Changing Weapon types and damages

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Is there a way to change the weapon types of fighters and capital ships? I want to replace the phase missiles of vasari squads with the blue lasers of the advent squads. And then changing their damage.

Same thing with capital ships

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

yes. very easily.

hell. Ill do it for you... give me 5 min.

 

edit: what version? diplomacy i assume?

 

edit edit:  http://www.mediafire.com/?qeaqn28g2cbiks6  thisll work if your using entrench or diplo. just unzip it in your mod folder.... C:\Users\<insert user name here>\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\<insert mod folder for your version here>

you can then open in it up and fiddle with the damages to your hearts content.  It will have advent particle effects, and will use the pulse gun upgrades, instead of phase missles. 

Using this, you should be albe to figure out how to mod preeety much anything.... just, search on the forums for harpo9999 mod tools... or reference files.  and party.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

nah just for entrenchement. It's the only expension that have all the mods i like :p

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

ah, now if you want to stack mods... it should be stackable... or you could just edit the file as you'd like, and copy it over the same file in whatever mod your using.

 

(entrenchment... teehee noob  :P ).  

 

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

As long as it have more defences and most importantly starbases, that's good for me :D

yeah that's what i' doing :) i tried to change the fighters weapons but when i test them ingame. They are unarmed like if they don't have weapons anymore. They juste go next to the enemy and fly next to them and that's all. I edited the .entity files of the fighter itself:

TXT
entityType "Fighter"
defaultAutoAttackRange "GravityWell"
defaultAutoAttackOn TRUE
prefersToFocusFire TRUE
usesFighterAttack TRUE
numRandomDebrisLarge 0
numRandomDebrisSmall 0
numSpecificDebris 0
armorType "VeryLight"
hudIcon "HUDICON_SQUADPHASECOMBAT"
smallHudIcon "HUDICONSMALL_SQUADPHASECOMBAT"
infoCardIcon "INFOCARDICON_SQUADPHASECOMBAT"
minZoomDistanceMult 5.000000
nameStringID "IDS_FIGHTERPHASECOMBAT_NAME"
counterDescriptionStringID "IDS_COUNTERDESC_FIGHTER_COMBAT"
statCountType "FighterCombat"
formationOffsetDistance 50.000000
mass 100.000000
maxAccelerationLinear 250.000000
maxAccelerationStrafe 100.000000
maxDecelerationLinear 1000.000000
maxAccelerationAngular 49.999992
maxDecelerationAngular 99.999985
maxSpeedLinear 2700.000000
maxRollRate 2.000000
maxRollAngle 35.000000
NumWeapons 1
Weapon
    WeaponType "Missile"
    damageEnums
        AttackType "ANTILIGHT"
        DamageAffectType "AFFECTS_SHIELDS_AND_HULL"
        DamageApplyType "BACKLOADED"
        DamageType "PHYSICAL"
        WeaponClassType "PHASEMISSILE"
    DamagePerBank:FRONT 30.750000
    DamagePerBank:BACK 0.000000
    DamagePerBank:LEFT 0.000000
    DamagePerBank:RIGHT 0.000000
    Range 2400.000000
    PreBuffCooldownTime 12.000000
    CanFireAtFighter TRUE
    SynchronizedTargeting FALSE
    PointStaggerDelay 0.150000
    TravelSpeed 2000.000000
    Duration 0.000000
    fireConstraintType "CanAlwaysFire"
    WeaponEffects
        weaponType "Missile"
        burstCount 1
        burstDelay 0.000000
        muzzleEffectName "Weapon_PhaseSupportMissileLight_Muzzle"
        muzzleSoundMinRespawnTime 0.100000
        muzzleSounds
            soundCount 2
            sound "WEAPON_PHASESUPPORTMISSILELIGHT_MUZZLE"
            sound "WEAPON_PHASESUPPORTMISSILELIGHT_MUZZLE_ALT1"
        hitEffectName "Weapon_PhaseSupportMissileLight_Hit"
        hitHullEffectSounds
            soundCount 1
            sound "WEAPONIMPACT_PHASEMISSILELIGHT_HITGENERIC"
        hitShieldsEffectSounds
            soundCount 1
            sound "WEAPONIMPACT_PHASEMISSILELIGHT_HITGENERIC"
        missileTravelEffectName "Weapon_PhaseSupportMissileLight_Travel"
        missileStartTurningDistance 10.000000
        missileSlowTurnRate 3.141593
        missileMaxSlowTurnTime 1.000000
m_weaponIndexForRange 0
firingAlignmentType "Default"
TargetCountPerBank:FRONT 1
TargetCountPerBank:BACK 0
TargetCountPerBank:LEFT 0
TargetCountPerBank:RIGHT 0
canOnlyTargetStructures FALSE
meshName "SupportShip_LocustFighter"
exhaustParticleSystemName "ExhaustSmall"
ExplosionName "Fighter0"
exhaustTrailTextureName "ExhaustTrail"
exhaustTrailWidth 11.000000
engineSoundID "ENGINE_PHASESUPPORTSHIP"
maxHullPoints 85.000000
hullPointRestoreRate 0.400000
armorPoints 3.000000
maxMitigation 0.600000
experiencePointsForDestroying 5.000000
minShadow 0.200000
maxShadow 0.500000


I replaced what's in red with the advent weapons and that's it. So i don't know what's the problem. Is there another file i should edit?

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

hmm... that should have done it... but... vasari dont have psilaser weapons... so that might be your problem.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

that's probably it. What file should i edit for that?

Edit: i downloaded the file that you attached and it's working xD what lines did you change?

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

same ones you did.

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

I copied the same lines as the fighter but this time with the bomber and it works well. Thanks :)

and to change the damage, i have to edit those lines right?

    DamagePerBank:FRONT 66.000000
    DamagePerBank:BACK 0.000000
    DamagePerBank:LEFT 0.000000
    DamagePerBank:RIGHT 0.000000

Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

Yes.

Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top

Thx :) Also i have one last question. It doesn't have to do with the topic though but i don't want to start a whole thread for one simple question. What is the name of the texture files for the ingame hud interface? you know the metallic hud and not the buttons