[BONUS Plug-In] Basic Patrol Commands v1.03 [4-1-05]

[ticaki]

Download: your personal downloadpage

update 4/1/05:
- New Enemy Detection Logic: fixed problem of friend/foe setting staying set to enemy after attack. Now, as soon as there are no eemies within 20 km of your patrol leader, settings will revert back to friend.

update 29/12/04:
- New Enemy Detection Logic: Ships attacking your in-sector bases or ships will be targeted by your patrol whether they are set as an enemy or not in the standard friend/foe settings. ('good' pirates vs. 'bad' pirates)

update 7/11/04:
- advanced target prioritization logic now selects the enemy which is the biggest threat to you, based on size and distance
- all player items (ships, satellites) in a sector can now transmit information to the patrol if they spot an enemy
- both Fight Command Software MK1 & MK2 are now required
- costs have been redone slightly, see readme for details (TS/TP now cost $)

[Burianek]

Just wanted to start off by saying thank you to ticaki. Tickai helped out a great deal with this script, and it was a pleasure working with him to get this signed.

[fchopin]

Nice script,

I have a question on the order the sectors are selected.

I have selected 4 sectors for my M6 and 3 wingmen, and the order the M6 is protecting the sectors is exactly the order I selected.
If I select the sectors in a different order will this change the order my M6 will follow?

Edit: I have changed the order of the sector selection and now the M6 is folowing the new order.

[Vaylon]

Well well, we have been a busy bunch over All Hallows!

I would like to try it out but I'm using Marks fight software Mk3. Will this script affect it in anyway?

-NJ

[strat]

I think this is a reincarnation of marks script that will be fully compatable with all other signed scripts. I understand there was a bug in marks code that could cause your game to freeze if you picked another sector by accident while placing your way-points for patrol one sector.

I also understand that this is a work in progress and more features will be added in the future.
Oh, and marks script was not compatible with Xaicorps excellent AI either, which is a must have in my opinion.


Strat...

[Reven]

There were lots of issues with the old scripts. Burianek did an excellent job with this. Particularly good is the way sectors are patrolled. There is some info that the readme doesn't cover that is useful information.

The way the patrol works is intelligent. It will generally patrol sectors in the order that you specify them, but this isn't set in stone. For example, consider the following: There are 3 sectors in a corner formation like this:

[Vaylon]

Well it looks quite good and I may install it on a new game but I'll stick with Marks for now as it has extra comands I use quite often.

Thanks for the hard work Burianek

-NJ

[GCU Grey Area]

Interesting script, just have one question:

In the costs section of the readme there's no entry for TP & TS ships
I've found Iguanas (equipped with Ion D's) & Demeters (with mining lasers) to be fairly effective OOS. If these ships are used as wingmen to an M6, will they either:
A. break the script
or:
B. cost nothing

[ticaki]

B

Greets ticaki

[Burianek]

[Burianek]

[GCU Grey Area]

[martindemon]

Just a question here, why the fees? These are our ships that are programmed, those are not hired pilot. Is it a balancing issue? What is the justification? Would it be easy to remove the fees from the script? I'm a programmer but I don't have so much time on my hands and I presently know nothing about scripting in X2...
Ok done, salary=0 because I don't see how it could be justified.

[JungleJim]

I think the extra cost is very justified.

Look at it this way, for every other feature used in X2 you have to pay. This will be a very useful addition for OOSD, therefore, I'm willing to pay for it.

Eventually it'll save me a bunch by reducing the number of M6s required to keep my sectors safe.

Furthermore after playing for a while in X2 money isn't hard to come (& therefore not so valuable), however, your time is.

[Reven]

No script will get signed unless it charges some money. Don't ask why. I don't think even the developers know why. Even the script to add a traded wares to a player-owned equipment dock charges you 1000 credits to add it. I've stopped asking why.

And really, what this script charges in an hour is a drop in the pond compared to the revenue most of us receive from our factories. I know I've stopped counting the digits on my money.

Just wait till my script gets signed - then you'll have reason to complain about getting charged money. I happen to think mine's justified, but I'm sure everyone thinks that.