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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Farkas on February 05, 2018, 12:51:14 pm

Title: Need help to extract and change a ship's table entry.
Post by: Farkas on February 05, 2018, 12:51:14 pm

Hi guys!
Well, the exact thing I would like to do, is to make an altered (faster, tougher, better guns) Satis. I want to make an additional .tbm file so the original Satis can be used too. My problem is -apart that I never learned any programming, so I have a hard time understanding the error messages- that I don't know exactly what components I have to exctract from the MediaVP files in order to make the 'Satis mod. /v2' works like a downloadable ship.
So I need the help of the mighty HLP community!

Ps.: Be prepared for a possibly large number of dumb question! Bear with me :lol:

Title: Re: Need help to extract and change a ship's table entry.
Post by: Nyctaeus on February 05, 2018, 05:02:17 pm

You need POF Construction Suite (https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=77292.0). Open Satis model with it, and see which textures it's using. Extract those to your maps folder. Now extract model itself to "models" folder. Create a text file using notepad or any sort of similar soft. Name it "whateveryouwant-shp.tbm". Keep in mind that index -shp must be present, and file extension must be .tbm.

Copy Satis table and paste it into your newly created modular table. Now add #Ship Classes above your table as first line, and #End below it, as the last.

Code: [Select]

#Ship Classes

PUT YOUR SHIP TABLE HERE

#End
Of course you have to create mod folder for it before you begin.

Title: Re: Need help to extract and change a ship's table entry.
Post by: Farkas on February 06, 2018, 04:05:20 am

Thank you! I managed to do this without using the PCS. It appears in FRED so far, but I'm curious what else I screwed up :blah:
The thing is, that I created a .txt file with your instructions and copy-paste the Satis' TBL info from FRED. It wasn't good yet, bc it is using some things from other .tbm files and those needed some #End. I will test it some more if it's working in-game.

Title: Re: Need help to extract and change a ship's table entry.
Post by: Nyctaeus on February 06, 2018, 11:10:20 am

One #End per ship tbm. Same as one #Ship Classes. You can put multiple ship tables between them.

Title: Re: Need help to extract and change a ship's table entry.
Post by: Farkas on February 06, 2018, 12:14:54 pm

Ok. I make some improvement, change the weapons and some entries. The first test flight was a success, everything worked, managed to defend myself against 3 Manticores. But, after I changed the turrets order -I didn't know which is which when I replaced the Terran Turret with others- in the next test at that moment when the first missile impact from the enemy , the game crashes. I have no idea why.
I attach the .tbm file, so if you want you can check it. I used other working .tbm entries and the wiki for the alterations.

Edit: The problem was my fault, I write in the AI section Admiral instead of General. With corrected, its working fine.

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