Does an npc weapon layout modification script exist?

[gradea]

Right, I know I'm not the only person tired of

A) Seeing 1 or two pirates.

B) Flying up in an m3+

C) Dieing in a single weapon volley because they happened to have PBGs.

Has anyone created a script to strip and replace these broken, broken weapons?

[EmperorJon]

I'll have you know I'm working on something like this as we speak. Been doing so for a few days.

So far it:

Removes a drastic number of PBGs from race ships
Removes a reasonable number of PBGs for Pirate/Yaki ships
Removes a drastic number of PBEs from Xenon ships

In future it will include:

Remove more common guns like HEPT/PAC and add more MD/EBC/PRG etc.

Remove most IBLs from race Capitals
Add PALCs and PBCs to certain Capital ships that can mount them



At the moment I'm working on a bit which gets all the compatable guns for an M3 and fills the empty slots after PBG & PBE removal with some random guns.

[EmperorJon]

Gradea, this good enough for you as a start? This P. Falcon appears to be enjoying it's makeover.

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx22 ... 1270837983


You're now in prime position to shape how this goes... suggestions?

[gradea]

I'm not sure I like the idea of removing common guns to replace them with rarer ones when, well.. they are the more common guns.

Don't get me wrong, I could talk about how heavily a universe armed with MD or PBGs is weighted against a single player, but really if its what you want, I'm sure I can always alter the script for my own use.

[EmperorJon]

No, it doesn't remove those more common guns, it just gives a chance for the less common guns to be added in. After removing PBGs etc. it fills it with anything.