Derelict Help!!

posted on May 17th, 2011, 5:04 pm

I am just starting to try out Fleet Ops.  I'd had my Armada II disk away for a looooong time and when I found out about fleet Ops I got very excited, but I'm struggling a bit.

I found the map-making tutorial and have been trying to build my own map.

I found the Derelict Creation button [F3] under the Trigger [F2] Section in the  Non Player Races [F7], buthave NO IDEA how to use it.  How do I make a derelict?

posted on May 17th, 2011, 5:10 pm

welcome to the forum joejmz 

that particular derelict creation method is broken, so dont use it.

the method people use to create a derelict is to add a ship to a team nobody is gonna play on (ie team 8 for a 6 player map) then set its crew to 0.

see the map making pages on the guide for more:
Map Editing - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

posted on May 17th, 2011, 6:47 pm

Thanks for the welcome Myles.

It didn't work.

Here's what I did.  Let me know if I'm doing something wrong, please.

I selected the Prometheus from the Federation ships.

Once the ship was on the map, I double-clicked twice and got the script section to open.  I changed the team and perceived team to Team 7.  Then I saved the map and tried it out.  The ship does not show up on the map at all during play.

posted on May 17th, 2011, 7:19 pm

For the Ship
"Team" and "Prerceived Team" must set to Team 7

Map Settings:
Is the Type of Team 7 is set to "empty"?
[Strg+R] for Map Info and then the Tab "Start Locations"
If not all Ships and Buildings will disapear.

posted on May 17th, 2011, 9:13 pm

Yep, that's what was wrong.  Thanks, zyklame 

posted on May 17th, 2011, 9:22 pm

I've never needed the team set to Empty for it to work. I have mine set to AI Mission and they work fine, even showing up in the AdmiralsLog with the correct name and team color.