[Vertigo 7]

is there anyway to set the support ship to arrive and depart from the docking bay of some ship instead of hyperspace?

[WMCoolmon]

I think if a support ship is already present in the mission, the support command will apply to that ship rather than warping in a new one.

Assuming that's the case, "Disallow support ship", set the release of the support ship to some predetermined cue and the arrival location to a ship's hangar bay, and then set ship-protect. That way the player can't summon a support ship before the "real" one arrives, and the support ship from the hangar won't get blown away mid-mission and leave the player without a support ship.

[blowfish]

Can't you also use set-support-ship?

[WMCoolmon]

That would be easier, I suppose.

[colecampbell666]

Also, have the support ship exit the docking bay once the C-5 command is given.

[Vertigo 7]

so i guess theres no way for me to make the rearm/repair command summon the support ship from a hanger bay instead of hyperspace?

[colecampbell666]

Have the support ship arrival in the docking bay (you'll have to manually add it to the mission) and then set it to arrive when you press C-5 using a SExp.

[Vertigo 7]

ok i set up:

Event
    when
           and-in-sequence
                  Keypressed
                     C
                   Keypressed
                     5
    do-nothing


i set that event as the arrival que for the support ship and it never comes. If i "disallow support ship" it doesn't allow me to use the rearm/repair command

[Vertigo 7]

ok i figured out what blowfish was talking about. i kept looking for that "set-support-ship" but couldn't find it then i saw it as a sexp action. it works like a charm =D

[blowfish]

Good.  I was just about to post about that