[HotSnoJ]

Me again. Hope I'm bothering you.

Does anyone know of a doc that tells you what certain flags do in the ships.tbl?

If not what does "ship copy" mean?

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Are you talking about the freighter version of the centaur in FS1? This is the only occurrence of ships copy I know of, I think it works the same as "no Fred".

[Joey_21]

The captured shivan dragon in FS1 was also a "ship copy".

I don't think it really serves a purpose. It's just something put in there to indicate it was a copy of a ship but I don't believe it's required.

[SKYNET-011]

I think the ship copy is for copying tbl stats of one ship to the current. I also think ths SJD Sathanas was a ship copy.

[Solatar]

In fs1 the Galatea and Bastion were copies.

[aldo_14]

Maybe it's for saving memory - telling the game it can share the data between the 2 ships, like sharing maps or geometry.  Or quicker loading or something.....

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by HotSnoJ
Me again. Hope I'm bothering you.

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                        900: #define        SIF_DO_COLLISION_CHECK        (1 << 0)
                         901: #define        SIF_PLAYER_SHIP                        (1 << 1)
                         902: #define        SIF_DEFAULT_PLAYER_SHIP        (1 << 2)
                         903: #define        SIF_PATH_FIXUP                                (1 << 3)                // when set, path verts have been set for this ship's model
                         904: #define        SIF_SUPPORT                                        (1 << 4)                // this ship can perform repair/rearm functions
                         905: #define        SIF_AFTERBURNER                        (1 << 5)                // this ship has afterburners
2.17          Goober50   906: #define SIF_BALLISTIC_PRIMARIES (1 << 6)               // this ship can equip ballistic primaries - Goober5000
1.1           penguin    907:
                         908: // If you add a new ship type, then please add the appriopriate type in the ship_count
                         909: // structure later in this file!!! and let MWA know!!
2.8           Goober50   910: #define        SIF_CARGO                                        (1 << 7)                // is this ship a cargo type ship -- used for docking purposes
                         911: #define        SIF_FIGHTER                                        (1 << 8)                // this ship is a fighter
                         912: #define        SIF_BOMBER                                        (1 << 9)                // this ship is a bomber
                         913: #define        SIF_CRUISER                                        (1 << 10)                // this ship is a cruiser
                         914: #define        SIF_FREIGHTER                                (1 << 11)        // this ship is a freighter
                         915: #define        SIF_CAPITAL                                        (1 << 12)        // this ship is a capital/installation ship
                         916: #define        SIF_TRANSPORT                                (1 << 13)        // this ship is a transport
                         917: #define        SIF_NAVBUOY                                        (1        << 14)        // AL 11-24-97: this is a navbuoy
                         918: #define        SIF_SENTRYGUN                                (1        << 15)        // AL 11-24-97: this is a navbuoy with turrets
                         919: #define        SIF_ESCAPEPOD                                (1 << 16)        // AL 12-09-97: escape pods that fire from big ships
                         920: #define        SIF_NO_SHIP_TYPE                        (1 << 17)        // made distinct to help trap errors
                         921:
                         922: #define        SIF_SHIP_COPY                                (1 << 18)        // this ship is a copy of another ship in the table -- meaningful for scoring and possible other things
                         923: #define        SIF_IN_TECH_DATABASE                (1 << 19)        // is ship type to be listed in the tech database?
                         924: #define        SIF_IN_TECH_DATABASE_M        (1 << 20)        // is ship type to be listed in the tech database for multiplayer?
                         925:
2.26          Goober50   926: #define        SIF_SHIP_CLASS_STEALTH                (1 << 21)        // the ship is a stealth ship
2.8           Goober50   927: #define        SIF_SUPERCAP                                (1 << 22)        // the ship is a supercap
                         928: #define        SIF_DRYDOCK                                        (1 << 23)        // the ship is a drydock
2.26          Goober50   929: #define        SIF_SHIP_CLASS_DONT_COLLIDE_INVIS        (1 << 24)        // Don't collide with this ship's invisible polygons
2.8           Goober50   930:
                         931: #define        SIF_BIG_DAMAGE                                (1 << 25)        // this ship is classified as a big damage ship
                         932: #define        SIF_HAS_AWACS                                (1 << 26)        // ship has an awacs subsystem
                         933:
                         934: #define        SIF_CORVETTE                                (1 << 27)        // corvette class (currently this only means anything for briefing icons)
                         935: #define        SIF_GAS_MINER                                (1 << 28)        // also just for briefing icons
                         936: #define        SIF_AWACS                                        (1 << 29)        // ditto
1.1           penguin    937:
2.8           Goober50   938: #define        SIF_KNOSSOS_DEVICE                (1 << 30)        // this is the knossos device
                         939:
                         940: #define        SIF_NO_FRED                                        (1 << 31)        // not available in fred
1.1           penguin    941:
2.15          Goober50   942: // flags2 -- added by Goober5000
2.26          Goober50   943: //#define SIF2_ [whatever]             (1 << 0)
                         944: //etc.
2.18          Goober50   945:
1.1           penguin    946: #define        MAX_SHIP_FLAGS        8                //        Number of flags for flags field in ship_info struct
                         947: #define        SIF_DEFAULT_VALUE                        (SIF_DO_COLLISION_CHECK)
2.15          Goober50   948: #define SIF2_DEFAULT_VALUE             0
2.18          Goober50   949:
1.1           penguin    950: #define        SIF_ALL_SHIP_TYPES                (SIF_CARGO | SIF_FIGHTER | SIF_BOMBER | SIF_CRUISER | SIF_FREIGHTER | SIF_CAPITAL | SIF_TRANSPORT | SIF_SUPPORT | SIF_NO_SHIP_TYPE | SIF_NAVBUOY | SIF_SENTRYGUN | SIF_ESCAPEPOD | SIF_SUPERCAP | SIF_CORVETTE | SIF_GAS_MINER | SIF_AWACS | SIF_KNOSSOS_DEVICE)
                         951: #define        SIF_SMALL_SHIP                                (SIF_FIGHTER | SIF_BOMBER | SIF_SUPPORT | SIF_ESCAPEPOD )
                         952: #define        SIF_BIG_SHIP                                (SIF_CRUISER | SIF_FREIGHTER | SIF_TRANSPORT | SIF_CORVETTE | SIF_GAS_MINER | SIF_AWACS)
                         953: #define        SIF_HUGE_SHIP                                (SIF_CAPITAL | SIF_SUPERCAP | SIF_DRYDOCK | SIF_KNOSSOS_DEVICE)
                         954: #define        SIF_NOT_FLYABLE                        (SIF_CARGO | SIF_NAVBUOY | SIF_SENTRYGUN)                // AL 11-24-97: this useful to know for targeting reasons
                         955: #define        SIF_HARMLESS                                (SIF_CARGO | SIF_NAVBUOY | SIF_ESCAPEPOD)                // AL 12-3-97: ships that are not a threat
                         956: // for ships of this type, we make beam weapons miss a little bit otherwise they'd be way too powerful
                         957: #define        SIF_BEAM_JITTER                        (SIF_CARGO | SIF_FIGHTER | SIF_BOMBER | SIF_FREIGHTER | SIF_TRANSPORT | SIF_SENTRYGUN | SIF_NAVBUOY | SIF_ESCAPEPOD)

I think it's mostly self-explanatory.  The comment about the ship copy flag being used for scoring probably means that when you kill a "GTD Orion#2 (Bastion)", the kill count and kill score is added to the "GTD Orion" entry.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

HUZZA for coders!

[HotSnoJ]

Guess I don't need it then.

Hope I'm bothering you.

I meant "Hope I'm not bothering you.

I think I need to start proof reading what I post.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

No, leave it as it is. Sounds much better, amkes you seem really awkward, I like that, reminds me of me.