Modding SW3?

Hmm. Stations treat all captured pilots the same? Other than the message thanking you if you have pilots of their faction, I haven't found any indication in scripts that they give different rewards. Not sure whether station exp rewards also go through the perkDispatcher.script (exp mods from perks).

I don't know whether it recognises which pilots are more "valuable" either - yeah pods do have names (pilot, officer, etc) but are the threat levels saved as well? I don't see that. Afaik I only saw threat rating in Carcasses.xml for ships. Looks to me that you only get modded exp when you blow up ships whereas pilots all give same exp when turned in. Hmm. Not sure if this is right.

Picked up Viper when she turned against me (screenshot). Didn't check whether named pods are sellable though.

[StarShatter]

Hmm according to the script (thanks btw, i thought this was just the pirate bribes, so they dont attack you, which i never pay anyway) shed probably be handled by line 47 to 65?
"Kfni_Pilots,pilot_name"
Just like how a pirate captain is a pirate. I think Viper would be a MSF. Unless her pod is special in the mission-like way.

It's kinda unfair to have Ternie in a Tiger with two Rage, and 2-3 Prototype X at this stage of the game...
And nearly unlimited missiles for my hero. After I get Greyhair it's Hephaetus (cache) and Charon, then up to Simeiz and I can go back to testing!

I think I've seen Cleric's pod as a quest item when I stumbled across those yesterday, but you're probably right, it does seem logical that Viper would be handled as a faction pilot since I obtained it by asploding her ship.

[StarShatter]

Heyy uuughhh, If I have nothing but turrets on a fighter. Will it still move around and pursue foes? What kind of behavior will it have? Just wondering if anyone's done it. If not, no worries. Cause I don't want my Dragon T-SB to be a sitting duck like the mother ship.

Second, more on thread topic question. Like Missiles and Heavy Weapon slots are interchangeable in the IMDeditor. Can you simply ChangeWeaponType Heavy->Turret?

Also all that money was gained legit! No trainer. Just 2 T4 Erasers = 9 dead transports. Templar ships are costly... Just finishing descriptions... Tired... Need to sleep... Only been awake for 11 hours... lol...

[Goblin Wizard]

Originally Posted by StarShatter

Heyy uuughhh, If I have nothing but turrets on a fighter. Will it still move around and pursue foes?

Yes. It will be do this even without any weapon.

Originally Posted by StarShatter

Second, more on thread topic question. Like Missiles and Heavy Weapon slots are interchangeable in the IMDeditor. Can you simply ChangeWeaponType Heavy->Turret?

No. IMDeditor v3 was made for SW2. There is no heavy weapons in IMDeditor.

[StarShatter]

No. IMDeditor v3 was made for SW2. There is no heavy weapons in IMDeditor.

Sorry, I just mean like Heavy Gun (eg. HBC-8 Armageddon, M-204 Avenger, M-801 Polaris). I haven't played SW2, so I don't know about it's weapon types. In other words "Biggun".

For weapon proficiency perks (eg. Machine Gun Proficiency, Heavy Gun Proficiency), is the weapon type decided on the damage dealt.

<damage_type>IMPACT</damage_type>
<graph_type>BIG</graph_type>

Meaning turrets will also be boosted by the perks?

I'm just not quite at the stage where I can easily test these things out, sorry if its a pain. Trying to get some modding done when I can't be bothered playing, and I play when I cant be bothered modding.

Edit: The Charon cache gave me 1 Berserk Laser, I took a detour to the out systems before to pick up 12 Mk2 Berserk Lasers. >_>
Edit2: Weird, preliminary balance testing (mucking around) shows that having a Phoenix (10 hp/sec repair) on a Dragon T (300sp/10r shields, 2000hp) is better than a Granite (+350sp/3r). That or Greyhair is lucky. Having an Overbank DID NOT go well for Ternie... Actually, upon reading it... It doesn't seem so weird, it makes sense.

[Nanaki]

Okay, heres how things work.

Heavygun and Missile are interchangable, as they both operate the same, with either a very large gun or a missile pod sticking out of the hull of the ship. Smallgun is NOT interchangable with anything, as smallguns do not have an external model, the point on the hull is just where the muzzleflash comes out. Turret is also not interchangable with anything, as its a turret as opposed to a large gun or a missile pod sticking out of the hull. You can still technically change biggun type to turret type, but it would not look good at all without modifying the X, Y, and Z values. Actually, you can add as many heavyguns, smallguns, missiles, and turrets as you want, but you would have to define the X, Y, Z, and orientation values by hand, which is not difficult, just timeconsuming.

Also, It is difficult to put lots of turrets on a fighter, simply because of how large turrets are (Especially the Yataghan, for some reason the double-cannon turrets are larger than the average turret).

[Goblin Wizard]

Originally Posted by StarShatter

Meaning turrets will also be boosted by the perks?

Yes

Originally Posted by StarShatter

Weird, preliminary balance testing (mucking around) shows that having a Phoenix (10 hp/sec repair) on a Dragon T (300sp/10r shields, 2000hp) is better than a Granite (+350sp/3r). That or Greyhair is lucky. Having an Overbank DID NOT go well for Ternie... Actually, upon reading it... It doesn't seem so weird, it makes sense.

Hmm.. I never use any shield boosters (armor rep very rarely). IMO better to get more speed and maneuverability. Enemy pilots will have less chance to hit you and your pilot will attack more often. Of course, it depends on your tactics.