Need help with ship adding

posted on July 24th, 2013, 11:35 pm

Ok i hope someone is able to help with this.

I have been doing some minor modifications to FO for personal use only. Experimenting really.

I recently downloaded a ship design for a TOS Era Constitution Class Ship. The download came complete with all relevant files and ODFs etc.

I followed the guide to getting the ship in game, and ive been able to add it into the Warp In function but i can't seem to add it onto the Advanced Ship yard as a buildable ship. Nothing i try seems to make the command button appear.

Ive even tried simply duplicating an already established button then simply replacing the built ship with the TOS ship, but i still have no success.

If anyone can, would someone be able to talk me through the process of adding a new build button onto a ship yard for a new ship.

It would be most appreciated. Im banging my head against the wal here lol.

Thanks in advance.

Tim

posted on August 5th, 2013, 3:10 pm

Probably has something to do with tech level and prerequisites. Also, why would you put a ship that small in the advanced yard anyway? We're talking something smaller than a steamrunner, and much lower tech than any of the ships being built.

posted on August 6th, 2013, 3:51 pm

Adding a button is simple, and just requires notepad.

1. Open gui_global.spr. You may need to set it to use notepad.
2. Scroll down (or use the find function) until you reach the line;

Code: Select all

b_bor_axial   all_interface_buttons11   0   208   96   96      #   1   3

This line should be the lowest. If not, then go lower until you reach a line of '#####'. This is the end of that line, and i recommend that you stay within the lines for ease of use.
3. Add your line. Note the way the line above is made. 'b_bor_axial' is the ODF name without the extension. 'all_interface_buttons11' is the texture file it needs to look in. '0 208' are pixel coordinates, telling where it starts grabbing the needed texture. '96 96' are how big the texture is. Finally '# 1 3' are the devs notes as to which image these coordinates go to.

Good luck.

P.S. Custom ships have different inner workings. If you need help with them, let me know.