[WMCoolmon]

Upgraded to IE 6 and it worked. But I think I found the problem...
$Name: GTF Ulysses

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Upgraded to IE 6 and it worked. But I think I found the problem...
$Name: GTF Ulysses

Ahh, yes, I found that overlooked tag and fixed it already.

I've got the parser to the point where it parses through the ships.tbl file flawlessly (AFAIK), so now it'sonlt a matter of figuring out how to make it store and retrieve the table data into a database. This could be made sooo complex I don't know where to start.

For example, I can see it eventually being a database that stores every single tbl entry for every ship submitted. In addition, it could store user- and campaign-specific modifications to the baseline entries. So you'd have a GTF Ulysses, a GTF Ulysses (Sandwich interceptor mod), a GTF Ulysses (Styxx's fire-support mod), etc.

You could save and load various selection sets, eg. FS2 standard, Inferno tables, etc, and then add and remove individual ships from that starting point.

Then you'd select "Compile .TBL", and it would piece together a clean .TBL file.

[kasperl]

well, that would sound great.

as for the DB, i'd say store it all under unique names, so starting with the name of the campaign it comes from, or the maker, and then the name of the ship, wityh perhaps an added number. like this:

inf-GTT Argo
sandwich-Ulysses interceptor mod-v1

and then a field in that record containing the name for use in the tbl file itself.

[WMCoolmon]

Yes!! With a master DB of submitted ship types, it would be possible to make FS2 auto-download the needed TBL info to use a ship.

All you'd need would be a POF with the ship's database ID...

[kasperl]

erm, well, i think you should be abeto contain into the DB too, so all you would ned is the exact db name of the ship.

[Sandwich]

Sorry to sound harsh, guys, but dream on. There isn't a chance that FS2 would download ship info dynamically - the idea is ridiculous, if for no other reason than size and always-on constraints for the poor modem users.

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Sorry to sound harsh, guys, but dream on. There isn't a chance that FS2 would download ship info dynamically - the idea is ridiculous, if for no other reason than size and always-on constraints for the poor modem users.

A single tbl entry isn't that large, really. And if it really is too large...well, there are ways of dealing with that

[Sandwich]

Yeah, but you were talking about storing the POF as well... might as well store the textures, too... oh, and since the SCP now allows multiple thousands of polies per ship in a mission, the POF size would increase tenfold.