Guide Update Page

posted on August 29th, 2010, 12:50 am

Added two new hopefully helpful images "Tritanium Limited, and Dilithium Limited" - if you see these along a section of a Build Order in the Strategy tabs that means that at that point in the strategy you will have close to no funds of that type and be very vulnerable. I.E. even if you don't use that strategy, look at it to see when your opponent who uses it will be weakest, and destroy those miners! 

posted on September 4th, 2010, 11:28 pm

Added Blade's blank button templates for avatar images, build buttons, and normal buttons in TGA format.

Button Templates - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

Note that the avatar images for specific factions are not from the devs, but I will work on getting those that way the colors match perfectly

posted on September 4th, 2010, 11:42 pm

Awesome Dom, thanks.  I was actually gonna suggest this at some point myself.

I think the second link should maybe be called build button templates though.  atm it just says button, and I was not sure which was which.

posted on September 5th, 2010, 12:02 am

Done! Thanks . If you can think of any more templates or things that would be useful I'll of course put them up there too 

posted on September 7th, 2010, 1:46 am

Added a new chunk of information into the guide: some sort of "timer" in each of the Special Notes sections of the Build Orders. Basically this gives you the amount of time it takes to reach a critical part of the early buildup. This cut off point of this build up time is done so that you won't have any extraneous variables (such as how long it takes you to get to an expansion).

posted on September 13th, 2010, 3:03 pm

Tyler's tutorial to adding a ship/station into Fleet Ops has been added.
Adding a Vessel / Station - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

(Sorry for the delay - I screwed up something and Zebh had to fix it for me  )

posted on September 17th, 2010, 12:18 am

The guide to understanding most aspects of Artificial Intelligence has been completed thanks to Blade's hard work . Enjoy  Artificial Intelligence - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

posted on September 19th, 2010, 4:05 pm

Added some very cool information to the map editing sections and AI modding sections of the guide . Don't forget to look at the wormhole stuff - you won't be disappointed!

posted on September 22nd, 2010, 2:18 am

The Undying Nephalim's work in progress tutorial to adding a faction has been added
Adding a Faction - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

as well as Mylewolfer's FAQs on gaming terminology
Gaming Terminology - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

posted on September 22nd, 2010, 4:46 pm

as well as Mylewolfer's FAQs on gaming terminology
Gaming Terminology - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

you got my name really wrong there 

i just go by Myles now.

that still ends in the letter 's' so making the possessive is a pain, I use Myles'

posted on September 22nd, 2010, 8:49 pm

Ah, pahtue! I couldn't remember

posted on September 28th, 2010, 11:16 pm

Linking from Unit Analyses to Database, and Coop Strategy to normal Strategy added.

The Modding Guide has a new section on using the Events.dat file (thanks TUN and Blade!  )
Sound Editing - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

... as well as a mostly complete and accurate Bugs/Crash Checklist page
Bug / Crash Checklist - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

Hope it's useful

posted on October 2nd, 2010, 2:10 am

Added Blade's Stock Armada II Sprites, zipped for your convenience. This should allow easier porting of ships/stations/weapons that are in Stock and that you want in Fleet Ops
Stock Armada II Sprites - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

Adm. Zaxxon's explanation of making your own alpha channels has been updated
Models and Textures - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

[Dominus_Noctis]

posted on October 3rd, 2010, 2:20 am

Last edited by Dominus_Noctis on October 3rd, 2010, 3:06 am, edited 1 time in total.

Added a tutorial written by Blade on all the necessary steps to adding another avatar into FO
Adding a Faction - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

In addition, Zebh's explanation on how to properly edit the numbers in the Dynamic Localized Strings file has been added! This is a must read! 
Editing Tooltips - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

EDIT: Also added Blade's Unit Values calculator, which will allow you to determine any ship's (rough) offensive, defensive, system values, or subsystem hit points.
Unit Values Calculator - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

posted on October 6th, 2010, 9:15 pm

The Unit Value Calculator has been updated to Version 2!

It now has the ability to calculate...:

Offensive Value
Defensive Value
System Value

Total Energy
Energy Regeneration Rate

Subsystem HP

Shot Delays

Individual weapon damage.

Only things missing now are shield and hull regeneration rates, which are a bit more tricky.