need help by modify faction shipstypes

[rlaan]

hello there

sorry for my bad english

i have createt any new ships for privateer(remake), now
i try to give any factions(?pirates, Retro, Kilrah ...) new and more shiptypes...

always the same talons and not enough commandships...

but i cant find the right files to do this....

so i have createt a ship names "Defender", now the pirates must fly the Talon AND the Defender. I have set it in the /modules/faction_ships.py by fighters " (...) ("talon", (...) , "Defender",), #pirates

but its has not effect of the game

please help me

thanx

[Dilloh]

Open with notepad: /Privateer/modules/faction_ships.py
You'll eventually find the following block:

fighters = (("stiletto","ferret","ferret","gladius","sabre","broadsword",), #confed
("sartha","sartha","sartha","dralthi","dralthi","grikath","gothri",), #kilrathi
("steltek_fighter",), #nephilim
("tarsus","tarsus","tarsusMk2","tarsusMk2","galaxyhk","galaxy","orion","orionMk2",), #merchant
("talon","talon","krant","sparrowhawk"), #retro
("talon","talon","talon","talon","talon","sparrowhawk","defender","defender"), #pirates
("demon","demon","demon","orionMk2b","orionMk2H","centurion","galaxygs"), #hunter
("talon","talon","sparrowhawk","scimitar","gladius","hornet","hornet","kukhri","raptor",), #militia
("salthi","salthi.particle"), #unknown
("tarsus","gladius","talon","talon","talon","drayman",),#landreich
("tarsus","gladius","talon","talon","talon","drayman",),#border_worlds
("stiletto",), #firekkan
("stiletto",), #AWACS
)
isBomber = {"broadsword":2,"gladius":4,"gothri":6,"grikath":8}

capitals = (("paradigm",), #confed
("kamekh",), #kilrathi
("done",), #nephilim
("drayman",), #merchant
("drayman",), #retro
("drayman",), #pirates
("drayman",), #hunter
("draymanCVL",), #militia
("kamekh",), #unknown
("drayman",),#landreich
("paradigm",),#border_worlds
("drayman",), #firekkan
("paradigm","drayman","drayman","drayman",), #AWACS
)

Look at the marked text, you'll see the "defender" is noted twice in the pirates line. It will be generated during missions or in cruising mode. The more often it is "mentioned", the more often it will appear. Example: The upper case will create two out of seven ships as "defenders". So if you encounter a pirate flightgroup with seven fighters, there'll be two defenders in average. You can also input capships into the line, but this might also influence especially campaign missions by making them too easy (drayman) or too hard (paradigm).

Please tell us more about your "defender", either by screenshots and specs or better by making it available to download!

[rlaan]

ahh... thanx,

oh! i see the line

("done",), #nephilim

thats was by me also, i have think i have do an error and delete the "r"...
is that correctly or must that be a "drone"??

i have createt and modyfied any ships, weapons, bases... ships and bases mostly adapted from Vegastrike and new betextured with kilrathi camonflage and signs


i hope i understand that corektly, example:

("talon","talon","sparrowhawk","scimitar","gladius","hornet","hornet","kukhri","raptor",), #militia

that mean the talon and the hornet ar possible in mission and cruising mode. but the ship they only once "mentioned" they only in missions?

i hope i can use my old savegame... i try it now

thanx

[rlaan]

no effect!!!

i have give the retros ONLY galaxys.... and they come in ... TALONS


i dont understand it, maybe its the savegame file... tha save the faction-ships within.... i try to start a new game...

naturely, its wars the savegame... *how is the smiley with head again the wall*

[Dilloh]

The block I showed you only displays the ship spawns.

galaxy galaxy galaxy orion

means, if you encouter a 4 ship flightgroup, 3 of them are galaxies and 1 is an orion.

Writing into the line should definitively work. Make sure The ( " , are setted correctly.

[rlaan]

hat alles geklappt
yes it works

was kann ich machen um eine neue fraktion einzubauen "Predators"
how i can create a new fraction "Predators"

[Dilloh]

Das wird meines Wissens komplett in factions.py geregelt. Wenn ich dir das jetzt alles erkläre drehst du völlig hohl. Die Datei ist einfach zu bearbeiten. Du gibst den Predators die folgende Nummer (13?), eigene Schiffstypen, Heimatsysteme (dort werden Schiffe generiert), Schwadronengrößen, etc. Einfach von den anderen Einträgen abkupfern via Kopieren+Einfügen und entsprechend modifizieren.

Was ist das für ein nettes Bildchen da?