[3wirerick's Shipyard - The H.M.S Clear Skies]

Nice job!

 

We need a drake!

 

[List of mods]

Can you add the hiring pool mod to the list.

 

https://www.avorion.net/forum/index.php/topic,1241.0.html

 

Done.

[Hiring Pool Scaling]

Gonna ask for this to be added to the mod list thread

[Scytales Laboratories, Optimized Starter Ships and Ship Modules [.xml]]

One flaw - @45hp it wouldn't last long in a firefight

[[MOD] All Turret Auto-Targeting]

Something in the mod is breaking world generation.

Everytime I create a new world, it's putting me at coords 0,0 (the centre of the galaxy)

I can't do a clean playthrough with this

 

Hold that thought...it could be something i'm doing. Testing now

 

Update: Yep it was me

WARNING - be careful when editing turretgenerator.lua - it appears to have a retroactive effect on existing turrets. The changes I made above, tried to adjust the drones starter turrets. Then it must have thrown a wobbly and generated me in the centre. It is indeed odd that it only manifests on world generation. I'm gonna leave it alone for a while till I get more used to coding in lua

[[MOD] All Turret Auto-Targeting]

To help answer the weapon scaling.

Although I've not tested [weaponTech], I have tested [weaponDPS]

 

When I adjusted the value of generated salvagers/miners to have X4 dps, the turrets were big! And this also adjusted the amount of crew needed to use them

 

In turretgenerator.lua

    if weaponType == WeaponType.MiningLaser then
        dps = miningDPS * 4     --added to existing code here
        tech = miningTech
if weaponType == WeaponType.SalvagingLaser then    --added this to affect salvagers only
	dps = dps * 4
	tech = weaponTech
    elseif weaponType == WeaponType.ForceGun then
        dps = rand:getFloat(800, 1200); -- force
        tech = weaponTech
    else
        dps = weaponDPS
        tech = weaponTech
    end

[LordHavoc's Shipyard - keep checking back for updates]

I still think it's the sexiest looking ship in sci-fi

[LordHavoc's Shipyard - keep checking back for updates]

This is as complete as i'm gonna get it. This has been a very tough road to get this far.

 

The stats are very reasonable

Cost is just shy of 25000 Trinium for the full thing

 

I'll have a look at what service other people are using to host their xml files. Pastebin isn't going to cut it for this 1.8meg xml

Even with block merging, still got 6000+ blocks. (When I was putting it together i hit over 20k blocks at one point :D)

 

 

[LordHavoc's Shipyard - keep checking back for updates]

Here's the raw XML for my creations. Just copy and paste the full lot into a blank xml file (paste into notepad and save-as .xml)

Pop the file into %appdata%\avorion\ships and away you go.

 

Homer

 

Asgard O'Neil Class Cruiser

 

Edit: I'm going to have trouble uploading the WhiteStar, freebie pastebin has a 512 byte limit and the White Star is already over a meg; and it's not finished yet either.

I'll do a two-parter, but it might spill into 3

 

White Star 1 of 3

White Star 2 of 3

White Star 3 of 3

 

[LordHavoc's Shipyard - keep checking back for updates]

Before I make these available; do you want me to hollow them out; leaving just the hull so you can customize the componants yourselves?

[Auto upgrade block types]

+1

[LordHavoc's Shipyard - keep checking back for updates]

Be sure to keep checking back. I'm editing the original post with progress updates.

[LordHavoc's Shipyard - keep checking back for updates]

It's about time I put my creations into a single thread.

 

I'm working on a new project

 

WhiteStar progress

 

WhiteStar progress 2 It's starting to take shape. This is one of the most challenging builds I've done yet. I think it's going to take multiple days work

 

WhiteStar progress 3 Got the fins on now :) That was tricky

 

WhiteStar progress 4 Its taking shape, nearly time for filling.

 

WhiteStar progress 5 Filling is going well, oooh getting goosebumps now ;)

 

WhiteStar progress 6 This one people might find interesting. I've had to get creative with my construction techniques. Using engineering principles to form the shape. I make the curved surface in a slice which I can then copy'n'paste along the hull.

 

WhiteStar progress 7 Added some glow blocks, continued filling the hull in.

 

Here's some of my earlier designs

 

Homer

 

O'Neil Class Asgard Ship

 

Current Playthrough Ship

 

Edit: When I'm done with my latest, I'll sort my pastebin out and get some XML's out there for people

[Keeping sectors active - if players aren't in them: give players the option]

A deployable beacon, that can be bought. Once deployed is indestructable, and tells the server to keep that sector active.

 

Both Single/Multiplayer: Only one beacon can be carried at any one time, you have to deploy before you can get another beacon

 

Single player: Beacons are at the same price throughout

 

Multiplayer: For each player & for each beacon deployed the price increases (doubles, or some other ramped scale).

This could act as a limiter so servers don't get overloaded having to process active sectors.

 

Players could then pop them down in sectors of interest or commerce. Where there are trade hubs and NPC factories/mines

[Armor vs Shield?]

You don't want to get hit by a railgun with a high shield penetration chance. Armour could save half your ship

[Help! :D Bad reputation!]

If they have a faction war, help defend. That'll get your faction right up there.

[Larger thrusters = less thrust?]

I would reset the in-game graphics to their default values and see if that helps.

Chances are, there may be a graphics effect you've got turned on that isn't optimized at this stage. A lot of games that are in beta often include graphics settings that aren't ready yet; for testing purposes.

 

My spec of PC is similar, but with an older GFX card; and I've not seen any slowdown yet. I've not touched my settings except for turning bloom down to reduce glare.

 

Did you mess around with the shadows settings? It could be the thin plates are rendering shadows when they're not visible.

[General content ideas]

Can I add

 

- Target nearest wreck

 

- More commands for fighters + corresponding AI: Salvage, Mine, Escort/Guard Target

And tweakable settings such as: set follow range

 

- Make salvage turrets have bonus damage to wrecks

 

- Make mining and salvage turrets have a cone/aoe effect (it's a pain trying to pin down a tiny 0.2x0.2x0.2 pyramid bit of scrap*)

 

- More filters for turrets in build mode

 

*You may say, 'don't bother' - but last night I got an orange turret off one of these damn slivers.

[Mining and Salvage Fighter]

And increase the flight speed of fighters. My massive cruiser can shift at 800+m/s

Where as my little fighters can only move at a piddly 68m/s

[How to make mining less grindy?]

I saw this and had a play with the settings for the miner and salvager; and encountered an interesting side effect.

 

I had multiplied the generated salvager DPS by 4, and it produced the desired DPS - but it also increased the turret size significantly & the number of miners needed to operate each turret (10 per turret!)

 

I'm going to have a look at the code and see where the scaling is applied. Might be interesting

[Tips for ship building]

 

3] Use the pallette to resize your whole ship: Say you make a ship that is a fighter size, and it's a good design but too small. Select all the ship and ctrl-c, then open the pallette and paste with ctrl-v. Then you can make a new ship, and using the pallette you can select the template and adjust the size before pasting. *Caution on the blocks you use though, make sure to take note of the template material selector.

 

What and where is "the pallette" ?

 

When you bring up the menu to show you all the blocks and materials, you see a section below the turrets. That's the palette; the best way to learn is by doing...so select a few blocks that are joined together. Copy and then paste them into a free slot in the palette, you'll see an icon appear in green showing your selection. You can then re-use it (and resize it, and change materials too)

[LordHavoc's Shipyard - keep checking back for updates]

I've already brought you an Asgard ship, and a homer ship. So before I start work on my next ship; here's a quick view of my current playthrough ship.

 

It's not visually perfect by any means, but I didn't build it for it's looks. It's stats are what makes it; that and it's weaponry.

 

If you're wondering about the crew (showing red). I have dedicated crew that are levelled up to meet the ship requirements. So all ship systems are a-ok.

 

 

[Upgrade stations - number of items sold]

Nevermind - found it in the Shop.lua

 

function add(item_in, amount)
    amount = amount or 1

    local item = Shop.ItemWrapper(item_in)

    item.name = item.name or ""
    item.price = item.price or 0
    item.amount = amount * 5 --make shops sell 5x as many of everything

    table.insert(soldItems, item)

end

[Upgrade stations - number of items sold]

I'm trawling through the lua files and trying to find out exactly where the # of items sold in upgrade stations are.

It's specifically the quantities I'm looking to change. (So that instead of 1x of turret X is made...6x is sold)

 

Would anyone know where I could find it?

 

I'm a tiny be ocd and like to have multiple versions of the same turret on my ship, even if they're crappy white ones.

[Shameless 'elite' style ranks]

I know I know, suggesting ranks for combat/trade/exploration will seem like a total rip-off...but many many RPG game has 'Levels'. And those 'Level' unlock new quests.

 

So the suggestion is simple - introduce ranks, and they open up more difficult missions on the bullitin board.

 

Oh...and have unavailable missions still visible; so people know what to strive for.

 

There - nothing more complex than that :)