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In the shipdata.plist one can add

"accuracy" = "7";

are there any other variables i can set in the shipdata.plist to create/differentiate ship/pilot 'strengths' ?

[Switeck]

You can make NPC ships a little more challenging with this in shipdata.plist on them:
energy_recharge_rate = 5.76; // 3.2 (base amount for Boa2) x 1.8 (has E.E.U.) = 5.76
has_ecm = 1;
has_escape_pod = 1;
has_energy_bomb = 1; // Q-bomb of DOOM! (does this subtract from carried missiles?)
has_fuel_injection = 1;
has_shield_booster = 1;
has_shield_enhancer = 1;
heat_insulation = 9;
missile_load_time = 4;
missile_role = "EQ_HARDENED_MISSILE"; // 5 missiles of DOOM!

(For a Boa 2 that I made a "blackdog" variant of...)

[another_commander]

There is also the not very well known reaction_time ship property (ship.reactionTime for the JS equivalent), which defaults to 1.5 sec. This is the time an NPC will need to make a decision when tracking its target. Reduce that enough and your NPCs get superhuman reflexes.

[phkb]

There is also the not very well known reaction_time ship property (ship.reactionTime for the JS equivalent)

OK, and now the wiki has the details as well, so hopefully it will be a little more well known from this point! No idea how this property got missed.

[Cholmondely]

There is also the not very well known reaction_time ship property (ship.reactionTime for the JS equivalent)

OK, and now the wiki has the details as well, so hopefully it will be a little more well known from this point! No idea how this property got missed.

Noting your note about cats - this opens the opportunity to devise slightly different flying properties for felines, lobsters, etc.

[Nite Owl]

Might there be a way to make the reaction_time/ship.reactionTime property universal as opposed to having to TWEAK every ship OXZ/OXP one might have. Perhaps an OXZ similar to Skilled NPC's wherein Library can be used to individually set this property based on the role of the ship. This could be done in a similar manner to what Skilled NPC's does with the accuracy/ship.accuracy property. Having looked at Skilled NPC's JavaScript file such a project would entail quite a bit more than a simple swapping out of or a cut and paste of the two properties. As such this is a project that is way beyond my coding abilities but at least the concept is out there. Any takers?

[Cholmondely]

Might there be a way to make the reaction_time/ship.reactionTime property universal as opposed to having to TWEAK every ship OXZ/OXP one might have. Perhaps an OXZ similar to Skilled NPC's wherein Library can be used to individually set this property based on the role of the ship. This could be done in a similar manner to what Skilled NPC's does with the accuracy/ship.accuracy property. Having looked at Skilled NPC's JavaScript file such a project would entail quite a bit more than a simple swapping out of or a cut and paste of the two properties. As such this is a project that is way beyond my coding abilities but at least the concept is out there. Any takers?

Or just add reaction times into Skilled NPC's?

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Might there be a way to make the reaction_time/ship.reactionTime property universal as opposed to having to TWEAK every ship OXZ/OXP one might have. Perhaps an OXZ similar to Skilled NPC's wherein Library can be used to individually set this property based on the role of the ship. This could be done in a similar manner to what Skilled NPC's does with the accuracy/ship.accuracy property. Having looked at Skilled NPC's JavaScript file such a project would entail quite a bit more than a simple swapping out of or a cut and paste of the two properties. As such this is a project that is way beyond my coding abilities but at least the concept is out there. Any takers?

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		case "police":
		case "interceptor":
		case "wingman":
			if (!this.$boostHunter) break;
			if (ship.accuracy < 0) { 
				ship.accuracy = -ship.accuracy;
			}
			ship.accuracy += this.$baselineHunter;
			ship.accuracy *= 2;
			ship.accuracy += Math.random()*gov;
			ship.reactionTime = 0.1;
			break;
            

Perhaps you could add ship.reactionTime in Skilled NPC js like above for all roles?

[Nite Owl]

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		case "police":
		case "interceptor":
		case "wingman":
			if (!this.$boostHunter) break;
			if (ship.accuracy < 0) { 
				ship.accuracy = -ship.accuracy;
			}
			ship.accuracy += this.$baselineHunter;
			ship.accuracy *= 2;
			ship.accuracy += Math.random()*gov;
			ship.reactionTime = 0.1;
			break;
            

Perhaps you could add ship.reactionTime in Skilled NPC js like above for all roles?

A definite possibility but perhaps a bit simplistic. If you look at the entries for the various roles in Skilled NPC's (including the one listed in your code snippet above) there are variations involved that are dependent on Government Type and Math.random calculations. Ideally such calculations should randomize the ship.reactionTime variable as well. Time would also need to be spent to determine just what the variations are within the ship.reactionTime numbers. How much of a game play difference is there between the default of ship.reactionTime = 1.5, ship.reactionTime = 1.25, and so on down until some number is reached that makes NPCs invulnerable. Finding that balance, plus the coding, plus Real Life, would be a challenge for me in the foreseeable future.

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Finding that balance, plus the coding, plus Real Life, would be a challenge for me in the foreseeable future.

Finding that balance would be a challenge for anybody, especially with(in) gameplay...

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playing with light and dark...

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phkb's anaconda with blacked out color spec gloss map.
With the new materials settings the diffuse map colors almost seem to glow!