[SCR] Auto / Terran Jump

[Gazz]

(Das entsprechende deutsche Topic ist hier.)


I'm missing a few dear features I got used to in Reunion.
Now I have to manually order every Jumpdrive use and convenient commands like Jump to Me just don't exist.
(Yes, there is an Autojump feature in TC but alas, it only works sometimes.)

I also noticed that my ships would not jump to the terran sectors. Later I was told that this behaviour is intended.
Not intended by me, so I fixed that, too.


So there is a new Ship Command.
Of course, a Jumpdrive is required.

When starting it only asks for 1 argument: Solo jump?

Answering with n, N, 0, or Space means no.
No solo jumps.
If the ship has any followers in Sektor it will not jump unless all followers can jump as well.
(Drones do not count. It's their job to be left behind while the TS they were defending jumps out.)

Other than that there isn't much to explain.
If the ship's destination or target is in another sector it will use a jumpdrive if it can.

Exception:
If the destination is in the next sector but only 25 km away as the spacefly buzzes, the ship will not jump.

This script improves several standard commands without touching them in any way.
Follow / Protect now doubles as a jump to target / me command.
The Remote Best Buy / Sell commands all use the Jumpdrive and no longer fly through every Xenon sector they can find.
I can order ships to attack things in another sector...
Much better. =)

Some commands like Move to Position may not work since my script can not identify a clear target.


Note:
As of TC version 1.2, all terran gates are still bugged which means that they can not be selected as a destination for any jump or fly through script (Explorer software).
(They apply for neither of the 2 "gate" arguments in the script editor)
This script does not care.
Classic gate, terran gate, hellgate, no gate at all... it just jumps.


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[moggy2]

[Sandalpocalypse]

[Gazz]

[Elucca]

My TS that's serving my factory with best buy/sell has a jumpdrive, autojump set to minimum distance 0, plenty of e-cells and not once have i seen it jump.

I'll try this script, thanks.

[Coruskane]

nice, funny post as well

[Pan0pticon]

For reference, Gazz, I do not believe the Terran gates to be bugged. In fact, the only Terran jumpgate is the Asteroid Belt / Heretic's End gate. The rest are "Transorbital Accelerators". I do not know if ES will continue keeping them separate, but does it not make sense for the Terrans to keep people of out their more important sectors by making you traverse the less important, and as equally guarded, sectors?

P.S. I would also love to be able to jump into the Terran sectors. . With my very large and heavily armed fleet.

[Lancefighter]

My only problem with terran sectors is that they are all HUGE, and that their orbital stations are about 40km across, and eat up my fps for lunch... Then again, my computer fails anyway.

[Cycrow]

[basicdeisgnroc]

a spacefly cannot buzz with no air for the sound waves to pass through...

[Grossbaff]

Thanks for the script Gazz, I think I'll give it a try since as already stated, the autojump in works, but the autojump out (back to my stations) doesn't work. Which results in stupid TS going through Xenon Sectors on their way back to home...

One - maybe stupid - question though : Does the jump you added for Best Buy / Sell commands include a refuel script ? If yes, in case a TS is selling E-Cells, does it keep enough E-Cells for jumping (maybe it does check parameters set for autojump ?).

Thanks.

[Gazz]

[supakillaii]

[irR4tiOn4L]

Ever since I got stations I've had TS's serve my stations with autojump min distance 2 and resupply quantity at 60 jumps. My TS's ALWAYS jump, the only time one didn't was when my complex was out of Ecells and it couldn't reupply

[Smacksim]

Anyone using this with 2.1 or 2.5?

The only other script I see that allows Terran jumping appears to be borked, and it'd be nice to actually use these sectors.