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Reply to "respawning" destroyed starbase in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Ok, with all that working, and knowing that I have a long drive ahead of me tomorrow for work, I'm calling it quits early. Goa, if I may ask one more thing of you... the limiting of how many of an entity is built through automated buff-spawning. Given the knowledge that you designed (or helped design) the "titan" limit buffs in SoGE and the following scenario: In the Pirate grav wells I will have a structure (or more than one, if needed/

Reply to "respawning" destroyed starbase in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Ok, I see the difference now. In your ability, you had the cost type as passive, whereas I was setting mine to no cost. Once I set that to passive, it works. Course, like yours, I have to set the constructor to cast the buff onto itself... otherwise the starbase builds inside the planet... lol Now, curiosity question (and if the answer is "no" I won't fret... this will still work as is)... is it possible to gi

Reply to Pirate titan in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Haha, you know... I'm in the process of working on a mod that changes the pirates in many ways, including giving them the TR titan. I was thinking of releasing it publicly, then leaving an open ended invitation for anyone that wanted to do new meshes/textures (as I can't model or color for beans). Course, in mine, it'll be more than the titan that needs it.... [e digicons]*_*[/e]

Reply to "respawning" destroyed starbase in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Ahh! Yes... yeah, my starbase has the AbilityPirateStarBaseRespawn, which then throws the BuffPirateStarBaseRespawnPlanet at the planet to respawn the starbase. But to note, my buff is structured identically to yours. But spawning in a constructor wasn't doing anything... it wouldn't build. The first link I have up there shows how my constructor was configured. Eh, when I get home I'll figure out what nonsense I did wrong from your files. I&

Reply to "respawning" destroyed starbase in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Then I must have missed something somewhere. I know I added the starbase to the PlayerPirate.entity file... but it's entirely possible I forgot to rename it (added it as StarBaseTech until after I had finished my tweaks and actually renamed the entity file itself... possible I forgot to update the Player file). Cause otherwise, what you see in that file I pastebined, causes a MD when the delay time runs out. Hmm... the ability of yours that creates that buff... what do

Reply to "respawning" destroyed starbase in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Thanks for the reply, Goa. Unfortunately, I already tried that at "OnDelay" in the buff version (see last pastebin link). Obviously I've tried reduced times from that so I wouldn't be sitting around forever waiting... lol But I'll take a look at your mod, next. Aside from going to bed right now, I just got through d/l'ing Sins of a Galactic Empire and have looked through its files for how to limit the number that spawn (using their "tit

"respawning" destroyed starbase in Sins Modding Sins Forums

So, long story short, I've given Pirates a starbase in a mod I'm working on, but want it so when it's destroyed (after a delay) a new one will spawn in (seems the Pirates won't construct another on their own). I've already got an ability setup that I'm fairly sure will work (haven't actually fully tested it, yet) that when the starbase is about to die, it should throw a buff to the planet (assuming the planet hasn't already been lost). After a tim

Reply to [Mod] Enhanced 4X Mod (for Diplomacy 1.37, Rebellion 1.98, updated 12/20/23) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Did the dev mode give you a message before it dumped you out?

Reply to Planet buff to give player non-credit resources. in Sins Modding Sins Forums

*EDIT* Man, my reading comprehension at times sucks. Just deleted some from this post that made no sense cause I misread another post. Everything below is still from my original post and applies. Another thought would be to look at the "homeworld" upgrade in the planet entity files (the one that designates your capital) as it has a couple of values in it that cause a +x value increase to resource and taxes, regardless of the existence of population or extractors. I&#

Reply to Change Player Index To Neutral? in Sins Modding Sins Forums

It really is a shame the way they coded this game. There are so many possibilities that are locked out to us because they decided that they were going to hard-code buffs used in research as only being for research, etc. It's really baffling to have one file have to use "WeaponDamageAdjustment" while another uses "DamageAsDamageDealer" just to have the same affect... not to mention all the things we can't use elsewhere.

Reply to [1.03-1.82 BUG] Advent Corvettes not shooting their rear and side guns after a save-load sequence in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

Some troubleshooting thoughts (I can't say that I've observed this and as I am at work, am unable to test): Try it with ALL mods disabled (if any were enabled) Completely dump the game from your PC and then reload it from Steam. Note: I'm not talking about file verification from Steam. I mean uninstall/delete all files associated with the game, including everything in the "Documents/My Games" area and any straggler files after uninstall in the

Reply to [Mod] Enhanced 4X Mod (for Diplomacy 1.37, Rebellion 1.98, updated 12/20/23) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Yeah, that message is just it telling you (basically) it's overwriting your settings files. I'd say unless you're actively modding, stick to the normal exe under normal conditions. There may be no harm in using the dev.exe, but I (personally) feel that for normal game-play the normal exe is fine. In the end, I don't think there's any difference between the two, though, other than the dev.exe has a command console you can access to modify the game a litt

Reply to [Mod] Enhanced 4X Mod (for Diplomacy 1.37, Rebellion 1.98, updated 12/20/23) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/410160 Guide to using dev.exe... by Goa no less. :) I read up on it a few days ago to better test my own modding. Basically, run it once (should be in the same directory as your game), then make a copy of the mod and paste it to the second mods folder that was created with "dev" annotated on it. Example, mine (for Rebellion) says "Mods-Rebellion v1.82 Dev" If

Reply to Vasari Rebel Starbases with "Twin Base" ability in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Cursix, is the Starbase you're moving in the grav-well with another one or is it by itself?

Reply to [Mod] Enhanced 4X Mod (for Diplomacy 1.37, Rebellion 1.98, updated 12/20/23) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Oh no, sorry, I'm not implying there's a difference between the standard and dev versions... I'm thinking there's a difference between what they have on their PCs and what's on yours. Whether it's a bad/corrupt file or otherwise, I don't know. But this will help narrow down (hopefully) where the difference is.

Reply to [Mod] Enhanced 4X Mod (for Diplomacy 1.37, Rebellion 1.98, updated 12/20/23) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

For those of you who are experiencing the problem... try running it in the dev.exe? See if it throws out anything meaningful to you just before it dumps. I realize it runs fine on Goa's, but the fact it isn't on yours means there's a difference between your installs/setups and Goa's. It'll help narrow things down.

Reply to Addition of new research subjects and the AI.... in Sins Modding Sins Forums

So... lol More testing done. They are researching. Gepard67, I do not know why, but the dev.exe does not keep track of their credits spent on research, but if you watch their "live" cash flow, you'll see it drop each time a pirate raid spawns and then their stats will adjust, depending on what research they did. Further, I have been able to test (more so for my own peace of mind) that what bonuses they're getting for the researches are not hard coded somewh

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.82 Change Log in Change Logs Sins Forums

WJC, he's referring back to while it was in BETA. https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/450865/page/1/#3467421

Reply to A couple more complaints about the AI in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

In my observations of the AI attacking, it seems as though it goes after the tactical structures first, after which it'll handle shipyards (if present), then waxes the constructor frigates, and then moves on to the remaining logistical structures. Assuming, of course, no enemy frigates/caps/etc or trade/refinery ships are present. I think, also, after handling all the tactical structures, it also takes into account (in part) distance to target. I've seen fleets div

Reply to New player help in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

I think you need to change the owner for the planetItems to be the one that says RandomMilitia, not the planet's owner. If you're wanting the planet to also be colonized... it's been a while since I've done that, but I think in addition to setting the planet's owner to RandomMilitia, you'll also need to set the planetItems' colonizeChance to something grater than 0 (1 for guarantee).

Reply to Addition of new research subjects and the AI.... in Sins Modding Sins Forums

More testing done. I can confirm Ryat's observations in that the pirate ships do increase in health/weapon damage etc over time as if they are conducting their default researches. However, modifying the pirate researches to add in additional affects still seems to not work....

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.82 Change Log in Change Logs Sins Forums

Yarlen, Regardless of any other considerations, etc... thank you for getting this released.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.82 Change Log in Change Logs Sins Forums

Out of curiosity, what is referenced by "the feed button"? Sorry, don't know things by many of the same names as the rest of you. Regardless, though, if the "fix" referenced here was what I understand from the previous thread as merely changing the values when clicked... that is a simple fix, regardless if it's in the engine or not.

Reply to Addition of new research subjects and the AI.... in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Well, I've certainly done more testing, going so far as to drop my research down to tier 0 (similar to the artifact "researches") and even added combat labs to the pirate bases... they still didn't research it. If I have time tomorrow, I'll do more testing to see if they even research their own....

Reply to Addition of new research subjects and the AI.... in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Thanks for the additional input. I have since noticed that my value I set for the ExperienceConstantGainRate wasn't as high as it was supposed to be (1 vs 100 ). Should've made it so they were level 2s before they even left their own grav well. But I had observed one raid that went out against an AI player that then returned some time later (assuming "successful" raid) and the solo Cap ship that was apart of that group was still a level 1. Either wa