Well, the 1.08 part works but when i update with 1.08a the mod fails to load. Any changes i try and make to 1.08 now cause the mod to fail to load even though there are no error messages whilst the mod is loading. Can anyone suggest anything i might try?
A Babylon 5 Mod for the Final Frontier Mod
- Thread starter PsiCorps
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Premier Valle
FF: Babylon 5 Mod Team
Sorry guys, I haven't been able to keep up to date/work on the mod, real life gets in the way... but I don't complain.
So this, 1.08 and 1.08a versions have been published or are they internal works...
Perhaps with some "source" with some code, so that we can help?
BTW, has anyone tried to add the Hyperspace stuff?
So this, 1.08 and 1.08a versions have been published or are they internal works...
Perhaps with some "source" with some code, so that we can help?
BTW, has anyone tried to add the Hyperspace stuff?
Hi Premier, post 406 on page 21 has the link to download version 1.08. Don't bother with patch 1.08a as it wasn't a very good patch.I'm working on a far better one at the moment and all is working well so far. Haven't had a chance to try the hyperspace stuff out but will over the weekend.
Thorgrimm
Senior Elder
errr......sorry..
..was a little exhausted during the week (late shift) and away today, lets see whats going to happen tomorrow..
Been another week bud.
Cheers, Thorgrimm Hi All
Yes i've added it all in and all is working as it should be apart from one thing. I Used the world builder, added all the techs i needed to have a jump capable ship, added a jump capable ship and then went back to test it. Once i put my cursor over the Open Jump Point button it said that it will take 2147483647 turns to complete. This might be a little long especially if you want to get away from an enemy 2 turns away.
Yes i've added it all in and all is working as it should be apart from one thing. I Used the world builder, added all the techs i needed to have a jump capable ship, added a jump capable ship and then went back to test it. Once i put my cursor over the Open Jump Point button it said that it will take 2147483647 turns to complete. This might be a little long especially if you want to get away from an enemy 2 turns away.
Saschkin
Warlord
Ah well, now theyre done, hope i didnt asphyxiate you..
I'm a patient man i can wait, NOW WHERE ARE THE EA SHIPS!
Seriously though Saschkin thanks for doing these for us i know it's time consuming but it is really appreciated.
@Thorgrimm - Have you any little snippets to add to the Mod? I've been wondering if we can change the Alien Legations and make them race specific. So instead you now build a Narn Legation or a Centauri Embassy and instead of it adding to your Influence/culture it has a positive modifier to the race whose embassy you have built.
@ Premier -Any thoughts on the Open Jump Point problem i mentioned before?
Thorgrimm
Senior Elder
Ah well, now theyre done, hope i didnt asphyxiate you..
Lol, just a bit. I was beginning to turn blue.
@ Psi Corps, sure we can have race specific buildings. What would you have them require?
Cheers, Thorgrimm @Premier(from an earlier post i didn't respond to fully)
I've been busy working on the mod not just playing. However playing the changes i've made so far shows that by the time you have researched Colonization you should have been able to populate most of the worlds in your home system. so logically if you have no planets in your home system there is nothing left to do but go to the stars.
@Thorgrimm
I've posted a question in another thread which relates to increasing a ships movement when a new technology is received (like refrigeration does in standard Civ. All i need to know is what Domain i add to the text to make it work.
That's all for now.
Tachyon Comms cannot now be researched until you have developed Colonization. My reasoning being that you don't really need super fast communications until you have a colony on a planet in another star system at which point it becomes essential.
Changes to the tech tree have now made Jump gates available as soon as Vortex Generators have been researched. There is no requirement to research Jump Gates or Jump Engines.
The changes i've made to the tech tree should still give some shipbuilding early enough to be of use in defending against pirates and fighting a war. I'm still working on this as i don't want to add too many ships too early.
Organic Technology doesn't mean you can build Living Ships but along with a new tech i've added (Semi-Sentient Computers) you can now build ships like the Vorlons (The Ship sang to me. Season 2 episode)
I would like the pre requisite for this to be contact with another Race but don't know how to set it up. I did mention something earlier in this thread. See spoiler.
Spoiler :
I've been busy working on the mod not just playing. However playing the changes i've made so far shows that by the time you have researched Colonization you should have been able to populate most of the worlds in your home system. so logically if you have no planets in your home system there is nothing left to do but go to the stars.
@Thorgrimm
Basically i would like them to be like standard civs Religion centres but with obvious differences.
Spoiler :
I've posted a question in another thread which relates to increasing a ships movement when a new technology is received (like refrigeration does in standard Civ. All i need to know is what Domain i add to the text to make it work.
That's all for now.
Premier Valle
FF: Babylon 5 Mod Team
I'm a patient man i can wait, NOW WHERE ARE THE EA SHIPS!
WHERE WHERE!!
Actually I do. It seems that I forgot to add some required XML code, sorry.
Code:
<iDropRange>5</iDropRange><!-- Distance I can Jump -->
<iWorkRate>4</iWorkRate><!-- How fast I build -->I can't possibly agree more!
Now that makes sense.
Sorry, I haven't had time to see if that can be done in Python...
That sounds good, but I'm worried about the time... doesn't it take too long??
Also, I believe that some of the earlier techs should have a very low cost, like "Solar Panels", I think that researching it shouldn't take more than 2 or 3 turns, the same with SOME of the others.
Thanks, I'll download 1.08 and try it out.
Saschkin
Warlord
..hmm..well, id really like to do the Warlock, but I need to get Nifviewer working before i do that..
..ill need it to add some projectile weapons to the cruiser beams on the Warlock, add glow to the drazi engines etc etc.. ..until then ill stick with stuff that is easier to animate, so maybe a Brakiri package #3..
I've put the lines in now will let you know how it goes.
Well, the work you do is pretty awesome so i'll let you off. Brakiri package 3 will be fine.
I Had a major revelation last night whilst i was play testing changes i need to do some work with the idea it generated before i post anything about what it was. The only thing i would need help with are the icons but we can cross that bridge later. Have to make sure the idea works.
OK, looks like no one has had much to report on anything since my last post.
Here is what i've been doing. I've played around with the tech tree some more, added some techs, removed some techs and moved some techs. I've also made the civics dependent on research of techs but i'm not really happy with this yet. Promotions have also been made tech dependent, some are now unavailable until Beyond the rim, which is where i've now placed everything we don't want to keep in, going to change the research time for this to something ridiculous (at least for the time being) so as it can't be reached quickly.
I Did add a bonus to movement for completing research on some of the techs but unfortunately this then enabled the P.D.S.(GOD satellite) to move which i didn't want. The only to stop it moving was to give it a -5 movement but this seemed to cause the game to crash sooner. Soon as i removed it everything ran as it used to.
Looking into adding a few more social type techs to allow for the existing government types. However i'm also looking into limiting the governments as B5 didn't seem to have too many variations on governments for each of the races. Minbari had a caste system, Centauri an elected Emperor (monarchy, could also be republic) Humans have an elected President (either Technocracy, Democracy or Police State) Narns have a feudal system. So lots of different systems but each race seemed to stick to what they were from start to finish(bar the EA during the civil war). I'm happy for anyone to correct me on any of these.
Does anyone know where i can find what governs the start date of the game as i would like to change it but can't find out what governs it, is it XML, Python or the SDK?
Here is what i've been doing. I've played around with the tech tree some more, added some techs, removed some techs and moved some techs. I've also made the civics dependent on research of techs but i'm not really happy with this yet. Promotions have also been made tech dependent, some are now unavailable until Beyond the rim, which is where i've now placed everything we don't want to keep in, going to change the research time for this to something ridiculous (at least for the time being) so as it can't be reached quickly.
Seems like i need to do something with the DTD schema to get what i want working but i'm still keeping quiet about it for the moment as if it doesn't work i can just say so without building up hopes.
I Did add a bonus to movement for completing research on some of the techs but unfortunately this then enabled the P.D.S.(GOD satellite) to move which i didn't want. The only to stop it moving was to give it a -5 movement but this seemed to cause the game to crash sooner. Soon as i removed it everything ran as it used to.
Looking into adding a few more social type techs to allow for the existing government types. However i'm also looking into limiting the governments as B5 didn't seem to have too many variations on governments for each of the races. Minbari had a caste system, Centauri an elected Emperor (monarchy, could also be republic) Humans have an elected President (either Technocracy, Democracy or Police State) Narns have a feudal system. So lots of different systems but each race seemed to stick to what they were from start to finish(bar the EA during the civil war). I'm happy for anyone to correct me on any of these.
Does anyone know where i can find what governs the start date of the game as i would like to change it but can't find out what governs it, is it XML, Python or the SDK?
Thorgrimm
Senior Elder
I can't do anything till you finish changing the techs. As it is I will have to redo all the tech and building requirements that are all ready in. So till you are finished monkeying around with the techs, I am on hold.
Cheers, Thorgrimm
Cheers, Thorgrimm Saschkin
Warlord
..well, the Pak`Ma`Ra have a really nice political system, they don`t have an inherent understanding of hierarchy at all.. ..i`d move there if it wasnt for their eating habits..
How do you gonna call it? Anarchy? Collectivism/Collective? Cooperativism? Grassroots something?
It isnt even an ideology, they are just that cool..
How do you gonna call it? Anarchy? Collectivism/Collective? Cooperativism? Grassroots something?
It isnt even an ideology, they are just that cool..
Thorgrimm
Senior Elder
..well, the Pak`Ma`Ra have a really nice political system, they don`t have an inherent understanding of hierarchy at all.. ..i`d move there if it wasnt for their eating habits..
How do you gonna call it? Anarchy? Collectivism/Collective? Cooperativism? Grassroots something?
It isnt even an ideology, they are just that cool..
So is that a hint you are working on Paky ships now?
Cheers, Thorgrimm Saschkin
Warlord
Come to think of it, pretty much all the more interesting Civics are to be found in the League.. ..the Vree and their Guilds, The Abbai are a (tree hugging and pacifist) Matriarchy..
..but it seems there arent any changes anywhere, one more exception might be the Narn, turning from a peaceful Tribalism to a warlike Dictatorship..
..but it seems there arent any changes anywhere, one more exception might be the Narn, turning from a peaceful Tribalism to a warlike Dictatorship..
Saschkin
Warlord
Nope, not yet, want to do them together with the Drazi, although they are certainly my favorite race (together with the Abbai).
My current schedule is Brakiri Ships#3 (Scout and Carrier most likely)
then some smaller Vree Disks where i dont have to mess with the animations and until then i may be able to change those animations..
Premier Valle
FF: Babylon 5 Mod Team
Sounds like an ambitious project, good luck!, tho modifying the schema might not be a good idea, who knows what kind of dependencies may exist, but there is nothing to loose in trying.
I thought it was XML, but while searching I found this on CvFinalFrontierEvents.py
Code:
CyGame().setStartYear(2302)I'm sure this is it, but I haven't tested it. You can open the .py file in notepad and do the change.
Sorry
I'll get done as quickly as i can. You shouldn't have that much to do, i've left the buildings alone bar changing a pre requisite tech here and there. The Units have all had their tech requirements modified but still more work to do with those. Research times are still being adjusted to ensure a steady progression as you build new colonies that add science points. Incidentally, there are no buildings that presently add to science output. Hope that you have something planned for that Thorgrimm?Many thanks for that Premier i'll have a look at that tonight.
Is it possibly to lock government types so that some races only have access to certain types?
