[script] UT Protection v1.1 14/7/07

[misioooo]

Here is part of code responsible for leveling pilots: CLICK - 23 lines of code.

It looks like there are
1. $PilotLevel somehow related to goods.dev.pilotlevel
2. $PilotExperience related to goods.dev.pilotexperience

Then i think that current level is stored in local variable $PilotLevelCurrent

[Mailo]

[Mailo]

Ok, rechecked, and I slipped into the code for the Commercial agent. Misioooo is correct, the code for the EST is in plugin.economics.admin, the global variable name is the same though, "goods.dev.pilotlevel" and it is still maxed at Level 5.

[Laureati]

Since you guys are on this track, this is what I know.

All pilot names, XP, etc. are created from a file named 'lib.le.pilot.dismisses'. This is the file that is called whenever Hire/Dismiss pilot from the Special Commands is used, or whenever a UT, Patrol, etc. automatically assigns the name.

It's a really huge library and stored a heap load of information on your pilot locally (if I remember correctly). So if you want to find out what levels, etc there are for a pilot, check the lib.le.pilot.dismisses file. There's also a lib.le.pilot.move file that is very similar, what this does is take the information from one ship and transfers it all to another ship when the pilot is moved.

To make any levelling pilot script compatible with the move pilot command, it's best to use one of the various types of XP levels available in the lib.le.pilot.dismisses file.

[Mailo]

I think you misunderstood a bit, Laureati ... I wasn't talking about the level of the hired escorts.
There is a check in LV's code that decides whether to hire an M4 or an M3 escort. This checks the trader level, 8 or higher leads to an M3, below an M4. This is fine for regular MK3 universe traders, unfortunately the (in my opinion) best alternative EST has a highest level of 5 (instead of 25 as with UTs), so escorts for EST will always be hired as M4.
Though if the escorts level up to higher ships, this might not be too bad.
In the code on my system, I commented out this check (lines 016 and 017 in the script plugin.lv.ut.pro.find), since all of my traders are of maximum rank.

[misioooo]

Maybe it will be of some use. EST scripts also contains lib.le.pilot.dismisses and overwrites the one that comes with Bonus Package or whatever (after installing plain X3, update to 2.0.02 and Bonus Package 3.1.06 when i manually copied scripts from EST to game directory it overwrites this file). So there may be some modifications too in this library.

[plynak]

Hmm, I will try to ask the last time. Is there some way to get rid of the ReadText 7000 instead of the pilot's name?

Please help me someone, otherwise i will have to uninstall this great script.

[LV]

install the forum name library spk that is in the download file

[plynak]

I did. That is the problem

[Laureati]

[plynak]

Well the problem is that I have always installed the name library. I have even tried to reinstall the script. But I always get ReadText. Shall I install the library prior to the script? Or it does not matter?

[LV]

try the separate forum name library thread in the community stickie index

I'll be uploading again tonight hopefully

$CAG = $trader -> get local variable: name='goods.dev.pilotlevel'

i've added this which will bypass m4 option if CAG >=5

is there another one i need to check for as i'm tempted to just randomize the choice so it gives m4's or m3's

[Mailo]

[Laureati]

You know, I'm really jealous that the pilots are buying M6s with what I'm paying them. Obviously I'm paying them too much. And when did they find the time to visit a shipyard and order one in? They're supposed to be guarding my UT!!!

[LV]

ok i made the slight tweak