[ALP] BountyBoost 1.2 21/2/10

[LV]

Bounty Boost




Name : AL Plugin BB

Description : Plugin which allows more cash for killing ships
Version : 1.2 TC
Date : 21/2/10
Author : LV




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cycrow installer version

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Imperial Library Scripts Must be Installed!

You must install the lib scripts latest v1.8 22/11/09
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Detailed description:
A simple AL Plugin that add additional payouts for killing ships.

There are 3 levels

Low Payouts
Medium
High

The payouts can be logged and this can be switched on and off quickly via turning the plugin on and off.

The smaller the ship your in the higher the payout also, Khaak + Xenon also give more

Example

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Your Nova (M3) Kills a Khaak M3 : Payout may be 15k
Your Centaur (M6) Kills a Khaak M3 : Payout may be 5k
Your Argon Nova (M3) Kills a Boron M3 : Payout may be 8k
Your Centaur (M6) Kills a Boron M3 : Payout may be 2k

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Please feeback on payouts peeps, it's hard to equate all the variables with so many shipclasses

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1.2 update

changes to payouts
streamlined for less cpu load
bugfixes
now attaches to secondary signals making safer for use of other scripts utilising signals
menu interface at pirate bases showing kills of race ships in their core sectors.
No longer writes to player logbook if logging is enabled but writes to log file 8831 in mydocs/egosoft from now on.
uninstaller (turn the plugin off) up to **forcegrip** standards

changes to payout

I'm open to feedback but now the initial baseline value is 100th of the price of the ships (checked through my lib scripts, so install them!), There are many magical values after this but that's where the costing now starts instead of pre-defined values for object classes.



Uninstall
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Just turn the plugin off, It runs every couple of minutes and you will recieve an uninstalled message

How to turn the plugin on and off
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8831-L044 : t

No Commands used

[jocan2003]

Oh crap its out!!

Man i got to try this out as soon i can, but not right now.... 3 hour of sleep in the last 60 hour, i came just for the kick of it before going to bed, you cant imagine how happy i am my friend !!

Thanks a big big big bunch

[Dr. Dan]

Does this also my other ships in my wing destroying ships bring in bounty?

Thanks!

[TSM]

Does this also my other ships in my wing destroying ships bring in bounty?

Thanks!

Yes it does

Nice one LV after killing 217 pirate ships I can almost afford another m6

I am keeping my eye on prices only odd thing I seen so far is in my M2 I got paid more for killing M7 than I did for and M1.

[spacefueladdict]

Another fine one from the Imperial Laboratories!

[Dr. Dan]

I am keeping my eye on prices only odd thing I seen so far is in my M2 I got paid more for killing M7 than I did for and M1.

Maybe it had some particularly skilled pilots on board, or it was a mercenary with a bounty on his head so they paid out more.

Thanks a lot for this mod, now I can actually dogfight during payout missions instead of sitting in my M1 and watching the turrets do all the work.

[LV]

Another fine one from the Imperial Laboratories!

I think you have just solved my problem of getting my ego into the the game without having "Lord Vader/The Empire" connotations

From now on you will all be seeing "Imperial Laboratories" ingame, maybe even as a new aggressive faction in time.

Give yourself a badge sfa

these are the basic variations which have alot more math multiplying and dividing before a payout is made but it explains the m1/,7 differential

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043   if $obj == TS
044   |$pay = 5000
045   else if $obj == TP
046   |$pay = 6000
047   else if $obj == TL
048   |$pay = 100000
049   else if $obj == M6
050   |$pay = 75000
051   else if $obj == M5
052   |$pay = 10000
053   else if $obj == M4
054   |$pay = 15000
055   else if $obj == M3
056   |$pay = 50000
057   else if $obj == M2
058   |$pay = 300000
059   else if $obj == M1
060   |$pay = 150000
061   else if $obj == M7
062   |$pay = 325000

Feel free to offer suggestions and you will see no M8 is built in yet

[corhen]

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|$pay = 325000 

Whats that for? taking out a M1 in a M6???

[kipstafoo]

Thanks LV!

BTW, the readme says to run the PCK... but the zip file hs it already exploded ... no PCK file.

[LV]

Take a look at the Script and it will explain.

[jams]

How do I change the bounty level once I get it started?

[LV]

just turn the plugin off until you are msg'd that it has uninstalled (approx 3-4 mins) then back on again

[jams]

Sorry to be a complete noob, but how do I turn it off? Already tried doing it via Plugin Manager but it didn't seem to work

EDIT: NVM - should pay more attention to the first post I guess ...sorry. Delete this if you want.

edit LV

nah, many more will not see the wood for the trees

[LV]

Uninstall
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Just turn the plugin off, It runs every couple of minutes and you will recieve an uninstalled message

Amazingly enough underneath that was a link to an idiots guide to turning a plugin on and off

look up

[jimhsu77479]

057 else if $obj == M2
058 $pay = 300000
059 else if $obj == M1
060 $pay = 150000
061 else if $obj == M7
062 $pay = 325000

If im reading that right, an M7 is worth more than an M2 (and twice as much as an M1)? Seems weird. Would think a M2 is worth 1m, give or take.

[LV]

was written in X3R where M7's were rare i'll adjust it lower than m2+1

i've updated the payouts and fixed the m7 issue as well as building in m8's

refresh the link i posted above for the script (ctrl+f5) and you will see the new code

download 1.1 via first post

[jams]

Amazingly enough underneath that was a link to an idiots guide to turning a plugin on and off

look up

I already felt like one, thanks for rubbing it in

I don't have the setup script on hand, and don't know if it was intentional, but you Low payments gives the most money, and high the least. I think when I looked at it yesterday it seemed like the Easy, Med, Hard setup was messed up.

EDIT: found a way to view it:

029 ║║add custom menu item to array $menu: text='Low Payouts' returnvalue='easy'
030 ║║add custom menu item to array $menu: text='Medium Payouts' returnvalue='med'
031 ║║add custom menu item to array $menu: text='High Payouts' returnvalue='hard'

Shouldn't High payments be easy

001 if $value == 'hard'
002 ║set global variable: name='lv.bb.setg' value=1
003 else if $value == 'med'
004 ║set global variable: name='lv.bb.setg' value=2
005 else if $value == 'easy'
006 ║set global variable: name='lv.bb.setg' value=3

So definitely a bug, you multiply with 3 for Low payments.

[ThisIsHarsh]

A minor suggestion. The messages put in the logbook would be better if the author was the race, e.g. 'Federal Argon Military' instead of 'Shipcomputer'. In fact, in general the messages could be a bit better phrased for the sake of immersion. Maybe even race-specific wording.

Also it would be good to have an option for a subtitle message. Even better would be to use the Betty audio for the police license kills, surely there are sample numbers for them?

I'm playing in medium setting and to me it seems a good balance. Still less money than would be realistic IMO, but at the same time not so much that it feels like you're changing the game mechanics wildly. So a good balance of two evils. Only been in fighter group vs. fighter group battles so far, though.

[Sticks]

does this give me extra money, if my non-player controlled ships like M7m (i own them, but i'm not sitting in it) kills enemies during patrol missions?

sry for my bad english

[crazydeath]

spk-file-host iss down. could you plz reupp/fix that? i prefer the spk to keep things clena.

thx