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Post by gfarrell80 on Aug 17, 2018 23:27:51 GMT
So has anybody started rocking anything with the level editor yet? Any custom campaigns to share?  I am flush with ideas for campaigns, but alas have lacked the time necessary to execute. I'm sure somebody is cooking something up though for us to enjoy. Pipe up if you are working on something! |
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Post by gedzilla on Aug 18, 2018 20:39:28 GMT
i also have many ideas (most of them based of the best level in the game (vesta overkill) ), but i have no idea how to make multiple fleets -friendly and enemy- orbit the same body.
how do ?
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Post by anotherfirefox on Aug 18, 2018 23:17:48 GMT
i also have many ideas (most of them based of the best level in the game (vesta overkill) ), but i have no idea how to make multiple fleets -friendly and enemy- orbit the same body. how do ? Pick a body, add fleet, pick the body again, add fleet again It's not intuitive nor user friendly as always |
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Post by AtomHeartDragon on Aug 18, 2018 23:39:52 GMT
There are Ember Orbit campaigns, but they are plagued with dependency issues and seem a bit on the easish side, often pitting your fully customized (by default) fleet against completely outclassed stock stuff. i also have many ideas (most of them based of the best level in the game (vesta overkill) ) The best missions are gas giant ones, as they combine combat, non-trivial orbital manoeuvring, and possibility of very high velocity intercepts. Sure, they could be harder combat-wise, but they are more interesting than just shooting some stuff around an overgrown space-pebble that allows you to just ignore orbital mechanics and make beelines instead. I would love to see some complex ideas implemented - say rushing to refuel and cover extraction of an unarmed/disarmed ship that's out of propellant and about to be attacked by enemy fleet (ship needs to survive and reach a friendly base somewhere). It's not intuitive nor user friendly as always Well, it's a one guy's project, probably a side one too. I will be picky when I'm swimming in ultra-realistic space combat sims, as it is I consider it an outstanding job - I've never had any other game tell me that thermal expansion will break my NTR engine due to regenerative cooling creating too steep temperature gradient across chamber's wall, let alone a game that let me shoot stuff.
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Post by The Astronomer on Aug 19, 2018 2:59:17 GMT
The best missions are gas giant ones, as they combine combat, non-trivial orbital manoeuvring, and possibility of very high velocity intercepts. Sure, they could be harder combat-wise, but they are more interesting than just shooting some stuff around an overgrown space-pebble that allows you to just ignore orbital mechanics and make beelines instead. I would love to see some complex ideas implemented - say rushing to refuel and cover extraction of an unarmed/disarmed ship that's out of propellant and about to be attacked by enemy fleet (ship needs to survive and reach a friendly base somewhere). Great idea here. Hopefully I'll be able to try creating that mission. Properly starting the Prosperous Project, maybe. |
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Post by gedzilla on Aug 19, 2018 18:52:02 GMT
i made a custom level, but the second i load it, it keeps failing me right away. how fix ?
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Post by gedzilla on Aug 19, 2018 19:30:24 GMT
How do i do any of this ??
its so confusing
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Post by apophys on Aug 19, 2018 20:03:57 GMT
I tried out the level editor a bit. It works, and being able to load separate campaigns makes this really able to take off with community effort. Can't seem to figure out how to add a mass/cost budget, though.  |
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Post by AtomHeartDragon on Aug 19, 2018 20:59:59 GMT
I tried out the level editor a bit. It works, and being able to load separate campaigns makes this really able to take off with community effort. Can't seem to figure out how to add a mass/cost budget, though. IIRC mass/cost budget is autocalculated from default fleet. |
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Still trying to make kinetics work.
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Post by ghgh on Aug 19, 2018 22:23:32 GMT
I've been more focused on using the level editor as a miniature Universe Sandbox. It is fairly accurate as far as physics go (with the exception of those planets which orbit through their parent body) and fun to play around with solar system wide missions. On that note, did anybody ever figure out where the faction emblems are stored? I'd like to add a hammer and sickle for... reasons....
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Post by apophys on Aug 19, 2018 23:13:08 GMT
IIRC mass/cost budget is autocalculated from default fleet. I create a default fleet, and the budget remains unlimited. Might be something else I'm doing, idk. On that note, did anybody ever figure out where the faction emblems are stored? I'd like to add a hammer and sickle for... reasons.... They are hardcoded. All you can do is recolor an existing emblem. |
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Post by The Astronomer on Aug 19, 2018 23:16:48 GMT
Weird. When I click the return to menu button from custom missions I finished, the game crashes.
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ghgh
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Still trying to make kinetics work.
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Post by ghgh on Aug 20, 2018 0:42:32 GMT
IIRC mass/cost budget is autocalculated from default fleet. I create a default fleet, and the budget remains unlimited. Might be something else I'm doing, idk. On that note, did anybody ever figure out where the faction emblems are stored? I'd like to add a hammer and sickle for... reasons.... They are hardcoded. All you can do is recolor an existing emblem. That's weird, from the way the factions section of the level editor goes on about it, you'd think they would be fully customizable. Qswitched here my cry, please add customizable emblems!! |
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Post by AtomHeartDragon on Aug 20, 2018 9:34:29 GMT
If we get customizable emblems DCA is so getting one.
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Post by The Astronomer on Aug 20, 2018 9:39:03 GMT
If so, I think I might try making my in-universe company's ensign for use in Project Prosperous.
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