I hate to be "that guy", and if it's not too much trouble, could you be a bit more specific?  I'm going through the files right now; just opening them up with notepad++, and don't really see any values to change.  

 

I'm a complete idiot when it comes to modding, and I'm not afraid to admit that.  I usually bash people like me on forums, and now for the first time, I find a game I actually WANT to mod, and I of course have no idea where the hell to start.

 

Which of harpo99999's programs do I need?  The only things I really want to change are # of strikecraft per squadron, the damage output of some capital ships, and increasing the level of research for a couple of things for all races.

@ J Brown : For harpo's tools, you can get them from a quick search from that little box at the top of the page, just look for "Harpo's Txt binner" but you'll have to look into it being up to date.https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/353296 Or click this link and read up on it, and look for the latest version.

Who did the gravity wells this time 'round? x.x it's a pain in the ass to maneuver around a sun or gas giant. reminds me of those "stacked system" maps I used to make(the trick is to move them to the farthest possible edge in the direction you want to go, then shift+click the destination)

If you guys want, I can probably run through the planet files and tweak the well radius of each for you, just might take a few days between having work and life, but I do so enjoy tweaking the planets . Changed my copy of ds for diplomacy have rings on every one =3 only takes a grand total of about 20 minutes to change when ya use Notepad++

On the premade maps?  I did, and as I don't have Rebellion, I was unable to know what was going to happen by simply porting over the values from Diplomacy.  See my reply on the previous page for values that do work.

That's what I hear.  That's why I changed the values, had a kind soul test for me, and I posted the new values for all to see.

The thing about Rebellion is that the values listed on the entity files don't matter anymore.  The values that got added for every single planet/star entry in each map overrides anything the entity for the planet/star says to use, so to fix it, one has to go back though every single map and change the thousands of values.  Be advised it took me a few hours to go through with a script to add in the lines in the first place and that was a fairly hands off approach.  Changing each entry to appropriate values should be expected to take at least a few days of dedicated time, most likely longer.

I used a semiautomatic script to add in the values and it took hours.  Going to each value individually to change them to appropriate values should take days to a week of dedicated hands on work.  Again, the problem is in the maps themselves, not the entities.  Have fun.

If I could spare the cash, I'd give you a copy Stant.  The reality is my wife will kill me if I start buying games for people.

You don't "need" harpos tools, though they do make it easier (or so I heard, I am comfortable enough with the "bare necessities" that I havn't tried them yet).

The number of strikecraft per squad are not in the ships entity files, those only contain lines for how many squads (and which) a ship can have.

For the number of units within a squad you need to edit the "Squad<Faction><type>.entity file, (for example "SquadTechBomber") and search for the line "baseMaxNumFighters".

 

If you want to edit the number and kind of squads a ship can start you'll need these lines:

squadTypeEntityDef:0 "Squad<race><type>" (like SquadTechBomber)
squadAntiMatterCost:0 0.000000

CommandPoints
    StartValue 0.600000
    ValueIncreasePerLevel 0.200000

The first two lines determine the kind of squads the ship can build and how much antimatter is used up per strikecraft. The other three lines determin the starting value of command points and how many the ships get's per level-up (this was taken from a cap-ship file. Small ships and stations only have one value called "baseCommandPoints" or somesuch). This particular ship can only build it's first squad at level 3 (once the command points are >= 1.0)

 

Damage output is in the ships entity files. Each weapon has it's own values for each angle (front, left, right and back):

    DamagePerBank:FRONT 64.959999
    DamagePerBank:BACK 0.000000
    DamagePerBank:LEFT 0.000000
    DamagePerBank:RIGHT 0.000000

 

And for the level of research you need to edit the "Researchsubject<name>" files (like "RESEARCHSUBJECT_WEAPONDAMAGE_BEAMTECH0.entity"). In there you have the line "MaxNumResearchLevels".

In this context you might also be interrested in this paragraph:

Prerequisites
    NumResearchPrerequisites 1
    ResearchPrerequisite
        Subject "RESEARCHSUBJECT_WEAPONDAMAGE_BEAMTECH0"
        Level 4 --> especially this line
    RequiredFactionNameID ""
    RequiredCompletedResearchSubjects 0

The line I marked with the red comment, determins how many levels the prerequisit research must have unlocked, to allow you to research this tech.

Unfortunately each race has their own techs, so you can't just change one research file and be done with everyone.

....one more executive decision that was made with no thought process behind it. Thanks for the reply Stant, I'll go find those values then but it seems harpo's txt binner doesn't wanna work with your mod, just get a massive fails count and all the files remain bins =/

edit: and now I found the values, and I have to figure out where to put them all. Every map needs personal attention for the change you said? Can this be done through altering the .galaxy into another format or does it require the galaxy forge? Or insert other method I'm ignorant of here_____________...

which version of the text bin gui are you using?

I do have a rebellion, dip,entrench & vanilla workable in beta (due to the changed path for the mods in rebellion in non-english windows(does work fine in english windows)).

harpo

 

I downloaded the latest listed off that forum thread for it. The mod folder is in my documents/my games/etc..

Edit: yeah, was my fault, a tiny oversight on my end. Fixed the mistake, works like a charm again, thanks again for the tools harpo, I have to try to put them together right in the future.

*tries to thread a pin back into a grenade...keeps missing* x.x

It's not the money, I have plenty.  It's Steam (Valve) I have issues with.  See I forget how many pages ago for my reasons behind that.  As long as Rebellion forces me to use Steam, I will not buy it.  And don't say pirate it either because that won't happen, nor do any real gamers condone such activities.

As soon as there's a version without it, assuming the game is even still relevant, I'll buy it.

 

 

 

 

 

-=Notice=-

Before any more of you fanboys come here again trying to put me on blast for not liking Steam, do yourselves a favor and read back a some pages on how the others were handled and then just shut the hell up and keep your thoughts to yourselves.  Trust me, you'll be doing everyone a favor.  Fair warning.

Yes, every single map needs personal attention and lots of it.  I use a text editor...  Doesn't really matter which one, just search for the radius values and change accordingly.

Wow...had no idea the .galaxy files could be edited strait out with a txt editor. Oh well, less steps for me, and alot of search and replace for me

 

 

I see now the task set out before me and I am humbled by it's magnitude......

This is gonna take a long time, if anyone's got them finished...or some of the maps finished I'd appreciate an upload. though I guess I could do one or two maps a day

LOL Stant...I recall.  Apparently they also got a gag order for your intellectual property case too.

It's not totally inconceivable that a way may appear one day to do this.  You never know.  I bet Google does.

Are the Alpha particles used in this taken from Trinity or Rebellion?

Thank jebus ds is in rebellion now! I find it very difficult to play sins without this mod

Just a few pointers from the alpha, i have random minidumps on startup and during game, random ie; often the first time i try to start sins it will dump out, then work the 2nd time, weird eh? Feel free to message me if i can help at all by sending crash dumps or w/e.

Other thing was I think someone needs to have a real good look at the particle effects because i noticed quite alot arent up to scratch with the new rebellion ones, most of the explosions still look good but quite alot of the gunnery effects seem off. If i get time this weekend ill do some side by side screenies to illustrate which ones

 

Thx for the hard work guys, much appreciated making this game better

 

That's been an ongoing issue with DS since it's inception.  To my knowledge, they still have yet to figure out certain ongoing crashes related to mod content.  Can't blame them since the mod is on the bigger side.

Rebellion, from what I've seen on the board, is still a little unstable.  I experienced some of that during the first 3 weeks after game launch.  Subsequent patches and optimizations from my mod core has made me avoid the majority of situations that seem to conduce minidumps (I haven't seen a gameplay minidump in over a month now.  I only see them from mod development.).  Like everybody else, I'm still looking to push the game length on moderate maps to 10+ hours (if need be) with moderate game lag.  I'm getting late game lag by that point (which, even then, is still playable).  Probable won't be able to do that until TSOP is converted.

DS already uses custom community VFXs.  I know the Alpha is basically a direct port with major compliancy bug fixes in it.  I'm curious if they ever updated the particles before releasing it.  I don't play in DS enough to tell.