[Script] Factory Complex Constructor [4.02]

[kayfess]

Somebody, please, give that man a medal. For the next X game ... Connector designation ("red lasers") would be cool, but so would having the option to stick the factory infront of your ship and let you place-by-flight...

[ChrisCorr]

I used this and when I put down a station aligned with another (-1,0,0) the station was placed and is working fine in the complex but it doesn't... render, it's invisible.

[Forsaker]

i love this mod for building new complexes but like another user who posted before me i cant move or rotate existing stations who are connected even if i have a tractor beam in the ship im in and the builder and yes i tryed to unfix stuff , i downloaded the Plus edition and i binded my keys like in the manual and no keys goes into conflict in script bindings so im kind of lost why is does nt work hehe

edit: typoes

[ChrisCorr]

I have that problem too. Can't move or rotate any stations, fixed or unfixed, in a complex or not.

[Forsaker]

seems like i cant rotate or move existing station either , it looks like my unfix function dont work because whenever i press the rotate station Z- (to create a reference point) it creates ones every time even after i pressed my unfix key so i guess i got another script that enters in conflict or something but i rechecked again my key config and nothing enter in conflict i even tryed to put another key to unfix but it does nt work ...

[StratonAce]

Hey Dusty, will you be porting over A.R.E.S eventually? I hope so.

[Goldo]

think i'll give this one a go... getting proper frustrated trying to build complexes...

[Goldo]

certainly a nice script, installed dead easy and configured hot keys...

still though... this IMO has an incredibly steep learning curve... spent over and hour just trying to figure everything out...

Found it extremely difficult with regards to setting a complex up around a L Silicon Mine...

starting to wish Egosoft never came up with complexes...

*edit* - finally getting to grips with it after several solid hours of trying... certainlly improves the look of the complex and in some ways makes it easier

[MTM1977]

I haven't built many complexes before, but now i am trying to create one with this.

I can't really get it done though.

I have been trying to follow the manual, so i first placed a hub (complex construction kit), then stations around it.

Ok, they are there, but none of them are connected to anything.

So, how do i actually connect them to be a complex, do i need to buy a separate complex construction kit for each connection or how do i do it?

[Forsaker]

you buy construction kits then place the first hub using the offset thinggy and the remaining construction kits you use the special command on your hauler and connect them normally

[Crapgame]

I've read this thread and my question has been asked and answered twice but I honestly don't understand the answers.

I have a TL loaded with:

1 Complex Construction Kit
1 Wheat Farm L
1 Space Fuel Distillery L

I use the General> Build Station FCC command and place the CCK at 0,0,0 offset at a location in the same sector that I am in.

I use the General > Build Station FCC command, select the CCK and enter in 0,1,0 for the Wheat Farm.

I use the General > Build Station FCC command, select the CCK and enter in 0,-1,0 for the Space Fuel Distillery.

Now I have all three stations nicely built, placed and it a nice little line but not connected in any way.

What is the obvious step that I am missing here to connect these three things into a complex?

Thanks

[Crapgame]

From reading other threads on this subject I get the impression that I have to place the CCK last. That doesnt agree with the instructions in the .pdf for FCC.

Can any one help?

I'm at an impasse here.

[Crapgame]

I decided to go back and buy an extra CCK to see if I can figure this out. Now I can lay out the hub, distillery and wheat farm in a nice row using the FCC.

THEN select the other CCK in my cargo bay and select "build" and it then asks me to select a station and then select another station to connect to. So I select the Hub and then the distillery which is below it. That finallt connected the hub to the distillery. The wheat farm is still not connnected.

So, I'm guessing I need to place the initial CCK as a hub (as per the instructions at 0,0,0) then place each factory and then use 2 more CCKs to connect each of them to the hub.

Anyone feel free to chime in here whenever you'd like.

[Loner87]

[Loner87]

Crapgame -> after many searches I finally found the answer here :
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=234841&highlight=connecting+stations

Yes, we need many Construction Kits.