Modding SW3?

[Goblin Wizard]

Originally Posted by Trucidation

Probably will make pilot not-dead when he returns to team?

How it works - When pilot leaves you his stats are saved and he is killed. When he returns new pilot is created and saved stats are loaded into new pilot.

Originally Posted by Trucidation

Hmm, does this mean wider angle = can fire to the side if angle is wide enough?

Exactly!

Originally Posted by Trucidation

Edit:
\Data\Game\ShipDescriptions.xml
This appears to list what ships carry what items. So ships can't have randomized equipment?

It's possible but game uses few diffrent setups and pilots.

Originally Posted by Trucidation

Aww. Also, how do we tell which ships are available in what game difficulty (easy, normal, hard)?

"if (GetLevelDifficult()==EASY) then..." function like this checks difficulty level. Look into Create_flight_2.script.

Originally Posted by Trucidation

I was thinking of revamping the long range missiles - they suffer from the ship not equipping radar so their range is crippled (e.g. LRM2 range = 450, but most ships' sensor default = 135).

As you know missiles have even @600 clicks range. It's far beyond best radar scan range. For those you should use a scout. If scout is equipped with good radar and/or cloaking device you can snipe out whole fleets (e.g. with torpedoes).