my first encounter with 1..07a

[shanejfilomena]

my first encounter with 1..07a was an error that drove me nuts because I am NOT one of the great minds around here ( ask my dogs, they will agree ).

But : http://www.neurohack.com/transcendence/ ... =30&t=4647
I had found the error and traced it to the code on the ship : now, while the code I use on the same type of ship is a little different :

I have been trying a " new " version that i found in the freighter missions for the CSC and adapted it to a few ships.

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 <OnCreate>
		(block Nil
		; Add some items to the transport
								(objAddItem gSource (itmCreate &itHydrogenGas; (random 1 3)))
								(objAddRandomItems gSource &trConsumables1; (random 1 4))
								(objAddRandomItems gSource &trMinorItem1; 1)
								)
		</OnCreate>

I hate being a Pirate, but catching ships as they enter the system was the only way to check if the code worked
and I think it is a good randomizing factor , when your looking for 'random but do not want to go too far out on a limb with stuff.

Here I can place the primary item I want the ship to carry to the stations for dropping off as part of the traffic orders and then it lets me go with " other ideas " .i like this.

as for the Borer : I still use the same table for the items, it works in every version I tried it in , so I stuck with it.
But I understand the purpose of the 1.07a code:
just as a player that mines alot........I am happy i find fuel on a wreck ( you know that feeling ), I never really thought much about some ore types we rarely ever see that could be a huge boost for a player's Moral if it shows up randomly on a ship.

BUT that is probably because I was not paying attention : Illegal miners are present around the same areas as Ferians : in my opinion they should be enemies because they are "taking" ore that the minions could use to please their colony keepers.

** note to Ferian mining: controller 'ferian = good : actual weaponfire=bad JUJU: eats cpu when 50 ships actually mine
but it was cool to watch for a minute.