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July 30, 2009 3:59:37 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

I'm tryign to do a small mod and I need to find the files that control the build time of the SCs and the files that cause a build penalty to the carriers.

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Reply #1 July 30, 2009 4:11:39 PM
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build penalties might be hardcoded; however for the SC build time, look in the Squad[race name][fighter type].entity file, that has a line that pertains to fighter construction time. By reducing the number I assume that you make them build faster

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Reply #2 July 30, 2009 4:35:54 PM
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build penalties might be hardcoded

Yous ure??? That would suck so hardcore.

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Reply #3 July 30, 2009 4:36:18 PM
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For the build penalties,i would assume, you need this line in the gameplay.constants file

 InCombatFighterBuildRatePenalty

EDIT:

Or possibly this one

enemyDPSInOrbitBodyISquadOwnerBuildRateScalar 

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Reply #4 July 30, 2009 4:41:44 PM
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BTW I dont thing it is int he fighter files them selve here is the Vasari fighter file. Unlest it writed in some weird way I don't see it. I know for the ships built at teh factory this is were it is listed but I cannot find it here.

TXT
entityType "Fighter"
defaultAutoAttackRange "GravityWell"
defaultAutoAttackOn TRUE
prefersToFocusFire TRUE
usesFighterAttack TRUE
numRandomDebrisLarge 0
numRandomDebrisSmall 0
numSpecificDebris 0
armorType "VeryLight"
hudIcon "HUDICON_SQUADPHASECOMBAT"
smallHudIcon "HUDICONSMALL_SQUADPHASECOMBAT"
infoCardIcon "INFOCARDICON_SQUADPHASECOMBAT"
minZoomDistanceMult 5.000000
nameStringID "IDS_FIGHTERPHASECOMBAT_NAME"
counterDescriptionStringID "IDS_COUNTERDESC_FIGHTER_COMBAT"
statCountType "FighterCombat"
formationOffsetDistance 50.000000
mass 100.000000
maxAccelerationLinear 250.000000
maxAccelerationStrafe 100.000000
maxDecelerationLinear 1000.000000
maxAccelerationAngular 49.999992
maxDecelerationAngular 99.999985
maxSpeedLinear 2700.000000
maxRollRate 2.000000
maxRollAngle 35.000000
NumWeapons 1
Weapon
    WeaponType "Missile"
    damageEnums
        AttackType "ANTILIGHT"
        DamageAffectType "AFFECTS_SHIELDS_AND_HULL"
        DamageApplyType "BACKLOADED"
        DamageType "PHYSICAL"
        WeaponClassType "PHASEMISSILE"
    DamagePerBank:FRONT 30.750000
    DamagePerBank:BACK 0.000000
    DamagePerBank:LEFT 0.000000
    DamagePerBank:RIGHT 0.000000
    Range 2400.000000
    PreBuffCooldownTime 12.000000
    CanFireAtFighter TRUE
    SynchronizedTargeting FALSE
    PointStaggerDelay 0.150000
    TravelSpeed 2000.000000
    Duration 0.000000
    fireConstraintType "CanAlwaysFire"
    WeaponEffects
        weaponType "Missile"
        burstCount 1
        burstDelay 0.000000
        muzzleEffectName "Weapon_PhaseSupportMissileLight_Muzzle"
        muzzleSoundMinRespawnTime 0.100000
        muzzleSounds
            soundCount 2
            sound "WEAPON_PHASESUPPORTMISSILELIGHT_MUZZLE"
            sound "WEAPON_PHASESUPPORTMISSILELIGHT_MUZZLE_ALT1"
        hitEffectName "Weapon_PhaseSupportMissileLight_Hit"
        hitHullEffectSounds
            soundCount 1
            sound "WEAPONIMPACT_PHASEMISSILELIGHT_HITGENERIC"
        hitShieldsEffectSounds
            soundCount 1
            sound "WEAPONIMPACT_PHASEMISSILELIGHT_HITGENERIC"
        missileTravelEffectName "Weapon_PhaseSupportMissileLight_Travel"
        missileStartTurningDistance 10.000000
        missileSlowTurnRate 3.141593
        missileMaxSlowTurnTime 1.000000
m_weaponIndexForRange 0
firingAlignmentType "Default"
TargetCountPerBank:FRONT 1
TargetCountPerBank:BACK 0
TargetCountPerBank:LEFT 0
TargetCountPerBank:RIGHT 0
canOnlyTargetStructures FALSE
meshName "SupportShip_PhaseFighter"
exhaustParticleSystemName "ExhaustSmall"
ExplosionName "Fighter0"
exhaustTrailTextureName "ExhaustTrail"
exhaustTrailWidth 11.000000
engineSoundID "ENGINE_PHASESUPPORTSHIP"
maxHullPoints 85.000000
hullPointRestoreRate 0.400000
armorPoints 3.000000
maxMitigation 0.600000
experiencePointsForDestroying 5.000000
minShadow 0.200000
maxShadow 0.500000

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Reply #5 July 30, 2009 5:26:44 PM
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Enemy in gravity well strikecraft build rate penalty is in file Gameplay.constants and is the following line

    enemyDPSInOrbitBodyISquadOwnerBuildRateScalar -.176;

Change it to -.000; to remove the penalty

The under attack build rate penalty is just 2 lines above in the same file (which equals 50% penalty)

    InCombatFighterBuildRatePenalty -1.0

The regular StrikeCraft Build rates are in

SquadPhaseBomber.entity

SquadPhaseCombat.entity

SquadPsiBomber.entity

SquadPsiCombat.entity

SquadTechBomber.entity

SquadTechCombat.entity

 

Look for the following lines at the top of the file.

scuttleTime 12.000000
fighterConstructionTime 26.400000
decayWithoutOwnerRate 0.010000

Hope that helps some

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Reply #6 July 30, 2009 5:35:43 PM
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Fiddling with the variables is a fun. Remove the minus in InCombatFighterBuildRatePenalty -1.0 and change it to InCombatFighterBuildRatePenalty 1.0 and instead of a 50% build rate penalty you will get a 200% build rate bonus!

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Reply #7 July 30, 2009 5:49:31 PM
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Look for the following lines at the top of the file.

scuttleTime 12.000000
fighterConstructionTime 26.400000
decayWithoutOwnerRate 0.010000

Hope that helps some

What file the fighter entity file? I posted it abouve and I dont see that at all. But thanks for the rest.

FighterPhaseBomber.entity
FighterPhaseCombat.entity
FighterPsiBomber.entity
FighterPsiCombat.entity
FighterTechBomber.entity
FighterTechCombat.entity

These the files you talking about for the build and scuttle time. If so then for soem reason mine dont have what you posted at all.

 

EDIT who squand lets go see.

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Reply #8 July 30, 2009 6:01:55 PM
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Okay thanks foudn them. Gonan start number crunching now.

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Reply #9 July 30, 2009 6:20:06 PM
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AntiMatterRestoreRate 0.400000

Does this mean 0.4 anti restored per second or 4% of the ships total AM is retored per second?

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Reply #10 July 30, 2009 6:40:17 PM
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eadtaes, i think it is 0.4 units AM per second restored

harpo

 

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Reply #11 July 30, 2009 6:55:46 PM
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That would be imposible unlest their is soemthign else somewere else controling AM restoration because I did the match and a TEC carrier with 400AM and a 0.4AM restore rate is easyly able to permenently build fighters at 90AM per fighter 22 second build time base 25.3 after penalty witch comes to a 3.55AM consumption per second and to build 2 squad permenently you need 7.1AM per second. So somethign is wrong here if it is as you say.

If it's a percentage it would 16AM restored per second that that's very fasts, too fast I think, I remember watching my carrier in some of my 1.03 games and the AM didn't seem to go up that quickly.

A broken game mechanic somewhere?

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Reply #12 July 31, 2009 1:39:45 PM
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The 0.4 is in seconds. I ran a little test on the TEC carrier.

SquadTechBomber.entity

   fighterConstructionTime 27.500000
   decayWithoutOwnerRate 0.010000
   baseMaxNumFighters 5

FrigateTechCarrier.entity

   squadTypeEntityDef:1 "SquadTechBomber"
   squadAntiMatterCost:1 150.000000

   MaxAntiMatter 400.000000
   AntiMatterRestoreRate 0.400000

The carrier starts to build 1 bomber that cost 30 AM to build. After starting on 1 bomber the carrier AM goes from 400 to 370. It builds the bomber in 27.5 seconds while regenerating AM at 0.4 seconds. After building the bomber it has 381 AM. Then starts the second bomber so AM goes to 351.

So it looks like you can tweak the AM regeneration rate, build rate, AM cost, or even decay rate of the bombers after the carrier dies. Most values are in seconds.

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Reply #13 July 31, 2009 1:58:30 PM
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Yeah Thx mbaron888 I ran the test to and crunched numbers I foudn soem interesting stuff about imbalance int he carrier that ocne again is in advent favor. Literaly the Advent carrier is 100% more enduring then the TEC and VASARI and from the numbers crunching I did their is no reasonf or it to be. I'll PM you the info on that just so you can see for your self. Also do you have X-fire? Would probably need your help in doing some other testing.

And I do my test using fighters. Bombers will drain the AM of a carrier even faster.

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