How to use derelicts?

[mimesot]

posted on April 4th, 2009, 8:20 pm

Last edited by mimesot on April 4th, 2009, 10:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Hi everybody!
I haven't found an introduction on how to use derelict creation yet, so can somebody tell me?
Thanks in advance.

(PS: that trigger of the map editor)

(PS 2: all my attempts make the game crash)

posted on April 4th, 2009, 9:02 pm

If you mean the derelict creation trigger in the map editor, i'm all ears too!

posted on April 4th, 2009, 9:40 pm

Hmm i think i have only used that once.. and it crashed... so i don't know how to use them.. but if anyone knows i would be glad to learn how!

posted on April 4th, 2009, 10:51 pm

Ditto.  If it crashes with those, then that would explain why a lot of my maps don't work.

posted on April 4th, 2009, 11:58 pm

I have never gotten them to work so i never use them. You can place derelicts by placing a ship and then double clicking on it to set the crew at 0 and put it on a team. team 0 won't work because you can't capture them but 1-8 works just fine.

posted on April 5th, 2009, 12:49 pm

plce a derelict creation trigger. double click it. change it's label attribute to the desired odf name you'd like to spawn (for example fed_akira) and thats it

posted on April 5th, 2009, 1:52 pm

Oh...

posted on April 5th, 2009, 2:41 pm

wow i feel sooo stupid.. 

i would have never figured that one out.. thanks doca 

posted on April 5th, 2009, 10:18 pm

Thanks indeed! 

posted on April 5th, 2009, 10:31 pm

yea, it's not that obvious actually

posted on April 9th, 2009, 11:52 am

well, I've tried that label changing on trigger but the game crashes anyway..., Could You guys make a small map with derelicts created just for us to have an example?

posted on April 9th, 2009, 5:06 pm

my sample was wrong though. replacing the label that says 'trigger...' with 'fed_akiraY' should work. but it seems like we have not used the derelict trigger for some time, as the ship doesn't seem to have any hull hitpoints when created

posted on April 15th, 2009, 11:45 am

I finaly managed to creat a derelict prometheus.... or so i thought... when i started the map  on instant action  the little SOB killed my constuction ship when i went to capture it 

posted on April 18th, 2009, 12:54 am

yea, i guess another side effect of the rare usage we made of the trigger
i have put it on todo already

[RCIX]

posted on April 25th, 2009, 4:11 am

Last edited by RCIX on April 25th, 2009, 4:18 am, edited 1 time in total.

Until then, i reccomend that everyone create derelicts the "old" way: placing a ship, removing the crew, and setting the EnemyOfAllUnlike property to 1 (to make sure that you capture it when you beam crew onto it. I havent completely tested this, but i've made a map that way and it didnt crash for me yet (although i havent actually tried the map in IA or anything)
Edit: my a1 Junkyard redux map needs derelicts and they are broken  at least they will be fixed soon...