[MOD] Mobile Ship Repairs - v1.6
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Is it possible to make this mod compatible with XTC?
Im a returning player, last time i played x3 were more than a year ago i think and i used this mod to set-up repair units to patch my damaged fleets back together. That is a awesome feature imho, that you can create support fleets.
Hate that its impossible in XTC and i cant seem to get this mod to work alongside XTC
Im a returning player, last time i played x3 were more than a year ago i think and i used this mod to set-up repair units to patch my damaged fleets back together. That is a awesome feature imho, that you can create support fleets.
Hate that its impossible in XTC and i cant seem to get this mod to work alongside XTC
Yes, not only does it add lasers but there are also scripts to command a vessel to remotly repair. The ship has to be able to mount repair lasers and have forward turrets or guns. The magnetar is a personal favorite.
Works fine with TC but I haven't tested it with AP yet, anyone out there running this with AP?
Works fine with TC but I haven't tested it with AP yet, anyone out there running this with AP?
Happyblue wrote:Yes, not only does it add lasers but there are also scripts to command a vessel to remotly repair. The ship has to be able to mount repair lasers and have forward turrets or guns. The magnetar is a personal favorite.
Works fine with TC but I haven't tested it with AP yet, anyone out there running this with AP?
Thanks for that.
I tried it last night and although it installed no problem it took several hours before the laser become available at the laser factory, so long in fact that at first I thought it didn't work.
The lasers did eventually appear, I bought two and installed them on a Demeter Miner and I fixed my first ship (Hades) remotely.
Excellent stuff.
Out of curiousity do you know if repairs done with lasers on ships work faster than when done by space suit?
It seemed a lot faster to me when done by ship but I don't know if that is because I was busy doing something else and using seta while it was taking place.
It would be nice if for instance 1 laser on one ship would take the same time (real time) as the spacesuit, for me the nice thing about this script is that it takes out the tedious wait without seta, I think it s best if it does not make repairs super fast.
Well it took so long becasue you used a ship with rear turrets. Works a ton faster with ships that have front turrets or can fit a repair laser as a main gun.
The real gem here is if you play as a salvager you can use an elephant as a cheap carrier, jump around and collect your claimed broken ships, bring em all to a safe area like argon prime and order them all to fly to space.
Jump in your repair vessel (Again can't stress the beauty and easy availability of the magnetaar) and command it to repair all ships in sector. Go and do some missions and leave it to do its job. Check back in a bit and youll have all your salvaged ships fully repaired.
It could be considered a cheat but I like to play as a salvager sometimes and this script allowws me to build a junk fleet and keep my carriers stocked with ships without breaking the bank.
The real gem here is if you play as a salvager you can use an elephant as a cheap carrier, jump around and collect your claimed broken ships, bring em all to a safe area like argon prime and order them all to fly to space.
Jump in your repair vessel (Again can't stress the beauty and easy availability of the magnetaar) and command it to repair all ships in sector. Go and do some missions and leave it to do its job. Check back in a bit and youll have all your salvaged ships fully repaired.
It could be considered a cheat but I like to play as a salvager sometimes and this script allowws me to build a junk fleet and keep my carriers stocked with ships without breaking the bank.
Hi Happy, I don't know if you were replying to my post but I was not complaining about it taking too long, I really would prefer if it would take as long as it takes when you do it manually in your space suit (or even longer).Happyblue wrote:Well it took so long becasue you used a ship with rear turrets. Works a ton faster with ships that have front turrets or can fit a repair laser as a main gun.
I like it that way cause it really doesn't feel like a cheat if it achieves the same result as when you repair without the script. As I mentioned not having to wait for the repairs (and being able to use SETA) is the thing I like to be able to do.
No matter how many ships I decide to fix, the effect on my bank account is the same whether I use one method or the other, but using this script I can carry on playing the game instead of wasting hours pushing a button waiting for the larger ships to fix.
I have tried and given up on the idea of fixing larger ships with the space walk, even playing music while tapping on the mouse button was not enough to overcome boredom.
More than a cheat I think some might argue that space suit repair was only meant to be used as a "roadside" fix for smaller ships, while a script like this turns it into the best way to fix any ships as it is totally free (not counting the initial investment when buying the lasers).
I personally think it is a great script and it adds a new path to an already very versatile game, the salvager/second hand ship dealer and I thank the author very much for it.
There is a humble salvager custom start script somewhere in here that has a nice litle background story and starts you off with a magnetar and some software. Worth looking for if you play as a salvager.I personally think it is a great script and it adds a new path to an already very versatile game, the salvager/second hand ship dealer and I thank the author very much for it.
Happyblue wrote:There is a humble salvager custom start script somewhere in here that has a nice litle background story and starts you off with a magnetar and some software. Worth looking for if you play as a salvager.I personally think it is a great script and it adds a new path to an already very versatile game, the salvager/second hand ship dealer and I thank the author very much for it.
Thanks for the tip, I m more of an opportunist rather than a dedicated salvager but I ll keep it in mind, maybe I ll give it a go in the future.
I'd make a workaroud for displaying the target being repaired.
In Grax.repair.a.ship
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The 'set command' is somewhat not working well, please check
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=3785099
In Grax.repair.a.ship
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001 $repShip -> set command: COMMAND_GRAX_REPAIR_SHIP target=$vic target2=null par1=null par2=null
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001 [THIS] -> set command: COMMAND_FOLLOW target=$vic target2=null par1=null par2=null
002 set script command: COMMAND_GRAX_REPAIR_SHIP
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045 $dist = get distance between $repShip and $vic
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045 $dist = get distance between [THIS] and $vic
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=3785099
Just tried this out in TC, tested the repair laser on the Magnetar and now love this mod. I sent corbinbird a message hoping he will forward the fixes he did.
EDIT:
I'd like to also mention that the ship doing the repairs would not always stop at a point close enough that the laser would hit the target. I ended up adding a is class of Fighter check and modifying the attack distance var a little for the smaller ships.
another thing, this is probably more of an issue on the smaller ships being repared, is that only 1 out of 4-5 fires of the laser were hitting the ship (M3). Oddly enough I jumped OOS and he was 100% hull by the time if could pull up info on the M3...
EDIT:
I'd like to also mention that the ship doing the repairs would not always stop at a point close enough that the laser would hit the target. I ended up adding a is class of Fighter check and modifying the attack distance var a little for the smaller ships.
another thing, this is probably more of an issue on the smaller ships being repared, is that only 1 out of 4-5 fires of the laser were hitting the ship (M3). Oddly enough I jumped OOS and he was 100% hull by the time if could pull up info on the M3...
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A shame, don't suppose you know how one would go about editing the suit repair laser to rep 4000 instead of 40 using the editor?kelmenwong wrote:x3ap:Gneez wrote:Does this mod work with Albion Prelude?
i tried installed the mod, but it doesn't appear in the plugin mgr mod list
also in game the repair laser didn't hint about factory
i guessed it doesn't work for ap
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You need to change the bullet rather than the laser. types\TBullets.Gneez wrote:A shame, don't suppose you know how one would go about editing the suit repair laser to rep 4000 instead of 40 using the editor?
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X3 Editor 2Gneez wrote:And how do I do that?
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*sigh*DrBullwinkle wrote:X3 Editor 2Gneez wrote:And how do I do that?
I have the editor like I already said, I simply have no idea how to modify it or what files to look in.
Don't bother telling me, I'll go ask someone who isn't you.