Topic: SFC Era's

[FireSoul]

Quote:

[Clock/StartingDate]
BaseYear = 2263
0 = 0
1 = 10
2 = 20
3 = 40

now what this means is the following :

0 is early era.. or year 2263
1 is mid era or year 2273
2 is late era or year 2283
3 is Advanced era or year 2303

Don't use those files' settings to determine the dates for the eras. That's just the dates you want your era-choice campaign to start at.

Here's a little something that might help you all:
Code:

enum
{
   kEBegin=-999,
   kEEnd=0, // Z-DDV (YFA=0) is in early
   kMBegin=1, // fighter Z-Mastiff.II (YFA=1) is in mid
   kMEnd=7, // F-NCL (YFA=7) is in mid for start
   kLBegin=8, // F-NCD (YFA=8) is in late for start.
   kX1Begin=27, // To help find X1 ships.
   kLEnd=36,  // NOTE!!! It was discovered that OP's advanced era was starting at 2290 BEFORE 2.5.5.0. Now it's back to 2300.
   kX1End=36,
   kABegin=37, // (F-XFF YFA=37)
   kAEnd=999,
};

So.. where "0" is 2263..

 

 
• Early goes up to 2263 (Y163)
   
• Mid is from 2264 (Y164) to 2270 (Y170).  Just 7 years, inclusive.
   
• Late starts in 2271 (Y171) and goes to 2299 (Y199), as of patch 2550. previous to that patch it was 2271 to 2290.  It is around 29 years, inclusive.
   
• Advanced starts in 2300 (Y200) and goes on from there.
   

-- Luc

[Komodo]

OK, looks like I'm zeroed in now:

Where "0" is 2263

Early goes up to 2263 (SFB Y163) (YFA -x to 0)

Mid is from 2264 (SFB Y164) to 2270 (SFB Y170) (YFA 1 to 7)

Late starts in 2271 (SFB Y171) and goes to 2299 (SFB Y199) (YFA 8 to 36)

Advanced starts in 2300 (SFB Y200) and goes on from there (YFA 37+)

Thanks so much guys!  

[DonKarnage]

a planet is -163 to 999, if -163 is early what is middle and late to advance then?, beside the years i was wondering for the ship edits what is what so i can fix the year.

[Komodo]

What that tells you is it will always be available in game

A YLA sets the parameters in D2 (fairly certain, anyways...) as a cutoff date for ship production- after that date, it no longer becomes available. It's a good way to open the shipyard to produce desired ships once a new era is entered.

Fed CAR: -3 to 4
Produced from late in the early era until the middle of the mid era for a total of 8 years.

[DonKarnage]

ok but if i want a few ship to be in the start of the early era, what year should i use?, also when does middle, late and advance begin beside the date like 2278, i mean like -8 is the start of early so like 15 should be middle, how long does a time eras last?, i will put the tos and tmp together so i need to know when the early eras begin to use a old constitution class before the time kirk was in command.

[Maxillius]

Quote:
Early goes up to 2263 (SFB Y163) (YFA -x to 0)

Mid is from 2264 (SFB Y164) to 2270 (SFB Y170) (YFA 1 to 7)

Late starts in 2271 (SFB Y171) and goes to 2299 (SFB Y199) (YFA 8 to 36)

Advanced starts in 2300 (SFB Y200) and goes on from there (YFA 37-57)
 

So, if you're doing an all-inclusive mod, you could make the Lost Era = 2320 (SFB Y220) (YFA 57-97)

then TNG 2360 (SFB Y260) (YFA 97+)

and if you're going before Early, then ENT/Birth of Federation era would be SFB Y50 (YFA -118 - -20)


check my math though