Mod project

[Goblin Wizard]

Originally Posted by TrashMan

I have a save right before entering Hephaestus (right after you fix the mothership ID), and I want to replace the StoneArrrow and standard patrol there with my ships for testing purposes...Still haven't found the right mission scrip

It'll be easier to add/change spawn in the Locations folder (any one that it's not mission dependent). IIRC Hephaestus is called Gefest in the script files.

btw I wrote a little script that spawns any ship you desire via active perk (it can be hostile/neutral/friendly). It's just slightly modified "reinforcment call" type perk. It's a great time saver when you want to test your ships. Let me know if you are interested.

[TrashMan]

Thanks for the tip. I figured I could just spawn my fighters as part of the Triada wing in the 1st mission. Simple and easy.


Except the new test player...there's nothing. Empty space..apparently, It can't read carcasses.xml anymore for some reason, so it's spawns NOTHING...
Weird....

Even stranger, switching back to my other Profile and loading a game works without a problem....

[Goblin Wizard]

Hmmm...I don't have the game installed now but did you add your ship to ShipDescription.xml? I know it should work without this but your ship will be naked and it may cause some problems.
If the game can't load carcasses.xml, you get the wrong line number in the log. Just fix it.

[TrashMan]

Got it to work



I recall fixing collision spheres for SW2...But I'm not sure if this version of the meshes has it fixed. It will require more testing.

[Goblin Wizard]

Looks interesting. Could you post some 3d screens?

[TrashMan]

Hold on...Here are 2 screenshots for SW2..didn't have time to make more from SW3

[Goblin Wizard]

Thanks. What program do you use to convert from 3dsmax to sw3 file format?
Is it possible to download your previous mods (for sw1, sw2)?

[TrashMan]

Alas, those mods are long gone, but I'll make everything I have available for download shorty. The Falcon & Phoenix fighters and the XAC Vindicator cannon have survived


Good news - the Dedalus carrier is finished. I tired converting it today, but IMD editor throws a fit (flotaing point operation error).

Could be that exporting to .obj isn't going smoothly...and I can't recall what export options I was using before..