Starting Playership

[Vachtra]

First time I've typed out all of the code myself and had quite a few typos I had to take care of but the ship won't show up on the list at the start of the game.

I've set attributes= "playership"
initialCass= "true"
startingSystem= "SE"
startingPos= "Start"

Is there something I'm missing?

[alterecco]

That should be what is required. Can you check your log if the mod is being loaded? Also, you might want to make a paste here (use paste.neurohack.com and paste the return link here)

[Vachtra]

... It's not loading...
It checks it when it starts but doesn't load it.

Not sure what you bean by a paste.

[shanejfilomena]

... It's not loading...
It checks it when it starts but doesn't load it.
Not sure what you bean by a paste.

http://paste.neurohack.com/

Copy your stuff, paste it in the big box, when you click "paste" it will reload with a new address:copy that address and bring it here so it can be seen by those that might be able to help.

( the pastebin helps keep long codes off the board to save space and keep thing easily readable )

[Vachtra]

Here goes nothing.
http://paste.neurohack.com/view/YUhYm/

[alterecco]

Your <PlayerSettings> element ends prematurely. You have:

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	<PlayerSettings>
		desc=		"Fascion Gun Ship. Designed for expansive system exploration."
		largeImage=	"&rsFascionLarge;"
		initialClass=	"true"
		startingCredits="10d200+1000"
		startingSystem=	"SE"
		startingPos=	"Start"

What you need is:

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	<PlayerSettings
		desc=		"Fascion Gun Ship. Designed for expansive system exploration."
		largeImage=	"&rsFascionLarge;"
		initialClass=	"true"
		startingCredits="10d200+1000"
		startingSystem=	"SE"
		startingPos=	"Start"
      >

notice the placement of the ending '>'

[Vachtra]

Ah, it works now. I have a few graphics issues to work on now. For instance, thruster imate locations... Can't be burning up your own ship now.

[shanejfilomena]

image locations for thrusters firing are set out in the game based on postion from the FRONT of the ship ( has to be: otherwise where else would they go? ):

COORDINATES

docking port offsets cartessian (from center)
animation offsets cartessian (from center)
satellite offsets cartessian (from center)
drive exhaust images ship pointing right; screen coordinates
armor polar (from center); 0 = front of ship
devices polar (from center); 0 = front of ship

"ship pointing right; screen coordinates" === put the ship up pointing to the right....amazingly I did mine with it pointing the other way, but I am strange Alien with my ideas

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<DriveImages>
			<NozzleImage imageID="&rsDriveExhaust;" imageX="0" imageY="0" imageWidth="48" imageHeight="48" imageFrameCount="0" imageTicksPerFrame="0"/>
			<NozzlePos x="-43" y="41"/>
			<NozzleImage imageID="&rsDriveExhaust;" imageX="0" imageY="0" imageWidth="48" imageHeight="48" imageFrameCount="0" imageTicksPerFrame="0"/>
			<NozzlePos x="-43" y="-41"/>
		</DriveImages>

notice the NozzlePos : on a Corporate cruiser this would translate to the orb-like things on the "wings" on each side
( as I have used on the Virkmar and Rasiermesser Cruisers )
However I started out with a "Known" ship: the Borer, every game you see these mining ships, so it was practical to take the nozzle code from them because I knew what it looked like in action....from there it was insane logic.


hope this helps you:)

[digdug]

COORDINATES

docking port offsets cartessian (from center)
animation offsets cartessian (from center)
satellite offsets cartessian (from center)
drive exhaust images ship pointing right; screen coordinates
armor polar (from center); 0 = front of ship
devices polar (from center); 0 = front of ship

Great table ! this should go to the wiki !

[alterecco]

COORDINATES

docking port offsets cartessian (from center)
animation offsets cartessian (from center)
satellite offsets cartessian (from center)
drive exhaust images ship pointing right; screen coordinates
armor polar (from center); 0 = front of ship
devices polar (from center); 0 = front of ship

Great table ! this should go to the wiki ! :D

It's from Transcendence.xml, line 1748

[shanejfilomena]

COORDINATES

docking port offsets cartessian (from center)
animation offsets cartessian (from center)
satellite offsets cartessian (from center)
drive exhaust images ship pointing right; screen coordinates
armor polar (from center); 0 = front of ship
devices polar (from center); 0 = front of ship

Great table ! this should go to the wiki !

It's from Transcendence.xml, line 1748

I did not want to be the one that said that ....but I am not a code maker, I am an edit / paste. If I can edit it Ill do it.

I learned of this table because I saw it dozens of times but until I needed to try to understand drive images, it was just "something" in the file that i would pass over looking for other stuff.