I tend to hoard junk armor until I see a Teraton fabricator. At that point, I toss the armor into the pit to use as material, after it gets some energy.

Radioactive waste is useful because Tinkers can build waste cannons out of them.

You could fake it and spawn a fresh copy of the ship just destroyed to take its place.

How to enable a custom ship the player can dock and swap at will. The custom ship file: At the section where <!ENTITY ...> lines are found, near the top of the file, add these two lines: <!ENTITY baPlayerDroneBase "0xD9123300"> <!ENTITY dsPlayerShip "0xD912A300"> Next, look for the ship you want to...

The particle beam is one of the nicer beam effects, but only greenparticle and blueparticle are available for modders. Are any other colors available? If not, can we get the option to set the color of particle beams?

This is triggered only if the player presses [Esc] or [C] for Cancel. If the player presses [Enter], the default action is taken. Since no default is defined, the player simply undocks without triggering the ambush.

To fix, add default="1" in line 5167 of EncountersVol01.xml.

Uploaded a new mod Security Crates to Xelerus. First post updated with the link.

The ability to thrust and change direction during a fight is useful at times. When fighting ships like in an arcade game, I (and I suspect many others) do not think too much and act in part on instinct. Having shields or weapons disable in the middle of a fight is bad. People avoid this when they ca...

The Invincible shield is still a good, tough shield for the midgame, especially if the class V deflector is unavailable. The power surge can (usually) be mitigated with Sustain. Just stay far away from Earth slavers and Sung citadels. Shi3lds Down is deadly for Invincible users.

Uploaded new mods Alternative Exchange , Relief Pack 912 , and Start with Free Targeting Program to Xelerus. Updated the first post with links to the new mods. Uploaded updates to Ore Scanning Program and v1.01 Mod Pack 912 at Xelerus. Ore Scanning Program no longer overwrites the mining colony, and...

I overloaded the Wolfen's reactor in normal play once, but I rarely use the launcher until I get surplus missiles from looting pirates a few systems later. However, I received overload warnings and blinking red bars multiple times before. When I start the game as a Wolfen, my spending wishlist is pr...

Uploaded Service Pack 912 to Xelerus, which replaces Enhance Item and Fleet Dock Services: Upgrade Launcher. Also uploaded to Xelerus are updates to Playership Drones and Reactors Pack 912.

Updated the first post with links.

New update (Mar 31, 2011). List of changes: * Britannia requires more XM900 missiles to rebuild. * Changed Wolfen's starting equipment: Replaced hull plate ionizer with class II deflector. Added KM500 Stiletto missiles to make up credits lost by the shield change. Done to prevent reactor overload in...

life support = 0.5 MW default drive = 2 MW dual laser cannon = 3 MW NAMI missile launcher = 1 MW hull plate ionizier = 4 MW Total peak power usage is 10.5 MW. If everything operates at peak power, the reactor will overload and a device will be disabled. Either the Wolfen should start with 15 MW like...

I encountered a similar problem for the shield image on the HUD (while developing Playership Drones). If I use shield images that are smaller than the stock shield images, say... custom Hornet shield images that are about half the size of the Wolfen shield images, then when I change from a Wolfen to...

My favorite anti-Gaian strategies. 1) Drop crate near Ringer station. Crate attracts the Gaians like moths to a flame, and the Ringers fry them to a crisp in seconds. 2) Get behind a Gaian, trail it, and open fire. Easy, but tedious without overpowered guns. 3) Switch to a +150% Fracture Cannon, and...