Starbase and Tavara Upgrading

posted on June 13th, 2011, 4:08 am

Is it possible to do this but also have it replace a sod with another, such like the replace weapon does for certain ships? Not having the models in-game yet to try this out for myself I just want to know if it is possible.

posted on June 13th, 2011, 5:45 am

Pretty sure it is.

  I reckon that the function of upgrading a double gold Galaxy into the Venture Refit model is of a nature similar to what you're describing .

posted on June 13th, 2011, 6:19 am

Yes it's possible. You just have to give the "new" ship's odf "basename=" to the new .sod.

In fact, if the new ship's odf consists of solely and "#include" and a "basename" command, the ship will be identical, save for the new .sod.

posted on June 13th, 2011, 8:54 am

The single gold-bar Galaxy Refit has the basename code, but I don't think it actually needs it. That should only be needed if the sod and odf have different names.

posted on June 13th, 2011, 1:57 pm

Yes, and the single gold bar Galaxy .odf (fed_galaxyr3.odf) does have a different filename to the .sod (fed_galaxy.sod), so yes it does need it. Every rank (except r1) of every class needs it.

posted on June 13th, 2011, 3:19 pm

Single gold bar is r4, double silver is r3. It's filename is the same as the sod (fed_galaxyr4.Sod).

posted on June 13th, 2011, 3:41 pm

Ah, fair enough I take it back, hadn't noticed the Galaxy mesh changes at r4 (thought it was r5). So no it doesn't need it, it's just how the FOTools makes the odfs, I suppose, every unit seems to have that command.

And yeah, the "r3" was a typo, I do know.

posted on June 14th, 2011, 12:45 am

Thank you all I will look into my options, my idea is that I have a starbase, with five groups and each group adds a level to the base expanding it and making it larger. I want to make it a main structure and was thinking of turning it into a modular station, so it can research and build utility vessels. However I much prefer the refitting system, however that will make it hard for me to turn it into a main complex like I had planned.

So I was thinking that it has a research extension that automatically spawns/builds each time you upgrade the station, where in that level you can only research certain things. So as soon as you upgrade (much like the AI with the small Klingon yard) the extension automatically expands.

posted on June 14th, 2011, 11:27 am

Yes, that's also possible. You can set the position of replaceweapon "creations" easily in the odf, so you can have a replaceweapon that upgrades the main station and creates a new one simultaneously (made to LOOK like it's a "pod" of the main station but isn't actually one (lest it be destroyed when you next upgrade the main station).