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[Uomoz]

Thanks Thaago!

[WKOB]

Now before I get too involved... with Hyperspace being implemented, can mods be more free-form with installation?

Could Mod A add it's own star-system and Mod B add it's own star-system and be compatible while not interacting in anyway?

[Trylobot]

Could Mod A add it's own star-system and Mod B add it's own star-system and be compatible while not interacting in anyway?

Yep.
Where is your Mod? - System Map of the known Modiverse

[WKOB]

Perfect, ideally I'd like my mods to just be dropped in and be perfectly separate and compatible with everything.

[Plasmatic]

Code

	public static final float REPAIR_PENALTY = 25f;

I'm trying to edit the Augmented Engine Hullmod, but I can't make heads or tails of this function..

The description ingame says engines will take twice as long to repair, why is this number then 25f? would 25 not mean the engine takes 75% longer to repair?

I'm assuming setting this to 50f would indeed be twice as long repair time?

75f would be 25% longer to repair?

[dmaiski]

how do i get rid of the shrapnel animation when a MIRV missiles splits

Spoiler

Code

	"behaviorSpec":{"behavior":"MIRV",
					"splitRange":900,
					"minTimeToSplit":0.12,
					"numShots":1,
					"damage":800,
					"emp":25,
					"damageType":HIGH_EXPLOSIVE,
					"hitpoints":300,
					"arc":220,
					"spreadSpeed":1000,
					"projectileSpec":"MBT3_m",
					#"emptySpec":"MBFc1_Fc1e",
					"smokeSpec":{"particleSizeMin":0.0,
								 "particleSizeRange":0.0,
								 "cloudParticleCount":0,
								 "cloudDuration":0.0,
								 "cloudRadius":0.0,
								 "blowbackParticleCount":0,
								 "blowbackDuration":0,
								 "blowbackLength":0,
								 "blowbackSpread":0,
								 "particleColor":[255,100,50,0]}
					}				    
}

[close]

this dose not work, animation still happens
comenting it out just causes a crash...

plz help or my MBT3 will cause lag when a onslaught fires them

[Alex]

Code

	public static final float REPAIR_PENALTY = 25f;

I'm trying to edit the Augmented Engine Hullmod, but I can't make heads or tails of this function..

The description ingame says engines will take twice as long to repair, why is this number then 25f? would 25 not mean the engine takes 75% longer to repair?

I'm assuming setting this to 50f would indeed be twice as long repair time?

75f would be 25% longer to repair?

The description is wrong; already fixed for next version. The engines take 25% longer to repair.

how do i get rid of the shrapnel animation when a MIRV missiles splits

Can't, that's hardcoded in the MIRV AI. You could write a custom missile AI to get around the issue.

[Plasmatic]

I keep getting a Null error that I cannot wrap my head around..

Code

11796 [Thread-6] ERROR com.fs.starfarer.combat.String  - java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.fs.starfarer.loading.specs.HullVariantSpec.super(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.loading.specs.HullVariantSpec.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.loading.ShipHullSpreadsheetLoader.super(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore.Ò00000(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.loading.null.super(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.super.oOOO.Ò00000(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.combat.String.o00000(Unknown Source)
	at com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher$2.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

That seems to me something to do with variants? yet the mod that causes it has no variants in it, not anything that calls to any variants?!

the only thing in the mod that causes it is:
ship_data.csv
4 .ship files (2 renamed models, new stats 2 just redone stats)
2 graphic files (for the renamed ships)
and the hull_mod.csv

EDIT: Solved Apparently I had forgotten a .ship at the end of one of the .ship files.. I feel like such an idiot

[Alfalfa]

Ok this is driving me bats.  I need to get the hull size of a ship.

The ship is contained in a CombatEntity variable named 'entity.'  I check if entity isinstanceof ShipAPI, then I call entity.getHullSize().  Starsector crashes, insisting that no such method exists.  I have imported CombatEntity, ShipAPI, ShipAPI.HullSize, etc.  I have typecast the variable as ShipAPI.  I have tried entity.HullSize.

I know this method exists.  I opened up ShipAPI and the photons proving its existence are entering my cornea right now.

What the bejeezus is going on?

[Wyvern]

Hm.  Try ((ShipAPI)entity).getHullSize() - that should either work, or throw a class cast exception, or a null pointer exception.  I think.

Posting the line it crashes on & the text of the exception might also be useful in giving us enough information to help.

[Kiloman]

Hm.  Try ((ShipAPI)entity).getHullSize() - that should either work, or throw a class cast exception, or a null pointer exception.  I think.

the getHullSize method is actually from the ShipHullSpecAPI, so you want:

Code

((ShipAPI)entity).getHullSpec().getHullSize()

When in question, check the JavaDocs:
http://fractalsoftworks.com/starfarer.api/

[Alfalfa]

Here's the relevant piece of code:

Code

velocityMod = x / MAXIMUM_MASS * FIELD_STRENGTH;
            if (entity instanceof ShipAPI){
            	HullSize shipClass = (HullSize) ((ShipAPI) entity).getHullSize();
            	if (shipClass == (HullSize) ShipAPI.HullSize.valueOf("FIGHTER")) {
            		velocityMod *= 1; 
            	} else if (shipClass == (HullSize) ShipAPI.HullSize.valueOf("FRIGATE")) {
            		velocityMod *= 1;   
            	} else if (shipClass == (HullSize) ShipAPI.HullSize.valueOf("DESTROYER")) {
            		velocityMod *= DESTROYER_MOD;
            	} else if (shipClass == (HullSize) ShipAPI.HullSize.valueOf("CRUISER")) {
            		velocityMod *= CRUISER_MOD;
            	} else if (shipClass == (HullSize) ShipAPI.HullSize.valueOf("CAPITAL_SHIP")) {
            		velocityMod *= CAPITAL_SHIP_MOD;
            	} else {
            		velocityMod *= 1;
            	}
            	/*switch (shipClass) {
            		case (HullSize) DESTROYER:		velocityMod *= DESTROYER_MOD;
            		case (HullSize) CRUISER:		velocityMod *= CRUISER_MOD;
            		case (HullSize) CAPITAL_SHIP:	velocityMod *= CAPITAL_SHIP_MOD;	
            	}*/
            }

Thank you for the replies to my earlier question.  It seems it was an issue with how I was handling the Enumerator type.  I've now gotten past the syntax errors and have encountered a logic one.  The 'field' generated by this code is supposed to be modified for all ships larger than a frigate.  Instead it is modified for all ships.  Nothing should happen to fighters or frigates with that code.  The only possibility is that this method of differentiating the different Enumerator values is not working.

I did not know what an Enumerator was before today, but now I hate them oh so very, very, much.  I came up with the solution in about 10 minutes, and have now spent hours attempting to use this Enumerator to perform an incredibly simple task, one I could have accomplished within 40 seconds had the classes been represented with integers.

Anyone know about Enumerators?

[Kiloman]

Inability to switch on an Enum is a limitation of Janino. It's mentioned in a few different places. The usual suggestion is to either use compiled code in a JAR file, or just use an IF statement. There are examples elsewhere, but in a nutshell it looks like this:

Code

import com.fs.starfarer.api.combat.ShipAPI.*

if (entity instanceof ShipAPI){
	HullSize size = ((ShipAPI)entity).getHullSpec().getHullSize();
	if (size == HullSize.DESTROYER){
		// do something for a destroyer
	} else if (size == HullSize.FRIGATE){
		// do something for a frigate
	} 
}

Note the getHullSpec before getHullSize, this is another thing you were missing... you can't just cast the hullSpec to a hullSize and expect it to work. You also don't need to use ValueOf, you can just specify the enum directly.

[Psiyon]

A general question:

What sort of things have a heavy impact on framerate in the campaign? I'm getting 50+ FPS on average with 0-10% CPU idle, which is quite bad considering I'm running an FX 8350. It seems that viewing large fleets just annihilates my framerate. Don't ever remember that sort of thing happening before. I've only got 5 systems total--most of which have nothing happening in them at all, with the exception of the main one.

I've also got an every frame campaign script running every 2.5 seconds, but it's just a small wall of "if" statements that shouldn't put any sort of strain on the game. Removing this doesn't yield any notable increase in framerate either, so it's pretty much irrelevant.

Any thoughts on what I could do to increase framerates, short of stripping the systems of the majority of their fleets?

[Thaago]

...

I did not know what an Enumerator was before today, but now I hate them oh so very, very, much.  I came up with the solution in about 10 minutes, and have now spent hours attempting to use this Enumerator to perform an incredibly simple task, one I could have accomplished within 40 seconds had the classes been represented with integers.

...

This is how I felt about most java features before I started using an IDE. Java is insanely picky about usages - it completely crippled my programming for the first 10 ish hours I used it because things that I know work in several other languages would fail for no 'good' reason. Being able to do rapid experimentation in an IDE (I use netbeans) and get instant feedback as to when I make a syntax error was key to me learning the rules.