Something to wet your appetite...
Steve Chadwick
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"Zeronet" <pe...@odeauk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote
> That seems pretty good. Adding Ship designs is becoming something of a
Holy
> Grail.
and short of replacing existing ones, likely to remain as unreachable.
Jeff's said he used extensive bitpacking to make everything fit in 4 megs of
ram, and that details about the file format/data structures were all hard
coded, and not modifyable by changing a constant (max_ship_designs = 17 for
example) and basicly unchangeable short of a total code rewrite
Steve Chadwick
Article: 93257 of rec.games.computer.stars
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That seems pretty good. Adding Ship designs is becoming something of a Holy
Grail. I used that other Stars Editor to make Beams that have range 8. Is
the warp 10 limit built into the game? Is their no code that could be added
or altered to make travelling past this speed possible?..
Zeronet
"Stuart Douglas" <stua...@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Yes, unfortunately.
>
> At the moment it's only the existing ship hulls that can be used, but any
> hull can be changed to any layout and configuration.
>
> Stuart
>
> Zeronet <pe...@odeauk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:9h2lnp$mde$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Still no adding ship designs :(. If you could do that everyone could use
> > custom ships, within rules that would be made.
> >
> >
> > "Stuart Douglas" <stua...@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:QK3Z6.9591$cw.5...@monolith.news.easynet.net...
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Some of you may know I've written a program called Xtreme Borders,
well,
> > > I've now been working on a Stars! Editor. Yes, that's right, a Stars!
> > > Editor.
> > >
> > > It's currently only for version J RC3 (as it's not been tested on
other
> > > versions).
> > >
> > > You can:
> > > * Change the costs of any component (Minerals, Resources, Tech Levels,
> > Mass)
> > > * Alter ranges of weapons (I've made a range 5 beam weapon that
actually
> > > works fine!)
> > > * Alter Scanner ranges, Jam Values, Stargate Ranges, Mass Driver
speeds
> > and
> > > much more
> > > * Alter hull armour and fuel
> > >
> > > and the biggie:
> > > * Alter the entire layout of a ship/starbase hull. Yes, you can move
> slots
> > > to new positions as well as changing slot types
> > >
> > > This is ideal for those who want to do RPG games and perhaps may
respark
> > > some interest in stars! for those players who have been waiting for
> S!SNG
> > > for too long and left the Star! community.
> > >
> > > Note all players will have to use the same modified stars version.
> > >
> > >
> > > This is not a hoax, as I have play tested my changes and they do work.
> > >
> > > Stuart
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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