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Help, please

1.) Is it possible to like_ship a subentity?

2.) Will a turret only work in-game if it has ...
... in its set-up?

3.) Could someone be so friendly and point me to the place where the new is_template is documented in a how-to form?

Answers are going to be greatly appreciated

L

Lestradae wrote:

1.) Is it possible to like_ship a subentity?

Of course. Shipdata-entry is shipdata-entry. No difference what kind of entity it is going to be in the game.

Lestradae wrote:

2.) Will a turret only work in-game if it has ...

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<key>setup_actions</key>
                <array>
                        <string>initialiseTurret</string>
                </array>

... in its set-up?

Yes, as explained in the documentation.

Lestradae wrote:

3.) Could someone be so friendly and point me to the place where the new is_template is documented in a how-to form?

I would again try to use the documentation (both parts of it).

It's really simple. You mark the shipdata-entry that you only want to use as a template. And then you reference it with like_ship in the entries that depend on it.

NOTE, however, that it currently doesn't seem to work correctly, as reported by some scripters.

Thanks, CMcL, for the enlightening commentary!

Concerning ...

NOTE, however, that it currently doesn't seem to work correctly, as reported by some scripters.

... I noted, and am going to observe what comes out of this, perhaps do a little testing regarding the function on my own if I find the time

Cheers

L