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Tartiflette

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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #30 on: April 16, 2015, 07:42:10 AM »

Hidden mount weapons can't be disabled by EMP or battle damage, that makes them stronger than other types of mounts. Also most missiles weapons don't have:
"renderHints":[RENDER_LOADED_MISSILES_UNLESS_HIDDEN],
and loaded missile appear on top of the ship.

It's less a problem for buit-in weapons as you can balance your ship accordingly, but the best would probably be to make a different phase lance for your ship with no sprite assigned, even if it has the same stats, and flag it as "SYSTEM" to prevent it from spawning in markets and cluttering the codex.
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #31 on: April 16, 2015, 07:54:40 AM »

Hidden is fine for built in weapons, but remember they can't be damaged/disabled while using the hidden type.
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #32 on: April 16, 2015, 03:38:45 PM »

Ah thank you. I'll have to walk the extra mile then I guess, invulnerable weapons would be too much of an advantage.
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #33 on: April 16, 2015, 03:52:44 PM »

Also, I'm not sure if this is still an issue, but installing a weapon with a scripted animation in a hidden slot can sometimes crash the game.
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #34 on: April 16, 2015, 04:20:43 PM »

Also, I'm not sure if this is still an issue, but installing a weapon with a scripted animation in a hidden slot can sometimes crash the game.

Is easy to fix, unless the sound is also scripted in which case it is slightly more complicated.

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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #35 on: April 17, 2015, 02:28:48 PM »

Curious, what's the crash? Might be able to fix it up on my end.
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #36 on: July 29, 2015, 01:08:01 AM »

A new one: Fighters must have all their weapons buit-in or those might appear in the battle loot, even if they have the "SYSTEM" flag.

Also, I think this should be stickied in the modding resources.
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #37 on: August 30, 2015, 10:56:38 PM »

A new one: Fighters must have all their weapons buit-in or those might appear in the battle loot, even if they have the "SYSTEM" flag.

Also, I think this should be stickied in the modding resources.
An add on to this: Even system weapons can be recovered from fighters if they are scuttled. Or at least the Templar fighter clarents
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #38 on: February 11, 2016, 07:12:51 PM »

There is definitely some good stuff in here, but the section on burn speeds is a little out of date I think.

Also, it would be great to have a bit of consensus on the 'value' of flight decks. I have seen 4 - 6 small mounts equivalents per flight deck but I'm not sure really.

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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #39 on: February 12, 2016, 01:41:47 AM »

Also, it would be great to have a bit of consensus on the 'value' of flight decks. I have seen 4 - 6 small mounts equivalents per flight deck but I'm not sure really.

I always considered two small mounts as equivalent to one medium, and two medium equivalent to one large, which is equivalent to a single launch bay. Of course, it's not purely mathematical, it depends on the ship, the weapon layout, the stats and other things... But it's roughly that.

By the way, this thread should be sticked on the top. It's too handy to be let disappear in the depth of the modding sub-forum
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #40 on: February 12, 2016, 02:09:43 AM »

By the way, this thread should be sticked on the top. It's too handy to be let disappear in the depth of the modding sub-forum
I second that!
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #41 on: May 17, 2017, 07:33:48 PM »

Now that fighter bays are a weapon mount that takes up OP, is there a recommendation for what amount of OP each should receive, as there is for the other weapon mount sizes? Scrolling through the list of fighter options suggests to me an average value somewhere around 10-12 but I would love to hear other people's opinions.
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #42 on: May 17, 2017, 07:39:30 PM »

0 OP.  I'm serious.
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #43 on: May 17, 2017, 07:52:40 PM »

In vanilla, carrier OP are balanced around 10 OP per fighter bay.
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Re: Modding Guidelines
« Reply #44 on: May 17, 2017, 07:55:13 PM »

Maybe *now*, they are, but in a pre-talon-nerf world...
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