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Quote from: Dizzy on May 08, 2011, 06:47:59 amIt's a sweeping fix. What is involved is that the shiplist for all the planets with weapons are redone and then the models themselves will have to be rehardpointed. The hardpoints are currently located anywhere from 5 to 7 range above and below the equator on the physical planet model itself, which obviously causes point defense weapons not to fire because if a ship approaches the equator, the point defense weapons are too far away to fire.Make note that any weapon that ignores a fire arc should not be used on a planet as firing through the planet mesh occurs and the resulting sound collision from that fire is quite annoying. Below you will see the planet fire arc where HW1 is the front of the ship. HW1 stands for heavy weapon hardpoint 1 and is the 1st heavy weapon column in the shiplist. PH11 stands for the 11th phaser hardpoint and corresponds to the 11th weapon column in the shiplist.The Yellow arcs should be Ph3 hardpoints which should be present on ALL planets. The Blue are the Ph4's which should be standard on all armed planets. The Red should be heavy weapon hardpoints that should be on all armed planets. The Orange should be optional heavy weapon hardpoints. The rest shaded grey should be only used for homeworlds. Ph1's should not be used on planets as it would give the planet too many defensive phasers. I do not remember testing to see if a planet can make use of defensive tractors vs drones. I think they do, and I would give all planets 6 and homeworlds 12.I am fuzzy on the artifex program and do not remember specifically which planets are referred to as colony world, core world and homeworld. If there are other designations artifex uses that the scripts and the map match up, it would be easy to simply use the existing planets as a reference and arm them from the stock taldren template using the fixes I have made.I have implemented this fully, and as-is... why? Because SFB-style planets are impossible. We can only make a close approximation.In SFB, planets are not armed. They have ground bases, and these are independant units. Firing at a ground base unit only affects that unit, and not the whole planet (unlike SFC). There's no sharing of power either between these ground units. (again, unlike SFC).That leaves me with 2 alternatives: do nothing, or we do our own. .. and this rules are good enough as-is. It's detailed enough that I can programmatically detect problems if there any.Note: I haven't changed any of the other systems, except for the tractors.Note2: I haven't released an installer for this. I have more work to do before I am satisfied with some other stuff that needs to be redone. (ie: bad pirates powercurve)-- FSCode tidbit for the mount definitions:Code: [Select] # defensive phasers only! 14, 17, 21, 24 my $all_planets_mounts = { 66 => { 'mount' => 14, 'arc' => 'RS' }, 75 => { 'mount' => 17, 'arc' => 'RH' }, 87 => { 'mount' => 21, 'arc' => 'LS' }, 96 => { 'mount' => 24, 'arc' => 'FH' }, }; # 3, 4, 8, 9 -- 11, 15, 18, 22 my $armed_world_mounts = { 33 => { 'mount' => 3, 'arc' => 'FRR' }, 36 => { 'mount' => 4, 'arc' => 'RRR' }, 48 => { 'mount' => 8, 'arc' => 'LLR' }, 51 => { 'mount' => 9, 'arc' => 'FLL' }, 57 => { 'mount' => 11, 'arc' => 'FH' }, 69 => { 'mount' => 15, 'arc' => 'RS' }, 78 => { 'mount' => 18, 'arc' => 'RH' }, 90 => { 'mount' => 22, 'arc' => 'LS' }, }; # 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 23 my $home_world_mounts = { 27 => { 'mount' => 1, 'arc' => 'FA' }, 30 => { 'mount' => 2, 'arc' => 'FAR' }, 39 => { 'mount' => 5, 'arc' => 'RAR' }, 42 => { 'mount' => 6, 'arc' => 'RA' }, 45 => { 'mount' => 7, 'arc' => 'RAL' }, 54 => { 'mount' => 10, 'arc' => 'FAL' }, 60 => { 'mount' => 12, 'arc' => 'FAR' }, 63 => { 'mount' => 13, 'arc' => 'RS' }, 72 => { 'mount' => 16, 'arc' => 'RAR' }, 81 => { 'mount' => 19, 'arc' => 'RAL' }, 84 => { 'mount' => 20, 'arc' => 'LS' }, 93 => { 'mount' => 23, 'arc' => 'FAL' }, };
It's a sweeping fix. What is involved is that the shiplist for all the planets with weapons are redone and then the models themselves will have to be rehardpointed. The hardpoints are currently located anywhere from 5 to 7 range above and below the equator on the physical planet model itself, which obviously causes point defense weapons not to fire because if a ship approaches the equator, the point defense weapons are too far away to fire.Make note that any weapon that ignores a fire arc should not be used on a planet as firing through the planet mesh occurs and the resulting sound collision from that fire is quite annoying. Below you will see the planet fire arc where HW1 is the front of the ship. HW1 stands for heavy weapon hardpoint 1 and is the 1st heavy weapon column in the shiplist. PH11 stands for the 11th phaser hardpoint and corresponds to the 11th weapon column in the shiplist.The Yellow arcs should be Ph3 hardpoints which should be present on ALL planets. The Blue are the Ph4's which should be standard on all armed planets. The Red should be heavy weapon hardpoints that should be on all armed planets. The Orange should be optional heavy weapon hardpoints. The rest shaded grey should be only used for homeworlds. Ph1's should not be used on planets as it would give the planet too many defensive phasers. I do not remember testing to see if a planet can make use of defensive tractors vs drones. I think they do, and I would give all planets 6 and homeworlds 12.I am fuzzy on the artifex program and do not remember specifically which planets are referred to as colony world, core world and homeworld. If there are other designations artifex uses that the scripts and the map match up, it would be easy to simply use the existing planets as a reference and arm them from the stock taldren template using the fixes I have made.
# defensive phasers only! 14, 17, 21, 24 my $all_planets_mounts = { 66 => { 'mount' => 14, 'arc' => 'RS' }, 75 => { 'mount' => 17, 'arc' => 'RH' }, 87 => { 'mount' => 21, 'arc' => 'LS' }, 96 => { 'mount' => 24, 'arc' => 'FH' }, }; # 3, 4, 8, 9 -- 11, 15, 18, 22 my $armed_world_mounts = { 33 => { 'mount' => 3, 'arc' => 'FRR' }, 36 => { 'mount' => 4, 'arc' => 'RRR' }, 48 => { 'mount' => 8, 'arc' => 'LLR' }, 51 => { 'mount' => 9, 'arc' => 'FLL' }, 57 => { 'mount' => 11, 'arc' => 'FH' }, 69 => { 'mount' => 15, 'arc' => 'RS' }, 78 => { 'mount' => 18, 'arc' => 'RH' }, 90 => { 'mount' => 22, 'arc' => 'LS' }, }; # 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 23 my $home_world_mounts = { 27 => { 'mount' => 1, 'arc' => 'FA' }, 30 => { 'mount' => 2, 'arc' => 'FAR' }, 39 => { 'mount' => 5, 'arc' => 'RAR' }, 42 => { 'mount' => 6, 'arc' => 'RA' }, 45 => { 'mount' => 7, 'arc' => 'RAL' }, 54 => { 'mount' => 10, 'arc' => 'FAL' }, 60 => { 'mount' => 12, 'arc' => 'FAR' }, 63 => { 'mount' => 13, 'arc' => 'RS' }, 72 => { 'mount' => 16, 'arc' => 'RAR' }, 81 => { 'mount' => 19, 'arc' => 'RAL' }, 84 => { 'mount' => 20, 'arc' => 'LS' }, 93 => { 'mount' => 23, 'arc' => 'FAL' }, };
Ok, attached are the stock planets with new hardpoints that follow Dizzy's layout (not mps). please note there are no texture files in here as the only thing changed are the .mod files. I placed the hps slightly off the planets surface so they shouldn't shoot the planet when the fire. I haven't test them in game though.Edit: Fixed, I think...
These ones have the lods set to change at 1800 and 5000 (should be the same as the stock ones now).... I hate lods
Some of the work you have done is mind boggling.
RC3's up.http://klingon.pet.dhs.org/OP_plusrefit/opplus_41_models_20110522221827.exeNew changes of note:Planet hardpoint changes: http://klingon.pet.dhs.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=OP%2B_Contents_and_Changes#Planets_hardpoint_fixesPirates get a power boost, similar to what Taldren did: http://klingon.pet.dhs.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=OP%2B_Contents_and_Changes#Power_Boost.2C_.C3.A0_la_Taldren
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didnt' see any issues w/ the model, hp naming convention or hardpoint placement. Might be a disrupter w/ a bad arc maybe?
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