There's a chance it'll end up too close to something ... because it picks the radius at random first That was, I think, the info I was missing. Thanks. So using a single value for radius will stop the erratic placement. So easy when you know how! I do however want to keep the randomness of the radi...

1.8b2 A basic example mod of using ' xmlAddAttrib'. 'xmlSetAttrib'. (Apologies: I messed up the function name) (xmlSetAttrib xml attrib value) -> value We use xml functions to add a background image to a dockscreen. There are two dockscreens in the attached mod. They are the same dockscreen but we w...

Working on a mod that duplicates the Captain's Log station inventory feature. There are a number of things I don't know how to do. 1. A way of updating the station's stored items data on undocking from the station. The mod stores a list of items (if any) from any station that has been docked at by t...

Got it working but not with sysVectorRandom. Stations were still within the specified distance. Game code examples use it with ships (a lot) and stargates, but not stations (but I didn't search very thoroughly). And a lot of the game examples use sysVectorRandom to create the 'pos' first, then creat...

Just adding a bit more detail to the second option in Betelgeuse's post above. Another way is to add the switch to a shortcut. Current for 1.8b2. Open the Transcendence game folder. This is the folder which contains the files 'Transcendence.exe' and 'Transcendence.tdb'. Right-click 'Transcendence.ex...

Using the function. Using 'sysFindObject' gives us a list of objects. Unfortunately this is a list of numbers which don't mean much to us humans, although the computer likes them! To check if the criteria we have used is giving us the objects we want it can be handy to convert the list to a list of ...

Here's the function help (1.8b2). (sysFindObject source criteria) -> list of objects criteria is a string that must specify one or more of the following categories: * Include all categories b Include beams G Include ONLY stargates G:xyz; Include ONLY stargate with ID 'xyz' k Include markers m Includ...

Are you sure the only difference is whether it's in a Type or Dockscreen? Nope. That's why I posted here and didn't ticket it. If you can get the info transferred then it was errors in my code, a not uncommon event! I worked around it using type data but didn't have the time to do a great deal of f...

A whole heap of unrelated feedback and opinions dumped here because I can't Twitch or Discord easily. I found Transcendence when searching for a downloadable copy of a game I used to play. Got hooked and now can't even remember the name of the other game! I'm very interested in science-fiction and f...

Thanks for that info. I'm totally graphics-challenged! So if a 120 facings image of a black number '1' with a transparent background was created could this image be overlayed on a ship to rotate with it? Or if not overlayed somehow displayed in the same location so it appeared over the top of the sh...

I was using scrAddAction inside <OnGlobalPaneInit> in a <Type> UNID recently. It seemed that having this sort of code (scrShowScreen gScreen &dsWhicheverDockscreen { thisData: (codeGetWhatever info) }) in the code section of scrAddAction wouldn't carry the info to the destination dockscreen from a <...

One feature that would be handy is the ability to place a number, letter or small image on a ship image. As an example, using a small image of the number '1' and adding it as an overlay that rotates with the ship. Ths would simulate having a large painted number on the top of the ship and would be v...

Is there a way of making sure that a station added with <OnGlobalSystemCreated> doesn't overlap a station placed by the system code? The attached mod adds two small stargates to binary systems. They are placed between 40 and 70 ls from the centre of the each star. Using 'objSetPos' the player can in...

This was mentioned a while back but never happened AFAIK. With the release of 1.8 and the updating of the mod section of the Multiverse coming soon it seems a good time to start this topic. So if there is a mod you like but it doesn't work anymore or doesn't work as well as it did in previous versio...

The attached mod adds the "Armor Forge" action to all startons. EP needs to be in the Collections folder and the 'SOTP Nanoforges' mod needs to be selected for Part 1 (SOTP). I did no testing other than forging the three basic armor types at a starton so bugs may appear with further gameplay. The Ar...