatible with TC v1.3 and v1.4.

Instalation :

Unzip into the directory above the TC directory. This should created a mods and director directory under the TC directory, with the AMS mod files in the mods directory. It should also put a lot of Apricot scripts into the scripts directory.

Start game.
On the jump off screen, the select mod option should be clickable. If its not, the mod hasnt installed correctly.
click on the AMS mod, click ok.
Start game.

To begin with an Apricot fleet, use the Argon Patriot start.

If you have not activated the Script editor in the game, do so by following the sticky thread instructions for doing this.

Ships should appear in the Argon shipyards after the first save and reload, after the editor is activated.

[StarCrack]

thanks cant wait

[apricotslice]

At the moment, I've got .....

the ships in the game in their previous configuration,
beamdock working,
cbeam working,
claim software working,
jump to derelict working,

ST/UT for most ships modified but not tested.
abeam written and working (to beam an astronaut in as a passenger).

Havent put the ships in a shipyard yet.
Havent done the ship outfitting yet.
Havent done the PHQ extension yet.
Havent done random derelict ships yet.

Havent done a starting position save yet.

Havent even thought about if I do the conversions for debris collector script or the station in PHQ script. Not sure if the writers are doing these as we type, or if I should go ahead and do them anyway. This can wait until last anyway.

Have considered doing a rank-removed version if anyone wants one.

Currently, I can put a Beta mod together, as long as you have the cheat pack installed and know how to create your own ships.

A few questions :

Anyone want a TW or M8 modified in the same way as the Gunbus ?
Preference for game start to use for the save ? It changes where you start and your 'spare' ship, even though I'll modify the notoriety upwards so all races like you.


At the moment I'm testing with the M2. Not all its guns work, since TC seems to have a limit on 12 guns per turrent, but who cares
Turn all races enemy, and sit by a gate and shoot everything that comes through ! Gives me plenty of stuff to test the scripts with !


One good thing about these ships is that anyone like me with a slow computer, can take a lot of punishment while your turrents do all the firing, so you dont have line up the target problems through jerky movement. You can just sit there and fire back in all directions. Not exactly hotshot fighter pilot flying, but on an older computer, its better than not playing !

[apricotslice]

Beta version now available.


Gunbus M6, Camel M6, M1, TL, Mule M5, and the Tyr M2 from XTM.

All available at Argon shipyards.

Plus scripts :

Beamdock
Jump to Derelict
Claim
CBeam (slurps containers)
ABeam (slurps astronuts)
DBeam (slurps drones)
Equip ships with Basics, and if its an Apricot, guns and max shields. (No charge as yet, I havent figured out what thats worth yet.)

I recommend you connect the Beams, and claim to keys or joystick buttons.

Please let me know any problems encountered.


Still to come : TM, possibly a M8, and a start save that has the entire fleet available.

[jlehtone]

[apricotslice]

Great suggestion !

[says he having just finished the start ! ]

[apricotslice]

New Beta file released, same download.

Bug in Beamdock fixed.
MT added.
Extra cargo space for PHQ added.

I spent this afternoon playing with the director file jlehtone mentioned.

Whoohoo !

Added : Argon Patriot start now loads the complete Apricot fleet, fully kitted out.



The only thing I couldnt get it to do was put a ship inside a ship. Or change the pilots name !

[apricotslice]

Update Added, same download. Now a much smaller download file !

Issues with guns of the M2 fixed.

Fixed a few issues I found, notably the PBE's not firing the correct range.

Not sure yet if the drone beamer is working or not.

Abeam creates passengers with your name as a race.

[apricotslice]

New download available.

All sorts of little issues fixed and several big ones. The drone beamer now works, as does the astronaut beamer. Both are on hotkeys as well as commands.

Added a modified Mistral TS, and an M7M.

I'm hopeful that thats the last of the issues, so if no-one finds any more, the mod can come off the beta list soon.

[Gridd]

//lurk mode off //
Great thanks for all your work, I am very happy for your release and will report if i find anything not reported.

Gridd

//lurk mode on //

[apricotslice]

It would be good to have some feedback.

[apricotslice]

New download uploaded. Fixes a few minor issues, including an accidental renaming of some Unknown objects.

[Gridd]

Ok , where to start. I have not been able to do too much to testing as of yet, But so far, I downloaded and installed the mod, Curious as to why 2 sets of Cat and dat files,, tried to make them both False patches so i could still use cycrow's manager. That was unsuccessful. After that i did a (normal type) install and everything seems to be working properly. Starting to test the rest of functions. Curious though would a readtext error 7533-1 be related to yours or something else. I do have a few other scripts installed. Thanks again for your time and will report back again, (hopefully sooner)

Gridd

Edit just checked during posted Grabbing new version

[amurph0]

Any screen shots of the ships?

And maybe stats as well???

[apricotslice]