Modding HQ time queues

[ezra-r]

Is it possible to modify HQ time queues easily?

I certainly dont want the HQ to spend almost two hours to manufacture 5 M4 ships.

[jack775544]

For AP in 03.cat\addon\types or in TC 11.cat\types there is a file called hq.pck. Extract it using the X3 editor. Extract it to your desktop and open it (it should be an XML, notepad is fine) there should be some code at the top like this

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<headquarters>
  <upgrades>
    <upgrade index="0" typename="SS_DOCK_P_HQ" storage="500000">
      <blueprints>
        <blueprint typename="SS_SH_A_M4" />
      </blueprints>
      <production time="100" money="100" resources="100">
        <factor class="ship" value="1" />
      </production>
      <repair time="100" money="100" resources="100">
        <factor class="ship" value="2" />
        <factor class="hq" value="2" />
      </repair>
      <reverse time="100" money="0" resources="0">
        <factor class="ship" value="1" />
      </reverse>
      <recycle time="5" money="0" resources="80">
        <factor class="ship" value="1" />
      </recycle>
    </upgrade>
  </upgrades>
  <resources>
    <!-- Time (uses the SETA upgrade as the typename!) -->
    <resource typename="SS_WARE_TECH231">
      <factor class="m5" value="10000" primary="1" />
      <factor class="m4" value="12500" primary="1" />
      <factor class="m3" value="16666" primary="1" />
      <factor class="gonership" value="16666" primary="1" />
      <factor class="freighter" value="5000" primary="1" />
      <factor class="bigship" value="25000" primary="1" />
      <factor class="hq" value="25000" primary="1" />
    </resource>

Change the code production section were it says

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<production time="100" money="100" resources="100">
        <factor class="ship" value="1" />

by deleting a zero from the time element.
Continue this for the repair, reverse and recycle sections if you want.

Then add a zero to the value element of this section

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    <!-- Time (uses the SETA upgrade as the typename!) -->
    <resource typename="SS_WARE_TECH231">
      <factor class="m5" value="10000" primary="1" />
      <factor class="m4" value="12500" primary="1" />
      <factor class="m3" value="16666" primary="1" />
      <factor class="gonership" value="16666" primary="1" />
      <factor class="freighter" value="5000" primary="1" />
      <factor class="bigship" value="25000" primary="1" />
      <factor class="hq" value="25000" primary="1" />
    </resource>

This will drastically lower times for everthing that the HQ does. If you even have the slightest knowledge of coding and an example of anthor HQ file, you should be able to change the resouce costs as well.

When you are done simply save the file as hq.xml in the 'types' file of the directory.

If you want me to I can post a copy of my modded HQ file.

PS. If you are using XRM, it drastically changes the hq.xml file and I wouldn't have the slightest clue on where to start. Well I do but it is alot more complicated .

[cattafett]

below is the top of the types\hq.pck found in no.11 Cad/Dat

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<headquarters>
  <upgrades>
    <upgrade index="0" typename="SS_DOCK_P_HQ" storage="500000">
      <blueprints>
        <blueprint typename="SS_SH_A_M4" />
      </blueprints>
      <production time="100" money="100" resources="100">
        <factor class="ship" value="1" />
      </production>
      <repair time="100" money="100" resources="100">
        <factor class="ship" value="2" />
        <factor class="hq" value="2" />
      </repair>
      <reverse time="100" money="0" resources="0">
        <factor class="ship" value="1" />
      </reverse>
      <recycle time="5" money="0" resources="80">
        <factor class="ship" value="1" />
      </recycle>
    </upgrade>
  </upgrades>

theres more but you don't need it at the moment

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  <upgrade index="0" typename="SS_DOCK_P_HQ" storage="500000">

as i understand it this says a)what model to use and b)the size of the storage

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<production time="100" money="100" resources="100">

this line deals with production
time is how long it will take, money is how much it will cost and resources is how much stuff/wares it will take to make
setting the no. to 50 will half the time and setting the no. to 200 should make it take twice as long or cost twice as much or use twice as much wares
you get the idea
the same for repair and recycle
this needs to be changed before you place your HQ as changes only work on new HQs
and lastly if you use a mod that added HQ type stations like Enhanced Equipment Docks (and you should) that edit the same file you need to edit that one

[ezra-r]

Wow, thanks a lot for the tips. I don't want to reduce it too much to the point of cheating but I feel more confortable If I can build ships in a "playable time".

The info you have provided me is perfect, I do apreciate!

[Noimageavaiable]

Just some additional info

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<production time="100" money="100" resources="100">
        <factor class="ship" value="1" /> 

This is the production time as a percentage, so if there is a HQ with production time="10" production will take 10% of the normal time. If you have a mod that adds new HQs they will all have seperate lines for this so you could make one type of HQ produce at 10%, the other at 50% or so.

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    <!-- Time (uses the SETA upgrade as the typename!) -->
    <resource typename="SS_WARE_TECH231">
      <factor class="m5" value="10000" primary="1" />
      <factor class="m4" value="12500" primary="1" />
      <factor class="m3" value="16666" primary="1" />
      <factor class="gonership" value="16666" primary="1" />
      <factor class="freighter" value="5000" primary="1" />
      <factor class="bigship" value="25000" primary="1" />
      <factor class="hq" value="25000" primary="1" />
    </resource> 

This is the actual time it takes for a ship to be build. The game takes the ships value and then somehow divides it by this value, so larger numbers will speed up production times. This affects all HQs.

[ezra-r]

Thank you so much,

I decided to touch them all to last pretty much half of what vanilla does into everything except reverse engineering, since for my role-play reverse engineering is the most difficult taslk, but recycling, manufacturing... well, adapted to playstyle.