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Author Topic: Question: How can i increase the number of fighter/bomber at a Wing?  (Read 5350 times)

Apokus

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Hi there, right now iam working on a mod to improve the length of a normal Battle (i dont like it that the fun is over after 2-3 Minutes :D I mean.. hello? Battleship vs Bomber and all we got to see are 2-3 attacks and fin? Naaaaa, i like the "epic" version with a lot of broadsides between capital ships while theres enough space between them for the escorts fighting :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkfwRAAMCIY thats a first try how it should work later.. didnt played much this round because i was watching how much dmg the other ships did on the battlecruiser but its ok for a first view i guess ^^ ). I got several new ships and weapons so far which i can edit without touching the old ones, thats no problem but as soon as i want to increase the number of fighters or bombers within a Wing, the game crashes right after i pressed the start button.
Right now i would guess i have to set default "spawn"positions within a wing.. is that correct? And if yes.. where the hell are those Vars? ^^
I would be thankful for every hint i can get here to solve this problem:)


Iam sorry for every mistake @ grammar etc. but english isnt my native language and iam out of practice  ::) thx for your attention ^^
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Ivaylo

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This may be a bug in the "V" formation code, I will look into it. The "V" formation is the normal talon formation. Try setting a different formation for now, or using a different fighter type (I am partial to piranhas).
« Last Edit: May 05, 2011, 02:04:38 AM by Ivaylo »
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Alex

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Very nice!

Yeah, the formation offsets are buried deep in the core code. It's in the plan to extract those somewhere moddable. In the meantime, the BOX and CLAW formations should be more flexible and allow higher numbers of fighters.
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Apokus

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Thx for those answers :)
Did check the Claw formation (didnt tried the boxed yet, will do later) and it works fine now but i figured out another problem i didnt noticed before.
Theres a max Wingsize of 6 right now, so as soon as i increase the number of a wing to 7 or more the game crashes as soon as i start the round.
So for everyone else - if you want to increase the number of Fighters/Bombers per Wing stop @ 6 and it should work with at least the Claw formation :)
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