[Help][AP]Removing the Torus Debri

[RoverTX]

I have gotten a good way through AP and have been trying to play both sides in trading to good effect, but the Terrans are just hopeless with out the Torus. So I decided to destroy the Torus debris in the Earth Sector and just use the X3 Universe file from TC as my guide to building it back.

Well as its turns out the Torus debris isn't actually debris but rather a special item, and sense it can't be targeted, and some how doesn't count as a stationery object I can't seem to target it to be able to destroy it with a script, or even get it in some type of array where I could then look for it manually and then say when i find its position "destroy array[5]". Is there some trick to targeting special items, or is it just impossible as it currently stands?

PS I know I could just restart and mod the universe file to match TC, but I would rather keep my current game going.

[djrygar]

it is normal station (docking part), rest is, as you say, a special object, but they all can be targeted by scripts

might respawn as it is defined in x3_universe xml

check if it is not set as invicible (may be case and could cause effect you describe).

[paulwheeler]

Unlike the TC Torus, the AP Torus wreck is not a station. As the wreck cant actually be targetted, you can effectively remove it in an existing game by editing tspecial.

If you edit the wreck entry and remove its model, although it will still actually exist in-game, it will be invisible. And since its not targetable anyway, this should cause no side effects at all and will effectively be gone.

You should then be able to port the TC Torus tdocks entry into the AP tdocks and script it in. I doubt its defenses will work though as i believe they were scripted.

[Jack08]

what paul said is your only option, other then editing it out of the universe and restarting your savegame

[RoverTX]

Ah ok, well the Torus is still in the Tdocks for AP so should just have to add it back in at the same position, after I remove the model for the reck. Thanks again! I guess I will also have to find the script that handles the torus defenses.

[paulwheeler]

If its still in the AP TDocks then you should be all set to script it in straight away.

[Jack08]

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[RoverTX]

As it turns out you can destroy it with a director using find_object destroy_object.

The funny thing is that I found out that you can't destroy planets using director but you can using a scripts.

The only thing I can't actually figure out how to destroy are suns and nebulas.

[paulwheeler]

The problem with doing that is God may respawn it after a while.... im not certain about tspecial objects, but god tends to respawn other types of objects defined in the x3universe map.

You could use a director script to shift the wreck model way off grid so its not visible.

[Killjaeden]

why so complicated?
check where the model is located, create a .txt file with nothing in it (or "//gotcha!" or something fitting ), then rename to .bod, convert to bob
name it like the torus wreck model file.
You can recreate the folder structure in your game folder and place the file there, no need for a fake-patch.

if you want your wreck back, just delete the file =)

Works with savegames
Also works with everything else you don't want to see ever again (complex tubes, add signs, ....)

[RoverTX]

I am pretty sure god won't respawn special objects sense they are indestructible, but if it does it will create it in a different location which would be like they rebuilt the thing and the old debris is floating out there some where, no biggy.