OT: I enjoy mech games too but kinda wished there were more of the strategy kind. I dunno about the "new" MW4 thing but maybe you could look it up on the
MekTek website.
@StarShatter:
If you re-enter a system the shops' inventory scripts would be rebuilt I think. Try redocking a couple times and see if your fighter appears.
Edit:
Our friend
Aleksty on the StarRover forum was kind enough to post a copy of Star Wolves 2's
AI.ini. I'm pasting it here, together with a google translation appended to it. First glance shows mostly the same stuff as SW3's
AI.ini but maybe it'll be useful for comparison purposes.
Update:
While on my doomed translation project for the SW2 German modding handbook I came across mention of an XML editor called "Peter's XML Editor". It's apparently discontinued since the author moved on to other things (his replacement recommendation is a 30-day trial thing -_-'), but I suppose the basic editor he has will suffice for casual use. You can find his tool
here.