Non-Feds using McKinley Yard

posted on May 24th, 2011, 4:46 am

OK, so I was a bit bored and decided to add some nutsy stuff to an existing map for AI craziness purposes. I added a Fed McKinley Yard, but obviously being Romulans I can't build anything from it. I want to remedy this.

My plan: Create another FO directory so I can edit ODFs without multipayer issues.

In the new directory, create new ODFs for each warpin (e.g., fed_excelsiorAA) and set the McKinley ODF in the new directory to build the new (so, remove fed_excelsiorA and replace with fed_excelsiorAA) ships. Then make each new warpin ship set to race "romulanempire" rather than "unitedfederation".

Will this allow me to play AI games as a Romulan player, take over a derelict McKinley Yard and build warpin ships? Or do I need to attack this from another angle? Any and all insight into making this work would be greatly appreciated.

posted on May 24th, 2011, 5:14 am

All you need to do is delete the following line from each odf file:

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buildablebyownerraceonly = 1

That above line stops say a Romulan player from building Federation units. That way you do not need to recreate all the odf files for the units, just edit the existing ones, just make sure you have a back-up of the originals so you can override the edited ones (have back-up of those too) for when you want to play online.

Thankfully soon we will have the new mod support, can't wait.

Hope this is what you're after. 

posted on May 24th, 2011, 5:17 am

Perfect, thanks so much.

posted on May 24th, 2011, 6:35 am

You're welcome, might not be much of a player but I know a bit about making mods.