Change specs for Advanced Satellites

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Change specs for Advanced Satellites

Post by agleave » Sun, 8. Dec 13, 12:11

Is it possible to change the "viewing distance" of Advanced Satellites?
I'm running X3AP latest, with XRM installed.

Thanks.

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Post by Kadatherion » Sun, 8. Dec 13, 12:46

Yes, it's a simple edit of the globals file, via X3 editor. In your case, you'll have to edit the one contained in XRM's cat/dat number 2.

Look at the beginning of the file, the value you're interested in is SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SATELLITE2;

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Post by agleave » Mon, 9. Dec 13, 04:34

Kadatherion wrote:Yes, it's a simple edit of the globals file, via X3 editor. In your case, you'll have to edit the one contained in XRM's cat/dat number 2.

Look at the beginning of the file, the value you're interested in is SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SATELLITE2;
Hi there - there is nothing in the XRM .cat no.2 under globals.pck ???

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Post by Guest » Mon, 9. Dec 13, 05:25

agleave wrote:... there is nothing in the XRM .cat no.2 under globals.pck ???
... at the beginning of the file types\Globals.txt there should be something like that:

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// vanilla TC globals ...
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SHIP;5000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SHIP_UPGRADE2;10000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SHIP_UPGRADE3;15000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SATELLITE;11000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SATELLITE2;17500000;  <--- that's the Adv. satellite
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_STATION;5000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_ORBITALLASER;1250000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_FREIGHTSCANNER;2000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SO_NEBULA;750000;
... if you divide those numbers by 500, you´ll get the scanner range in metres ;)

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Post by agleave » Mon, 9. Dec 13, 08:18

JonfersonSDD wrote:
agleave wrote:... there is nothing in the XRM .cat no.2 under globals.pck ???
... at the beginning of the file types\Globals.txt there should be something like that:

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// vanilla TC globals ...
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SHIP;5000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SHIP_UPGRADE2;10000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SHIP_UPGRADE3;15000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SATELLITE;11000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SATELLITE2;17500000;  <--- that's the Adv. satellite
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_STATION;5000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_ORBITALLASER;1250000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_FREIGHTSCANNER;2000000;
SG_SCANNER_RANGE_SO_NEBULA;750000;
... if you divide those numbers by 500, you´ll get the scanner range in metres ;)
I'm not sure what I am doing wrong? I am opening X3 Editor 2, selecting 06.cat (which is the XRM part 2 file), going to "addon", then "types", then "globals.pck" and it just opens a blank screen.... I have edited many other things, such as twaresT and tbullets this way, but there appears to be nothing in this file, or if there is, nothing that X3 Editor is displaying.

Is this to be edited in some other way?
Thanks.

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Post by Guest » Mon, 9. Dec 13, 08:24

--> extract (& decompress !!!) Globals.pck to (e.g.) your desktop (=> Globals.txt)
--> open file with notepad++ (or any other editor)
--> make your changes
--> save & quit
--> add (& overwrite) Globals.pck back into your .cat-file

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Post by agleave » Mon, 9. Dec 13, 08:57

JonfersonSDD wrote:--> extract (& decompress !!!) Globals.pck to (e.g.) your desktop (=> Globals.txt)
--> open file with notepad++ (or any other editor)
--> make your changes
--> save & quit
--> add (& overwrite) Globals.pck back into your .cat-file
OK, now we're getting somewhere. X3 Editor was not the tool to use then. How do I do the extracting and adding back into the .pck file?

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Post by Kadatherion » Mon, 9. Dec 13, 09:31

agleave wrote: OK, now we're getting somewhere. X3 Editor was not the tool to use then. How do I do the extracting and adding back into the .pck file?
Ehm... X3 editor. :lol:

Just grab the pck from X3 editor cat manager and drag it on your desktop. It will automatically be converted to the uncompressed txt format. Edit it, save, and drag it back into the cat opened in X3 editor, ensuring it's being re-compressed into .pck.

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Post by Cycrow » Mon, 9. Dec 13, 12:20

If you are using the Plugin Maanger, you can switch it to advanced mode then select the option to edit the globals that way

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Post by SickArgon » Mon, 9. Dec 13, 16:26

Go to "advanced", click "edit game globals"...
and the empty window "Edit Globals" opens!?

Some help?
Tnx

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All sorted

Post by agleave » Tue, 10. Dec 13, 03:01

Thanks all for your assistance. I was using Plugin Manager Lite, but changed to Plugin Manager Advanced and all was good. Still could not get X3 to do the text conversion part, but no matter.

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