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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:39 pm
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Re: Screenshots
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 5:03 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:18 pm
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' ?
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:24 am
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...)
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...)
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:10 am
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.
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:30 am
another_commander wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:10 amThere 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.
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 8:10 am
Noting your note about cats - this opens the opportunity to devise slightly different flying properties for felines, lobsters, etc.phkb wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:30 amanother_commander wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:10 amThere 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.
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:50 pm
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?
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:05 pm
Or just add reaction times into Skilled NPC's?Nite Owl wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:50 pmMight 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?
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:22 pm
Nite Owl wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:50 pmMight 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;
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 4:23 pm
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.cbr wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:22 pmPerhaps you could add ship.reactionTime in Skilled NPC js like above for all roles?Code: Select all
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;
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 6:19 pm
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 6:29 pm
playing with light and dark...
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2023 6:02 pm
Re: Screenshots
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:38 pm
phkb's anaconda with blacked out color spec gloss map.
With the new materials settings the diffuse map colors almost seem to glow!