Map Editing: Two Questions

[DOCa Cola]

posted on July 13th, 2007, 6:26 am

Last edited by DOCa Cola on July 13th, 2007, 6:55 am, edited 1 time in total.

Hello; first, what do i do to upload a map to these forums, for others to download?
I'm kinda techno-tarded, so any help would be appreciated

Second, is it possible to alter what starting units a player might get?
I've experimented with simply placing derelicts in key spots, but for my more fan-boy type maps - intended solely for my own personal use - this isn't quite satasfactory...
So how might i drop ships and stations in the Map Edittor, in a way that they'd be controllable by players, when the game starts?
Or is this simply not possible?

Thanks

posted on July 13th, 2007, 6:54 am

Hello there!

To change the starting units take a look at the race-specific-named odf-files in the odfsystem-folder. So, if you'd like to change the Federation's starting-units, open the file named "federation.odf" with a text-editor and change the following just as you like it to be:

standardUnits1 = "fed_outpostS.odf"
standardUnits2 = "fed_venture.odf"

If you like to have a Defiant-class-ship as starting unit instead of the Venture, just make "fed_venture.odf" to "fed_defiant.odf". (This one is in the odfunits-folder.)

It should work. I say "should" because I did nearly everything but I never changed the starting units

To upload maps here, you've already found the right place. 
In order to post your maps, you have to use the normal reply-option and not quick-reply. There's an option called "Additional Options" and that's where you can attach files to your posts limited to a size of 1024 KB.

Enjoy! 

posted on July 13th, 2007, 7:29 am

*nods* Great; i think i understand all that...
But - please, correct me if i'm wrong - this sort of editting would make it so all my maps' starting unit's would be altered, yes?
Is there any step i could take to be a bit more specialised, with what units are added to each map? I was also hoping to find a way to plan the lay-out of the units that got added... Am i thinking too broadly?

Ok, thanks for the help I'll look into loading one map i'm kinda proud of, now.

posted on July 13th, 2007, 7:53 am

Indeed, this would change your starting-units permanently for every map and would also make your FO incompatible to other FO-versions. So you won't be able to play online any longer.

But:
In the map-editor there's a menu where you can change severals unit-stats like team and so on. I think that you could find there what you are looking for.
As I'm not that deep into map-editing I'll hand that over to someone who is from here on. 

I'm looking forward to get some time to check out some new maps. 

posted on July 18th, 2007, 5:30 am

Thanks very much for your help

I've decided not to mess with the .odf's afterall, but i'm still practicing and i'm still hopeful i'll figure something out, sooner or later