Race restriction.

posted on June 7th, 2012, 10:57 pm

I'm rather new to Fleet ops and modding, but is there a way to remove the "Only buildable by" race specifics?

I do not mind the game being unrealistic, and well, I just like assimilating my way through with the borg.

posted on June 7th, 2012, 11:07 pm

welcome to the forum.

i know for a fact that deleting the line:

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buildablebyownerraceonly = 1

from the odf for any unit will allow other races to build it. notepad ++ can scan multiple text files for that line and remove it. you'll need to unpack the odfs first.

i'm not sure if there's an easier way.

posted on June 7th, 2012, 11:22 pm

All the odf for all ships?

And I mean removing the Buildable by: race only when you assimilate a station or a yard.

[Tyler]

posted on June 7th, 2012, 11:27 pm

Last edited by Tyler on June 7th, 2012, 11:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Removing the line from 1 ship allows you to build that ship, so you'd have to do it for everything. It isn't race-specific, so removing the line will allow all races to build it.

The #include function from stock would be so useful at times like this... I'm sure it'll be removed though, so who knows what the next version will be like.

posted on June 7th, 2012, 11:29 pm

All the odf for all ships?

And I mean removing the Buildable by: race only when you assimilate a station or a yard.

indeed, every ship/station

yup, if you remove that line then any race can build the ship.

e.g. romulan rhienn , if fed captures romulan yard, they can now build the rhienns.

removing the line from lots of files isn't as hard as it sounds, unpack all odfs using fpqedit, then use notepad ++ find in files feature to delete the line from all odfs, some odfs won't have the line and will automatically be ignored. then repack all the edited files.

posted on June 7th, 2012, 11:55 pm

How many odfs all in all?

posted on June 8th, 2012, 12:09 am

How many odfs all in all?

the game has over 9000 odfs, not all of them will have the line to delete.

there'll be too many to do manually. you'll need to automate it using notepad++ or something else.

posted on June 8th, 2012, 12:15 am

All the odf for all ships?

And I mean removing the Buildable by: race only when you assimilate a station or a yard.

I think the easiest way is to put on a pretty face and ask myles nicely if he wants to do it.

posted on June 8th, 2012, 12:24 am

Pretty face

Myles.....

posted on June 8th, 2012, 3:03 am

How can we automate it?

posted on June 8th, 2012, 9:41 am

You either need to make a script or... a script that was already written. I think there are ODF tools out there that can do your job. There are quite some skilled modders hanging around on this forum who might know a name (I hope). I myself are not into modding at all. I'm voice acting.

posted on June 8th, 2012, 10:26 am

You don't need a script, notepad ++ can change the lines for you.

i've done this and uploaded an edited odf.fpq with the buildablebyownerraceonly value changed to 0 here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?95eyf20630ty2uw

The file is in a 7zip archive to save space, download 7zip if you don't have it:
Windows: 32 bit/64 bit

if you copy this over your own stock odf.fpq you will not be able to play multiplayer with others.

btw there were 2244 files that needed editing for those who care.

posted on June 8th, 2012, 12:28 pm

You don't need a script, notepad ++ can change the lines for you.

i've done this and uploaded an edited odf.fpq with the buildablebyownerraceonly value changed to 0 here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?95eyf20630ty2uw

The file is in a 7zip archive to save space, download 7zip if you don't have it:
Windows: 32 bit/64 bit

if you copy this over your own stock odf.fpq you will not be able to play multiplayer with others.

btw there were 2244 files that needed editing for those who care.

I'll keep that in mind if I change things in the .fpq archive.....I've just not done anything THAT in-depth.

posted on June 8th, 2012, 12:35 pm

I'll keep that in mind if I change things in the .fpq archive.....I've just not done anything THAT in-depth.

I assume you're referring to the number of files being 2244, that's only the number files with the buildablebyownerraceonly line, there's over 9000 odfs in total (9323 to be exact).

posted on June 10th, 2012, 7:43 am

I've only changed odf's outside the fpq archive and so for only doing small weapon tweaks. I just haven't gotten enough files changed to archive them yet. Only got 30'ish odf's working right, others are works in progress.