Topic: OT-This is probably not the right section, but.....

[Anthony Scott]

.....how on earth do I replace ships in SFC1? Now that I have some really good models and a high-end desktop to play  SFC on I am understandandably cautious monkeying around with a game that I play on a regular basis.

And to all you modellers in this forum who put out SFC1 versions of your gorgeous ships whether they are Rommie, Klink, or what have you I want to say thanks. The eye candy along makes my little one want to play the game too.
 

Semeper Fi, Carry On

[Khalee1]

Well it depends, if the model has any kind of light map you cant use it in sfc1. Otherwise If I remember it's the same method as sfc 2 and OP. If you've swaped out ships in those versions, then you shouldnt have to much problems with sfc1.   

[Anthony Scott]

Actually, i have not installed any other of the SFC versions yet. I want to get a grip on playing SFC1, which is why I was asking. Sorry I did not post my question clearly enough.

Semper Fi, Carry On

[intermech]

To add a model optimized for SFC 1, go into Assets/specs and open up shiplist.txt with Microsoft Excel. This is a list of all ships in the game and their attributes. If you scroll to the right you will see a column where the directory path for each ship is listed. You need to change the directory path to the new path for the ship that you are adding. It looks something like this: assets/models/fca/fca.mod
Please note that the slashes are the opposite way as shown in your browser address bar. As far as I know, the directory listed can be anything within the main SFC Directory. Also, in SFC 1 you can only replace ship model directory listings, you cannot add additional classes as you can in SFC 2, OP, and III.

"Optimized for SFC 1" means that there are no light maps mapped to the model. You can change an SFC2, OP, and III model to work in SFC 1 by importing the model into your modelling program and removing the light map material, and then exporting the ship back. Milkshape can do this, however, It cannot do the break models. Remember break models need to have the light maps removed if you are using them.

[Anthony Scott]

Thank you very much....this helps immensely.

Semper Fi, Carry On