[SW3] [MOD] - The SW3.Expansion Mod - 0.5.3G

[Szpacky]

Yeah I know Im a Necrophile for doing this but its been bugging me for too long

is it possible to get various big ships to handle like fighters(meaning docking/undocking from the motherships and usable by pilots)
I saw Goblin do something like this in his mothership mod with the Alien frigate
but Id like to see some other frigates in my fleet like the Chimiera or the Stone Arrow (Big fan of X3 style combined fleets here)

If it iss then how can I do that myself?

[nocalora29]

Before anyone asks why most to all Laser FX have a "Stripe" as I may call so at their origin of a cannon barrel, its because 0.6.1.9P's "projectiles.tuv" has some invalid texture coordinate values, but it will get Fixed in the next Hotfix hopefully.

As to counter this problem I have to fiddle the code of my tuv editor a little bit, it could take a while.

[nocalora29]

Hotfix #11 Released.

The only change was a fix for the "White Stripe" Texture problem I have mentioned in the previous post, nothing other was changed/Altered.

[nocalora29]

I have had this a bit of an "crazy" idea to make a TD gamemode for Star Wolves 3, I would imagine this would work out perfectly in the style of "Legion TD" (A Cookie to everyone who knows that map from Warcraft III), where you basically "build" certain units (In this case fighters/bombers/Capitals) and each wave they exit out of "building" mode and become real units that just try to fight off the Incoming Creeps.

Just YT Search for Legion TD and you will know how I envision a TD for this game to look like.

But im curious if anyone else thinks thats a good idea, I might be the only to to think it would be fun afterall.

... So please guys!, give me your input on this.


HOW IT WOULD WORK: I Would mostly use the same method I have used for Basebuilding, show a dialog that just contains alot of Buildable Units, and a "Upgrade" Button that lets the nearest unit that your current mothership is near at upgrade at a cost. (To know how much a upgrade for a specific fleet costs, I would have to just make another button that shows the price for the nearest upgradeable fleet)

Creep Paths: Easily done with a simple "Patrol" Command. The units that get to the final point get deleted and as a result the player gets minus lives.

Location: Also easily done, I would just have to create a new empty system thats designed for these TD's.

You know the fun part?: If I do this right, making user-created levels/stages would be pretty easy too.

[nocalora29]

Installer Versions of 0.6.1B[Main+Resources] and 0.6.1.9P2 are Released as of now.

Please report any problems with them.

[nocalora29]

SW3Expansion.v0.6.1.9P2-RC3 Hotfix #1 Released
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Fixed an Issue where a player could get stuck in the Gideon System.

Download: Page 1 OR ModDB Page of the Mod

[mirageex]

Hey.

At a bit of a loss here. Installed the latest version and both patches. Multiple attempts, 3x on clean installs.

Attempt to start a new game and letting the intro run, or skipping it, the game crashes with a runtime error at 1/3rd of the way loading into the first system.

Using the Gamersgate retail version with the 1.12 patch installed.

Have I missed a step somewhere?

[nocalora29]

Heres another PR.

In my spare time I worked on something called MGVE, which is just like MQLE, but this time, it is for Global's.
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--SW3EXP.Framework    ::      0.6.2X
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-- Monitored Global Variables Environment (MGVE)
-- Replaces Functions: [MGVS, getglobal]

--##### W A R N I N G /// W A R N I N G /// W A R N I N G #####
--
-- Warning: Do NOT Modify MGVE in any shape or form, only Proceed if you know what you are doing.
--
--##### W A R N I N G /// W A R N I N G /// W A R N I N G #####

--Function VarNames
-- "IDAL" = I-D Associated Link

--Amount of Total Globals existing.
__MGVE_GVAmount 	= 0;

--Amount of Total Global writes (MGVS -> MSGV)
__MGVE_GVWrites 	= 0;

--Amount of Total Global reads (getglobal -> MGGV)
__MGVE_GVReads 		= 0;

--Amount of Total Global deletes (Delete a Global -> MCGV)
__MGVEGVDeletes 	= 0;

--Allow the Real-Time OutputToScreenLOG LOG of existing MGVE Variables
__MGVE_LiveDebugMenuEnable = TRUE;

--Main Data Table containing all information about current existing MGVE for Diagnostic purposes
__MGVE_DataTable = {};

--Allow to Dump the Data in the Data Table into a AUTOGEN file
__MGVE_DumpDataTable_ExtendedLOG = TRUE;

--Allow the load of an GV Environment from a Table
__MGVE_LoadGVTableEnable = FALSE;

--Allow the Deletion of the complete MGVE Space when using the LoadGVTable Function.
__MGVE_LoadGVTableClearMGVEEnable = FALSE;

--Allow the Deletion of the complete MGVE Space when using the LoadGVFromFile Function.
__MGVE_LoadGVEnvironmentFromFileClearMGVEEnable = TRUE;

--The GV Environment Loading Table
__MGVE_LoadGVTable = {
						{"Developer_Mode", "False"}
					 };

--Simple Settings Section
--Allow LOGging of MGVE (Recommended Value: TRUE)
--// WARNING: Only disable this if you know what you're doing
__MGVE_SGCLOG = FALSE;

					 
-- == I N S T R U C T I O N S == --
-- __MGVE_LoadGVTable: 
--						If Enabled, this table will allow you to Load Global Variables from a Table.
--						- Uses: Default-Restoration, User-Sharing of Global Variable Environments, BackUp of Important Global-Space Data, Diagnostic Utilities.
--
-- __MGVE_LiveDebugMenuEnable:
--								If Enabled, this will Show a Real-Time OutputToScreenLOG Textblock with the following variables shown:
--								"__MGVE_GVAmount, __MGVE_GVWrites, __MGVE_GVReads, __MGVE_GVDeletes".
--
-- __MGVE_DumpDataTable_ExtendedLOG:
--										If Enabled, the function "MGVE_DumpDataTable" will not only Output the MGVE in the LOG, -
--										but also in a seperate file, in the AUTOGEN folder.
--
-- == I N S T R U C T I O N S == --

--+-------------------------+
--|+ Functions  + + + + + + | 
--+-------------------------+

--MGVS Replacement ( MSGV(VAL1, VAL2) = MGVS(VAL1, VAL2) )
function MGVS(GlobalName, GlobalContent)
	if (__MGVE_SGCLOG == TRUE) then LOG("[MSGV]WRITE: '"..tostring(GlobalName).."'='"..tostring(GlobalContent).."', MGVE_id = "..__MGVE_GVAmount); end;
	setglobal(GlobalName, GlobalContent);
	setglobal("__MGVE_IDAL:"..GlobalName, __MGVE_GVAmount);
	setglobal("__MGVE_IDAL:"..__MGVE_GVAmount, GlobalName);
	
	--//Diagnostics
	tinsert(__MGVE_DataTable, GlobalName..":"..tostring(GlobalContent));
	__MGVE_GVAmount = __MGVE_GVAmount + 1;
	__MGVE_GVWrites = __MGVE_GVWrites + 1;
end;

--getglobal Replacement ( MGGV(VAL1) = getglobal(VAL1) )
function MGGV(GlobalName)
	if (getglobal("__MGVE_IDAL:"..GlobalName)) then
		local GetIDAL = getglobal("__MGVE_IDAL:"..GlobalName);
		if (__MGVE_SGCLOG == TRUE) then LOG("[MGGV]READ: '"..tostring(GlobalName).."'='"..tostring(getglobal(GlobalName)).."', MGVE_id = "..GetIDAL); end;
	else --No Idal -> \
		if (__MGVE_SGCLOG == TRUE) then LOG("[MGGV]READ: '"..tostring(GlobalName).."'='"..tostring(getglobal(GlobalName)).."', MGVE_id = !!! NO IDAL LINKED !!!"); end;
	end;
	
	--//Diagnostics
	__MGVE_GVReads = __MGVE_GVReads + 1;
	
	return (getglobal(GlobalName));
end;

--ClearGlobal Replacement ( MCGV(VAL1) = ClearGlobal(VAL1) )
function MCGV(GlobalName)
	if (getglobal("__MGVE_IDAL:"..GlobalName)) then
		local GetIDAL = getglobal("__MGVE_IDAL:"..GlobalName);
		if (__MGVE_SGCLOG == TRUE) then LOG("[MGGV]DELETE: '"..tostring(GlobalName).."'='"..getglobal(GlobalName).."', MGVE_id = "..GetIDAL); end;
		
		setglobal(GlobalName, nil);
		setglobal("__MGVE_IDAL:"..GetIDAL, nil);
		setglobal("__MGVE_IDAL:"..GlobalName, nil);
		
		--//Diagnostics
		__MGVE_GVAmount = __MGVE_GVAmount - 1;
		__MGVE_GVDeletes = __MGVE_GVDeletes + 1;
	else --No Idal -> \
		if (__MGVE_SGCLOG == TRUE) then LOG("[MGGV]DELETE: '"..tostring(GlobalName).."'='"..getglobal(GlobalName).."', MGVE_id = !!! NO IDAL LINKED !!!"); end;
		
		setglobal(GlobalName, nil);
		
		--//Diagnostics
		__MGVE_GVAmount = __MGVE_GVAmount - 1;
		__MGVE_GVDeletes = __MGVE_GVDeletes + 1;
	end;
end;

--Looping function to show the MGVE Variables in Realtime
function MGVE_LiveDebugMenu()
	if (__MGVE_LiveDebugMenuEnable==TRUE) then
		ClearScreenLOG();
		OutputToScreenLOG("[MGVE] Deletes: "..__MGVE_GVDeletes,0.318712);
		OutputToScreenLOG("[MGVE] Reads: "..__MGVE_GVReads,0.318712);
		OutputToScreenLOG("[MGVE] Writes: "..__MGVE_GVWrites,0.318712);
		OutputToScreenLOG("[MGVE] Exist: "..__MGVE_GVAmount,0.318712);
		
		Timer_Seq(0.318712, MGVE_LiveDebugMenu);
	end;
end;

--Function to Dump the Data Table to a AUTOGEN file
function MGVE_DumpDataTable()
	LOG("[MGVE] BEGIN DUMP DATA");
	for Data, CurData in __MGVE_DataTable do
		LOG("[MGVE] '"..CurData.."'");
	end;
	
	if (__MGVE_DumpDataTable_ExtendedLOG)==TRUE then
		local game_path = GetUserFolder();
		local input_filename = game_path.."Autogen/_AUTO_MGVE.lua";
		SaveToFile(input_filename, __MGVE_DataTable, "MGVE_Data");
	end;
	LOG("[MGVE] END DUMP DATA")
end;

--Function to Toggle the Real-Time LOGging of MGVE
function MGVE_Toggle()
	if (__MGVE_LiveDebugMenuEnable==TRUE) then
		__MGVE_LiveDebugMenuEnable = FALSE;
	elseif (__MGVE_LiveDebugMenuEnable==FALSE) then
		__MGVE_LiveDebugMenuEnable = TRUE;
	else
		return FALSE;
	end;
	LOG("[MGVE] GV Live Debug Active: "..__MGVE_LiveDebugMenuEnable);
end;

--Function to Load A Stored GV inside a Table
function MGVE_LoadGVEnvironmentFromTable(xTable)
	LOG("[MGVE] BEGIN LOAD FROM TABLE...");
	if (xTable) then
		--Delete whole GV Environment
		if (__MGVE_LoadGVTableClearMGVEEnable~=FALSE) then
			LOG("[MGVE]: Deleting MGVE...");
			MGVE_DeleteGVEnvironment();
			LOG("[MGVE]: Deleted MGVE.");
		end;
		
		LOG("[MGVE]: Accessing Table-Loader...");
		local ProccessedItems = 0;
		SplittedStr = {};
		for Objects, CurObject in xTable do
			if (type(CurObject)~="number") then 
				SplittedStr = strsplit(CurObject[1], ":");
				MSGV(SplittedStr[1], SplittedStr[2]);
				LOG("[MGVE][TABLE-LOADER]: Asserted GV: "..SplittedStr[1].." with Value: "..SplittedStr[2].." from Stored GV Table");
				ProccessedItems = ProccessedItems + 1;
			else
				LOG("[MGVE][TABLE-LOADER]: Number Received, skipping...");
			end;
		end;
		LOG("[MGVE][TABLE-LOADER]: Job Done. Proccessed: "..ProccessedItems.." GV-Values.");
	else
		return FALSE;
	end;
	LOG("[MGVE] END LOAD FROM TABLE");
end;

--Function to Delete the complete current Monitored Quest-Label Environment
function MGVE_DeleteGVEnvironment()
	LOG("[MGVE][DELETER]: BEGIN MGVE DELETION.");
	for Objects, CurObject in __MGVE_DataTable do
		MCGV(CurObject);
		LOG("[MGVE][DELETER]: Deleting: "..CurObject);
	end;
	LOG("[MGVE][DELETER]: Job Done.");
	__MGVE_DataTable = {};
	LOG("[MGVE][DELETER]: END MGVE DELETION.");
end;

--Function to Load the MGVE.Load File.
function MGVE_LoadGVEnvironmentFromFile()
	LOG("[MGVE]: BEGIN LOAD FILE.");
	--Delete whole GV Environment
	if (__MGVE_LoadGVEnvironmentFromFileClearMGVEEnable~=FALSE) then
		LOG("[MGVE]: Deleting MGVE...");
		MGVE_DeleteGVEnvironment();
		LOG("[MGVE]: Deleted MGVE.");
	end;
	
	LOG("[MGVE][FILE-LOADER]: Loading File...");
	ExecuteScriptFile("DATA/Addons/@MGVE/MGVE.Load.lua");
	LOG("[MGVE][FILE-LOADER]: File Loaded!...");
	
	--Proccess Numerical Table
	__MGVE_ProccessedNumericalTable = {};
	SplittedStr = {};
	for Objects, CurObject in __MGVE_LoadNumericalTable do
		LOG(CurObject);
		SplittedStr = strsplit(CurObject, ":");
		--SplittedStr[2] = gsub(SplittedStr[2], "%s+", "")
		--if (SplittedStr[1]) then LOG("Split 1 is something!"); end;
		--if (SplittedStr[2]) then LOG("Split 2 is something!"); end;
		--LOG("Split 1:"..SplittedStr[1].." Split 2:"..SplittedStr[2]);
		tinsert(__MGVE_ProccessedNumericalTable, {SplittedStr[1]..":"..tostring(SplittedStr[2])});
		
		SplittedStr = {};
	end;
	--Proccess END
	
	--Reload MGVE with MGVE_DATA_TABLE
	LOG("[MGVE]: Re-Loading MGVE...");
	MGVE_LoadGVEnvironmentFromTable(__MGVE_ProccessedNumericalTable);
	LOG("[MGVE]: MGVE Reloaded.");
	
	LOG("[MGVE]: END LOAD FILE.");
end;

I think its pretty neat, but lets move to another thing I have worked on: The Addonloader, I decided to tweak it a bit more, and the Loader has now the capabilities to autorun functions that you can define in a table, take a peak
#Snippet#

--WARNING: This embedded Autorun has a Higher load Priority than SW3 Expansion's GetFollowers() Init Hook, so if - 
-- - you use this Autorun, make sure it doesn't rely on SW3EXP Functions
-- "Addon Name",				"Content-Type",			{Table of Functions to be Executed}
__AddonsList = {
	--Addons
	{"MGVE",					"Addon",				{"LOG4GV_Clear"}},
	{"MQLE",					"Addon",				{"LOG4QL_Clear"}},
	{"StarRover",				"Addon"},
	{"SW3_Expansion",			"Addon"},
	{"Motherships_Mod_0.27",	"Addon"},
	{"Fleet_Mod",				"Addon"},
	{"Plugins",					"Addon"},
	
	--Core Scripts
	{"Data/Scripts/",			"Core"}
};

This change, along with other additions I plan to take, would make it easier for say: Mod Manager's and such to come up, as I plan to make one eitherway when I finish this Mod, this change will most likely make it worth the effort I put into it, even tho its minimal

RCFF: MAJOR progress done, it will be probably done in like at most like 3 - 4 weeks, I wish I had more time to work on this mod tho, it really sucks.

But be assured that Progress is made, and the Mod is still being worked on.

ALSO: I Plan to release a Experimental Build which is basically 0.6.1.9P2H1 but with MQVE and the new Addonloader in the following weeks, to see if its stable.

Note: An Official Repo of the Script Code of the Mod will go online in the near future, might depend on how tricky its going to be to set one up.


Thanks 4 Reading!

[KoresDMinev]

The free time quest stays forever(freedom kill block doesnt do anything). This bug exists for a few epdates now. Also my last post about this bug+some motivational speach is nowhere to be seen
P.S. I can provide SAVE files but I have no idea how.

[nocalora29]

HOTFIX #14 RELEASED.
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ModDB + GoogleDrive links in first post.

INFO: Version 0.6.1.9P2-RC4 will be Released very soon. It will contain all the fixes of the lastest Hotfix and an Updated AddonLoader.