How do I access ODFs?

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 10:59 pm

iam hopeing some here has the patience to help me out on this, how does one even get into the notepad, to change ship's, or is it best to leave this alone, i have never done anything like this before, understand treat me as if i didnt know how to turn a computer on? Notepad is that where you change thing's ? any input would be greatly appreciated.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:04 pm

Double click and ODF, and click "open with..." and select Notepad 

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:06 pm

What is odf, mean?

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:08 pm

Odfs are the text files that tells the game what everything is.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:09 pm

Okay is the odf in the game, i mean where do i go to open it up?

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:11 pm

C:Program FilesActivisionStar Trek Armada II Fleet OperationsDataodfsystem

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:13 pm

Tyler do you do that online, and then how do you change ship commands

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:14 pm

It's in your computer, C drive

What do you mean by ship commands?

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:16 pm

I mean how do you change say a ship's phaser's ,or look. That's what i meant

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:21 pm

You can change the color of a phaser/size/image stuff by changing the sprite that is used for them using any image manipulation software. If you want to change how many phasers are fired etc, you can change that in the weapon ODFs or the ship's ODF (where the phaser is fired from). I'd recommend going to the guide and reading through the ship template tutorials, as well as the rest for more complete explanations

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:24 pm

Thank's for input but iam not sure this is something i should mess with.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 11:43 pm

yes i think it's safest you leave this alone navyguy.

i dont mean to sound condescending, but if you didn't know what tyler meant when he gave you that path, you should probably start at a more basic level of computer study. buy one of those books that introduces you to all the stuff

posted on December 4th, 2010, 12:16 am

I'll teach you some really basic stuff navyguy.

Go to your flops folder

Then click on the folder named Data

Then the folder named odf

Then the folder named system

right click to sort it by name (to make finding stuff easier)

Then scroll down a bit til you see "all_cap_warpin.odf"

Right click, and select 'properties', and uncheck readonly if it's checked.

Open it in notepad, you'll see the following.

Code: Select all

maxcap = 10
captooltip = "         Warp-In Support ( %d / %d )"
fleetcapclass0 = "fed_ambassador"
fleetcapclass1 = "fed_ambassadorM"
fleetcapclass2 = "fed_ambassadorMr2"
fleetcapclass3 = "fed_ambassadorMr3"
fleetcapclass4 = "fed_ambassadorMr4"
fleetcapclass5 = "fed_ambassadorr2"
fleetcapclass6 = "fed_ambassadorr3"
fleetcapclass7 = "fed_ambassadorr4"
fleetcapclass8 = "fed_ambassadorW"
fleetcapclass9 = "fed_descent"
fleetcapclass9capvalue = 4
fleetcapclass10 = "fed_descentMr6"
fleetcapclass10capvalue = 3
fleetcapclass11 = "fed_descentr2"
fleetcapclass11capvalue = 4
fleetcapclass12 = "fed_descentr3"
fleetcapclass12capvalue = 4
fleetcapclass13 = "fed_descentr4"
fleetcapclass13capvalue = 4
fleetcapclass14 = "fed_descentr5"
fleetcapclass14capvalue = 3
fleetcapclass15 = "fed_descentr6"
fleetcapclass15capvalue = 3
fleetcapclass16 = "fed_descentW"
fleetcapclass16capvalue = 4
fleetcapclass17 = "fed_excelsior"
fleetcapclass18 = "fed_excelsiorMI"
fleetcapclass19 = "fed_excelsiorMIr2"
fleetcapclass20 = "fed_excelsiorMIr3"
fleetcapclass21 = "fed_excelsiorMIr4"
fleetcapclass22 = "fed_excelsiorr2"
fleetcapclass23 = "fed_excelsiorr3"
fleetcapclass24 = "fed_excelsiorr4"
fleetcapclass25 = "fed_excelsiorW"
fleetcapclass26 = "fed_galaxy"
fleetcapclass27 = "fed_galaxyM"
fleetcapclass28 = "fed_galaxyMr2"
fleetcapclass29 = "fed_galaxyMr3"
fleetcapclass30 = "fed_galaxyMr4"
fleetcapclass31 = "fed_galaxyr2"
fleetcapclass32 = "fed_galaxyr3"
fleetcapclass33 = "fed_galaxyr4"
fleetcapclass34 = "fed_galaxyW"
fleetcapclass35 = "fed_nebula"
fleetcapclass36 = "fed_nebulaM"
fleetcapclass37 = "fed_nebulaMr2"
fleetcapclass38 = "fed_nebulaMr3"
fleetcapclass39 = "fed_nebulaMr4"
fleetcapclass40 = "fed_nebular2"
fleetcapclass41 = "fed_nebular3"
fleetcapclass42 = "fed_nebular4"
fleetcapclass43 = "fed_nebulaW"
fleetcapclass44 = "fed_nebula_torp"
fleetcapclass45 = "fed_nebula_torpM"
fleetcapclass46 = "fed_nebula_torpMr2"
fleetcapclass47 = "fed_nebula_torpMr3"
fleetcapclass48 = "fed_nebula_torpMr4"
fleetcapclass49 = "fed_nebula_torpr2"
fleetcapclass50 = "fed_nebula_torpr3"
fleetcapclass51 = "fed_nebula_torpr4"
fleetcapclass52 = "fed_nebula_torpW"
fleetcapclass53 = "fed_novar6"
fleetcapclass53capvalue = -2
fleetcapclass54 = "fed_steamrunner"
fleetcapclass55 = "fed_steamrunnerM"
fleetcapclass56 = "fed_steamrunnerMr2"
fleetcapclass57 = "fed_steamrunnerMr3"
fleetcapclass58 = "fed_steamrunnerr2"
fleetcapclass59 = "fed_steamrunnerr3"
fleetcapclass60 = "fed_steamrunnerW"


Were it says "maxcap = 10" change it to "maxcap = 20" and save.

Congratulations, you now have 20 warpin slots (change it back if you want to play online, of course)

Yeah, its not what you want done probably but its a first step in your figuring this out.

posted on December 4th, 2010, 12:56 am

What no linky to the guide section I wrote just for this situation.  I am hurt.

All about editing odf's and txt files Directory Organization - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

And another nice place to start would be here.

Ship / Station ODF Breakdown - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

I recommend you read both these sections navyguy, I think it will help alot.

[navyguy]

posted on December 4th, 2010, 5:32 am

Last edited by navyguy on December 4th, 2010, 5:35 am, edited 1 time in total.

Everyone thank's for the advice, you guy's know more about this then i ever will , hell when computer's came out we had the Atari 400, so if any of you ever heard of these it gives you an ideal of my age. Myles youre right and like i said before iam going to leave well enough alone. Yes there was also the APPLE2C.