To Santa:
Hey there Santa! I know im not Christian and all, but still, since everyone else is writing wish lists to you, might as well submit mine! There's nothing wrong with jumping on the bandwagon right? Fortunately, none of my wishes are physical in nature, but relate more to something known as the Source Code Project hosted on Hard light productions. If you dont know about it already, it's the coolest forums in existance! Although there is a bit of debate going on here and there, the people on it are mostly nice and helpfull, unlike most other nasty places out there (except for Carl - be carefull when moving around in the vents!! Give him some christmas presents and he'll be happy tho!)
Anyways; onto the list. It isn't much, since I'm aware you're quite busy. That's not a problem, at least give the SCP folks a bit of free time or even some inspiration and they should be able to figure it out!
ze list:
1. A new 'character' tag in FRED2_Open. It would automatically make the ship ai-gaurdian, beam-protect it and generally make it a "no-no" target for other enemies. It would also be able to tie a specific persona to that person, and all messages that are linked to it would use that ani only, as opposed to whatever ani is in the message list. It would also mean that the AI is smart! But I know that the FS2 AI code is crap, so instead just having the thing stick close to Alpha 1 and cover him by default should do. I know its possible already...but still, tying it all into one function would be nice, and save up on a lot of SexPs!
2. Sexps! I almost forgot! Is there anyway to increase the sexp limit Santa? I keep on running out of them for some reason! And then FRED gives me this nasty crash, making me loose hours worth of data! I know, I know, I should save more often, but still...the improved limit ought to be worth it!
3. Oh santa! I must beg you for this! Can you PLEASE fix the briefing icons in FRED? I got three missions that are stuck in the pipeline coz I can't give them proper briefings! It's been broken all the way since FRED2_Open was created, and I dont know how the others managed to make theirs! The new 3.6.5 doesn't seem to fix this either! Oh when can I make my missions santa, when?!
4. Maybe a 'BOE' option when >90 ships are present, which would force all models to go to Lod2 by default or something! It would allow for massive battles, not to mention huge beamz volleys!!
I know its only three requests, but I hope you can help me with all this, especially the third. I eagerly wait what you may bring to me by christmas. I understand if you can't bring everything but still....one can wish right?
Thanks and regards,
Singh
