I think I got the artifact thing working, so trying my hand at something else.

Trying to change the Vasari Starbase upgrade that makes temporary phase stabilizer so that the starbase is a permanent phase stabilizer.

Evidently... this is trickier than I thought, as this is my first mod attempt that caused the game to crash.

These are the files I thought I needed.

AbilityPhaseGateStarBase

http://freetexthost.com/iuz3ucv3p5

BuffPhaseGateStarBaseSelf

http://freetexthost.com/y5qfo4hemc

StarBaseUpgradePhasePhaseGate

http://freetexthost.com/hs5o52teyu

After spending about two hours troubleshooting it and trying different ways of getting it to work, I got nothing.  Halp?

OK--I have an old question that, back when I originally asked in 2012 or so no one knew the answer to.  Here it is again as Rebellion is mature and it should be there somewhere.

When creating a custom map template (by text editor), what are the conditions to set the starting race on a particular planet as a fixed faction type?  

For example prior to Rebellion:

 condition
            type "PlanetOwnerIsRaceQuickStart"
            param "Tech"
        owner "PlanetOwner"

This is the old style template and "Tech" achieved this function.  Now that we have Tech "loyalists" and "rebels" (and the other factions have the same permutations) how should each of those six conditions be rendered?

Hopefully someone out there has the answers and is still around.  I had tried the new ones (which I no longer have the references for) back in the day and they didn't work.

Thanks in advance!

Hmmm.  It's been more than a couple of years so you may be right.  Thanks for the reply.

But going back to the basic question, if I wanted to use the above, what goes in the place of "Tech", "Psi" and "Phase" when you're dealing with Rebellion variant factions?

This only works on non-random maps. In the playerCount section at the end you put the overrideRaceName in like you did previously. Use the TechRebel, TechLoyalist like stant said.

You may end up with weird player portraits though if the same faction isn't chosen in the game setup. Basically the race will override the setup selection but you'll end up with the player portrait randomly chosen at game start.

I did some playing around with non-selectable minor factions using this setup. Basically you could create fully AI'd versions of a non-player selectable race that will expand/etc but could have a far limited setup from a full faction. The odd thing is you would get a player portrait/player icon from the available pool of selectable factions.

The overrideRaceName apparently was used in the tutorials and probably wasn't fleshed out for normal map play. It would be nice if the overrideRacename also used the associated player portraits and player icon.

Is there a "Bare Minimum" reference files for Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion that I can download? What I mean by Bare Minimum is that all the races with there corresponding strings and entities have been taken out of the files so someone can just start adding in new races

Hi i would like to remove or deactivate some technologies from being researched. In particular, i'm making my own map and i would like that only wormholes would allow interstellar travel. So i must deactivate galaxy travel. I've found various reference research modifiers list, but not where to put theese modifiers. Seek game files, no technologies txt apparent.

Hi, I am currently experimenting with buffchains.

Is there a limit hwo complicated a buffchain can be except my imagination? I read there is a limit for the maximal number of  actions a single buff can do, does this limit still exist?

You can have 3 periodicActions in a buff in Rebellion. I know as I have a ability in SoGE, ABILITY_FLEETCOORDINATEALL, that has this. It also had 4 at one point which did trigger an error message that said the maximum is 3.

Thanks for the replies. I have another question. Is there some workaround to emulate a "HasBuff" finish condition for buffs?

If i use the "ResearchNotMet" finish condition in buffs that are applied to enemy targets, does it check if i have researched the tech or does it check if the enemy has researched the tech?

Buffs know who owns them, everything is always from the perspective of the caster, even if their ownership changes.

Hi, while i tried some modding again i run in some issues and would be glad if you can answer some questions.

I tried to apply a buff with "ApplyBuffToSelfWithFilter" but  the buff is not applied. Basicly it is just a copy-paste from a working exisiting ability.

numInstantActions 1
    instantAction
    buffInstantActionType "ApplyBuffToSelfWithFilter"
        instantActionTriggerType "AlwaysPerform"
        buffType "BuffTest2"
        targetFilter
        numOwnerships 1
        ownership "Friendly"
        numObjects 5
        object "CapitalShip"
        object "Frigate"
        object "PlanetModule"
        object "Titan"
        object "Corvette"
        numSpaces 2
        space "Normal"
        space "Phase"
        numConstraints 0

Also i would like to know what the costraints "HasAntiMatterShortage" and "HasAntiMatterPool" checks. How low needs antimatter to fall to be considered as shortage or how high to be considered as antimatterpool?

Also i found in Zombie's EclipsePlugin files with a "ResearchUnlock" research tree. Is it possible to use this research tree?

Works now with triggertype "OnDelay" and delaytime zero.