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Hello !
I would like to ask, where can I change number of skill points gained by cap ships and titans per level ?
Thank you !
It is hardcoded...you can change how much XP is needed to earn each level, but you cannot change the number of levels or the number of ability points earned...
Can I change the initial level of abilities ? Like when you build capship, all its abiliries at zero level, can I force them to be at level 1 , for example ?
You could set the first few levels to require zero XP, or you could set the upgrade price for purchasing levels to zero...either would mimic the effect, as you'd start with a higher level capital ship (and therefore more levels)...
In addition to what Seleuceia said, you could set it so that the capitalship starts with this ability right away without needing to put a point in it. However, this ability could not then be increased above one through leveling up. You could do it through research, and that's about it.
In rebellion, abilities can be upgraded up to 4 times, and the ultimate one up to level 2. So, I am limited to have something like this: 4-4-0-2 / 4-2-2-2 and so on. Point of my question is to have 4-4-4-2 comfiguration at level 10.
How can I set capship to start with ability without needing to put a point in it ?
First, clarification...all abilities can have a max of 4 levels...there is no difference (as far as the code is concerned) between a "normal" ability and an "ultimate" ability...it just so happens that for gameplay/balance reasons, ultimate abilities only have two levels...
If you want all abilities to be maxed out, then just have only 10 total levels....the original 3-3-3-1 worked fine...you also could do things like 2-4-2-2, or 3-3-2-2, or whatever...
It be worth pointing out that some abilities really don't benefit from having multiple levels....some abilities, like the progenitor's ressurection, really don't become any better at higher levels (simply having the ability to resurrect ships is powerful in it's own right)...some abilities, like the colonize on caps, could benefit from higher levels but in practice lvl 1 (simply being able to colonize at all) is good enough to serve it's purpose....some abilities (like targetting uplink) reach certain thresholds (being able to outrange a starbase) that once reached, serve their purpose and additional levels don't really do much good...
So, you could easily have a well-balanced akkan that has 2 levels of colonize, 4 levels of ion bolt, 2 levels of targeting uplink, and 2 levels of armistice...
Just something to keep in mind....in all honesty though, forcing the player to specialize their caps makes redundant caps (having 2 marzas, for example) more useful....
Like I said, you set it up so that the capitalships start with the abilities or they get them through research in additional to the 10 points you get as you level up. However, you will never be able to use points on these abilities. It will start with the ability and not use any points, but you can't use points to make it go to level 2.
To do that, you need to change the ability file so that instead of being "Intristic", it uses FixedLevel0 (starts with it) or ResearchWithoutBase. See noncapitalship abilities for how to set them up.
I have a somewhat similar question. Is there a way to change the caps where they do not share exp (i.e. six caps in a grav well would lvl just as fast as 1)?
No, all you can do is increase the XP rates for a faction, change the XP needed to level up globally, change the XP value of specific ships, change the price of purchasing levels and the highest level you can by per faction, and set it so that capital ships automatically gain XP up to certain levels per faction. That's all I think you can change with the XP system directly.
I totally agree with you, just I was wondering, if we can bypass this hardcoded limits somehow.
Man that stinks. I would like capitals to be a risk venture, i.e. building a capital-heavy fleet would be at a disadvantage to an enemy who did not rely so heavily on caps, but could pay off in the end once they level. They way it is right now, your essentially stuck with choosing 1-2 caps (diplo) for most of the important era of the game.
Changing so that they didn't share exp (possibly upping the amt needed for leveling) seemed a good way to try.
Could you tell me how you can change how much XP is needed to earn each level. I'm hoping to decease the amount needed.
That's easy to do. In the gameplay.constant file, there's two sections that define the XP required for both capitalship and titan levels. The first few lines of it is
CapitalShipData
ExperienceLevelData:0
ExperienceNeededForNextLevel 200.0
ExperienceGainedForDestroying 100.0
UpgradePriceForNextLevel 1250.0
Just in case this is your first attempt in modding, never edit the base game files. Make a copy of the gameplay.constant file and make a mod out of it.
Could you please explain how to do the bold statements? I've been browsing this forum for a while looking for those answers specifically with no luck. I'm sure I just haven't looked in the right entity file. I've tried Capital and Titan ship files and have only been able to change the amount of fighters they carry. Thanks for any help you can throw my way.
The entity file tied to the Advent technology "Mass Transcendence" would tell you how to do what you want to do...
The file is RESEARCHSUBJECT_CONSTANTEXPERIENCE.entity
Open with a text editor (notepad works), look at the modifiers at the bottom...placing those modifiers in whatever technology you want to will allow whoever you want to automatically get XP....you set the rate that free XP is earned as well as the level cap....for example, Advent currently cannot get automatic XP with this tech once the cap is level 3/4 for levels 1/2 of Mass Transcendence....
The Gameplay.constants file contains all the information regarding the XP requirements for cap/titan levels...it also includes the XP earned for destroying caps/titans at all possible levels...
If you want to change the XP of a ship or structure, you will need to look at that individual ship's or structure's entity file...for starbases, note that each starbase upgrade adds additional XP (you would have to look at each upgrade to change that)...XP for destroying planets is at the top of the Gameplay.constants...XP for strikecraft is in the individual fighter entity files...
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