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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: fs2freak88 on December 29, 2003, 01:39:09 pm

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: fs2freak88 on December 29, 2003, 01:39:09 pm

Hey people,

I left the FS2 community several months ago because my computer could not handle the game. The FPS were terrible, and it was no fun.

I was surprised to find out that I got a new computer! The specs are:

Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0 GHz
1 GB of memory
128 MB ATI Raedon 9800 Pro
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
16x DVD Drive
48x CD-RW

Not bad.

ANYWAYS-Back to the question

Question: Can a single player drive any ship with 3 primaries and 4 secondaries? It would be very fun to drive a ship like that.

I'm sure this question has been talked about severa times; please do not flame at me. Thanks.

FS2FREAK88

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: Unknown Target on December 29, 2003, 01:43:12 pm

Umm...yes, but it'd need to be a modded ship. And the term is generally "fly" not drive ;)

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: diamondgeezer on December 29, 2003, 02:00:42 pm

Military types would probably say 'drive'.

IIRC, there's been some fuss about more than two primaries due to the problems with linking. I personally could use five or even six secondary slots to represent the weapon pylons on my SA-43s and B-290s

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: Lightspeed on December 29, 2003, 04:58:17 pm

In FS2 retail, you cannot have more than 2 primary weapons or more than 3 secondary weapons.

With SCP those limits do not apply anymore. I'm not sure what limits the SCP has got, though.

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: fs2freak88 on December 29, 2003, 07:21:17 pm

But why does FRED 2 Limit the primaries to 3 and the secondaries to 4? How do I get them to be more than that?

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: diamondgeezer on December 29, 2003, 10:08:42 pm

Because the SCP coders do not like to modify FRED2, as the code is apparently rather horrendous. To make the modifications you want, you will have to manually edit the mission file in Wordpad :nod:

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: fs2freak88 on December 30, 2003, 08:40:32 am

The weapons don't show up. It boots back to the desktop saying "Exceeded # of Primary (or Secondary) banks" HELP!!:confused:

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: Lightspeed on December 30, 2003, 09:37:32 am

maybe youre wanting too much, try 3+5 i think that should work.

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: fs2freak88 on December 30, 2003, 05:30:43 pm

I just want to drive with 3 primaries and 4 secondaries...it still wont work. Any advice?

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: Taristin on December 30, 2003, 07:01:21 pm

...I dun think it's implemented as such for a player ship yet...

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: aldo_14 on December 30, 2003, 07:19:09 pm

Think it needs hud art changes, in particular.

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: phreak on December 30, 2003, 07:40:40 pm

HUD art, weapons select screen GUI, AI

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: Taristin on December 30, 2003, 07:48:58 pm

AI?

Copy from some shivan ships?

Title: I'm back with a question
Post by: IceFire on December 31, 2003, 12:54:01 pm

AI wouldn't really be a problem....its the rest that is.

Proper terminology is fly rather than drive.  You don't drive a fighter...you fly it.