"MageKing17" said:
I think a good question is: "Is it possible to destroy the motherships in Kravaak?" To which the answer is almost certainly "not unless you cheat", making your question basically moot.

"Dorten" said:
I have all sorts of bugs with it: after shopping inventory does not return to MY inventory. It shows empty (I can, however, select weapons with mousewheel). If I right click a tank, while riding it, it starts to function by itself, and I cannot get out. and all that sort of bugs.

Is it just me?

"Daz_T" said:
the ocean planet was pretty cool, but i realised that fires can be lit on the water. it's pretty bare with the aliens, i wanted a more exciting hunting trip .
The lava planet was pretty good, but could you fix it so that flying the jetpack over lava wont damage you? (like the hoverbike in werivar)
The mines, SCARY!!!! all the creepy noises and uber big rock monsters!! go with the infrared goggles so you don't attract attention. Whats even more scary was the fact that they don't turn the sniper laser green! i checked all around before i began mining this rock, next thing i get smacked by a big rock hammer!

"themados" said:
The problem i have with this is i cant find the guy I'm meant to meat up without dying other this is great except that you can do the classic escape pod trick keep going back and forth over the top/bottom border line.

"Dorten" said:
I have all sorts of bugs with it: after shopping inventory does not return to MY inventory. It shows empty (I can, however, select weapons with mousewheel). If I right click a tank, while riding it, it starts to function by itself, and I cannot get out. and all that sort of bugs.

"anruca" said:
The lava planet is good you get minerals and a good challenge from the aliens.
The water planet is good,cool armor too,are the aliens there native or they wiped the whole place?
Reached 1000 PP is that the limit to the PP? Beat the heck out of those Battlecrusers/Motherships they were pretty easy to take down. Is the ifra-red vision not supposed to be turned off?
In a Future build will there be new weapons for the ship? or for the captain?

"Moon832" said:
Wow! I just played up until I got to the Commander rank, then I stopped. The gameplay is so great!I love the holodeck area, but when I go into space and shoot the neutral ships, they beat me so bad! Anyways, I am really impressed with the game so far. I wish that someone could sticky this game..... *hint hint*

"Dorten" said:
are you supposed to be able to turn ships radar ON via hotkey when you are on planet? it shows aliens then

"Dorten" said:

Another thing: in werivar, in all terrain effects have checks 'if creature is not hoverbike' and 'if creature is not hoverbike mark 2'

"Daz_T" said:

"Dorten" said:

Another thing: in werivar, in all terrain effects have checks 'if creature is not hoverbike' and 'if creature is not hoverbike mark 2'

Thanks dude!! just apply that to jetpack zex

"anruca" said:
Nice updates! They are going to be in the other build right?

"ZeXLR8er" said:
[list][*] Added new item: Batteries. Available from store, and can be used like health packs to recharge batteries[/*:m][/list:u]

"MageKing17" said:
Can't wait. I also notice you haven't updated your signature to say "Build 5" yet.

"ZeXLR8er" said:
[list][*] Completely reworked all Weapons Classes so that different species now have immunity/resistance/susceptibility to different weapon types (laser/projectile/flame etc) [/*:m][/list:u]

"MageKing17" said:
Sweet. Er, I don't suppose you could be so kind as to say what aliens are most susceptible to, could you?

Enemy Attack Script (hurt player when shields down);//name-----------------------------------------------------------------
7;//identifier
0;//run without calling (set to 0 if you use the script for example as a wield script)
0;//call position, 0=player location, 1=mouse location
0;//calling creature 0=player, 1=creature nearest to the mouse, 2=player controlled creature
0;//run every n milliseconds
none;//message
0;//message type, 0=quick message, 1=journal
none;//sound, none for nothing
0;//delay script for n seconds after conditions met
0;//disabled after first use, 0=no, 1=yes
begin_conditions;
5;//condition shield bar is 0
8.000000;//condition parameter0
1.000000;//condition parameter1
end_conditions;
begin_effects;
4;//effect number take 2.5 from health
-2.5000000;//parameter1
0.000000;//parameter2
0.000000;//parameter3
0.000000;//parameter4
end_effects;

"ZeXLR8er" said:
Breakthrough: Just a report for the benefit of those on these forums who are still interested in modding, it won't mean a lot to most of the people here because I think Mageking was the only one to even notice it, but since I've been working on this project again, I've been plagued by an incredibly annoying bug: when in the Wolf IV mode, if you choose to lower your shields to conserve energy, sometimes for almost no apparent reason whatsoever, you will rapidly lose health and die almost instantly, even when there are no aliens nearby. I've tried everything to find out what was causing this, and today, I finally got 'im:

*snip*

That script is what damages you when an alien shoots you if your shields are down. It simply checks if the shield bar is less than 1, and if so, takes -2.5 from your health bar. The problem is though that this script was called by the "hit" effect in all alien spacecraft weapons. Since the bullets can't distinguish between the player or another Confederate ship, every time they hit a Confed fighter/destroyer, that script would be called and damage done to the player. By simply using Condition 23 (23=creature (parameter0: 0=is, 1=is not) player) it now works perfectly. You can't imagine how good that feels.

"ZeXLR8er" said:

That script is what damages you when an alien shoots you if your shields are down. It simply checks if the shield bar is less than 1, and if so, takes -2.5 from your health bar. The problem is though that this script was called by the "hit" effect in all alien spacecraft weapons. Since the bullets can't distinguish between the player or another Confederate ship, every time they hit a Confed fighter/destroyer, that script would be called and damage done to the player. By simply using Condition 23 (23=creature (parameter0: 0=is, 1=is not) player) it now works perfectly. You can't imagine how good that feels.

Lose amount from shield (accurate);//name
  30;//identifier
  1;//run without calling (set to 0 if you use the script for example as a wield script)
  0;//call position, 0=player location, 1=mouse location
  0;//calling creature 0=player, 1=creature nearest to the mouse, 2=player controlled creature
  0;//run every n milliseconds
  none;//message
    0;//message type, 0=quick message, 1=journal
  none;//sound, none for nothing
  0;//delay script for n seconds after conditions met
  0;//disabled after first use, 0=no, 1=yes
  begin_conditions;
    3;//condition (damage due)
      3.000000;//condition parameter0
      1.000000;//condition parameter1
    5;//condition (time for accuracy?)
      3.000000;//condition parameter0
      10.000000;//condition parameter1
  38;//condition (shields on or off)
      31.000000;//condition parameter0
      1.000000;//condition parameter1
  end_conditions;
  begin_effects;
    4;//effect number (shield)
      -1.00000;//parameter1
      1.000000;//parameter2
      29.000000;//parameter3
      0.000000;//parameter4
    4;//effect number (damage due)
      -1.00000;//parameter1
      1.000000;//parameter2
      3.000000;//parameter3
      0.000000;//parameter4
  end_effects;
Get hurt if hit without shield (accurate);//name
  31;//identifier
  1;//run without calling (set to 0 if you use the script for example as a wield script)
  0;//call position, 0=player location, 1=mouse location
  0;//calling creature 0=player, 1=creature nearest to the mouse, 2=player controlled creature
  0;//run every n milliseconds
  none;//message
    0;//message type, 0=quick message, 1=journal
  none;//sound, none for nothing
  0;//delay script for n seconds after conditions met
  0;//disabled after first use, 0=no, 1=yes
  begin_conditions;
    3;//condition (Is there any damage due?)
      3.000000;//condition parameter0
      1.000000;//condition parameter1
    5;//condition (Is it time to drain accurately, or quickly?)
      3.000000;//condition parameter0
      10.000000;//condition parameter1
   38;//condition (Does the player have shields active, good for turning on and off shields)
      31.000000;//condition parameter0
      0.000000;//condition parameter1
  end_conditions;
  begin_effects;
    4;//effect number (health)
      -0.50000;//parameter1
      1.000000;//parameter2
      0.000000;//parameter3
      0.000000;//parameter4
    4;//effect number (damage due)
      -1.00000;//parameter1
      1.000000;//parameter2
      3.000000;//parameter3
      0.000000;//parameter4
  end_effects;

"Aegis" said:
You could have also made a "damage due to player" bar. And scripts which drains health or shields depending on whether you have enough shield energy or not. This way, you'll save tonnes of space in the scripts file (you'll only need like 2 scripts); you'll be able to deal the damage through effect number 4, instead of one of many scripts; and you'd be able to give other creatures shield bars as well. Of course, it really depends on if you think these features are worth the effort of implementing them. Here are the scripts:

CODE

Unfortunately, the health doesn't empty instantly. That's why I have made extra scripts which drain the health/shields really fast when the damage due is over 10.

"ZeXLR8er" said:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kjc8y8
(does not require Build 4; just do a fresh install with this file)

"ZeXLR8er" said:
Kinmegag 71 ... Naquarin ... Errxelz

...

[list][*] All planet, system and Confederate officer's names have been changed to have special significance. Think Var Equinallin...[/*:m][/list:u]

"MageKing17" said:
Lemme guess... if Errxelz is the name of the system, then the planet of importance is Errxelz 8, right?

"Dorten" said:
[*]Over the time small enemy fighters pile up in crasy amounts - you travel to system, get shot once by each of them, die... even thrusters cant help...
[/list]

"ZeXLR8er" said:
Argh, I know, I know. I don't know what's causing it, and I can't do anything about it. I've set all the spawning limits for the Alien battleships to stop spawning if there are ever more than I think 30 Small or Large fighters in the entire area, and it still happens. To try and further prevent it, I've added a timed event for every Alien fighter to kill the creature if there are more that I think 40 Small or Large fighters. It still happens. I'm beginning to think it's a problem with Notrium itself; as far as I can tell, the spawning works perfectly if you're in the area, but as soon as you leave, either to a planet or a different space system, when you re-enter after a certain period there are suddenly dozens and dozens of new Alien fighters that all attack you at once. The same happens with the neutral ships when you enter Tiodia for the first time in a while as pirate; there are suddenly a huge amount of ships that all attack you instantly, even though neutral ships are coded to only use a attacking AI if fired on. If it wasn't for that, I would guess that maybe creature timed blocks work even when the player is out of the area and that's what's causing the problem, but I really don't know. If anyone has any idea on what the problem is, I'd love to hear it.

"harwe" said:
This is an annoying bug, when I get overburdened, it doesn't reset my movespeed when I decide to drop like everything, and the more overburdened I get, the worse the default movespeed will be...