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Author Topic: How would I give pirates blueprints from the start?  (Read 1356 times)

TheLaughingDead

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How would I give pirates blueprints from the start?
« on: October 07, 2022, 12:32:16 AM »

Hello! I find the idea of pirates using a wider range of weapons and ships is very appealing, but I have never encountered this mechanic in my playthroughs because I usually use blueprints for myself, and when I do sell them on the black market it doesn't seem to have an noticeable impact (even after an entire cycle).

How might I go about enabling these weapons and ships for pirates from the beginning of a run/without selling blueprints on the black market? Does anyone know which file(s) would have this information?
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cytokine

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Re: How would I give pirates blueprints from the start?
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2022, 01:56:22 AM »

The "pirates but epic" mod does that, iirc. But I'm not sure you'd want what you're asking for. If pirates know all hulls, weapons, and hullmods, you could buy them very easily, and also steal all blueprints from them too. Makes a bit of a mess of things. To make say 10% of pirate fleets be "borrowed" from enemy factions would probably require more than tweaking config files. The base game seems picky about spawning ships not known by that fleets faction.
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Ramiel

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Re: How would I give pirates blueprints from the start?
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2022, 06:48:39 AM »

Is it one of the mods hidden on discord? If so, can you please give me a link? Pirates become really weak by the middle/end game, and getting blueprints is rather inconsistent....
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Re: How would I give pirates blueprints from the start?
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2022, 06:36:01 AM »

heres a link for the arthr's faction blender make sure to read how to install it comes with options activate only 1 at a time
https://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=25425.0
https://discord.com/channels/187635036525166592/825068217361760306/1026173307428536340
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Re: How would I give pirates blueprints from the start?
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2022, 10:31:07 AM »

Thank you!
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