Derelict Ships

posted on January 17th, 2012, 1:58 am

Hi, im brand new to Fleet Ops; i have tried changing a few of the maps on the game, and have managed to get the derelict ships on the map that i want, and transport my crew onboard, however i am unable to control, move or do anything with these ships?

Can anyone help me?

Thanks

posted on January 17th, 2012, 2:07 am

That sounds like those derelicts belong to Team 0 - Team 0 ships are neutral, owned by the map, and cannot be captured. Try using a team that is one higher than the last playable team (i.e. if there are 5 spots on the map, derelicts should belong to team 6). 

posted on January 18th, 2012, 10:58 pm

Worked a treat, im so so pleased with this game!!! i think that it is everything that Armada 2 wasn't!! Im looking and giving a donation as soon as my work bonus comes through! At first i thought i was going to not like this as much as it had no warp feature, however i think that this adds to the authenticity of the game!! I also was at first alittle disappointed that when capturing a construction ship or station the designs for that unit are not  accessable to the player; but after reflection realised that the crew or captain would most likely wipe the database to stop their technology from falling into the wrong hands. However the Borg want and like being able to assimilate the technology of other races.

posted on January 19th, 2012, 1:58 am

Glad to hear you are having fun - hope that one day you join us online on Tunngle 

posted on January 19th, 2012, 2:46 pm

Shall be doing that very soon, quick question, on the Fleet Ops guide, there is a okinawa class, that it says u get with klingon mixed tech? though i cannot find it?

posted on January 19th, 2012, 2:49 pm

Shall be doing that very soon, quick question, on the Fleet Ops guide, there is a okinawa class, that it says u get with klingon mixed tech? though i cannot find it?

it's not in game yet. it is planned for a future version.

these are the current fed mixed tech units. the okinawa may possibly join them.

the guide reference to the okinawa is in the background section, which details the fleetops storyline stuff.

posted on January 19th, 2012, 11:14 pm

Cool sorry to ask so many questions, lol what about the campaign i have read about on the FO Guide? is this for later versions?

posted on January 19th, 2012, 11:32 pm

Much later, there's still a lot of plans for multiplayer to get through before it's started.

posted on January 20th, 2012, 12:10 am

Cool, im just having fun making maps, playing instant action and gettin used to the bits and bobs!

posted on January 20th, 2012, 10:13 am

sorry to ask so many questions

feel free to ask as many questions as you want, new players don't become good if they lurk in silence.

posted on January 20th, 2012, 1:50 pm

With the adding of Derelict ships on maps, i've got it to work, except for 8 player maps? you cant set the player of the derelict to 9?

posted on January 20th, 2012, 1:52 pm

Team 0 is the 9th slot.

posted on January 20th, 2012, 5:39 pm

That sounds like those derelicts belong to Team 0 - Team 0 ships are neutral, owned by the map, and cannot be captured. Try using a team that is one higher than the last playable team (i.e. if there are 5 spots on the map, derelicts should belong to team 6). 

I thought that the Team 0 belong to the map? this hasn't worked for me in the past?

posted on January 20th, 2012, 5:42 pm

I thought that the Team 0 belong to the map? this hasn't worked for me in the past?

they are, but that's your only option on an 8 player map. so you cant have an 8 player map where derelicts can be stolen by players.

i'm pretty sure if you put a unit on a team that has a player, then when the game starts it will get wiped.

posted on January 20th, 2012, 5:51 pm

Yeah, the first problem i had was that the ships disappeared when the map loaded, then when i sorted that i could board the ships and stations (they were set to 0 at this point) and my crew was on them, however i had no control over them what so ever! LOL Also the Unity One station, i can not use its Special Abilities, even though i have Given it Energy for its specials?