Combat enhancement scripts
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Nexus mods
http://www.nexusmods.com/xrebirth/mods/474
AI scripts & overhauled drones for a better combat experience. Based on "Better turrets" by Cicero111.
This is WIP but should work as intended. Please report if you see something strange.
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Please read description.
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What you need:
Defense-officers with at least 3 stars primary skills to show advanced combat-behaviour. They will perform better if they have more stars.
So I would suggest you use something like "autotrain", "autocrew" or "npcgainXP".
Unqualified DOs will show vanilla combat-behaviour and will not launch drones.
What it does:
- It changes targeting logic for the defense officer AI on all capital ships.
- Skill checks for detecting targets. Combat is the most important one, but leadership and morale are also used in the calculation.
- Line of sight check for all targets to minimize damage from friendly fire when flying in formation.
- Target priority logic for turrets (fighters -> cap surface elements -> hull). Similar logic when atacking stations.
- Separate target priority logic for "big guns" (i.e. IHC and torpedo launchers).
- Capital boarding support mode when the defense officer is in defensive mode.
- Station supression mode. When DO in defensive mode, only attack weapons (also valid with attack object).
NEW - All drones have more hull and shields added. Overrun MK2 URVs have guided missiles. Changed model of Assault URV to combat drone model and added torpedo launchers. Changed hull and on player-controlled drones and added shields.
NEW - Limits the defense-drone targets to be within 4.5km to avoid drones wandering off.
- Defense-drone wing size and launch delay based on DO skill and ship type.
NEW - L/XL ships will launch Assault URVs against L/XL ships and stations if they are more than 4.5km away and DO is in offensive mode. They are like a long-range first-strike weapon. They will bombard the hull with their torpedos. Within the 4.5km range defense-drones will take over and will support close-combat with target-priorisation as above.
- "Big gun" control (Balor/Sucellus). A defensive DO will not fire the "big guns" except on station hull/surface targets. In offensive no DO will fire those at fighters anymore, except skunk for NPC's.
- Capship wingmen wil "inherit" their leader DO offensive/defnesive (might take some seconds before they get the memo).
- Drone leaders will if their target is destroyed check with their DO for a new one before returning home.
- Player caps and friendly cap NPC's will stop shooting at target if it's is boarded by the player and hull gets below 50%. (NB: stations and fighters will still shoot at it).
NEW - Adds IZ ammo-check. Will make missile launchers work IZ. In fact that´s a cheat...
NEW - Ships with unqualified DOs will show vanilla combat-behaviour but launch no drones.
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This matches with XR 4.0 combat scripts and won´t work in earlier versions.
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Use at your own risk!
Potentially not savegame-safe!
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Feedback welcome!
Happy hunting!
[MOD/WIP] Combat enhancement scripts - "Better turrets" overhaul
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beaver1981
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[MOD/WIP] Combat enhancement scripts - "Better turrets" overhaul
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beaver1981
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I´ve been asked if CES is compatible with MICT/MOCT/MCT several times now…
Technically it is compatible with MICT but not MICT_supp7, therefore it is technically NOT compatible with MCT since this incorporates MICT_supp7. That´s because of w.evens and my changes to the assault URV which will overwrite each other.
But I think they are not compatible in terms of gameplay. Why ist that? MICT and CES are both about combat behaviour. They both offer a targeting logic which is more or less based on „Better turrets“, they both check skills and will only work or perform well if you have highly skilled NPC aboard your ships.
So if you install MICT and CES you will see MICT in action since it takes over at the same point, you will have no benifit from CES. There will be no synergy. That´s a technical problem.
There are obviously differences between both mods. A huge part of MICT is about movement, it speeds up combat by making your ship jump or boost into firing range and makes it stay there. If that is what you are looking for and that fits your needs go with MICT, you won´t need CES.
CES instead is just about targeting logic (MICT already offers similar things), but targeting logic also effects the usage of drones or URVs as they are called. While vanilla XR and MICT only know defense- and offense-drones (Assault URV) they make no use oft hat. In vanilla XR the Assault URV also is quite without function. CES defines different roles for defense- and offense-drones, defense drones will support your ship in every close-combat situation, offense-drones (Assault URV, that has undergone some changes) is now like a first strike weapon which is launched if your ship is not in firing range, knows the enemy and is in offensive mode. This makes combat slower since your ship will use vanilla movement scripts but is also nice to watch. Since this mechanism is radar-range dependent you will have no problem dealing with enemies that are far away. Another difference ist hat CES offers improvements for drones like more hull and shields. They are not invincible but won´t be killed that fast… …they are more like cheap fighters. If you are looking for somthing like that go with CES, you won´t need MICT.
So please read the description of both mods carefully and decide what fits your needs! If you want to test them install only one of them to see full effects! …and BACKUP YOUR SAVEGAMES!!! …or start a new game or use a seperate save.
MOCT is about OOZ-combat CES is about IZ-combat, so yes, they are compatible (technically and in terms of gameplay).
And to point that out clearly, this is not about I don´t like MICT. MICT is an awesome and very complex mod and w.evans deserves respect for creating that. It offers so much and I like that it is modular (manual install), so I can pick what fits my needs -> great job!
Personally I used the whole package for a long time. I even had MICT in mind when I created my other mod „Canteran ship pack“ (the ships are designed to take over certain roles and I thought of how that will work in conjuction with MICT). Now I still use MICT_supp2, MICT_supp3, MOCT and MOCT_supp4.
Technically it is compatible with MICT but not MICT_supp7, therefore it is technically NOT compatible with MCT since this incorporates MICT_supp7. That´s because of w.evens and my changes to the assault URV which will overwrite each other.
But I think they are not compatible in terms of gameplay. Why ist that? MICT and CES are both about combat behaviour. They both offer a targeting logic which is more or less based on „Better turrets“, they both check skills and will only work or perform well if you have highly skilled NPC aboard your ships.
So if you install MICT and CES you will see MICT in action since it takes over at the same point, you will have no benifit from CES. There will be no synergy. That´s a technical problem.
There are obviously differences between both mods. A huge part of MICT is about movement, it speeds up combat by making your ship jump or boost into firing range and makes it stay there. If that is what you are looking for and that fits your needs go with MICT, you won´t need CES.
CES instead is just about targeting logic (MICT already offers similar things), but targeting logic also effects the usage of drones or URVs as they are called. While vanilla XR and MICT only know defense- and offense-drones (Assault URV) they make no use oft hat. In vanilla XR the Assault URV also is quite without function. CES defines different roles for defense- and offense-drones, defense drones will support your ship in every close-combat situation, offense-drones (Assault URV, that has undergone some changes) is now like a first strike weapon which is launched if your ship is not in firing range, knows the enemy and is in offensive mode. This makes combat slower since your ship will use vanilla movement scripts but is also nice to watch. Since this mechanism is radar-range dependent you will have no problem dealing with enemies that are far away. Another difference ist hat CES offers improvements for drones like more hull and shields. They are not invincible but won´t be killed that fast… …they are more like cheap fighters. If you are looking for somthing like that go with CES, you won´t need MICT.
So please read the description of both mods carefully and decide what fits your needs! If you want to test them install only one of them to see full effects! …and BACKUP YOUR SAVEGAMES!!! …or start a new game or use a seperate save.
MOCT is about OOZ-combat CES is about IZ-combat, so yes, they are compatible (technically and in terms of gameplay).
And to point that out clearly, this is not about I don´t like MICT. MICT is an awesome and very complex mod and w.evans deserves respect for creating that. It offers so much and I like that it is modular (manual install), so I can pick what fits my needs -> great job!
Personally I used the whole package for a long time. I even had MICT in mind when I created my other mod „Canteran ship pack“ (the ships are designed to take over certain roles and I thought of how that will work in conjuction with MICT). Now I still use MICT_supp2, MICT_supp3, MOCT and MOCT_supp4.
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michaelbm71
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(Copy from Steam Workshop to this forum)
Hello beaver1981, thank you for your work.
I have not tried your mod, because i suspect its use might be limited by the missing autosupply function for drones for the DO.
Now did/could you add an onboard drone assembly/generator/cheater to add a drone supply to player-owned ships? That would be perfect. I am thinking along the lines of the mod DCS / Drone Carrier Software by DRBullwinkle for X3.
All the best, Michael
Hello beaver1981, thank you for your work.
I have not tried your mod, because i suspect its use might be limited by the missing autosupply function for drones for the DO.
Now did/could you add an onboard drone assembly/generator/cheater to add a drone supply to player-owned ships? That would be perfect. I am thinking along the lines of the mod DCS / Drone Carrier Software by DRBullwinkle for X3.
All the best, Michael
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beaver1981
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@michaelbm71: Answered you in steam workshop.
@w.evans: Thanks
@vadiolive: At the moment I´m only using MICT_supp 2 and 3, so I don´t know that. But it is set up the same way as BT and should work with MICT. The problem is that regarding NPC skills the point when BT or my mod start to perfom well is quite the same when MICT takes over... ...MICT_supp 7 (that one that changes the assault drone) breaks assault drones... ...MOCT works (tested with MOCT and MOCT_supp 4).
@desan77332: It´s a new version of BT, so you have to disable or uninstall that.
@w.evans: Thanks
@vadiolive: At the moment I´m only using MICT_supp 2 and 3, so I don´t know that. But it is set up the same way as BT and should work with MICT. The problem is that regarding NPC skills the point when BT or my mod start to perfom well is quite the same when MICT takes over... ...MICT_supp 7 (that one that changes the assault drone) breaks assault drones... ...MOCT works (tested with MOCT and MOCT_supp 4).
@desan77332: It´s a new version of BT, so you have to disable or uninstall that.
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beaver1981
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Requiemfang
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Ah, now I see. MICT_supp7 would break the CES Assault URVs because it modifies the connection where the vanilla weapons are placed and that's where you put the engines.
Hm. I don't think I can fix that incompatibility without maintaining the functionality of making Assault URVs functional for people who don't have CES.
If you want, one thing you could do would be to add an optional dependency to MICT and MCT. That way, your mod would load after mine and you'd be sure that your changes to Assault URVs override mine. I don't think it would work the other way around since that would change your Assault URVs' engine into a torpedo tube.
Also, I think the only thing that makes this require the save flag is your added torpedo type. (missile_launcher_torpedo_ces_macro). If you were to modify one of the Drostan's torpedoes and use that instead, then I don't think you'd need the save flag anymore. Would have the side effect of making the Drostan more powerful though, and I understand how you probably won't want that.
Hm. I don't think I can fix that incompatibility without maintaining the functionality of making Assault URVs functional for people who don't have CES.
If you want, one thing you could do would be to add an optional dependency to MICT and MCT. That way, your mod would load after mine and you'd be sure that your changes to Assault URVs override mine. I don't think it would work the other way around since that would change your Assault URVs' engine into a torpedo tube.
Also, I think the only thing that makes this require the save flag is your added torpedo type. (missile_launcher_torpedo_ces_macro). If you were to modify one of the Drostan's torpedoes and use that instead, then I don't think you'd need the save flag anymore. Would have the side effect of making the Drostan more powerful though, and I understand how you probably won't want that.
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beaver1981
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@w.evans: I think for now there is no need for the mods to be compatible because they support different styles of gameplay. See second post in thread.
Integration of both mods could be a thing but rather complicated... ...my idea of the usage of the Assult URV does right now not match with your idea of how ships jump directly into close-combat.
Integration of both mods could be a thing but rather complicated... ...my idea of the usage of the Assult URV does right now not match with your idea of how ships jump directly into close-combat.
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beaver1981
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@w.evans:
Added to MICT.move.attack.object.capital:
Deleted:
fight.attack.object.capital
MICT.fight.attack.object.capital
fight.defend.capital
So cap-ship is running your movement scripts and my combat script.
Ship jumpend, launched assault drones and did not really move into firing range.
Is it possible to make it jump into a distance of i.e. 10-12km to enemy and make it then move into firing range?
Added to MICT.move.attack.object.capital:
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<do_elseif value="this.ship.availableunits.{unitcategory.attack}.count gt 0">
<set_value name="$MICT_MaxAimDist" exact="10000m" />
<set_value name="$MICT_MinAimDist" exact="10000m * 0.5f" />
<set_value name="$MICT_MaxJumpDist" exact="10000m * (1.9f - ((this.skill.navigation + this.skill.morale)f / 10.0f))" />
<set_value name="$MICT_MinJumpDist" exact="10000m * (0.3f * (1.0f + (1.0f * ((this.skill.navigation + this.skill.morale)f / 10.0f))))" />
<set_value name="$MICT_MaxShortAimDist" exact="3570m * (2.0f - ((this.skill.navigation + this.skill.morale)f / 10.0f))" />
<set_value name="$MICT_MinShortAimDist" exact="3570m * (0.1f * (1.0f + (1.0f * ((this.skill.navigation + this.skill.morale)f / 10.0f))))" />
</do_elseif>fight.attack.object.capital
MICT.fight.attack.object.capital
fight.defend.capital
So cap-ship is running your movement scripts and my combat script.
Ship jumpend, launched assault drones and did not really move into firing range.
Is it possible to make it jump into a distance of i.e. 10-12km to enemy and make it then move into firing range?
Was about to say fair enough, but I see you have a suggestion. Would be possible but not like that. at the moment, min/maxjumpdist is used for the desired distance to go to while min/maxaimdist is the distance to maintain before deciding to move again, unless a ship decides to retreat.
First inclination would be to add yet another min/max dist value which would have the present jumpdist values and lock the jumpdist to 10k. Would complicate the script even further though. (If you tried to slough through it, you probably know what I'm talking about.)
If all you want to do is keep them from jumping in combat though, all you have to do is set the single line that says this:
to this:
.......
but if you go that route, might as well just delete the whole
finds can get somewhat expensive when done on a regular basis. And if the ship's not going to be using its jump drive, the captain doesn't have to know whether or not it's working.
First inclination would be to add yet another min/max dist value which would have the present jumpdist values and lock the jumpdist to 10k. Would complicate the script even further though. (If you tried to slough through it, you probably know what I'm talking about.)
If all you want to do is keep them from jumping in combat though, all you have to do is set the single line that says this:
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<set_value name="$MICT_JumpActive" exact="true"/>Code: Select all
<set_value name="$MICT_JumpActive" exact="false"/>but if you go that route, might as well just delete the whole
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<find_object_component class="class.jumpdrive" object="this.ship" name="$MICT_JumpDrive"/>
<do_if value="@$MICT_JumpDrive.isfunctional and this.ship.cargo.{ware.fuelcells}.count gt 500 and player.age gt (@$MICT_JumpStartTime + @$MICT_JumpTimer)">
<set_value name="$MICT_JumpActive" exact="true"/>
<remove_value name="$MICT_JumpStartTime"/>
</do_if>
<remove_value name="$MICT_JumpDrive"/>Hello,
I have a problem since i installed this mod my Drosten bombers started acting like a fighter (get in close range and use his main gun) instead of acting like a bomber (cget close enough for his missiles max range) before install this mod.
The problem is i cant revert back because i cant play my save without this mod anymore...
Could you please improve Drosten behaviour to use max range of missiles instead of suiciding?
Thank you very much
I have a problem since i installed this mod my Drosten bombers started acting like a fighter (get in close range and use his main gun) instead of acting like a bomber (cget close enough for his missiles max range) before install this mod.
The problem is i cant revert back because i cant play my save without this mod anymore...
Could you please improve Drosten behaviour to use max range of missiles instead of suiciding?
Thank you very much
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beaver1981
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I use the CWIR mod and i noticed that this mod doesnt work with CWIR added ships.
I tried with a Sucellus (Vanilla) and a Sucellus Desotryer Vanguar (CWIR exclusive) and i noticed that there is a huge difference in behaviour (the sucellus aims with his main cannon as he should but the CWIR variant goes broadside method)
Can someone check is CWIR ships are influenced by this mod or not?
I tried with a Sucellus (Vanilla) and a Sucellus Desotryer Vanguar (CWIR exclusive) and i noticed that there is a huge difference in behaviour (the sucellus aims with his main cannon as he should but the CWIR variant goes broadside method)
Can someone check is CWIR ships are influenced by this mod or not?
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beaver1981
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Hi ! I would like to thank you for your awesome work ! It's truly one of the best improvment in combat gameplay there is !!
Could you please make it downloadable outside of the steam workshop like on Nexus or elsewhere like Dropbox please ?
Many other modders offers that possibility and I think it's a big plus for it's visibility and to spread it efficiently in the community (as many people don't even go on the steam workshop or don't like to download/depend from it).
Could you please make it downloadable outside of the steam workshop like on Nexus or elsewhere like Dropbox please ?
Many other modders offers that possibility and I think it's a big plus for it's visibility and to spread it efficiently in the community (as many people don't even go on the steam workshop or don't like to download/depend from it).