Having your very own base?

[lave]

I would like to have my very own base (rock hermit, constore, salvage yard, ect..) that I could use just for me.
I know that the game makes random rock hermits appear in a system but if you leave the system then come back the rock hermit could be gone.

Is there a way to have a rock hermit, constore, salvage yard, ect.. that will ALWAYS be in a system at a set posistion?

It's just that I would like to have my own 'base' that will always be in my 'home system' that I can dock with.
I know most people play this game differnet to me and fly around going to other systems. I will do that too, but for now I am staying in one system to do mining and only visit neighbouring systems once in a while.
Whatever I am doing, I always return 'home' before ending/saving the game.

If a rock hermit, or whatever, could be set to appear in a system all the time, would it also be possible to set it so that AI ships don't try to dock with it?

Thanks.

[Okti]

Hi lave,

I think there is a slave mine OXP, in the WIP section of the OXP list in wiki. I didn't play with it much, because it had a lot of bugs to fix, but it behaves like the thing you requested. And it may give you an idea to achieve what you need.

[RyanHoots]

Hi lave,

I think there is a slave mine OXP, in the WIP section of the OXP list in wiki. I didn't play with it much, because it had a lot of bugs to fix, but it behaves like the thing you requested. And it may give you an idea to achieve what you need.

I looked for that OXP (so I could make a base) but didn't find it. Does anyone know where it is or another OXP that I could customize to make a base that would always be in one spot? Thanks.

[Okti]

Seems like it is not in OXP list anymore.

[Ganelon]

But if no other ships ever dock at it, there also wouldn't be any supplies there or parts for repairs. Unless you have a pretty big ship and went to more than a bit of expense keeping it stocked, it wouldn't be of much use. You also couldn't save game there currently (unless the OXP that allows saving anywhere has been repaired lately), so you'd end up using the main station as "home" anyway. At least in the sense of where you save before shutting down and where you start every time.

[RyanHoots]

But if no other ships ever dock at it, there also wouldn't be any supplies there or parts for repairs. Unless you have a pretty big ship and went to more than a bit of expense keeping it stocked, it wouldn't be of much use. You also couldn't save game there currently (unless the OXP that allows saving anywhere has been repaired lately), so you'd end up using the main station as "home" anyway. At least in the sense of where you save before shutting down and where you start every time.

Yeah, pretty much. But it would be cool to tell people, "This is my personal station."

[ADCK]

Well It can be done, can set a station to only appear in one spot easily enough, could even rename after yourself, eg: "Commander Fancypants' Villa"

First pick which model you want. (Click here for a list of stations)
and where you want it.

Only problem is getting someone to code it for you But since its a relatively simple thing to do, I'm sure someone could knock one up for you fairly quickly.

Or you could make your own station if you know how to make OXP's, but that's a little advanced.

<.< Just noticed your name is Lave, isn't having an entire star system named after you enough?

[Smivs]

Worth a mention.....I don't think you'll be able to save at your own station, as that can only be done at main stations.

[DaddyHoggy]

Worth a mention.....I don't think you'll be able to save at your own station, as that can only be done at main stations.

I think Lave is pre-emptively hoping that Frame's Save Anywhere OXP starts working again at some point in the future.

[Pluisje]

You could make a custom planet list (or wherever this information is stored, check the wiki) replacing the original station with your personal one and adding a dummy copy of the original station by the method suggested above. That way you can save at your own station as it would be a main station. It would always appear near the planet, so you wouldn't have the optimal experience, but it's a start.

[Eldon]

This may be crazy talk, but would it be possible to set your own customised station as the "main station" so you could save there, disabling things like NPC traffic as you saw fit, then set up another station that wasn't the main station, but just looked and acted like it?

Or is there more to a main station than that, and it's total unworkable?

[Switeck]

Well It can be done, can set a station to only appear in one spot easily enough, could even rename after yourself, eg: "Commander Fancypants' Villa"

First pick which model you want. (Click here for a list of stations)
and where you want it.

If you want a Rock Hermit-like station, there's also the Free Trade Zone OXP's Rock Hermit variant not shown on the list of stations.

Finding such a station and declaring it yours is worthy of a complex OXP in its own right. I wouldn't mind an "always there" Rock Hermit station on my regular trade route even if I couldn't save game there.

I guess there could be equipment you could buy at such a Rock Hermit:

Code: Select all

(
	(
		99, 100000, "Sponsor this Rock Hermit",
		"EQ_SPONSOR_RH",
		"Fund this Rock Hermit's mining and trade.",
		{
			"available_to_all" = 1;
			"requires_clean" = 1;
//			"requires_equipment" = ("EQ_ADVANCED_NAVIGATIONAL_ARRAY", "EQ_WORMHOLE_SCANNER");
			"script" = "???.js"; // change this ??? to your script!
		}
	),
)

Somehow, the 99 tech level would have to be changed for only Rock Hermits...and only for the first one you agree to sponsor.

[Dragonfire]

I started an OXP for something similar HERE, but it is just in concept stage right now. Input would be most appreciated.