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[Solved] - increase Cobbie cargo capacity?

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:30 pm
by lfnfan
:oops: slightly embarrassed to be asking about cheating (but)

I am trying to 'tweak' my Cobra 3's cargo capacity, but I am meeting resistance....

I've altered the oolite-save file max cargo from 35 - 40tc and started Oolite with shift+click. My Cobbie still has 35tc. When I re-check the save file it seems to have reverted back to 35tc.

Updating max cargo in ships plist seems not to help either. I have the extended cargo bay - perhaps that's complicating things?

Is this something that's now build in to the oolite.app itself? I'm on Linux Mint 18, Oolite 1.84 installed via software manager. I have Griff ships installed.

I am also toying with the idea of five missile mounts rather than four. Perhaps the answer to the cargo is also applicable to the missile mounts.

Still loving Oolite after eight years :D

Re: increase Cobbie cargo capacity?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:27 am
by phkb
You probably want a "shipdata-overrides.plist" file, containing something like this:

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{
	"cobra3-player" = {
		max_cargo = 25;
		extra_cargo = 15; 
	};
}
Change "cobra3-player" to be the ship datakey for whatever version of the Cobra you're running with.

Re: increase Cobbie cargo capacity?

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:10 am
by Norby
lfnfan wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:30 pm
Perhaps the answer to the cargo is also applicable to the missile mounts.
Yes, just add this also:

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max_missiles = 5;

Alternatively you can install and buy a Cobra Mark III-XT or a similar ship.

Re: increase Cobbie cargo capacity?

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:02 pm
by lfnfan
Aha, great. Thank you both. I will add that in to the override.plist :D

The XT looks good - think I will be heading in that direction!