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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: HLD_Prophecy on February 12, 2017, 12:01:43 pm

Title: How to set the player as a ship other than Alpha 1?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on February 12, 2017, 12:01:43 pm

Title says it all. I've seen this done in other campaigns, and I'm sure the method is simple, but I haven;t been able to figure this out. How do I set the player as, in my case, Alpha 2?

Title: Re: How to set the player as a ship other than Alpha 1?
Post by: Droid803 on February 12, 2017, 12:14:40 pm

Should be in Ship editor - Set as player ship
You can also change the starting wing name in Mission Specs if you want the player to be like, Omega 3 (mmm delicious unsatrurated fatty acids) or something.

Title: Re: How to set the player as a ship other than Alpha 1?
Post by: xenocartographer on February 13, 2017, 07:18:28 pm

If "set as player ship" doesn't work properly in FRED (I've had it refuse to do anything), temporarily setting the mission as multiplayer should work around it. Just make sure to un-player-ify Alpha 1 and set it back to singleplayer :P

 It's also not difficult to do in Notepad, if that's easier.

Title: Re: How to set the player as a ship other than Alpha 1?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on February 16, 2017, 08:05:35 pm

Quote from: Droid803 on February 12, 2017, 12:14:40 pm

Should be in Ship editor - Set as player ship
You can also change the starting wing name in Mission Specs if you want the player to be like, Omega 3 (mmm delicious unsatrurated fatty acids) or something.

This worked, thanks guys!