Question: concerning ships that spawn ships

[Fatboy]

Is it possible to make a ship that spawns ships every 30 seconds or so?

And if so please provide me with the code.

[Bobby]

yes, i'll put an example code up in a short while.

EDIT:

Code: Select all

<Events>
	<makeship>
		(block (auton)
			; Create the auton
			(setq auton
				(sysCreateShip 
					&scAutoSentinel;
					(objGetPos gSource)
					&svFriendlyAuton;
					"auton"
					)
				)
				
			; Escort ship
			(shpOrderEscort auton gSource)
			
			; Welcome message
			(objSendMessage gPlayerShip glossary "AutoSentinel&#xae; v2.01 online and escorting me")
			)
	<makeship>
	<onCreate>
		(sysAddObjRecurringTimerEvent 900 gSource "makeship")
	</onCreate>  
</Events>		

i have not tested this, at least yet, but putting this on a ship should make it create an autosentinel auton escorting it every 30 secons, the event that creates the ship is started when the ship is created, if the ship goes through a gate, or perhaps if the player does, it may stop working.

[Periculi]

You can use <OnAIUpdate> rather than putting a timer in every system you need to have the effect in.

[Betelgeuse]

just a note the OnAIUpdate is an item event. Only ships with that item (and that are AI) will run that event every 30 ticks. (iirc)

[Fatboy]

I found 1 error in your code, not much though, <makeship> at the end is supposed to be </makeship>.

It works!

Thanks!

[Periculi]

Right, Betel!

Put it on a Carrier Bay and install it on a Carrier Ship and then be sure to give it some charges to track fighters and maybe some code in the event to only launch if the playership is in range...

[Arisaya]

Right, Betel!

Put it on a Carrier Bay and install it on a Carrier Ship and then be sure to give it some charges to track fighters and maybe some code in the event to only launch if the playership is in range...

or any target... shouldn't be too hard...

[schilcote]

Hmmm... Might want to put that into the Schil Capital Ship, triggered by my version of the ship computer mod.