A few small requests

[Transcendi]

1. Would it be possible to create an xml which would tell the game what ships to load on the begining screen (the one with different types of ships fighting eachother)? Something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TranscendenceModule>
<Ships>
<Ship count="1d2" class="&scDwargMaster;" orders="attack">
<Escorts>
<Ship chance="25" count="1" class="&scDwargBehemoth;" orders="escort" controller="zoanthrope"/>
<Ship count="1d4+4" class="&scDwargRaider;" orders="escort" controller="zoanthrope"/>
</Escorts>
</Ship>
<rule="winner">
<Ship count="1d4+4" class="&scDwargRaider;" orders="attackl" controller="zoanthrope"/>
<rule="first group">
<Ship count="1" class="&scDwargBehemoth;" orders="attack" controller="zoanthrope"/>
</Ships>
</TranscendenceModule>

It would load the first group of ships and have them fight the next group.
First group:
<Ship count="1d2" class="&scDwargMaster;" orders="attack">
<Escorts>
<Ship chance="25" count="1" class="&scDwargBehemoth;" orders="escort" controller="zoanthrope"/>
<Ship count="1d4+4" class="&scDwargRaider;" orders="escort" controller="zoanthrope"/>
</Escorts>
Second group:
<Ship count="1d4+4" class="&scDwargRaider;" orders="attack" controller="zoanthrope"/>

The camera would follow the first ship in the first group and when that one is killed the second one in the first group and when the first group is dead it would switch to the first ship in the second group.

2. Would it be possible to make it so when you press the "c" key (for example) you would take control of the ship the camera is following? It wouldn't have to be fancy, just enough to move and fire.

If both of these are too time consuming could you just create a key similar to the "n" key but instead of removing the curent ship it removes the one the current ship is fighting.

[F50]

(1) neat idea, I would like to be able to see certain smaller ships spawn in groups in the beginning screen.

(2) yeah! the ability to play all ships in the game in skirmishes would be great.

[section6]

skirmish mode would be soo cool

choose your ship and your opponents and fight it out!

[Transcendi]

Well George? What say you?

[Burzmali]

George's not here man.

[Yugi]

He's on holiday/vacation, and has been so for a worryingly long time...

[Burzmali]

Microsoft sucked out his soul?

[bimbel]

He's on holiday/vacation, and has been so for a worryingly long time...

When I calculate right his last action here was a post 53days ago :S (12th of august)

[Transcendi]

Sorry, I didn't know that.

[Petrus]

Doh. 0.97 rocks, but I'm greedy and want mooooore. I guess I should stop being lazy and start playing around with the new sovereign-generating tools. We can make our own stargate paths, right? Does that count for making a system past Heretic? Not that I'm proactive enough to go that far or anything.

[Burzmali]

Of course you can make more systems! What would be the point of modding if you couldn't? All you have to do is edit the base xml to allow it.

[goat not sheep]

Can u make system with themes... like; ARES system(I think they already have that but just an example) with a lot of ares bases.

[Burzmali]

Yyp, you just tell it were you want the bases and what type to use.