[SCRIPT] Cartel Inc. Shield Hacker

[moggy2]

The Cartel Shield Hacker is a pirate device which, when attached to a transporter device, allows you to beam cargo off any ship through their shields.

The device is very rare and difficult to find, and since it's not exactly a production model it's interface can be a bit tricky to use. What else would you expect from a pirate anyway.

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[fud]

Cool. So, in theory, you could creep up behind a potential hit (assassin missions) and strip him of his weapons first, or even better, his shields?

I'll have to try this....

Since you're supposed to kill him anyway, you don't need to worry about a loss of rank.

[moggy2]

[DrunkenPirate]

cool, I liked this little device for X2.

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[Lothmorg]

If you had that kind of technology, why not just lock onto the pilot and transport him 5K away?

I'm thinking bad again...

[Angel_of_Reason]

hey moggy2.

this is a great idea. tried it out this morning and had a lot of fun with it. some poor high tech demeter in seizwell. i jacked 7 of his 20 25mj sheilds off him before he caught me.

but i have two questions.
1. is it possible that this could be set up to use a hotkey? setting it up takes a moment, but what it really needs is that ability to cancel. the problem i kept running into was that i could steal wares, but once the process was started, i had no way to stop it, save for utilizing the less than 275m distance limitation. it would be significantly more usefull if one could bring it up with a hot key then, after a few items have been stolen and when he feels like his luck is wearing out, he can hit the hotkey again to cut off the transfer, thus, getting away with it. would do a great job of rounding off this script.

and 2. is it possible to have the script check what wears are on board and list only those that are available? perhaps requiring a frienght scan? (adding to the deviousness of it considering that you either have to have a police licence or do a scan illegally)
bringing up a list of every ware in the game makes the selection process quite tedious and often tends to leave you still sitting there sorting through the possibilties long after your target has messed up the speed and navigational alignment you just so carefully set up.

let me know what you think can be done.

i'm messing around with the notion of scripting myself. if you don't have the time but you think it is possible to impliment these changes, maybe you could give me a knudge in the right direction so i could give it a go myself. =)

[moggy2]

Yes it is possible to do both. The reason I haven't is that a) it's a very powerfull script being able to steal thousands of credits of wares in just a few second and that needs some kind of balance, b) it's made by pirates so it's less likely to be a polished product, as long as it does the job, and c) I like the fact that it requires some piloting skill to use.

feel free to make the modifications yourself if you want.

[Angel_of_Reason]

understandable, it is quite a powerful script.

eitherway, i'd love to give it a go and see what i can come up with.

if it's not too much to ask, could you give me an idea how to do those two things? set up hotkeys and check and display cargo hold contents?
i would greatly appreciate it. =)
i've been messing around with the editor but it's still not making a heck of a lot of sense to me.

cycrows script help is useful, but it looks like what i'm aiming for is going for something much more complex. if you know of any other scripting tutorials or guides, let me know.

thanx in advance for your help!

[moggy2]

displaying a choice of wares from the target ship is a very simple change.

In the command script plugin.Cartel.SH.cmd.hacker simply change the argument type from Var/Ware to Var/Ware of ship

The hotkey's a bit more involved.

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[moggy2]

[Angel_of_Reason]

i really do appreciate the help.
but sadly, though it seems so simple, i'm just not getting it. i've no scripting experience, so i'm being all noob about it. =P trying though.

so what i've got to work with is:

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[moggy2]