[Discussion] Generic X3FL S&M Questions

[chip56]

Too bad. Guess i will have to wait till you have time to check your scripts.
Thanks for the answers.

[Aranov]

It's me again, following up on my question about HQs, with one about factories.

So I've got a script that actually seems to work, in terms of pushing blueprints from the spacelab to all other HQ stations.
Next problem however is arming these ships. Much like the times on the HQ, I find factory build times for weapons unbelievable.
IIRC its a little over 4 hours for a capital gun or two per factory. While it might be more realistic this is a game first and foremost.

Only way I know to change this is via the "relative value" for the ware in question.
Any other known options that don't crash the price of the wares? I know there is the upgrade kits ingame, just looking to fine tune.

And speaking of upgrade kits, anyway to speed the upgrade process?

[Cycrow]

For the production time you need to edit the HQ file, this defines things like time, money and wares needed for production

[Aranov]

Maybe a misunderstanding, because I wasn't straight to the point.

For Factories, what can I change reduce the time to build a ware, other reducing it's relative value? Such as reducing the build time for Point Singularity Projectors?
I knew about the HQ file, I've been working with it since I've started modding FL. But I thought it only affected the HQs defined in it, not Factories.

And thank you guys for not only updating X3, but for offering advice to noob modders such as myself.

[Cycrow]

Yes the HQ file allows adjusting the time to build a factory

For actually factory production the only way to change this is to edit the relval which will also effect its price. As the whole economy is balanced around the relval.
This also means the consumption time is equal the production time

Ie a cattle ranch will produce at the same rate the cahoona bakery will consume it

The only thing you can do to increase production is to set the upgrade level, the time remains the same, but itll produce more per cycle, so XXL will produce 20 times quicker

[Argonaught.]

Question on LFL in globals file,

Which setting for the LFL expandes or reduces it's activation range?

I've explored the entire galaxy, it took forever to do, and gathered all detected items.
From what I understand over time some cans may respawn and I'd like to forgo the mapping of systems again for loot so wish to expand the range to detect everything available when I enter a system no matter where it is.

Some things aren't detected if they are beyond a certain point.
I tried setting the first range to SG_LFLPOINTER_ICON_FAR_DISTANCE;3000000; but no luck detecting a crate I knew was there because I tested it from the opposite side of the system.

Is there some hidden setting somewhere to alter it's detection range?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Argo.

[Cycrow]

The range items trigger at are individual for each item, rather than a global settings.

you could edit the spawning script, but this will only effect newly created ones.
otherwise you could write a script that gets them all and adjusts their range

[Argonaught.]

Thanks for the reply and info Cycrow.

Unfortunately scripting would be too hard for me to learn now. But maybe I can brush up on the MD and see what can be achieved.

Was thinking of updating my Menagerie Shipyard for FL, but have forgotten most of what I learned making that, so can't promise anything there.

Many thanks.
Argo.

[Deniskos]

Is nosteam.exe planned?

[Ketraar]

Yes but not before we have stable release.

MFG

Ketraar

[blazenclaw]

Not sure if this is the right thread to ask, but- could a modder or someone with access to the game files get me a list of which faction relations have SG_DYNRACE_FRIEND_HERO? The ingame encyclopedia shows both SG_DYNRACE_FRIEND_HERO and SG_DYNRACE_FRIEND_KNIGHT as "Friend", whilst they differ in how they share notoriety (thanks again Cycrow!). Alternatively just posting the full set of interfactional relationships under a spoiler tag or something does the same if that's easier, doesn't matter to me.

I'm growing increasingly confident in my analysis of the dynamic reputation mechanics to write a guide on steam/wherever for new players and those who dislike the system and would prefer an easier approach or guide on how to easily manage it, but would like to make sure it's as accurate as can be before cleaning up the info and writing. Granted this HERO/KNIGHT difference has an impact smaller than 1 part in 25, but it's the principle of the thing

Of course, numbers are also possible to change as further updates are released, but it should be simple enough to update the guide/lists accordingly if the changed values are posted

Additionally- could I get confirmation regarding SG_DYNRACE_MAXENEMYNOTO (Survival guide: This is the maximum amount of notoriety an enemy race can have. If you have a race with more than this value, any of them enemies will not be able to go beyond this point) that this applies to both ENEMY and ENEMY_MAIN ("Enemy" and "Hostile")? I'd assume so, but good to double check.

[Cycrow]

The only race that has Hero is Argon <> Goner
the rest are all knight

[Deniskos]

Why was the system with custom names invented of sectors?
Argon Prime alfa, beta, gamma etc.

[Aranov]

Quick question, is it possible to add new station sizes for upgrading, or to change what the production modifier per size is? or is it hardcoded?

My main issue is Solar Power Plants, especially Terran ones, are impossible to complex in numbers I sometimes need.
Thought of this while trying to squeeze 8 XLs into one plex.

As an aside, experiences from that monster complex I mentioned:
1. The in-game complex planner is awesome and you guys should be proud. But it almost makes designing a monster complex to easy.
2. Jump Beacons, if obtained, are bugged in that you can try to add them to a complex, which resulted the complex hub losing its connection to any factories.
3. If you build enough stations to use all the greek letters, station names just append a readtext error with an id that will increase with each station.

[Altruist]

Lured back after some years by FL... and having forgotten so many things:
Ahem, are scripts and mods for TC and AP compatible with FL? Or does it need dedicated FL-mods to run properly?

[chip56]

Lured back after some years by FL... and having forgotten so many things:
Ahem, are scripts and mods for TC and AP compatible with FL? Or does it need dedicated FL-mods to run properly?

Depends on the mod.
Some mods work fine.
Some work partially
Others dont work.

From what i have seen the following work:
RenameShipswithExpression
Memia AutoScan Freight
Ressource free factions (though that one is incredibly OP in combination with the station upgrades)

Partially or with caveeats:
numeric_ranks: Not all ranks have a number
Memia AutoScan Asteroids: you dont get discovery points for scanning

Dont work:
Mobile Repairs
Advanced Jumpdrive
Ship claiming software mk2

[Deniskos]

Why was the system with custom names invented of sectors?

Oh, I got it, this is very convenient in creating your own unique universe. Thank you ))

[Ramdat]

How do I reduce the time required for agents to travel and complete tasks?

[X2-Illuminatus]

The whole agent system is done via scripts. So you want to look into the addon2\scripts folder. Agent commands are labelled as such. The script being responsible for moving the agents is !agent.move. Reducing the waits would be an easy way to reduce the overall travel time.

[Ramdat]

The whole agent system is done via scripts. So you want to look into the addon2\scripts folder. Agent commands are labelled as such. The script being responsible for moving the agents is !agent.move. Reducing the waits would be an easy way to reduce the overall travel time.

Thanks.

How do I reduce the time of the actual tasks? There seems to be some oddities with the X3 Editor 2, with the unofficial update.

When I use "open from VFS" to open "!agent.cmd.stealequipment" it instead opens "!agent.cmd.stealequipment.menu". If I use "open" instead of "open from VFS", and try to open the "!agent.cmd.stealequipment" file directly, it only allows opening it in the debugger, which is empty. The behaviour is the same for every other agent script.

Also, is it possible to increase the amount of agents that the player can own at one time? Currently it is capped at 5.