[Scripts] Apricot Mapping Service Scripts, MD and mini-mods [APv2.5.1/TCv3]

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Post by aikjo2 » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 06:56

uninstalled some scripts i don't really use, and now I get why you call it slurping!!!

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Is Apricot "beam" mods to improve the tractor beam?

Post by kelmen » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 10:18

I can't find a description over what its for


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Post by Tycow » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 10:23

Taken from http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=226623
Beamdock - to beam ships on and off any ship with docking ports, from anywhere in scanner range.

Download http://apricotmappingservice.com/X3TCdo ... ock-v1.spk

Known issue - Wont beam a TS or TP off of a TM. Will allow the same ships to beam to an M1 which will then beam them into space. Still working on it.

Cbeam - to slurp beam all containers in scanner range.
Abeam - to beam an astronaut in as a passenger.
Dbeam - to beam a Drone in.


Download http://apricotmappingservice.com/X3TCdo ... eam-v1.spk
This was found by using the Community Script and Mod Download Library, found at the top of this forum

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Post by kelmen » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 10:31

I guess it "beam" mean like auto-snatch ship onto the (big) ship you piloting which has hangar, and has nothing to do with "tractor beam", right?

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Post by Tycow » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 10:39

It looks like that is what beamdock does, the Abeam, Cbeam and Dbeam seem to be for picking up objects around your ship. :)

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Post by apricotslice » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 14:45

They all use the transporter.

Nothing to do with the tractor beam.

Does the tractor beam need improving still ? I did do a mod for this for R, and admittedly I did up the range again in my mod.

If TC still has tractor beam problems to do with the range being too short, I can redo the mod to give it an 8km range again. Thats pretty easy to do.

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Post by StratonAce » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 22:59

I've been using "ST/UT for most ship types" all weekend. Just wanted to let you know it works as advertised. No problems so far. Thanks apricotslice! :D

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Post by apricotslice » Mon, 29. Dec 08, 00:48

Great to hear, thanks ! :D

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Post by Neofit » Mon, 29. Dec 08, 15:05

Thanks for the scripts, I love the auto-beaming of the surrounding crates, exactly as I assume it should work in a world where the technology level allows one to jump through star systems.

I've tried ABeam. When I beam in a bailed astronaut, I get a passenger with his race set to <my player's name>. Say my in-game pilot is an Argonian named "John Doe", the beamed-in passenger will be of race "John Doe", not "Argonian".

Also, I've tried using ABeam on marines, they lose their Marine status, and again I find in my ship regular passengers of race "John Doe" with the marine's name. Are they supposed to lose their marine training?

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Post by apricotslice » Mon, 29. Dec 08, 22:55

I cant as yet find any way of determining the race of an astronaut. And as one needs to be set for the passenger, the player race is the only one that makes sense. Since most of those being picked up are pirates or enemies, and the game calls them a slave by default, making them your slaves seems to make sense :)

It was my intension to also convert the passenger into a marine, but so far it hasnt worked. On my list of things to do, probably as a separate "Create marine from pasenger" command.

I wouldnt use it for picking up marines. I havent seen anyway of identifying them in the script code, as an astronaut is just an astronaut. Must be something, but I cant see it. You cant use it for plot pickups either.

At the moment, its best used for picking up bailed pilots where you do not want to create them as a slave.

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Re: [Scripts] Apricot Mapping Service Scripts

Post by klaatu » Thu, 1. Jan 09, 19:16

apricotslice wrote:Apricot Extended PHQ Patch

Vastly increases the cargo space of the Player HQ.
Could you expand on this a little bit? You know, for those of us that would like to know a little more about a mod before adding it to our game.

Thanks.

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Post by apricotslice » Fri, 2. Jan 09, 01:01

The PHQ come with 500k of space. The mod makes this 50 mill instead.

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Post by Neofit » Sat, 3. Jan 09, 10:46

apricotslice wrote:I cant as yet find any way of determining the race of an astronaut. And as one needs to be set for the passenger, the player race is the only one that makes sense. Since most of those being picked up are pirates or enemies, and the game calls them a slave by default, making them your slaves seems to make sense :)
Yes, but this is not what I meant. Here is what I get:

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The First one, Endy, was beamed in with ABeam, and is of a strange race. Actually his race is my pilot's silly name. The second one, Yoganis, is a bail out that was picked up with a fly-by as god intended. No race shown. Maybe there is interference with some other script? Here is what I am using:

[ external image ]

+ EconomyAndSupplyTrader_X3TC_V3101 that does not come in .spk format.

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Post by apricotslice » Sat, 3. Jan 09, 10:55

The first one is definitely correct for Abeam. No idea about the second one.

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Post by Neofit » Sat, 3. Jan 09, 15:09

apricotslice wrote:The first one is definitely correct for Abeam. No idea about the second one.
You mean that when a passenger has a race = my name (not my race), then he is my slave? I've never had any slaves before, in any scripted or non-scripted game.

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Post by apricotslice » Sun, 4. Jan 09, 00:06

Well sort of.

in X3R and before, if you picked up and astronut, they automatically became slaves. Its just that being apposed to slavery per se, I changed it to passenger instead. Mind you at some point, I'll take it a step further and make them marines, but havent got there yet.

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Post by Bulldogc » Fri, 9. Jan 09, 15:10

ever consider trying to make one to beam boarding partys over to a targeted ship instead of using pods?

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Post by apricotslice » Fri, 9. Jan 09, 15:21

I guess that could be done, but it would probably mean........hmmmm, worth a think about. :D

The hard part is getting the boarding action to start once they are there, as that is trigged by the boarding command or the fire pod action.

Not sure thats in my ability, but its worth a look.

Now that would transform the whole boarding thing ! :D

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Post by Spectre01 » Mon, 12. Jan 09, 10:15

It seems that there's no more Dbeam download on your site. I've been looking for this kind of thing for ages. I just hate it that when you order your freigter drone to buy things in a big ship, you have to manuelly pick them all up.

Anyway, is it possible that only to beam a specific target? Rather than pull every crap within scanner range onboard.

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Post by apricotslice » Mon, 12. Jan 09, 10:22

Cbeam, Abeam and Dbeam are all packed together in the Cbeam pack.

Abeam and Dbeam will grab the first one they can find, so dont actually get targetted. Just keep clicking the hotkey to keep beaming. I'd have liked them to slurp everything, but never could figure out how to do it.

"Rather than pull every crap within scanner range onboard."

:lol:

That was the whole idea actually ! I pick up everything. What I cant use, I sell.

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