[Mod]NPC Bail Modifier v0.4

[Tyrant597]

v0.4
Nov 21, 2013

Changed npc ship bailing modifier. Now instead of it being a set percentage, the chance for a pilot to bail is based on his morale, and how much of his hull is remaining. Also pilots now give you an audio warning when they bail out.

Note: The only ships currently which you can force to bail are ships that have *shields*. Not shield generators (Capital Ships) or Police/Mass Traffic Ships. Just the Small/Medium Transports and Fighter ships.

http://xrebirth.nexusmods.com/mods/116//?

[Deleted User]

erm, can you explain a bit more?

[pilakin]

do they shoot back after you put your own pilot in? does putting a new pilot in even work? can you repair them?

[Jack08]

erm, can you explain a bit more?

Just liked in previous X games, fighters and transports can bail, and you can capture them if you have a pilot onboard the sunk.

35% is a little overkill, dont you think?

[Central]

how about making bail chances dependant from the moral-property of the pilot?

0 stars: 50% chance
1 star: 40%
2 stars: 30%
3 stars: 20%
4 stars: 10%
5 stars: 5%

[enenra]

Use this.

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[Thurmonator]

how about making bail chances dependant from the moral-property of the pilot?

0 stars: 50% chance
1 star: 40%
2 stars: 30%
3 stars: 20%
4 stars: 10%
5 stars: 5%

Just open the aiscripts.xml file with notepad and change the '35' to 'whatever you think is good' . Presto As to having it work with their rating, that is beyond my skills.

[lplates]

The description for this mod says "5km station scan increase".

I am assuming you copied another mod and updated it? Does it actually work and if so you probably just want to update the texts.

[Deleted User]

why capital ships have no shields ?

[lplates]

I just noticed this as well and as yet I have not had a single ship bail.

By your calculations at least 3 of the 10 ships I attacked should have bailed and they did not.

[DaveStrider]

I just noticed this as well and as yet I have not had a single ship bail.

By your calculations at least 3 of the 10 ships I attacked should have bailed and they did not.

Are you using a good bailing technique? whittling them down slowly with the maser is a good way to give them plenty of time to bail.

why capital ships have no shields ?

Cap ships have small generators that protect an area around them dotted around the hull. They're the blue glowing cylinders i think.

[Nebogloee]

The description for this mod says "5km station scan increase".

I am assuming you copied another mod and updated it? Does it actually work and if so you probably just want to update the texts.

Looks like OP needs to update the content.xml for this mod . . .

[Tyrant597]

The description for this mod says "5km station scan increase".

Thanks! Fixed.

[Tyrant597]

how about making bail chances dependant from the moral-property of the pilot?

0 stars: 50% chance
1 star: 40%
2 stars: 30%
3 stars: 20%
4 stars: 10%
5 stars: 5%

Good idea! I'll look into that.
[Edit] Done.

[Tyrant597]

I just noticed this as well and as yet I have not had a single ship bail.

By your calculations at least 3 of the 10 ships I attacked should have bailed and they did not.

The 'mass traffic' ships will not bail. Nor will capital ships. You are looking for fighters and medium transport ships. They will have "shields" listed on your cockpit info screen. The trade ship naming scheme seems to be 'X_ware Trader'.

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Ships need to have less than 75% hull and 20% shields left before they will bail.

[Central]

how about making bail chances dependant from the moral-property of the pilot?

0 stars: 50% chance
1 star: 40%
2 stars: 30%
3 stars: 20%
4 stars: 10%
5 stars: 5%

Good idea! I'll look into that.
[Edit] Done.

very nice!

[KRM398]

Been shooting up those little freighters that have 10k hauling but never got one to bail only 2 fighters in game so far, so bailing in the vanilla is tough, ty

[KRM398]

ok a question...did anyone say anything about having trouble getting ships back to their base after putting a pilot in them? I lost 2 freighters I capped and put pilots in. one was full of stuff for my station, but after putting them in my squad I went through the highway and waited for them to catch up..never did, so I checked my owned list, not there. So I figured I turned my back and some fighter got it. Next one I followed him or he me, all the way to the highway, he was 1km from me and we both turned in and when I came out at my destination, he was gone and not on my list either.

There used to be a bailing extension for TC but when it first came out it had problems with ships disappearing when they were first caught and ordered through a gate, was wondering if something like that might be happening, because the second ship was never more than a km away from me until I hit the highway and it was only 1 jump...so where did it go?

[LordSekmeth]

Dunno if this is due to your mod or not.

Sometimes when a pilot ejects npc's will still consider the ship hostile even after you sent a pilot to board it.

Also sometimes the captured ships will suddenly start shooting you again (for a few sec, then stop again)

[Tyrant597]

ok a question...did anyone say anything about having trouble getting ships back to their base after putting a pilot in them? I lost 2 freighters I capped and put pilots in. one was full of stuff for my station, but after putting them in my squad I went through the highway and waited for them to catch up..never did, so I checked my owned list, not there. So I figured I turned my back and some fighter got it. Next one I followed him or he me, all the way to the highway, he was 1km from me and we both turned in and when I came out at my destination, he was gone and not on my list either.

There used to be a bailing extension for TC but when it first came out it had problems with ships disappearing when they were first caught and ordered through a gate, was wondering if something like that might be happening, because the second ship was never more than a km away from me until I hit the highway and it was only 1 jump...so where did it go?

Dunno if this is due to your mod or not.

Sometimes when a pilot ejects npc's will still consider the ship hostile even after you sent a pilot to board it.

Also sometimes the captured ships will suddenly start shooting you again (for a few sec, then stop again)

All this mod changes, is the chance for a pilot to bail, nothing else. All the other stuff is Egosoft's fault. Other people have been losing ships as well. =D That said, I did try to fix the problem with ships attacking you after you claim them in the new version, is that the one you are using? (v0.5) I think I did notice that it takes the game a minute to update the faction which owns the ship. Not sure how to make that go any faster. The only thing I know to do is wait for the ship to turn to faction=neutral before you claim it. Looks like Egosoft released a patch that changed bailing behavior. See if it fixed this problem.

-Tyrant