[SCR] [X3:TC/AP] [v1.8.9.7_fixed] [05/09/2013] MK3 Improvement Reloaded

[Nicoman35]

Oh, sry, I have XRM too, there it has 6x 200MW. And no, he did not sell any of them, he just started collecting more and more.

[gnasirator]

Thanks for the report. I already found and fixed the error!

Couldn't you have reported that 30 mins earlier? I could've packed that into the last release then ... I'll have to do another one now

-> alright, v1.8.3 is out. Have fun everybody!

[Nicoman35]

I am skripting around on the SerialKicked's anarkis defence system. That thing is draining SO MUCH of my brainpower, that all other tasks run rather slow.
Nice work gnasirator! Thanks for the update.

[gnasirator]

You are welcome!

I know well about that draining brain power stuff. Used to be that way in the beginning of my MK3 scripting before I did a complete rebuild.
Now maintaining the code is easy as it is all sorted, tidy and clean

May I recommend using my breakpoint scripts for your work? They make debugging a hell of a lot easier

I can send you the scripts, if you like. Or you can code that yourself. Basically, a breakpoint is simply a 20 sec wait in the code which gives you time to activate trace debugging.
If you then play a nice alarm sound, too and rename the ship plus kill all other tasks except the one with the breakpoint, you have the whole package.

Or I'll simply publish them in another thread...

[Nicoman35]

Help is always welcome . Feel free to post, I will have a look and maybe I use them.

[Happyblue]

[DrBullwinkle]

[Etyneo]

[DrBullwinkle]

[Etyneo]

[Nicoman35]

Don't want to hijack gasinators thread, continuing discussion here.

[gnasirator]

Thanks, appreciated


edit: new version 1.8.4.

fixed a bug where traders would not jump if attacked but instead just fly away into a neighboring sector! -> really not favorable.

also changed the status message in the pilot's log to give credit to me, instead of burnit & mkess (finally). I think, I can do this now, after I have completely rewritten almost everything
This message now only comes once after starting a NEW mk3 trader for the first time.
I was annoyed by the whole logbook being spammed by that stuff.

finally, I changed script version numbers to match the release version.


I hope, you enjoy!


edit2: v1.8.5 is out.

Now new traders with experience lvl 1 will try to buy (or get delivered) the amount of energy cells set in cargo bay manager. Only energy cells, because they might be needed for jumping to the first levelling sectors.

Also, traders will now buy all missing wares from cargo bay manager directly after one another.

fixed some null vars in buyhardware script which didn't have any impact, though.

Also, the delivery script now chooses a station in the center between trader and nearest gate as a meeting point which reduces overall delivery time (sometimes a lot).

And some small fixes.

[DrBullwinkle]

Download link seems to be broken.

Also, I had an anomaly in v1.80. You may have already fixed this, but I have a Discoverer named: "Delivery Ship: Fighter Drone MK-II (-86)".

Obvsiously, a Discoverer is too tiny to deliver anything. It is currently full of energy cells and does not have room for even a single MK-II drone.

I thought that delivery ships were always Goner Rangers? No?

In any case, it is not moving and has no current Cmd or Action. It's stack on Task 0 is:

1) plugin.autotrade.delivery.go
2) !move.jump
3) !move.stay

It appears to be confused. (As am I).

[gnasirator]

Yes, I already reported to SS_T. I broke the page by reuploading the file twice to avoid the file renaming. I hate that

I already put a mirror up for that.

And I think, I really fixed that delivery problem. In 1.8.5. The script reduced the delivered amount of a ware according to the Gained amount of a trader. This was to make sure, a trader didn't order huge amounts of expensive wares in the beginning of a game which could else use up all of the player's money.

Oh no, I just double checked it: the bug is still not 100% fixed. I corrected that. I'll release v1.8.6 soon today.

If you want, you can already try the changes. I have to go to university now.

And delivery ships are not always rangers, no. They are chosen according to needed cargo bay size. This works well for me but obviously negative values mess that up...

Please report back if the bug is fixed!

[DrBullwinkle]