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As you already have a custom ship, you could try a scripted escapepod.Quote:
I don't get this. I use several "real" characters as pilots. Once scooped the always execute their script on docking of the player.
Already done. On launching states are set:Yes, but it needs one addition you probably thought of yourself. On adding your ship "shuttleone" to the universe, you must also set a variable:
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{
// CHECK FOR MISSION GOALS DONE
conditions = ("status_string equal STATUS_IN_FLIGHT");
do = (
"checkForShips: harkov_shuttle1",
{
conditions = ("shipsFound_number equal 0", "mission_localhero_special equal ESCORT1");
do = (
"commsMessage: SHUTTLE HAS REACHED THE STATION.",
"set: mission_localhero_special RESCUED",
"subtract: mission_localhero_goal 40",
"add: mission_localhero_bonus xxx"
);
},
"checkForShips: harkov_shuttle2",
{
conditions = ("shipsFound_number equal 0", "mission_localhero_special equal ESCORT2");
do = (
"commsMessage: SHUTTLE HAS REACHED THE STATION",
"set: mission_localhero_special RESCUED",
"subtract: mission_localhero_goal 40",
"add: mission_localhero_bonus xxx"
);
},
{
conditions = ("mission_localhero_special equal FAILED");
do = ("commsMessage: YOU'VE FAILED TO ESCORT THE SHUTTLE.");
},
{
conditions = ("mission_localhero_status equal CAPTURED", "mission_localhero_goal lessthan 1");
do = ("commsMessage: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.", "set: mission_localhero_status MESSAGE");
}
);
}
Good question. I don't know. Maybe someone wants to write a small story about this.But then, why should only all Confederacy planets get into the same sort of trouble, just all of them, but nobody else?
It was a little difficult for me to start the fist mission. As it happened I was in the fourth galaxy the last weeks. That is a galaxy without confederacy planets. And it was just this system where I wanted to start the dictators.oxp. Nothing happened for a long time. So I looked better and noticed that this system has also no dictatorships. So, on to galaxy 5 today and up to local_hero and dictatorship.Commander McLaine wrote:But then, why should only all Confederacy planets get into the same sort of trouble, just all of them, but nobody else?
It is not possible to read in a planet description nor reset it with a command to it's original state. I was missing this myself for my missions. Without possibility to restore things I didn't want to change it. On this point there are scripting commands missing. When on lave, one can set al possible system characteristics of systems that are even in an other galaxy, but reading in is only possible for the system you are in.Svengalii wrote:2. Is it possible to change the planet_description temporarly?
- GET planet description (local_variable)
- ADD Currently there is no CONFED MISSION available
- SET new planet description
Why should a Rock'n'Roll Band be tied to Confederacy-type planets only?Svengali wrote:Commander McLane wrote:Good question. I don't know. Maybe someone wants to write a small story about this.But then, why should only all Confederacy planets get into the same sort of trouble, just all of them, but nobody else?
Something like: Former General Harkov was a drummer in a Rock'n'Roll Band but his manager...
But... I was looking for some conditions that are met throughout the galaxy
AND they should differ from mostly used conditions in other OXPs (except: Anarchies and Commies for example).
A note on this: script_actions are checked in two contexts:Svengali wrote:1. There is a special mission to escort a police shuttle safely to the station. When the shuttle has docked some mission_variables should be set to a new state. I first tried to change the variables by script_actions in shipdata.plist. But nothing happened.
Thanks, Ahruman, that's some very useful information. I'm sure I can do something with it in one of my OXPs.Ahruman wrote:A note on this: script_actions are checked in two contexts:
- When the player docks with the ship.
- When the ship is scooped (by anyone), if its cargo_type is "CARGO_SCRIPTED_ITEM".
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"TRAVEL_HARKOV3" = {
ENTER = (setTargetToSystemStation, setDestinationToTarget, "setDesiredRangeTo: 12000.0", "setSpeedFactorTo: 5.0", performFlyToRangeFromDestination, checkDistanceTravelled);
"DESIRED_RANGE_ACHIEVED" = (performIdle, "setStateTo: SCAN1");
"GONE_BEYOND_RANGE" = (performIdle, "setStateTo: TRAVEL_HARKOV3");
ATTACKED = (setTargetToPrimaryAggressor, "setStateTo: ATTACK_SHIP");
"INCOMING_MISSILE" = (fightOrFleeMissile, "setStateTo: FLEE");
UPDATE = (setTargetToSystemStation, setDestinationToTarget, "setDesiredRangeTo: 8000.0", "setSpeedFactorTo: 5.0", performFlyToRangeFromDestination, checkDistanceTravelled);
EXIT = ();
};
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"TRAVEL_HARKOV3" = {
ENTER = (setTargetToSystemStation, setDestinationToTarget, "setDesiredRangeTo: 3000.0", "setSpeedFactorTo: 5.0", performFlyToRangeFromDestination);
"DESIRED_RANGE_ACHIEVED" = (performIdle, "setStateTo: SCAN1");
ATTACKED = (setTargetToPrimaryAggressor, "setStateTo: ATTACK_SHIP");
"INCOMING_MISSILE" = (fightOrFleeMissile, "setStateTo: FLEE");
UPDATE = ();
EXIT = ();
};
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"TRAVEL_HARKOV3" = {
ENTER = (setTargetToSystemStation, setDestinationToTarget, "setDesiredRangeTo: 3000.0", checkCourseToDestination);
"COURSE_OK" = ("setSpeedFactorTo: 5.0", performFlyToRangeFromDestination);
"WAYPOINT_SET" = ("setAITo: gotoWaypointAI.plist", "setStateTo: TRAVEL_HARKOV3");
"DESIRED_RANGE_ACHIEVED" = (performIdle, "setStateTo: SCAN1");
ATTACKED = (setTargetToPrimaryAggressor, "setStateTo: ATTACK_SHIP");
"INCOMING_MISSILE" = (fightOrFleeMissile, "setStateTo: FLEE");
UPDATE = ();
EXIT = ();
};
Thanks a lot Eric,In your case I see problems with the two "raid" AI's.
Now that's the beginning of a background story, that also fits into the other, existing stories (like of Communist systems). My whole point is really about keeping the Ooniverse reasonably consistant, which is something I feel we all are responsible for.Disembodied wrote:It's not unreasonable to suppose that worlds with similar political organisations, e.g. the various Confederacies, might find it useful to band themselves together into a voting bloc within the Galaction Co-Operation (which, in reality, is probably about as co-operative as the United Nations is united). Communists, for example, try to make a more-or-less common cause together: "Unlike other systems, communist planets communicate freely with each other, exchanging technology and resources" (from the Wiki), although no doubt they too have their differences (e.g. Maoist China and Stalinist USSR).
Perhaps Harkov's pirate gang is attempting to sabotage a fraternal association of Confederacies, on behalf of, say, a group of Dictatorship worlds (where does Harkov's rank of General come from?): maybe the Confederacies bloc is threatening sanctions over issues of sentient rights at an upcoming vote of the Galactic Co-Operative. Maybe GalCo-op (as opposed to GalCop) representatives could be in the shuttlecraft you have to protect? The Dictatorships might be trying to argue that the Confederacies should get their own house in order, before interfering in the affairs of other sovereign worlds -- and simultaneously threatening their own form of economic sanctions against the Confederacies...
I don't get you here. In all the literature and references we have these two terms are used interchangebly for the Galactic Co-Operative of Worlds (full title). I guess it's just an abbreviational confusion that some sources use GalCop as short form, others use GalCoop, GalCoOp, GalCo-Op or GalCo-op. But it's always been the same thing.Maybe GalCo-op (as opposed to GalCop)
Like TGHC, I was trying to differentiate the "Galactic Co-Operative of Worlds" from the police -- presumably the law-enforcement arm of the Co-Operative who keep order above the atmosphere. But then it's unlikely that "GalCop" would be an official designation: it's probably just a joke phrase. There's obviously some crossover between the police and the Navy (Behemoths appear on the scanners as system ships): do we assume that the police and the navy are one and the same, and under the general command of the Co-Operative? The Vipers as system patrol ships, mostly dealing with pirates and smugglers, and the Behemoths more commonly fighting against the Thargoid threat?Commander McLane wrote:Just a small point in your line of thought:I don't get you here. In all the literature and references we have these two terms are used interchangebly for the Galactic Co-Operative of Worlds (full title). I guess it's just an abbreviational confusion that some sources use GalCop as short form, others use GalCoop, GalCoOp, GalCo-Op or GalCo-op. But it's always been the same thing.Maybe GalCo-op (as opposed to GalCop)
Question to everybody: What would you consider the authoritative abbreviation for "Galactic Co-Operative of Worlds"? Can we get a consensus here?
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"TRAVEL_HARKOV3" = {
ENTER = (setTargetToSystemStation, setDestinationToTarget, "setDesiredRangeTo: 12000.0", checkCourseToDestination);
"COURSE_OK" = ("setSpeedFactorTo: 5.0", performFlyToRangeFromDestination);
"WAYPOINT_SET" = ("setAITo: gotoWaypointAI.plist", "setStateTo: TRAVEL_HARKOV3");
"DESIRED_RANGE_ACHIEVED" = (performIdle, "setStateTo: SCAN1");
"TARGET_FOUND" = ("setStateTo: SCAN1");
ATTACKED = (setTargetToPrimaryAggressor, "setStateTo: ATTACK_SHIP");
"INCOMING_MISSILE" = (fightOrFleeMissile, "setStateTo: FLEE");
UPDATE = (scanForNonThargoid);
EXIT = ();
};That's indeed how it should be understood: "Galactic Co-Operative of Worlds" means that all the 8*256 worlds we know are members of this organization, whose sole task it is to enable the communication, travel and trade between them. GalCop does not interfere with the internal affairs of its members. Therefore there are planets with very different political systems. GalCop just puts up stations in orbit that serve as trading posts (there is evidence in the literature that it may even be prohibited for traders to travel to the surface of the planets; so far-reaching is the rule of not interfering!), maintains these stations and takes care of the security of space-lines. This is done by police (in-system) and military forces that have become necessary after the Thargoids appeared and posed a serious threat to travel and trade.Disembodied wrote:Like TGHC, I was trying to differentiate the "Galactic Co-Operative of Worlds" from the police -- presumably the law-enforcement arm of the Co-Operative who keep order above the atmosphere. But then it's unlikely that "GalCop" would be an official designation: it's probably just a joke phrase. There's obviously some crossover between the police and the Navy (Behemoths appear on the scanners as system ships): do we assume that the police and the navy are one and the same, and under the general command of the Co-Operative? The Vipers as system patrol ships, mostly dealing with pirates and smugglers, and the Behemoths more commonly fighting against the Thargoid threat?
I think that makes more sense to me, anyway: GalCop is just a trader's slang term for the Galactic Co-Operative of Worlds, since most of our interaction with them is usually police-based. So I withdraw my differentiation.
What the official designation is, I don't know: we have a sprawling galaxy, with many different cultures and languages... maybe there isn't one.