gnawing questions

[Sheltem]

It is because of the code.

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(objRemoveItem gSource gItem 1)

if you removed this from code the object could be reused.

If you would delete this items that work would not be removed, too.

"No, we are not programmed to tell you what it is, we are just programmed to take it away. Have a nice day !"

Hey, actually that's a good point.

well we know "ignorance is no excuse in law", but I prefer identifing instead of deletion. *need to mod a identifing vendor*

more questions:
Why does the freigther has tactial upgrade ROMs on start but the fighter class ship wolfen ?
Why do refugee-cargocrates have a loot screen although there can never be something inside them ?
How can a barricade fit into a cargo crate ?
Why do I always free all my slaves at the commonwealth ?
Why can't families inside the sung quarters free the other slaves after destruction ?
How can humans get into a sealed cargo container ?
Why are unid illegal items taken away but not unid military items ?

to bug you more I edited all questions into the first post and commented the answers

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Why do I always free all my slaves at the commonwealth ? Question

Because you get rewards !


well, I think that the code should be changed so that you don't give the slaves to commonwealth if you have a smuggler cargo hold installed.

In this way you can maybe trade slaves, and maybe imprisoned as a trader by the commonwealth

BTW slavery crime is already implemented in code :

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; If the player has sold slaves then he/she is arrested
(geq (int (objGetData gPlayerShip "commonCrimeSeverity")) 2)
(scrShowScreen gScreen "&dsCommonwealthImprison;")

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[F50]

"No, we are not programmed to tell you what it is, we are just programmed to take it away. Have a nice day !"

Hey, actually that's a good point.

well we know "ignorance is no excuse in law", but I prefer identifing instead of deletion. *need to mod a identifing vendor*

Not identifying *instead* of deletion, but rather both. Ignorance is no excuse in the law, hence the confiscation. However, one is not punished without knowledge of what one is being punished for.

Why does the freigther has tactial upgrade ROMs on start but the fighter class ship wolfen doesn't?

because the freighter's specialty is devices, like roms and barrels, while the wolfen's is weapons and combat. The Hull-plate ionizer and speed bonus fully compensates for the rom and barrel, even if the freighter gets regen/target rom.

How can a barricade fit into a cargo crate ?

good question. It also fits into a *wolfen* gunship (:shock: ). Actually, come to think of it, it probably folds up.

Why do I always free all my slaves at the commonwealth ?

because otherwise you get arrested

Why can't families inside the sung quarters free the other slaves after destruction ?

What do you mean?

How can humans get into a sealed cargo container ?

hornet battlepod/shuttle?

Why are unid illegal items taken away but not unid military items ?

good question.

to bug you more I edited all questions into the first post and commented the answers [/quote]

[Fatboy]

I like the answer

Which ways are there to erase enhancements from shields, weapons, armors, ...?

There are the meteorsteel dust barrels and Degenerating nano barrels for armor, decayed etherium crystals for 7-12 level shields...

[Periculi]

"No, we are not programmed to tell you what it is, we are just programmed to take it away. Have a nice day !"

Hey, actually that's a good point.

Oh! do you mean like maybe the experience of getting something confiscated would enlighten you with the knowledge of what that item was in future encounters? You could look it up on the arrest report or something, right? I never noticed if you get the item IDed when it's seized. It could. Unless you were meant not to be informed.

[F50]

but that would make the CW evil.

[george moromisato]

Good questions. I don't necessarily have good answers, but let me give it a shot:

Q: Why is the Hyperion non-mil ?
A: Betelgeuse has a good answers--that's what I would say: The Hyperion is not under military control; perhaps it is so new that the Commonwealth doesn't have rules about it yet.

Q: Why is there armor that cannot be installed on a freigther ?
A: Battleships and carriers use heavier armor.

Q: You know of the bugs in present Point Juno ?
A: Need specifics, please. Which bugs?

Q: Why is a unidentified box confiscated ?
A: Ignorance is no excuse. If I try to take some unknown device through airport security and the device turns out to be a bomb, it will get confiscated (and I will be jailed) regardless of whether I know what it is or not.

Q: Why cant we power Gaian demo cannon ?
A: (1) Because the technology is available only to the Gaians. (2) Because not all superweapons should be available to the player.

Q: Is there a way to erase enhancement from shields, weapons, armor, ...?
A: Sort of. Adding a new enhancement (or disability) will erase the previous.

Q: Which ways are there to erase enhancements from shields, weapons, armors, ...?
A: I don't remember them off the top of my head, but I'm sure others know.

Q: Do molbidium and diamond field crystals the same ?
A: No, diamond field crystals stack (you can use multiple and they add up)

Q: Why must consumables vanish although they did have an effect ?
A: (1) ROM license agreement and DRM prevents multiple uses (to prevent piracy). (2) Otherwise, consumables would be too powerful.

Q: Why do Urak have no Encounters ?
A: They stick to their bases--they are not looking for trouble.

Q: Why do we always need to install an armor to repair it ?
A: To minimize another source of money.

Q: Why does savegames have to grow for about a megabyte each system ?
A: Each system takes about a megabyte to store.

Q: Why is there no damage shown for mines and missles ?
A: Missing code--should be fixed in some future version.

Q: Why does Dvalin continue to accept rares although he wont find any new developes ?
A: No good reason.

Q: Why has the stargate rod no image ?
A: Missing code/image--should be fixed in some future version.

Q: Why do I virtually die when I gate through the last gate ???
A: No more game content after the last gate. That's the end of the game.

Q: Why is there an autopilot ROM although every ship already has one ?
A: In a future version, there might be ways to wipe your computer, which would cause you to lose the autopilot.

Q: Why does everyone know that I'm on a journey to the core ?
A: 'Cause you tell them!

Q: Why do ships wrecking down face completely in another direction ?
A: Just to save memory--fewer images

Q: Why are the unknown chips, crystals and ammo boxes hidden in transc.xml but the unknown barrels are in the useful.xml ?
A: No good reason.

Q: Why does the freigther have tactial upgrade ROMs on start but not the fighter class ship wolfen ?
A: Freighter actually has a random ROM. The Wolfen is already pretty powerful. [Though arguable, the freighter should be weaker]

Q: Why do refugee-cargocrates have a loot screen although there can never be something inside them ?
A: Same screen is used for when the cargo crate has loot.

Q: How can a barricade fit into a cargo crate ?
A: Diagonally.

Q: Why do I always free all my slaves at the commonwealth ?
A: Because the Commonwealth won't let you do anything else.

Q: Why can't families inside the sung quarters free the other slaves after destruction ?
A: (1) They don't have a ship. (2) Otherwise, how will the player end up with the slaves (to either free or sell)?

Q: How can humans get into a sealed cargo container ?
A: They get in before it is sealed and seal it from the inside.

Q: Why are unid illegal items taken away but not unid military items ?
A: Not sure I get the question. I belive military items are confiscated.

Q: why is the Iocrym repeller an Energyweapon ? (no other plasma weapons are)
A: Because it generate plasma directly from a power source (not from an expendable cartridge). EnergyWeapons can be enhanced by Longzhu spheres.

Q: why the gaian Demolition cannon is an Energyweapon ? (it's thermo damage)
A: Same as above.

A: why the ion blaster is Specialty and the Heavy Ion blaster is ?
B: "Specialty" just means that it is not found in standard Commodity Exchange markets.

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A: why the ion blaster is Specialty and the Heavy Ion blaster is ? Question
B: "Specialty" just means that it is not found in standard Commodity Exchange markets.

This is very interesting, so "specialty" modifier is used to influence loot and buy/sell tables.
I have to update the random station loot mod to use it correctly.

[Sheltem]

Q: Why must consumables vanish although they did have an effect ?
A: (1) ROM license agreement and DRM prevents multiple uses (to prevent piracy). (2) Otherwise, consumables would be too powerful.

Thanks for commenting george, I hope you got some ideas just want to make everyone think.

I don't want to comment every comment of you, but this one has a misprinting in it.
Certainly, useables must vanish when the are used, but I meant when they didn't had an effect they are gone also.
I once used field crystals on a already improved shield or low level shield, because I thought it would work/overwrite the old stat.
Now as I'm more experienced, I need a negative application first, to test another crystal on an already amplified shield.
Although playing a game in nethack style implies that you don't get to know every aspect of the game, but its also not very easy for beginners when their just found rare crystal vanishes.
You should think about how frustating a game should be.

[george moromisato]

Certainly, useables must vanish when the are used, but I meant when they didn't had an effect they are gone also.
I once used field crystals on a already improved shield or low level shield, because I thought it would work/overwrite the old stat.
Now as I'm more experienced, I need a negative application first, to test another crystal on an already amplified shield.
Although playing a game in nethack style implies that you don't get to know every aspect of the game, but its also not very easy for beginners when their just found rare crystal vanishes.
You should think about how frustating a game should be.

That's a good point. I need to reconsider that on a case by case basis. For shield crystals, I think I will relax some of the cases in which they vanish without effect.