0.4.3 Cargo patch(MAKES TRACTOR BEAM ACTUALLY PICK UP CARGO)

Post by **dandandaman** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:13 am

The generic cargo boxes that appear upon ejection of cargo, of the explosion of cargo carrying ships, were unfortunately deleted shortly before release. Thus players are unable to tractor in any cargo floating through space.

A data patch for this has now been made available:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/vega ... p?download

Installation:

--- Windows ---
+ Extract the .zip into the main vegastrike data directory (the one that contains factions.xml)

--- Linux ---
+ As the user you installed Vegastrike as, extract the .zip into the main vegastrike data directory (the one that contains factions.xml)

--- OSX ---
+ Find where you installed Vegastrike.app (probably Applications/). In Finder, right click (or cntrl-click) on Vegastrike.app and select "View Contents".
+ Double click on Contents, and then Resources. You should be able to see a file named factions.xml. Unzip the patch, and drag it into this folder.

Once that is done, the cargo boxes should appear in-game as normal. Sorry for the extra hassle this has caused.

Gilesey · Post by **Gilesey** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:11 pm

Ha! I was wondering why my tractor didn't work. I'm off to find some spoils...

gananede · Post by **gananede** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:00 pm

My question is about installing the cargo patch on OS X.
I know the post says to put it in the factions.xml foler, but there is no folder there, just the xml sheet. So if i make a factions folder and put both the cargo patch and the factions.xml sheet in there will that work?
Or is there another way to do this?

thanks for the help.

Post by **dandandaman** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:57 am

Sorry, should probably have made the instructions more explicit. You should move the folder into the same folder that contains factions.xml (the file). Cool?

Dan

gananede · Post by **gananede** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:18 am

thanks for the help. it works great now.

Phlogios · Post by **Phlogios** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:17 pm

I don't understand which folder to put in the resources folder (on the mac). I downloaded the plugin, received a folder called units. I can't put that folder in the resources folder, because there already is a folder called units there.
The plugin looks like this: Units/factions/upgrades/generic cargo/6 files

Post by **dandandaman** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:07 am

Basically you want to make sure those 6 files exist in that directory. So units of course exists, so you can't overwrite it (doh, I think I must have written this without a mac), but I believe the upgrades folder doesn't exist. So create it, then create the 'generic cargo' folder in that, then move the 6 files in that.

Then you should be set

Dan

darthbob88 · Post by **darthbob88** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:56 am

To confirm, then: The directory should look like INSTALLDIR/units/upgrades, yes?

Post by **dandandaman** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:20 am

I believe so. The units/ dir should already exist, so just make sure you can see it and you've got the right place

Dan

Dark-Blood-Hound · Post by **Dark-Blood-Hound** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:18 pm

Woohoo, a Fix finaly released! Before this was released I was getting concerned why I coulden't pick up cargo...

Post by **loki1950** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:12 pm

Dark-Blood-Hound yeah check the dates again

enjoy the Choice

darthbob88 · Post by **darthbob88** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:28 am

All right, this is not working for me. The six files reside at $INSTALLDIR/units/upgrades/generic_cargo, but they don't let me tractor anything in. I get in there and I sit, less than a klick away, beaming away like nothing, and the stuff just sits out there, mocking me. Is this the wrong place or something? If it's at all relevant, this is the Windows version, 0.4.3

Post by **loki1950** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:05 pm

@darthbob88 the path should be $INSTALLDIR/units/factions/upgrades/generic_cargo that is the path i have and it works.

Enjoy the Choice

Post by **dandandaman** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:39 am

oh geez, sorry darthbob88!

loki is right, I missed the lack of 'factions' in your post

sorry again

Dan

darthbob88 · Post by **darthbob88** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:31 am

dandandaman wrote:oh geez, sorry darthbob88!

loki is right, I missed the lack of 'factions' in your post

sorry again

Dan

No trouble. I'm just pleased that my tractor beam works!

Me likey my new tractor beam; kill pirate plowshares, then sell cargo. Make mucho money!

Vailliant · Post by **Vailliant** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:34 pm

sorry for bumping this old thread up but thnx

after trying to tractor for 15 minutes u start to wonder

thnx again

Post by **loki1950** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:32 pm

Welcome Vailliant glad you found the patch if you have any further problems or questions just post

Enjoy the Choice

Reinski · Post by **Reinski** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:07 am

Vailliant wrote:sorry for bumping this old thread up but thnx after trying to tractor for 15 minutes u start to wonder

Just f.y.i.: another noob is happy about having had a look into the forum...

Greetz!

reinski

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0.4.3 Cargo patch(MAKES TRACTOR BEAM ACTUALLY PICK UP CARGO)

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cargo patch installation

ok i got it.