[Script] SatelliteDeploy v1.12 (18/01/2006)

[EidolonsFury]

Woohoo, I look forward to testing it out. I especially need it now that I've done the plot, and a lot of my satellites got destroyed in the Paranid sectors. I was contemplating dropping them manually, but your script does them so nice and perdy in the lil box, I was hoping to see the new version come out so soon.

[Kakurate]

Great plugin Bhruic!

Some future ideas you may want to try to add would be to allow the player to make a list of sectors for the ship to visit to lay its satilites.

Basicly, a new command set:
-> Add/Remove Sector to Deploy List
-> View Deploy List (sends log file)
-> Start Sector Deployment

This would be much more helpful for me as I use Station Manager to manage my trading and I dont want certain areas active.

Also, would you consider adding a package file usuable with Cycrow's Plugin Installer?

[Trevelvis]

Has the latest version made the deploy ship more vulnerable as before my ship went for hours and hours but within 5 mins it got blown up

[EidolonsFury]

Trevelvis, don't tell me something like that. While your ship may have went for hours and hours in the last one, I know I lost a few. Though, I'm guessing it's probably just luck at any given moment within the sector. Sometimes my disco seems to be quick enough to get in and out without the pirates bugging it, and sometimes it goes in....and never comes back out

[Kakurate]

if you have problems with pirates, i'd recommend the camoflauge addon

[EidolonsFury]

Actually, as far as pirates are concerned, looks like TycHouse has made a nice little script for that. Sets pirates as neutral, so you can kill them and piss them off, or trade with them and friendly.

Might be worth checking out, at least for a little bit so I can at least get my satellites placed. After that, it should be much more manageable, as they don't too often find them, or only find one.

[Malakie]

Hi,

I ran into a small problem.. I have the ship and station Salvage Mod installed from Aalaard (cannot remember how to spell it). Anyhow when I install your satellite script it over rides the two command slots in the special menu of the ship. The two slots your command take are the same that that mod uses.

I really like the salvage mod so unless there is a way to change your commands to a different number in the special commands menu I will not be able to use your script... which I REALLY would like to be able to do!!

Any ideas or is there some way around this?

Malakie

[Zakalwe]

The specific math being:
x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = d^2

hmmm... don't get this formula. Why not simply deploy 6 satellites in octahedral coordination around the origin? This has the advantage that the best coverage is towards the gates when they are in cross formation along the north-south and east-west axis, which they mostly are.

would simply be (x,y,z) =
+r,0,0
-r,0,0
0,0,+r
0,0,-r
0,+r,0
0,-r,0

with r = scan radius of the satellite

Zak

Edit: To answer my own question, 4 of the satelites would be disposed in high traffic and shot down or run over after a while, nevermind

[Gazz]

VERY stable and useful script but I found a hair in the soup! In Blue Profit, using the 8 box format, Adv Satellite "alpha" is always destroyed by the atmosphere - along with the small ship deploying it. So the next one is sent. And the next one. And...

Yeh, I know. Don't do that! but I can't leave my sat deployers on auto deploy that way. =)

Hmm. Or use me LEET SCRIPTING SKEELZ to suppress Blue Profit alpha. Considering I'm somewhat drunk, that might even work.

Gazz

[Gazz]

Edit: To answer my own question, 4 of the satelites would be disposed in high traffic and shot down or run over after a while, nevermind

Yah, but any even number^3 works so you could have 64 or 216 satellites per sector for supah leet maximum coverage! =)

Gazz

[Grumble314]

Ok what is a "safe route "I have 3 of my 4 ships now telling me I am unable to find a safe route to a sector requiring and Advanced Satellite.

[whiteraider]

Ok what is a "safe route "I have 3 of my 4 ships now telling me I am unable to find a safe route to a sector requiring and Advanced Satellite.

It cant find a route that does not pass though sectors marked as 'Foe'

[Konflict]

Hello Bhruic

Firstly big thanks for this works a treat but I found a Bug.

In both cases below ship drops last Sat then heads to nearest station with Sats in stock, it docks and leaves and then deploys Sat..

All my tests have been with "Nav Sat's" have not tried with "Adv" yet.

Case 1

Not being charged for deployment (500c)
If homebase is not set to any station charges for the ship buying sat's applies and station is emptied and ship leaves with Sat's available.

Case 2

Not being charged for deployment (500c)
If homebase is set, the ship does NOT pay for the Sat's and leaves the station with empty cargo hold but still drops a Sat magically and the station still has the same amount in stock before the docking.

*** The ship is set to the plot's free Ore mine, not able to test if it is any player owned station because of new game but i think it wont make a difference.

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Hope this helps you make this script even better, Did you remove the 500c fee? else for me its not much of an issue because i dont think i should be charged because it is my own ship, but the homebase set issue is a naughty loop hole.

[BOUNCINGNRG]

Quick Question - is this ran through script editor?

[Tritous]

can you put the spk on the mirror too, your primary server is down

[EidolonsFury]

can you put the spk on the mirror too, your primary server is down

You may want to pose that question to whoever is hosting the mirror, as I haven't seen a post by Bhruic in a couple of months. My guess is, he's taking a bit of a break.

Quick Question - is this ran through script editor?

If you meant, do you need to enable the script editor... then yes, it must be enabled for scripts to run in the game. If you meant, do you manually have to run it from within the script editor... then no, it'll be in the command options for the ships. Go into the command console for the ship, I believe it's under "special" and there should be options for deploying Nav Satellites or Adv Nav Satellites. Choose the one you wish the ship to perform, and then follow the various options it asks you following your selection, and then off the ship should go to buy and deploy satellites.

[Bhruic]

Sadly I'm taking a "I can't play DVDs with Starforce installed, so can't really afford to have it installed on my system - hence no X3" break.

Hopefully they'll be able to release a no-cd patch at some point. Until then, I won't be able to do any more X3 scripting.

Bh

[Jakesnake5]

Buy a cheap DVD player like a normal geek.

[EidolonsFury]

Sorry to hear of your woes, but I understand the situation. It's always rough when something unexpected makes you choose one thing or another. It is good to at least know you're still around, even if you're not playing or scripting at the moment.

[Baenrae]

Hello Bhruic !

Nice Script ! I will Downoad and test it later. Once Thing that came to my mind when I read the description:

A third option could proof usefull: deploying satellites above each gate (and in addition in the center of the sector)!

Is there a chance you can do that? PLEASE

MfG Gromph