Random Contacts

[skrzacik]

it this mean that mod random contacts is almost ready?

im so happy

how long it take to prepare ready mod for us simple people??

[Nanaki]

No idea. I would like to test through it some more, make sure no other serious issues crop up.

Edit:
Things are certainly better. However, two issues have cropped up.

1: Certain transport ships, Pirate Walruses to be specific, are faster than their escorts. This results in significant pathing issues and balance issues (it is very easy to kill a transport when its escorts are a mile behind it...). Best way to fix this would be to slow Pirate Walruses down.

2: Traders. Poor, poor traders. With all the firepower being thrown around between various factions, I have mostly left traders alone, which has resulted in their 2-4 fighter escorts looking woefully undergunned. This results in traders seldom ever reaching their destinations, and tradeship wrecks strewn across the sector.

[Goblin Wizard]

I'm just reading your Specials.script and have questions:

1. Originally there are 3 types of global variables local_num and init_team (local_num, local_num1, local_num2). I've tried add local_num3 and got error (in line "local_num3 = local_num3 + 1;". You have this local_num3 and init_team3 in one of your functions. Is there any trick involved to get these to work?

2. What about level of summon perks? How to avoid disappearing lower level perks when get higher of the same type?

3. Every flight has two triggers that look nearly the same. What are their roles? First deletes flight when ... all enemies will be dead? But second?

[Nanaki]

1. Originally there are 3 types of global variables local_num and init_team (local_num, local_num1, local_num2). I've tried add local_num3 and got error (in line "local_num3 = local_num3 + 1;". You have this local_num3 and init_team3 in one of your functions. Is there any trick involved to get these to work?

You have to define them at the beginning of the function, like so:
local_num3 = 0;
init_team3 = 0;

2. What about level of summon perks? How to avoid disappearing lower level perks when get higher of the same type?

Not possible. Each pilot can only have a maximum of 4 seperate summon perks (by using different levels of the four current perks). I attempted to add additional summoning perks a long time ago, but I found out the XML Schema files are hardcoded in the exe, so that is not possible either.

3. Every flight has two triggers that look nearly the same. What are their roles? First deletes flight when ... all enemies will be dead? But second?

One deletes the summoned flight, the other creates the portal glow special effects used when the summoned flight is deleted.