[Alliance Home Sectors]

From everything I've heard, at this time it's not possible to change your home sector.  Only reconstruction site.

[How to stop the invasion of xsotan after defeating 5468 6520 4149?]

This may help in understanding some.

 

https://www.avorion.net/forum/index.php/topic,6322.0.html

[[Beta 1.0.1] Framework texture does not fill bounding box]

https://imgur.com/a/jW8MHkV

 

I thought I had noticed it in previous versions, but was never sure. Now I am with the framework in above image having a length of over 100 units. You can see in the second image there, that when transformed into blank hull, it fills it.

 

Edit: Whoops, keep forgetting there’s a specific beta bugs section in these parts (though technically this bug is present in stable, too).  Moderator, move if you deem necessary.

[[Beta 1.0.1] Width and Height dimensions are swapped]

Can't believe I'm just now noticing this... issue appears present in 1.0 as well.

 

When I add a block on top of my ship, it adds to the width dimension instead of height. When I add a block to the side of my ship, it adds to the height instead of the width.

 

And yes, I'm sure my design isn't accidentally rotated. ;) The X/Y/Z sizes of the blocks as I'm putting them on the ship still operate as expected.

 

Edit: Whoops, keep forgetting there’s a specific beta bugs section in these parts (though technically this bug is present in stable, too).  Moderator, move if you deem necessary.

[Can't load game because I'm currently in a scrapyard]

I don’t think you can.

 

Your graphics settings... have you tried turning them down to absolute minimum?  Even try window mode with a smaller resolution?

 

Also maybe try deleting your sector files for that save in case that one is just corrupt.  If you’re using any mods, turn them all off (I’ve seen people with a similar issue, although in asteroid fields, from using mods that increased the quantity of asteroids. If you’re using mods, it’s possible something similar may have happened for you).

[Things that bug me]

1) Would be nice, but like SneakyTacts, I’m content with the current system of smaller thrusters and inertia dampeners.

 

2) Creative freedom. Allows people to design things their way. Don’t like having engines covered ?  Then don’t design your ship that way. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like covering engines either, so I design my ships with them exposed, but I wouldn't want to take away other’s design choices.

 

@SneakyTacts, I like using hologram blocks here. Allows for you to see the engines, with color, and if you do several layers, they produce a nice glow. And weapons fire can’t directly damage the hologram blocks, so they stay looking nice through a battle (usually). :)

 

3) Fully agree, too much randomness. I created a mod to try and do something about this cause it was literally destroying my interest in the game.

[Hangar Colour to Match Material]

Try putting holograms in front of it with the colors you want. It’s not perfect, but can help.

[Longer range on miner / Salvager]

Increasing tractor beam range exposes a bug that can cause lag in actually tractoring stuff in.

[Game to small?]

Too small in what way?  Can you be more specific?

[Station Balance]

use C++'s <random> instead of rand.

I know based on comments in the randomext.lua file, it seems like they were attempting to make the random function 64 bit, and setup a system where it wouldn't return a different value every time (ie, feed in the same seed, get the same value back every time).  This allowed what a turret factory can produce to be consistent every time you visit it, sector regeneration to regen the same stuff each time, and what allowed them to reliably predict what would be generated in each sector for the economy and faction maps.  I'm sure there's a lot more that uses it, though.

 

I don't know enough about C++'s random to know if any of that is possible?

[deaktivate tipp's]

I've noticed some tips aren't respecting that setting.

[Beta Branch Patch 1.0.1 - Patchnotes]

Also one thing with ships that patrol or defend a system: if there is a wormhole in the system they sometime end up entering it and then stop completly in the new systems... It would be great if they would simply jump back or npc ships should not enter wormholes witout an order to do so...

Same can be said for gates.  This also applies to like mining/salvaging ships that are given an order to mine/salvage, but what they go after is on the other side of the gate/wormwhole, putting it directly in their path.

[Get current game version in script]

I've noticed there's a Version() function available, but using it directly just returns a new instance of the version object (so version is all 0s) and not the actual game version.

 

Anyway to use this or another way to get the version of the game the script is running in?

[<No longer available>]

Moderators, feel free to delete this.

[Visibility of loots]

This may help some.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1747690472

 

But yes, I agree that something in the base game would be nice, and having it on the Scanner upgrade would give it an actual use.

[FPS issues]

Alright, this helped me with my troubles. Now I*m able to fight fierce battles with my six over 9,000 Block ships while using everything the graphic options can offer. I simply deleted every file in the sector folder.

 

C:\Users\YourUserNameHere\AppData\Roaming\Avorion\galaxies\YourGalaxieHere\sectors

 

Hope this will help some people with the same problem.

So what exactly is stored in those files before I delete them?

Information regarding what's in the sector, except player ships/stations.

 

Only issues I've found from deleting them so far:

• All weapon groups on your ships/stations in these sectors get reset.
  
• Most turrets on a turret block with a custom turret design glitch and go back to their default looks.  Just need to remove and readd the turret itself.
  
• Cleared out sectors (ie, all ships/stations destroyed) will regen.
  
• Claimed and built upon asteroids will end up with another claimable asteroid spawning.

 

If you don't have any stations, then you can just simply move all your ships to one empty sector somewhere, note its location, then shut down the game and delete all sector files except the one you noted.

[Faction Pack Question]

Try out to 500?  300 is still less than the starting area.  I think the starting area is in the 400s.

[Modding missionbulletins.lua]

Hey, I'm trying to mod missionbulletins.lua, but because of the way this file was written, I'm having some trouble hooking the functions.  Anyone have an idea on this without my overwriting the whole thing?

 

The functions themselves as well as some values they use are wrapped in an if statement.  Here's the start of it:

package.path = package.path .. ";data/scripts/lib/?.lua"

include ("stringutility")
include ("randomext")

-- Don't remove or alter the following comment, it tells the game the namespace this script lives in. If you remove it, the script will break.
-- namespace MissionBulletins
MissionBulletins = {}

if onServer() then
local r = Random(Seed(os.time()))

function MissionBulletins.initialize()
end

function MissionBulletins.getUpdateInterval()
    return 1
end

function MissionBulletins.updateServer(timeStep)
    MissionBulletins.updateBulletins(timeStep)
end

local updateFrequency = 60 * 60
local updateTime
function MissionBulletins.updateBulletins(timeStep)

    if not updateTime then
        -- by adding half the time here, we have a chance that a military outpost immediately has a bulletin
        updateTime = 0

        local minutesSimulated = r:getInt(10, 80)
        minutesSimulated = 65
        for i = 1, minutesSimulated do -- simulate bulletin posting / removing
            MissionBulletins.updateBulletins(60)
        end
    end

    updateTime = updateTime + timeStep

    -- don't execute the following code if the time hasn't exceeded the posting frequency
    if updateTime < updateFrequency then return end
    updateTime = updateTime - updateFrequency


    MissionBulletins.addOrRemoveMissionBulletin()
end
--etc

 

Here's what I'm trying:

-- Don't remove or alter the following comment, it tells the game the namespace this script lives in. If you remove it, the script will break.
-- namespace MissionBulletins

if onServer() then
local ostime = os.time()

local oldMissionBulletins_updateBulletins = MissionBulletins.updateBulletins
function MissionBulletins.updateBulletins(timeStep)
	updateFrequency = 15 * 60 -- I'm hoping this changes the updateFrequency value....
	oldMissionBulletins_updateBulletins(timeStep)
end

-- Complete overwrite
function MissionBulletins.addOrRemoveMissionBulletin()
	local scripts = MissionBulletins.getPossibleMissions()

	local count = r:getInt(0,5)
	if count > 0 then
		for i = 1, count do
			local scriptPath = MissionBulletins.getWeightedRandomEntry(r, scripts)
			local ok, bulletin = run(scriptPath, "getBulletin", Entity())

			if ok == 0 and bulletin then
					bulletin["TimeAdded"] = ostime
					Entity():invokeFunction("bulletinboard", "postBulletin", bulletin)
			end
		end
	end

	Entity():invokeFunction("bulletinboard", "checkRemoveBulletins", ostime, r)
end
end

 

The actual error I'm getting is that "r" is a nil value from this line: local count = r:getInt(0,5)

"r" is defined in the original file, though as a local value after the start of the if onServer() statement.

[Custom Jumpgates?]

I cleared out a sector of all stations and it had a gate owned by that faction.  So, it still costs money to go through it.  I wonder, is there a way I can board the gate to make it mine?  Or destroy it ?

Well, it’s more about who controls the sector that it leads to as to ownership.  Also, even after destroying all ships and stations, it’ll still classify that sector as owned by the previous faction. You should be able to take control by building a single station yourself.

[Auto-salvaging ignores license and starts a war?]

I had this problem last night.  Took 6 hours to fix rep.  An evening I could have used to further progress in the game, which I didn't.

 

I see 3 ways to fix this.

 

1. As someone said up above a permanent license.

2. A checkbox that "auto-renews."

3. Have AI captains STOP salvaging and either recall or set to defend all fighter salvagers when a license expires.

 

Perhaps, optionally, a checkbox when ordering an AI to salvage that OVERRIDES the above listed license behavior, in case you don't care if the rep drops.  This would be mutually exclusive with auto-renew, obviously.

 

I think Option 2 would work best with the setup the devs already have.

[FPS dips troublesolving and editing game files]

Most likely, yes, the shear number of drones is causing/contributing to your problem.  I see similar issues with a station of mine that's fully loaded with salvagers for cleaning up after the battle.

 

I don't know if you can directly edit like that, but what you can do is setup a station with huge amounts of assembly blocks so that even the most expensive fighters only take a minute, even with 5 productions happening simultaneously.  This should help in speeding up the process.

[Explosion API]

I know in weapongenerator.lua, there is a property for assigning explosion radius. But I’m not sure if this would work for you?

[Faction Pack Question]

Unlucky: most likely, yes.

 

I think the most the authors can control is distance from core that the faction can spawn.  Not distance from the player or even replacing any/all factions with the mod’s.

[Server ran out of disk space, (new) faction generation issue, trigger re-gen?]

Yeah, I'm doubting there's an already included one, though I guess you never know (and maybe they'll add one).

 

Ok, test results!

 

From what I can see, deleting all the faction files has no odd effects that I can find.  Most I see is that factions that I don't have anything near/haven't come into contact since the "wipe" no longer appear in the list of known factions in game.  I can say that this is kind of expected.

 

All faction relation numbers and statuses (ie, at war) seem to be unaffected.  I did this while controlling a ship sitting in the Home sector of one faction.

 

I had over 200 faction files in mine.  I expect you'll probably see more with having more players.  Upon loading in the first time, it seemed a little slower loading as it regened some of the files.

 

Before:

 

 

 

After:

 

 

 

Obviously it's up to you if you want to try this.  I don't know if there's a way to identify just the corrupt factions' files or not.

 

 

Edit: And obviously, I'd still recommend making a copy of the entire galaxy folder as a backup, just in case.

And as I think about it, too, you could maybe use one of the backups that the game makes automatically vs deleting the faction files.

[Server ran out of disk space, (new) faction generation issue, trigger re-gen?]

Well, that's part of why I'm suggesting making a copy of the server, first.  Spin it up local to you and connect, fly to a faction sector, shut down then try it and boot back up and see what happens.

 

Actually, give me a few.  I have a creative I've been using to test all kinds of things.  Let me poke it and see what happens. :)