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Sorry about that. Lots of things I have been meaning to do to all my mods but just don't have the time. Bloody uni getting in the wayOOZ662 wrote:If you're working on trail emitters and whatnot, I've always been irritated by the Deca ships only having one emitter on the top-left engine when they have four engines. I reported it to killer, but I suppose he forgot.
Hey, who's the one with "derelict" in their signature?killerog wrote:Sorry about that. Lots of things I have been meaning to do to all my mods but just don't have the time. Bloody uni getting in the way
As mentioned above, Triplex scanners are built in on M5 raiders, and they work fine. I can only assume jumpdrives would also work. My modding abilities end with the X3 editor, and I've been unable to try it out.paulwheeler wrote:My feelings were that no fighters should be able to mount jump drives, hense the changes to XL for the ware size. I doubt trying to include wares as built in on ships that don't have the ware size compatiblity will work.
I can easily change a ship's ware size compatiblity though. However, I intended the jumpdrive changes to be an optional addon as I know some people may not like this change. If its optional then changing cargo compatiblity changes the playing field for those not using the jumpdrive addon pack.
Regarding TPs, I think as passenger transports they should be able to mount jumpdrives, so why not put them all to XL? Perhaps I could reduce their cargo bays too to compensate.
I have to disagree. If you do that, then you should charge a similar price for A. Sats. Not only that, but isn't equipment factored into the sale price of a ship? Capping fighters would become much more lucrative, if so.I agree to an extent about scanners. At the moment there is really no point to the duplex scanner at all as everyone instantly puts a triplex in their ship.
Perhaps a better way is to severly ramp up the price of the triplex. If it cost, say 20,000,000 to buy people may think twice before putting one in a scout with only 1MJ shields! Or if it is a recon scout people will have to make damn sure they stay out of trouble. Also if we upped the price we could extend the ranges too a bit.
Drop TL prices by five million or so, and their minimum cargo bays by a third. That'd cost people.I disagree that the price is not a good rebalancing mechanism. We just need to push things a little. In the current game its too cheap to just max everything out. I'd like to make engine tunings and rudder tunings more expensive too.
I use Ulfius' Signal Boost for this.Perhaps the new addon pack could change the jumpdrive to XL and increase the prices of the scanners, jumpdrive and engine tunings. Changing scanner ranges is simple too.
On that note - why is the comm range so short? We can send transmissions further than that with current technology. In my game I've upped the comm range. I could add that into the pack too if people wish.
Ulfius wrote:> Satellites get roughly 1.7x Boost to sensor range.
> Docking computer locks on at 5km, not 4
> Freight Scanner range increased to about 10km
> Comms Range increased from 25km to 40km
> Station sensors slightly better than triplex.
> Lasertowers fitted with duplex scanners.
> Transporter range increased to 10km.
Thankyspaulwheeler wrote:Will do.killerog wrote:
@ Paulwheeler :: If you don't mind sending me the scene files so I can update my mods that would be great
I've finished all the split ships now. I'll sort out the decas for this release too.
I will look at the trails of the other races in future releases.
Changing default wares is pretty simple (albeit not as simple as you'd hopevkerinav wrote:As mentioned above, Triplex scanners are built in on M5 raiders, and they work fine. I can only assume jumpdrives would also work. My modding abilities end with the X3 editor, and I've been unable to try it out.
). There's a file called \types\WareLists.pck in 05.cat that contains lists of wares followed by a slash and line number. That line number is the one you find/can enter at the top of the Wares tab. You'll have to unpack it (ModManager is easiest) to edit it though, I think. I never noticed if X3E has a built in plain text editor or not...Yes, because I tend to be too lazy to haul a new fleet of ships outside Argon space to outfit them.paulwheeler wrote:Lets be honest - does anyone actually use the duplex scanner?
Ships that have it built in and ships that already have it mounted won't be affected until you uninstall the triplex and then try and put it back in again.Gavrushka wrote:A week away and I've missed half a dozen pages!!
How will the Triplex Scanner as XL work with ships that have it as a built in component (some M5s?) - And how will it affect current games - All my ships have Triplex scanners - I like the idea BUT my concern is that the changes will adversely affect current games,
Increases to scanner ranges - Will they have any performance impact? What will be the impact on Advanced Satellite auto deploys from Mods such as Gazz's? Will they space according to new range?
The Jump Drive is ridiculously cheap for what it does - And I wish it could be made to take up Cargo Space too (200-300)
I'd have factory prices upped if that were in the scope of this too mind.
Hmmm, I'd never heard of that one myself.killerog wrote:I think he means where the trail turns into a white ball when you go over to a certain speed. Something that was a pain to sort out for every one.
I know, but you still got my hopes up.paulwheeler wrote:The trails appearing in front of a ship during SETA bug is a rendering issue and cannot be fixed by a mod. I think it is due to the skipping of frames due to the high speed and extra strain put on the system during SETA. The engine itself would need fixing so its either an Egosoft fix or nothing. I seriously doubt it will ever be fixed as it probably means a serious code overhaul.
