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): Thanks.X-it wrote:
Two more questions (maybe you could make an FAQ with all my silly questions
1. Just to be sure: When I want to transfer the TF leader to his new ship, I should first release him of his command of the task force, and then order him to change ships? Then reassign him as TF leader, and assign all the ships under his command again?
Correct, there is just to many extra variables and scripts running while a pilot is in a TF. So you have to clear those so the ship transfer can go through cleanly. Figured this the best way to avoid any mix up with data, or the chance the TF commander could call an assault half way through changing ships
2. Any particular reason we can't use Argon Prime as TF base? Would be handy to be close to Home of Light with your new 'technician' feature.
In character ;p - Id say that it was agreement reached with the Argon authorities who felt ticked off with the implication they couldnt guard their own home sector. In reality - I had to choose that as a central sector to base checks on for legal sectors assigned to a TF so had to make it off limits, as it will always be returned as a 'zero' jump distance. I'll look at doing this a little differently for a future version.
3. Regarding the technician feature, what other things will they do to the ships except the things you mentioned above? Engine tunings? Install jump drives, missiles etc.? And what would those 'software glitches' you mention involve? Does the script simulate malfunctions etc, so that you should do regular maintenance on the ships from time to time anyway? If so, perhaps this should be taken care of by the TF commanders?
Its possible I will add things like that to this feature in the future, for now they just check the basic software routines that run things like rank, promotions, traits, bonuses etc and make sure they are all in place and working. Its just a safety measure in case a pilots' internal systems crash on him.
4. Finally, not sure if you've seen the new mod that will be released soon ( http://forum2.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=119097 ) where you can make your own base on an asteroid. It will have external docking bays for several cap ships and lots of internal room for M6s and fighters. You can also dock an M3 on an M6, which in turn can dock on an M2, for example. You can also dock freighters (supply ships)
This script would be an amazing combination with your scripts. Any chance you'll be looking into this and adding features that will take advantage of the possibilities in it? Maybe make it possible to hire pilots, as well as put the technicians 'workshop' in your own bases? I understand the other one is a mod, so it will probably be extensive to get them to work together, but perhaps something to consider in the future. It would make a killer 'package' put together!
I doubt I'll be doing anything that is specificly related to another persons script, its just to much work for something that may or may not be installed (especialy mods that really alter or add things to the standard galaxy). Anything is possible though, I love playing the game too so if something catches my eye as being really cool I might see whats possible
Ok, off to install 1.4 and enjoy the weekend. Thanks again!
X-it wrote:
Myros, I've only been playing for a few minutes after assigning my first TF, and I just had my first 'sound-loop freeze', meaning the game freezes and the sound loops and I had to reset the PC. I've read a lot about that on these forums, but never had it happening to me. Is there anything in these scripts that could cause this? I've installed a few other script updates as well though, so I can't pinpoint it.
Hmm, the only thing I can think of (for my script) is if you still had any old combat tours running) thats the only freeze I found was in the repair routines being called by the non TF combat tours. It was fixed in the update but you need to make sure and stop all combat tours on non TF ships. Once they are all stopped they should use the newer patrol routines and so will not cause the problem anymore. Other than that Im not sure, it could be a compatability issue with another script I guess ...what all do you have installed?
Another thing: My message board is getting completely clogged with messages from the TF commander, where he says 'A full scale attack has been initiated on sector xxx to intercept a possible threat' or similar. Seems there are several of those almost every minute. Is this intentional? He's currently only training M5s (their status is 'Sector recon), so there are no real attacks (no enemies in the sector). This is perhaps only part of their training (already had a few promotions of his pilots)?
Sounds like you for sure have something odd going on, how many ships do you have in the task force? Right now Ive set the limit at 4 ships before the leader will start worrying about enemies bit I may need to increase that ..a TF should really be a minimum of 12 ships before it does anything I think. To a TF leader with only a couple of M5s pretty much any enemy he sees will be considered a HUGE threat because his force is so weakI think thats why he's complaining.
Other than that I just love this new add-on. Great to have the commander train the pilots without me having to babysit them myself.
Cool, thanks
Anoik wrote:Myros, can you explain me a little more about the bonuses of the pilots?. I undertand the one that give the pilot more speed, but, what give the pilot the leadership bonus?, he will gain more leadership exp faster?. And the criminal connections?. There are only three bonuses?.
He tends to have a lot of enemies. Ah I see, that must be it then. I still had a few 'old' squadrons doing Tours of Duty when I upgraded to 1.4. I was going to wait until they completed them before I added the ships to the TF, but I'll go back and stop them.Myros wrote:Hmm, the only thing I can think of (for my script) is if you still had any old combat tours running) thats the only freeze I found was in the repair routines being called by the non TF combat tours. It was fixed in the update but you need to make sure and stop all combat tours on non TF ships. Once they are all stopped they should use the newer patrol routines and so will not cause the problem anymore. Other than that Im not sure, it could be a compatability issue with another script I guess ...what all do you have installed?
At this time I have 9 ships, including the TF leader, and they're all in M5s (also the leader). I thought it was just part of their training. All ships stay in their home sector Kingdom's End except for two of them, which are doing recon in Rolk's Drift and Three Worlds. Still about 6 of the ships have 'Sector recon' as their assigned duty. I'll add the remaining 6 M5s to his TF when I restart the game.Sounds like you for sure have something odd going on, how many ships do you have in the task force? Right now Ive set the limit at 4 ships before the leader will start worrying about enemies bit I may need to increase that ..a TF should really be a minimum of 12 ships before it does anything I think. To a TF leader with only a couple of M5s pretty much any enemy he sees will be considered a HUGE threat because his force is so weak
