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By Sinperium on April 13, 2011 12:05:46 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

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Reply #476
ZombiesRus5
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December 9, 2011 12:29:48 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Lavo_2,
reply 475
Is it possible to modify the cost and time of buying capital ship levels?

It's in Gameplay.constants->CapitalShipData.

See...

ExperienceLevelData

and

PurchaseNextLevelTime

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December 9, 2011 2:10:32 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting GoaFan77,
reply 471

Quoting Sinperium, reply 470Can you clarify?

Yeah I realize that wasn't quite was I did. I have figured out how to get independent colonies on any map without changing the individual maps. Random, prebuilt, galaxy forge etc., doesn't matter. Each time you load a map, you may find random neutral colonies at any given planet.

If this is something that hasn't been done before and there is interest, I may make a small mini mod that shows how to do this.

So what are you doing?

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December 9, 2011 2:21:12 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Is it possible to create a ship/structure that can't be scuttled by the owning player?

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December 9, 2011 2:24:20 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Sinperium,
reply 478
Is it possible to create a ship/structure that can't be scuttled by the owning player?

Yes, with a passive ability and buff that adds the bool CannotBeScuttled.

 

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December 9, 2011 3:11:49 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Cool.  I have an in-game object that will be pre-placed in maps that I don't want the owning player to be able to scuttle.

I also thought it would be evil to create a planet that when colonized bites you in the butt and can't be abandoned.

Muwahahahahahaahhahaha!

Zombie kudos for your answer sir...and note the thread has a new header graphic now.  It's awesome, covered with tiger blood and diamonds.

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December 12, 2011 7:12:04 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Is there a way to disable a ship's ability to bomb planet via passive ability, like with an entityBoolModifier or something along those lines?

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December 12, 2011 9:56:14 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Lavo_2,
reply 481
Is there a way to disable a ship's ability to bomb planet via passive ability, like with an entityBoolModifier or something along those lines?

 

An enemy ship i.e. an ability being cast / a passive ability from one ship affecting another ship? Or are we talking about a re searchable item?

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December 12, 2011 10:12:45 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I do not see  Tiger Blood or Diamonds.

This thread is a web of lies.

 

If you want to prevent ships from attacking a planet, the Relic planet from Sins Plus has a passive ability. Uses the invunerable method.

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December 12, 2011 10:14:40 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting -Ue_Carbon,
reply 483
If you want to prevent ships from attacking a planet, the Relic planet from Sins Plus has a passive ability. Uses the invunerable method.

I think he wanted to prevent one ship from attacking a planet, not necessarily all ships.

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December 12, 2011 10:18:56 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Target filter?

Well guess not since that would effect more than one type of ship. But you could narrow it down like that, no?

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December 12, 2011 10:29:29 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting -Ue_Carbon,
reply 485
Target filter?

Well guess not since that would effect more than one type of ship. But you could narrow it down like that, no?

I thought the relic shield from Sins plus made the entire planet invulnerable, thus preventing all ships from attacking it.

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December 12, 2011 10:51:35 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting GoaFan77,
reply 486
I thought the relic shield from Sins plus made the entire planet invulnerable, thus preventing all ships from attacking it.

 

While the ability is active yes that sounds about right.

 

This could probably be adapted into a re-searchable ability for each ship?

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December 12, 2011 10:54:04 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Yes it does but you could add a target filter to it, to prevent certaint ships from doing anything to it.

Just shooting ideas...since thats what i do,

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December 12, 2011 11:15:17 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

No tiger blood for you!  Come back in one week!!

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December 12, 2011 11:15:24 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

pew pew

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December 12, 2011 11:32:25 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting boshimi336,
reply 482
An enemy ship i.e. an ability being cast / a passive ability from one ship affecting another ship? Or are we talking about a re searchable item?

Nah, a ship that has a passive ability that disables it's planet bombing, ApplyBuffToSelf in other words. It will be unlocked by research yes, though I don't see how that is really relevant. Basically the Sins AI is stupid and whenever a frigate has planet bombing capabilities it will just rush to bomb the planet, even if the frigate isn't designated as a Siege frigate. So, what I figure I'll do is put in this ability for all frigates except for the one designated as a Siege frigate so the AI preforms better.

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December 15, 2011 6:26:04 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Okay, texturing noob question. I have a UV map where some of the islands seem to have been scaled more on v axis than the u axis, thus I have a distorted shape that doesn't fit nicely on the texture. My scale tool in the texture editor seems to be stuck on scaling the island uniformly. Is there a way I can change it so that I scale the u axis more to get it back to its proper shape, or am I going about this the wrong way?

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December 16, 2011 6:34:39 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Anyone? Pretty please with some karma on top?

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December 17, 2011 12:38:14 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

in XSI, you can hold down right mouse and only scale left, right or middle mouse to just scale up down. Might have those buttons backwards but you get the idea. Also works for transform, scale and rotate  

 

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December 17, 2011 9:26:40 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Model/texture question. So I have this model, it looks fine in Softimage, but not ingame. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this, and more importantly, how to fix it?

 

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December 18, 2011 12:17:51 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Lavo_2,
reply 495
Model/texture question. So I have this model, it looks fine in Softimage, but not ingame. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this, and more importantly, how to fix it?

My first guess would be the tangents, especially as they'd be pretty hard to get right on a model with weird shape like that. Though if both of those pictures show the same textures that's the most dramatic thing I've ever tangents mess up.

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December 18, 2011 12:36:37 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Lavo_2,
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Model/texture question. So I have this model, it looks fine in Softimage, but not ingame. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this, and more importantly, how to fix it?

Not a tangent issue. Tangents are the angle of reflection from a light source.

The UV editor has options for blurring and skewing UVs. Did you maybe press 1 by mistake.

Did you check the model for 5 sided polygons?

Can you upload the scene/texture archive for a modeller to look at? 

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December 18, 2011 1:18:15 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting myfist0,
reply 497
The UV editor has options for blurring and skewing UVs. Did you maybe press 1 by mistake.

Did you check the model for 5 sided polygons?

Can you upload the scene/texture archive for a modeller to look at? 

I didn't make the model myself; converted it from .max to .obj and then rigged it up. Here's the scene with the textures.

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December 19, 2011 10:25:58 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Are there any issues with making a particle effect model with only one side having a face (meaning the other side is "see through")?

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December 19, 2011 10:59:12 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

probably same as a model where u see inside, the polys backside

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