Topic: SFC 1 Modification Problems

[ogoptimus]

Forgive me if this is out of place or so stupid as to be laughable.

I'm having issues modifying SFC1 Gold ships.
I have tried using both ShipEdit v2.0 and just opening and sfbspc13.txt directly (in the assets\specs directory).
I can add a new ship to the file, no problem.
But when I try and use that new ship in a skrimish mission, the game crashes to the desktop.
This even happens when all I do is copy an existing ship to a new slot and just change the designation (e.g. F-CA to F-CD).

A few other interesting notes are:
1. When I rename/remove sfbspc13.txt, the game still knows all the ship stats.  How is that possible?
2. Even when I modify an existing ship, if I keep the name the same, the stats don't change.

This is so easy in SFC2 and OP, I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I am playing version 1.02.01 and using the CD (maybe that's the source of my problems).

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

[Czar Mohab]

Heh. Had to think on this one. Its been a while.

With SFC1, I am fairly certain that you can't actually add a new ship but can edit and rename existing ships. This one I will have to test myself and verify. If I'm wrong I'll come back and edit this out, and leave it as is if I'm right.

If all you do is edit a ship and still experience no stat changes, make your modifications, then start a new campaign (I don't think race matters. I also don't think that saving the game matters so you should be able to just quit right back to the main menu, but a save never hurts), then quit the campaign and go into skirmish (or stay in the campaign).  This *should* reload/refresh the sfbspc13.txt into the game, giving you your modifications.

The Czar