weapon mounts do not accept weapons!

[GAlex]

just added my new ship to my local VS install to test and finetue it:

1. created directory under ...../units path;
2. copyed all standard files (bfxms, textures, hud image, spr file)
3. added ship in units.csv file (in .blank version)
4. added ship to masterpart_list (as to be able to buy/destroy my ship)

then... running VS:

OK I have my ship, with its right stats and I can fly it where I want. I can upgrade it buying all the necessary stuff, BUT I CANNOT BUY/INSTALL WEAPONS!!!

can't figure out what am I doing wrong, can You help me please?

sttached is the saved .csv zipped file

[jackS]

First thought is that you appear to have only 15 of the 17 fields for a weapon mount

{type(string);ammo(int);volume(meters^3);SIZE(string);x(meters);y(meters);z(meters);xyscale(meters);zscale(meters);forex(meters);forey(meters);forez(meters);upx(meters);upy(meters);upz(meters);functionality(percentage);maxfunctionality(percentage)}

[GAlex]

ehem... no, they are 17. I admit that the file attached is quite unreadable, since it's that present in the .vegastrike/serialized_xml dir, but they are 17.

the curious fact is that to test the ship, I've cloned a line from a standard ship (the dostojewsky) and adapted to my ship changing only the xyz of the first 7 mounts and deleting the last 2. obviously I've changed also masses and accelerations and some other things.

so why the dostojewsky is functioning and my ship not?

[jackS]

I still count 15 in the first mountpoint from what you posted
{;
-1;
0;
LIGHT MEDIUM;
-3.200000;
-0.100000;
6.200000;
0.000000;
0.000000;
0.000000;
0.000000;
1.000000;
0.000000;
1.000000;
0.000000}

could you post a copy of the line you inserted into units.csv rather than the serialized ship?

[GAlex]

you are right, in the serialized file there are only 15 values but this is true for every saved game (tested with a llama, try yourself).

however in the unit.csv mounts have 17 entries: attached is the line.

PLEASE HELP ME !